Reunion overdue pics

the party started abit late, cause bbq was not ready even at 7pm... so everyone was mingling around and catching up with everyone else...

told andre to draw something on the white board and this is what he came up with... but soon after Sharu (Audrey's kid) was bored and showed her drawings on it...

designed by Andre Reutens (before Sharu's input)

so while we were waiting for the BBQ to be done, we started off eating the inside food.. as u can see the dinner table was full! we had Dominos pizza for the kids mostly and the FAMOUS Reutens macaroni, satay, Hamedyah Briani rice and loads of different types of drinks... but somehow no one seemed to "thani" that night.. yes we had beer.. but... no major drinking

indoor food

BBQ was done by Cheryl and Edzil, helped by the rest who wanted a "bbq smoked facial" and wanted to play with fire... i tried my hand at it but i was in charge of games and the kids were bored... so i had to get some games going for them...

outdoor food

so then everyone started to eat and the BBQ was half way done... the chicken was lovely and the ribs too... too bad i didn't have 2nds... and for desert - what we had was in the pic below... can u guess?

guess what this is?

one of the games i had for the kids were "dress up", had a grown up assigned to each kid to help with the dressing up... and guess who was the judge and time keeper? it was Esther! hahah.. she was having a blast!

who were the participants?
Kelly with Audrey
Max with Cheryl
Sharu with Aunty Lillian
Ian with Andre
Emma with Carol

kids dress-up game

and what a coincidence, it was Aunty Lillian's birthday too! and Lynn surprised her with a bouquet of roses! lovely! Aunty Lillian was soo shocked!! heheheh

SURPRISE Aunty Lillian!!

other than the kids games, i also prepared a Treasure Hunt for the adults with the kids... everyone enjoyed it but had feed back that 2 of my clues where... wrongly done.. sigh.. oh well, as long they enjoyed the game that's good for me... u could have seen them, running all over the house! hehehe... i had clues outside in the garden, cooking area and in the hse...

then there was So You Think You Can Draw? (adaption from So You Think You Can Dance?).. it's actually Win, Loose or Draw lah... first it went well, but somehow my clues were not familiar and somehow the game died-ed

i had another game which was Passing the Parcel but it was getting too late and everyone was getting tired... so finally we had the birthday-cake-cutting ceremony for Aunty Lillian...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(cake made and iced by Max & Kelly - it was lovely!)

when everyone was enjoying the cake, those who had cameras were just snapping pics away, trying to get everyone taken for memories.... here's one good one...

one hell of a stressed out Anna! heheh

finally, we all took a group picture as always... took a few for just-in-case purposes... and at the end of the night, i gathered everyones memory card of their digital cameras and burned them into cds and gave each and everyone a copy... so that everyone will be able to see the pics! cool eh? it was good to have everyone make it to Penang and to meet up again... good to know that family is still around eventhough the old-ones are not around.. hope the next one the aussies and the english would be able to come too! heheeh

The REUTENSes!

be patient ppl

yes yes i WILL update about the family reunion.... just have no time, and when i do (like now) i don't have the pics with me... sigh....

anyway.....

life's been ok.... been sort of drawn to forums and into detailing.. i never knew what detailing means after i joined the forum... soon enough i came to find out that it was a totally new world to me... sadly it really costs alot of money... sigh... anyway, i did go to a detailing shop and just chatted with the owner there. he's very passionate in his work and just gives his best to all his customers... soon, i'll be his customer... :) err.. currently waiting for gaji la... what i'm more worried about is the after-care, once the detailing is done....

sigh... u know what my mum will say bout this - SIBUK! hahha....

st anne's this week, and i'll be back to say my farewells to the arabs and hopefully burn some candles at st anne's.... good that i manage to get leave on friday! yeah!!! oh... talking about that, i need to buy my bus ticket back for thursday...

how do u get back on the playing field when u haven't been playing for the past nearly 7 years? u may have ppl who are interested in u (which i doubt if that's the case for me), u may have ppl that u have your eye on...

but what the fuck do u do? i mean, u can't just let it be? cause it's obvious that something is happening... i don't know but i'm scared.... i'm scared to react, i'm scared to make my move and i'm scared to even try... i don't want to be back like how i was before - getting rejected like dead flies falling from the sky and also, when u think it's getting somewhere and suddenly they tell u that they have someone in mind and there u go, a smack in the head/face - again... and what's sad, i can't see myself being together with them - cause it just doesn't look matching.. if u know what i mean... sadly it hurts especially when u see them once in a while

in the last weekend, the team had a go-kart event... like real real race with trophies all you know! and... uhumm.. hmm... *clears throat* ... someone, managed to qualify and went to the finals!!! aahahhah it was soo much fun i tell u!!! nah, did not win.. wasn't last as well!!! good right? :) pics go here but will cerita bout the event later... still waiting for more pics

hmm... been wanting to go to Just Heavenly and Black Canyon... who wanna join me? we go together gether :)

holiday's over...

it just makes me feel sad.....

1- my 4 days leave is over.... and i'm to be back at work tomorrow... damnit!!!

2- haven't been spending much time with the arabs... miss the kids... *cry* will have to try to come back again for st anne's feast to see them again...

the party last night was a bomb!! had so much fun though i didn't really have enough to eat.. not to say that there's not enough to eat... but had NO time to eat! hahahah.... i was planning the games, had to keep the kids entertained... who would have known uh? me and kids... HAHAHHAHA....

i'm sure everyone had a good time... with good food and great company... sadly i didn't really catch up with david, suzanne and audrey.... and of course the arabs.. will write more about what had happened.....

sure wished i could eat more of this...!!!

stress release

*this was written quite some time back

poor thing, look at him... he has served me much... he used to be very white, clean and in good form... now.... i owe this lil fella one....

The Reunion

today's the day where some of the Reutens' are meeting... gonna be loads of food, games, pics and chat!! updates soon!!!

cheap palms!!!

*for IT tech supports....

Disclaimer : If you are to follow these palms in this post, please beware that it is your OWN responsibility on the outcome of this usage. I will no be responsible for anything that has happened to u (fired or kena scolding or warning letter). This post is mearly a joke for entertainment - should not be taken seriously. I'm serious.

Clear your internet cache!

There are all kinds of nasty little buggers and malicious content that could be in there damaging your PC. After clearing the cache, make sure to wait 30 minutes for your computer to re-index itself and adjust to the new changes.

Reboot in safe mode!

Safe mode is a diagnostic mode. Its almost like running a dedicated IV-Line to your computer, once in safe mode, allow your computer to run for approximately 1 hour in that mode.

Flush your DNS!

Well, no wonder silly! You haven’t applied the system cleanse to your machine. Websites like CNN.com that you are trying to look are constantly being updated to keep you up to date. Without having your DNS flushed frequently, how are you supposed to download new content from the webserver?

Disable the firewall!

Having a firewall is like having a giant condom over your computer. It is essentially the root of all evil, and is preventing you from doing what you WANT and NEED to do. Disable it, restart, and be sure to allow the appropriate power down time for the firewall (approximately 30 minutes).

Disable your anti-virus software!

To immediately fix your problem, you have to disable your Anti-virus. Honestly, would you pump tons of antibiotics into your own bloodstream 24/7/365? I didn’t think so. Allow for 2 hours for the anti viruses to dissipate.

The bounce-back blame!

Can’t you see, the bounce back message clearly states that the message was not sendable to the recipient, this means that his/her box is currently down. Please consult with the person you are trying to send to and have them fix it.

The famous format!

If you have run through our knowledge base on known fixes for this issue, we are going to have to format your hard drive. Simply plug in the start disc that was provided with your PC and follow the on-screen instructions. Once this is complete, your computer will run like brand new!

Reboot your system!

The system reboot is to the PC, as Windex is to the universal cure-all for everything. Would you go without sleep for days on end? Thats right, neither will your PC. Let your PC rest for a while and reboot it.

Reference from here

Gwen's coming to KL!!!

hey babes!!! lets make a date!!!

WOOO HOOOO!!!

can't wait!! heard gossips bout she coming.. just hope nothing and no one will stop her from coming!!!

more info HERE !

on the road

decided to just be on the road today after work... wanted to go to The Curve to just window shopping but somehow, i decided not too....

so he and i went through abit in town.... went past the bloody pudu jam.... and headed back home, though we dropped by to do some grocery shopping... so nice to have someone accompany u - without complaints when it comes to shopping... and after that, we did abit of a prep up.... he just looks so fine now....

since i started work at bloody 6.30 am this morning, i'm glad that it was at that time actually... cause by the time i got back... it was 1 something.. and i had my nap till 5.30pm.. how sweet is that man!!!

wanted to be out whole night tonight, but then again, i don't know where to go with him.. decided to come to this makan place at Tmn Melawati... free wifi hoping the download speed is good... but unfortunately - not (though food is ok - had laksa... but who eats laksa with green pickled chillies??? gosh!!! ).... won't come here again for wifi... will have to go back to Burger King for downloading....

*note : i'm currently downloading the 1986 Transformers movie...

*note 2 : nope, did not watch the latest Transformers.... yet... sigh...

hmm.... lets see what we could do tomorrow.... hmm....

finally...not..

finally i have the weekend and i have NO plans!!!

ever since we got together, i've been wanting to spend time with him on a weekend but it's been busy every single weekend and didn't really have time to spend time together - alone

and now i have the time, i don't know what to do with him! hahahah.... also, i don't want to be tired on the weekend cause i haven't been getting my rest for the past 2 weeks.... and also, i don't know where to go! hahahah... crazy right? i'm in KL and i don't know where to go.... sigh... oh well... we'll see where the road takes us...

oh... my office got new guy... author of THIS blog... i did hear about his blog but somehow didn't know the URL and didn't get about reading his blog... i'm sure he will know that i have i linked him here (hi Ku !!) but what the heck, no one at works read my blog anyway... hahahah....

so now i have 2 famous bloggers as my work mates! COOL!

07.07.07

Live Earth is having their major internation concert tomorrow.. it will be live on our local tv stations and repeats on sunday too...

so... it's a rare date being 07.07.07 so what you guys doing? i'm sure watching the concert to support its cause? hehehe

in the event of the concert and the date, please PLEDGE into making the world a better place. go HERE to sign the pledge!

follow ups

follow up 1

my poor baby need to go back to the clinic for the last follow up.... just hope by the end of that session everything will be as good as new....

follow up 2

the reunion.... i'm in charge of games... and hehhhe drinks... i do know what to do but i'm still having a headache on the clues/rules® of the games and the setup of it... just hope it goes well. as for drinks.. hehe depends on what D'man will be bringing back! hehehe... can't wait for the food too!! it's been a VERY VERY LONG time since i had a proper bbq....

follow up 3

the people are probably in penang now.. will call them at lunch to find out! miss them lots from the last time i saw them.. kids must be grown up now!

question

i'll be going back to penang on the 11th night (after work) - anyone wants a ride to penang?

and i'll be coming back to kl on the 15th - anyone wants a ride to KL?

life... sucks..

u want something
u dream of having it
u dream of using it
u hurt when it's there and u can't get to it...

but when u are given it - u get scared that u could actually have it, and then decline....

because deep down u know it's so WRONG to have it in the first place.....

then u feel that u lost your chance
u regret for not taking it
and u start from square 1 again....

u want something
u dream of having it
u dream of using it
u hurt when it's there and u can't get to it...

life sucks.... (at times)

dents on a car....

to those who have new cars or have cars.... and somehow there's small dents (whether it was your fault or not), here are 2 ways on removing those dents without spending too much and without bringing the car to the workshop to "mend" it.....

Option 1

Option 2

haven't tried any of these two options yet though.... wanna try?

visitors..

just going through my counter stats of what ppl search for and was brought to my blog....

- 4 from the list of 25 searches, readers are brought to my blog when they search for "One Night Stand"... hahaha so it looks like, ppl are finding for one-night-stands over the net! O_O

- few times readers are looking for Edzil Pacaldo- OOITT Ed!!! u very the popular ah!!!

- few searched for serani and eurasians

- most was from my name, my surname and shimmers

- few on Juru-Auto City, Queensbay Mall, Chillies and TGIF in Penang....

- surprisingly some on Damiral's Grill..

it's fun to see all sorts of searches ppl search for and it comes to my blog... guess my blog is multi-search-proof... :P

itchy for wifi....

haven't been online for quite sometime... i used to get access from my godma's place but they sort of "secured" it.. the last time i went online with my lappy was at hotspot place in a malay makan place in TTDI but i was with mum and some visitors, so couldn't really pay attention to what i was doing... was online mainly to download my torrents...

anyway, here i am, at Burger King at the Gombak highway... having an ice cream and nuggets... should have gotten the bottomless drink but, na... too gassy... i was thinking of going to Tmn Melawati for wifi, i know this nice makan place where it's cozy with nice sofa and tables.... but i remembered BK had hotspot so i decided to come here - got air con too! hahahha

andre and i were talking about how excited we are about going to watch Transformers.... and he told me that long long time ago there was an animated movie - in 1986... itchy, went to find the torrent for that movie and i found it! i'm downloading it now... nyeh nyeh nyeh....

will be back this weekend to service him ;) and gonna see a doc on some minor bruises... not that i bruised him, he was already bruised when i met him the first time.. so sad... poor thing... and also i'll treat him a spa treatment... hmm... we'll see if we have enough time...

driving back to BM after work will be a drag, have invited someone to join me, but that someone doesn't seem to answer calls or check emails.. argh.. what the heck, i'll just go by myself... don't say i didn't invite ah!

at this moment, he's making me happy... yes, life in kl is good, jobs... good - i mean ok, friends here are casual - nothing personal and deep (unfortunately) and also family here are so nice.. for now, i'm happy because of him.... but then again, i still need to be happy without him and i don't need anything to make me happy... i'm trying, i'm learning and i'm glad that she has found peace and happiness... i'm so proud of her! *hugs*

the love i have now...

on satuday, i got him! i finally got him after waiting for long!! i can't believe i finally have him and he's mine all to myself!! i'm so proud to have him!

i'm happy now that i have him, so far his doing good to me.... i brought him home on sunday and i'm so glad that i have him now... he somehow gives me my freedom and yet is always with me. i love him so much!

i've brought him to meet my godma and she likes him too, i also introduced to luke and well, luke doesn't really bother..but do likes his company! i've yet to introduce him to the family yet, i guess i've been busy and haven't had really time to do a proper introduction... maybe i will tomorrow after work

it'll be our first weekend together and i hope we will be able to spend sometime together and getting to know each other... can't wait to go on adventures with him.... especially at times like this, i really need him to be with me and support me during these times...

Simple Pleasures - hampers

Simple Pleasures

presenting you one of their hampers...

it's full of lovely deserts!

(i've yet to try some of them! ehehhe)

yupers, the family has this business and one of their products are custom made hampers.. these hampers can be filled with whatever you want (depends on what products they have la) and how much u want to spend... RM50, RM100....etc... and for whatever occasion that u want it for...

so here are one of their orders, the customer wanted food-stuff so it's full of food... and each hamper is Rm100.. cool aint it? i think they're lovely... it's good for ppl who don't know what to buy for ppl, or have no time to go shopping, customers can just call the family, discuss with them on what u think you want and they'll come up with something superb for customers... no doubt! :)

so if any of you, my dear readers are interested in their hampers, give them a buzz at the emails below... and i'm sure they'll come up with something good for you! ;)

Simple Pleasures at simplepl@yahoo.com

Andre at ancer@tm.net.my
Carol at carolreutens@gmail.com

randoming

i'll be getting a lil bit more freedom... soon... but i'm still waiting for her to call to tell me when she will give it to me.... within this week - it seems... sigh...

walking to the train station today again after work, the roads are still very muddy and today it didn't really rain, the roads were dry and it made the area very dusty... dry mudd everywhere, sand flying everywhere, certain places the mud was still wet and sticky - i nearly slipped again...

cousin told me that Dataran Merdeka was still flooded... they built the flood tunnel thingy where now they're charging RM2 for every entry... did that make any difference?? errr... no? sigh....

so count down to our family reunion on the 14th july... i'm in charge of photography, drinks and games... the tricky part is the games.. i came up with some and now is to prepare for it.... carol said i should go to toysRus to get some ideas... maybe i will, when i get the chance... i'm so excited!! i've taken 2 days leave for it and i can't wait for the event, i haven't seen the arab gang for soo long and i haven't seen the ipoh gang for so long either!! and i really need that holiday off from stress at work...

had a 1-on-1 today, and it was a good one, i mean i told my tech lead what was bothering me and making me stressed and he even noticed about that too... he did tell me what exactly stresses me out and told me to concentrate on how to solve that prob - dealing with elderly ppl over the phone!! sigh... how do u actually deal with old ppl on the phone? those who are in call centres, PLEASE give me some advise here..... in no time i'll be pulling my hair out man!!! but overall, i'm doing ok, improving very slightly - but still improving, which is good... and even he too told me to use my AL to de-stress - i'm entitled to.... sigh... maybe i should, but i feel guilty for taking leave... i guess my job here in KL is different now, not as laid back as in hell, i have more responsibilities here and jobs here more - serious... so i guess if i'm OVER stressed, then it's a good thing to take some time off and relax....

been watching this show on tv, and most of the mini stories of every character in that show somehow has a relation to what i am going through and what i'm feeling, but as how all tv shows end, they end happily.... while as for me... i've yet to have a happy ending.... i'm still at the middle of the series where everyone is in the dumps and hope is lost... i just wish mine would end soon and have my happy ending... i'm just scared that i'll do something so wrong or drastic just to bring me out of this, just so to get my happy ending sooner... i'm still feeling that something is missing, though i'm actually "rich" with all the good things...

i'm stressed

stressed from work....

it's mundane, it's boring, it's routine.... i know someone will comment that i live by routine.. but hello!!! not THIS routine.... though i know i can go somewhere here, but how can i go somewhere when all i do it take calls?

i mean, some of us are taking extra "projects" to show that they can do and make a difference in the department... i'm all supportive of that... but, sigh.... i just need to have that freedom and time to do that extra work... fine- they can manage their time... but... sigh.. i guess i'm just full of excuses...

yes yes i'm still here

hahaha.... i'm still around...

sorry ler... no updates.. no proper time to write and also no connection ma... even this, i'm writing during lunch....

dun worry... lots coming up...err.. soon... heheheh :)

PHH 1509 babe!!!!

MySpace for a bf?

one of my colleagues asked me to join MySpace to find.... "someone"... hahaha i was skeptical, though i did get a "catch" long time ago online, but i don't think it'll happen twice... maybe it will but i'm not putting too much hope on it... but anyway, i signed up for it, but never went "browsing"...

she on the other hand, found many "suitors" online, but she just treats them as friends though they have different types of feelings towards her...well, she IS sweet and is a hot chick....so..... it's not surprising that she do get alot of "fans"

a wet KL

i'm sure u have seen on the news and in the papers about the major flood in KL.... well dun worry, i was not affected. lucky was that on monday, i was scheduled to work at 6am!! yes! i know, just like ol' hell days... so i went to TTDI to my godma's place for the night so that my colleague could fetch me from there at 5.30am! *yawn*

then we reached work, there was no sign of flood, i guess they have already cleared the main roads.... then at work, i heard bout the news... i was like... i didn't see anything, i didn't know!!! then i went about my day and forgot about it...

when work was over, i was walking to the Masjid Jamek station and that's when it struck me that that area was the major flooding area!!! i could see the flood "lines" that was as high as my chest!! yes! that high!! and looking around, all the mamak shops, 24-7 shops were messed up and all the indian shops and restaurants all damaged. DBKL was cleaning the streets with lorries filled with rubbish and the workers all sweeping and cleaning the mud... yuck!!

so i was lucky i didn't take the normal time to work as ppl were stuck at the station and can't walk out because the streets were full of mud... oh well, when it rains cats and dogs here, got to watch out around masjid jamek area....

DO NOT travel on a holiday weekend

hmm... was supposed to hear from her about my purchase but haven't heard anything yet... i hope she'll call soon, i can't wait...

was back home in bm for the weekend, just wanted some time home, away from work... wasn't feeling to good... didn't really meet up with any friends, just 2 old timers.. it was good to see them, it brought back some old memories and feelings. it's so nice to feel that again and to be with ppl who i am comfortable and familiar with....

what's funny is that i didn't know it was a public holiday and i bought a ticket back.. my gosh, never again... i mean, never again i go back during a short public holiday stint! suffer... so far so good, i 'm not sick yet...

oh and i went to see aunty esther's art exhibit... too bad i couldn't make it for the opening, would have enjoyed it... was looking at her painting and i nearly got emotional... it's something good for her and her works were so good, wonderful... i felt so proud of her! really wished i was there... i'm sure there were alot of ppl there to support her..

been getting a bit stressed up at work, with the targets, KPIs, bloody customers attitude and ignorance.... i feel like taking off tomorrow, but it's responsibility to go to work tomorrow... i don't want to get used to just taking leave or "mc" when i just don't feel like doing it - it's bad..

am working this weekend... sucks man!!! sigh...

1 night stand

what does it mean? the basic of the term would usually mean girl goes to club, boy goes to club, girl sees boy, boy sees girl, boy talks to girl, girl talks to boy, girl and boy feels the physical attraction and at the end of the night - they end up in a hotel room, or his place or her place... and after that, they both don't hear from each other again.... (or maybe they do but THAT's a different story)

does that sound about right?

hmm.... i guess so... to me, that is what it means.... but ever since i've been staying here in KL, i've met some "interesting" ppl.. girls i mean (they're easier to make friends with here - btw...sigh why not boys uh? heheheh)... it's that these girls are not the party type (but some of them are) and they are just out there in the "field".... sometimes they get a goal sometimes they don't... but they tell me that nowadays, the boys are more "gentleman" and they are not really interested in scoring... i'm happy to hear about that and i guess it's for the better and that they are now more educated and are more respectful to the female form....

but my question is this...

what type of girls do the guys ACTUALLY want to have a one night stand with? is it with the girls who WANT to have a one night stand? or to the girls who give them some challenge that says "no" to it and it gives them that ego boost to play that game and to try to get them to bed?

what would the guys think about the girls who actually want a one night stand? will the guys think that they are sluts? would they think that maybe even girls just sometimes want to get laid - just like the guys? is it double standard that if the guys can go look for one night stand, the girls can't?

hey i'm not talking about money here ya, no ones whoring and no ones a gigolo.... it's all about the physical attraction....

i haven't heard of such things in penang... maybe we do have it here in penang, but i don't know anyone who has such stories.... but now in kl, it's like a whole new world.... there's so much things that's happening that u don't see, unless someone tells....

so what do u think? i KNOW that one-nigh-stands ARE BAD!! are a NO NO and a NEVER NEVER.... but still... what do you think? or do u know of such situations and how was that being dealt?

these girls were telling me their stories and were waiting for my input about all this but i was speechless... i didn't expect on such "incidents"... so i didn't know what to say.... it just kept me thinking... hmmm... i know that i'm not such a girl who the guys would want to have a one-night-stand.... i'm not even that girl who they will have a second glance with - let alone wanting to be in bed with me.... so my dear readers, u don't need to worry about me being in these situations.... but i would just like to know what you all think about this...

my pic for DASHBOARD

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Esther Reutens - First Solo Art Exhibition

ESTHER REUTENS will be having

her first solo art exhibition at

Ghara Seni Tanjung Art Gallery

from 3rd - 30th June 2007

Be there to see (and BUY) her art!!

(see map)

random-ing

had to do a quick dash back home because of some shitty thingy happened 2 years ago... i thought everything would be settled but i guess not, knowing how the system works in this country... thank God that nothing bad has happened and that i was not "needed" to settle this issue... i hope this won't come up again after 2 years... sigh....

was surprised at myself that i went home and came back to kl in 24 hrs... i'm damn tired now, just hope i won't get sick... this trip down was a bit different as i saw him for the first time since it happened, i was quite nervous at first but because we had a very long history i became very comfortable after a few minutes having him in the car and having his presence there... i was glad to have seen him again....

bearly had time to chat with mum and dad... but what to do... the trip was an "emergency"... but managed to get some formal things done... as in the first step in getting my most important baby... a baby that i've been waiting for for soooo freaking long! and in one months time, the baby will be mine!!! can't wait!!!

work has been in a roller coaster, performance not doing too good, just hope to buck up soon.. don't want my boss to regret confirming me to the team... maybe i need a break uh? hahhahah.... nah.. don't think so... maybe just some time to myself without the strain of time... though i do miss the sea and sun and a swim... :)

cannot rely on the pool here where i'm staying because the pool is "out of order" since... a few months ago... hahaha.. i only swam in it once... but it's different swimming in an apartment pool compared to swimming in a hotel pool or in the sea by the beach...

i dunno but it's like i miss the country, the beach the sea and yet i love city life... i guess when the saying "humans can never be satisfied" is true... when u got something, u wish u had something else, and when u get that, u wish for the previous...

was wondering to my readers out there... anyone knows of a good FREE (download online) antivirus software? the one i don't need to pay after 30 days or something like that.... not Norton, not Macafee, not PC cillin...... cause my new lappy still doesn't have a good anti-virus except for the Windows Defender that came with Vista...

oh.... and i can't seem to download different types of files from the internet - error message "....some security settings are preventing you from downloading this file..." it's like wtf wei! i've checked everything i can think of and i still can't download it.... i think the culprit is Vista.... damn it.... sigh....

u know what i'm craving? a good bowl of Baskin&Robbins ice cream, with a good piece of rich moist choc cake and a good piece of Victoria Station steak (or maybe Chillies!!).... sigh....

1U with the gang

so my cher, ed, ed's nephew and lil rosie finally came down and i met up with them for half a day.... met up at 1U and they were shopping, followed them, wanted to get a few stuffs for myself, but couldn't find any, just got a pair of pants...

anyway, we went to have lunch at Italiannis.... first time going there with them.... had a blast! rosie and i had shrimp linguinie, the rest had carbonara and lasagne.... and they were wonderful!!! and as for desert, we had creme brule!! OMG!!! i agree with ed... feels like heaven!! hahahah.... must go back there again for that and also, i'm itching to try their pizza.... hmm....

after makan.... shop somemore!!! man this ppl can shop and surprisingly, it's not THAT stressfull going shopping with them... oh oh oh and i found my shop, Dorothy Perkins.... their selection is quite good, though they may not have my sizes.... i did try a skirt... and surprisingly i could fit the size 18 that they have! and some parts were loose!! i did try the size 16 and it did fit, though it was abit tight some places... but hey!! i can fit a size 16!!! hehehe.. unfortunately only for skirts la... not with pants.... couldn't fit in size 18 pants... bum too big hahahah

it was the second time i met ed's cousin... i think his name was eliza/elija... not too sure.... quite cute looking but abit shy la... hehehe i guess it's because we are all new friends to him... but it was good to see a new face in the group... :)

we did take some pics but it's all in rosies pics... so now... have to be patient for her pics... hahah i still didn't get my karaikudi pics!!! :P hhahahahh so nice to see them again... i felt i was at home hanging with them, but in fact, we were in KL.... sigh... really miss them...

ask, answer, receive

.... was basically what it all meant in a talk i went today. to achieve your goal (whatever goal in life) u got to ASK.... and when you ask, your questions will be ANSWERED ... and u must be ready to RECEIVE that answer....

when u ASK.... it doesn't mean that u will get the answer that u want... and whatever ANSWER you get u must be ready to RECEIVE it... be it the answer you want or the answer you don't want... the trick is to know what the ANSWER is so that u can RECEIVE it graciously AND then only u will achieve your goals...

it was also said that BELIEFS are not universally true.... BELIEFS can be changed and you change it so that u can reach your goals...

also, u have to know WHO you are and WHAT you want... because if you don't know what you want, how on earth would someone else KNOW what you want!!!

so the bottom line is....

KNOW what you want, be CONFIDENT that that is what you want, ASK for it and LISTEN to the ANSWERS.... be ready to RECEIVE those answers and your goals will just come to you....

fuuhh... what an eventful and emotional sunday.... very informative and it told me so much i didn't know about myself...

thanks Shamini...

random thoughts

we had a crazy idea last night, some how the both of us had the same thought of having some thani after dinner... so on our way back, we got some ice-cream soda to make our own lil cocktails with absolute vanilla... though i do like the taste of vanilla, but it's abit hard to make concoctions with vanilla... oh well, in the end the 3 grown ups in the hse had thani! hahaha... i thought with one drink it would make me sleep better but unfortunately, it kept me awake!! why? i dunno ler... some how i was tossing and turning in bed for at least a good one hour... thinking about what also i dunno... i mean i do know what but why, i don't know..

was thinking of going back home this weekend so that i can make my booking and just spend some time at home and some good friends but something came up, i got an invite to go to talk/course thingy, which i hope will help me in getting back in the game... it's RM88 ... sigh... still thinking about it, well, it will be given by a professional though.... and also heard rosie and couzzy will be coming down to kl for ed's car... so.... to stay or go back? if i don't go back this weekend, i will only go back the weekend after next...

had a lil meeting today at work, looks like there's alot to be done... there's the COPC and some methology analising thingy at work.... it's good that the dept is moving somewhere... somewhere good and not so stagnant... hahahah no wonder my boss told me not to be "stagnant"... heheeh.... am actually proud of my dept and happy that i'm one of them.... though at times i feel routine with the everyday calls but it's all good... for what i'm getting and how i am here in kl, so far so good and i couldn't be more greatful than i am now...

ppl say that it's good to have friends in quantity but it's better to have friends in quality... i know i do have quality friends but what if it all changes in time? do u try your ever best to keep that so called flame burning or do u just leave it as it is and just make do with the other casual friends that u have?

i've been missing her quite alot... i'm trying to keep in touch but i guess she's busy - i think... i wouldn't know... we haven't been talking and i don't know her updates.. i don't know if she needed an ear, if she needed someone to talk to, if she needed to complain to, if she needed someone to just listen to her or just someone to have a drink with.... i want to be there for her.... but..... i dunno.... i don't really want us to drift apart because i really love her and i don't know how i'll do knowing she's not in my life anymore...

andre had gotten free tickets to a local movie that's premiering... "I don't want to sleep alone"... don't think it's a sleazy movie... i don't think so... but i have a feeling that this movie is about more that what the title means... u know... it's "deep" hehehhe..... i think i can relate to the title... yes, i don't want to sleep alone... i want to sleep knowing that someone is there, that someone is thinking of me, that someone cares for me and that someone will do anything for me because they love me.... but currently.... "i'm sleeping alone"....

don't fret my dear readers.... i'm generally basically happy now, shimmers is no more the sulky, i'm-all-alone blogger but she's happy girl looking ahead and not behind!... i have a great job, great friends, great family i'm staying with and great friends that keep in touch though i left penang... i'm good to go and i'm looking forward for the future... for what HE has planned for me, and whatever HE throws at me - i WILL take it and make the best of it (though i could do more of guys here *looking up* heheheh....)

CBM Reunion!

Calling all ex-CBM gals !!

There will be a reunion dinner

for all batches of ex-CBM gals and teachers

Here are the details:

Date: 30 June 2007

Time: 6.30 p.m.

Venue: Pearl View Hotel (Perai)

Theme: Black & White

Ticket price: RM 50/adult, RM30/child

Buffet:Spouses and children are also invited

A good time to catch up or network with the CBM family.

For more info,please contact:

1) Salina Lim at 012-4930637> (zelyna@yahoo.com)

Please pass this on to ex-CBMers that you know.

*lets go babes!!!

it's been nearly a month....

*if u pantang looking at funeral pics, i warn u not to continue....

it's been nearly a month since Uncle Philip left us, so fast time flies... have been here in this hse and it feels so different, that he's not here.... usually he'll just make witty comments and just makes me laugh.. sometimes he gives me good advice about life and what it's best to be done at this age of mine... somehow he knew how i felt about things, esp in relationships, work, life experience... sigh.... i will always keep his advice and i know that he's in a better place now...

in the funeral parlour - St Ignatious Church



on the way to the funeral service in a church in PJ (next to Assunta Hospital)


prayers in front of the church


during mass

at the cremetorium.... May you rest in peace Uncle Philip

at another home

so i spent the weekend with my godma with my new lappy with "G604_wireless" and sometimes "tmnet" at a certain spot in the house... i made a plan on what to do with lappy when i get the chance but now we're with G604_wireless and tmnet, we don't know what to do... but in the end, as u can see on this new layout... this was what we did... give a new refresh look for this site... and i LOVE it!!! i just googled blogspot templates and after some clicking, i found this... lovely!

was supposed to go back to gombak tonight, but was just too lazy and i was enjoying my relationship with lappy and the other 2... but the i do need to get to work in the morning.. damn it! why do we need to work??? sigh.....

wanted to go do abit of shopping but i wasn't feeling too well, as how i always feel when it's that time of the month, so, quality time with godma and lappy filled my weekend. today's mother's day.... what did u guys do? me satisfied my craving for pg food with godma, went to Penang Village... too bad didn't bring my camera, they had nice garnishing... i had asam laksa heheheheh quite nice but can say abit too sweet... couldn't really taste the sourness... we had an entre too, 4 types- fish satay (more like otak-otak on a stick- nice), kerabu mango, pandan chic and lobak (halal of course)... oh and for desert - durian cendol! yummers!!! so... tummy is satisfied this weekend... heheheh

next weekend i'm not working and was wondering if my friend is coming over.... i hope there won't be another plan landing on me... sigh... if not, i may come back home to book something.. hehehehehh *wink*.... we'll see ya... we'll see....

so.....

what u think of this new layout? cute uh? hehehhe....

talks

met up with an ex-colleague after work for drinks... it was a good shot meet up catching up on each others work... it was quite some time since we met.. we calculated it was 2 months already... was it that long ago? damn! where did the time go? i mean it was only that day that we were in the office hanging out and laughing at nothing and now, we're meeting up after 2 months! sigh...

being the business that i am right now, u dun really get to be personal or have quality conversation with your colleagues... and when the chance to hang out and get to know more about the other person other than work wise, something will come up and our meeting will be cut short... i hate it when u have such good deep meaningful conversation and u have to cut short because of something and u won't know when u'll have another chance or time to get that chance back... i sometimes seem to have a bad case of timing....

anyway, i just have to make do with whatever quality time i have with my friends... though i do miss my best friend, haven't talked to her or seen her since that incident and i hope our draught is not because that... i did message her, but .... i guess she is busy.. i hope she's just busy and not because of any other reason....

batchelors?

so my friend called up to clear the air about the trip to kl- that wasn't.... it was ok, i said, if u have time to come, come, if not- it's ok, i understand...

is this weekend mother's day? gosh... i haven't had any plans... maybe i shall call dad to do something for me on my behalf.... hmmm...but didn't they go to Mama's for some good nyonya food without me? on my expense somemore? hahahah..... nah... just joking, have to remember to call dad tomorrow...

today, bigshots were supposed to come to the office today, so everyone was supposed to tidy their cubes and wear proper attire... but did they turn up? noooo..... why? because it rained ... like... O_O so tomorrow, we got to wear proper working attire as well... damn... i guess i should be grateful that i don't really need to wear proper working attire- most of the time, so if it's needed this one time, i shall abide to it... :P

got this months CLEO.... and it's the issue of 50 most eligible batchelors.... yea right!!!! looking at those faces... u can see some of them have the looks its because they are models... but the normal average joe- they ARE average joe! hahahhaha was briefly going through their short interview answers, some are lame, some u can say that they're trying and some are so put off.... note: i'm only half way through the list, haven't finished reading all 50 details..

i haven't been buying CLEO for quite sometime and now i've noticed that it has gotten thicker, NOT to say more articles, its more of adverts... sigh.... and half of them are so depressing, all about being skinnier, fairer, clear complextion and being beautiful with make-up... i mean for me, i can't wear makeup when i go to work, because everyday by the time i reach the office, i feel like for another bath because i'm all tired up and prespired to be even comfortable having paint on my face... no hard feelings to those who actually do wear makeup for work, i actually admire u girls because u can do it - i can't (maybe not yet)

alright i better stop complaining, i remember to make this blog a HAPPY one... so, think HAPPY POSTS!!!

sigh, i think i better go sleep la.... heheheh

soft as jelly

feeling like jelly...last night followed carol for yoga... yes, the apartment building came up with some yoga classes.... so ok la, since i don't actually have any "formal" exercise, why not, and also i won't be doing it alone... so i signed up with her and we went... actually this is our 2nd class.... the first class was damn tiring, whole body started to ache and it WAS a workout.... but yesterday was a different kind of pain, it was over stretching pain.... just because i can bend, doesn't mean u can force me to bend... omg the instructor came up to me so many times and pushed my body to bend more in some weird positions!!!!.... and because of that, this is what i feel like - JELLY!

had sometime to chill at the KLCC putra train station, while i was sitting there waiting for time to pass and also waiting for andre, i was ppl watching (though sometimes i felt like knocking off to sleep!! i was still feeling like jelly)... i don't know but i feel that most of the ppl are the same kind, u wear your work clothes, suffer in high heels with heavy laptop bags and trying to be comfortable with the crowd, the wait and the standing.... then u see some who are not from work, who just seemed to be there either for shopping or just having a meet up with friends... i wouldn't know.. then u get a tiny bit of weird characters, weird dressing and "omg!" type of ppl, some with over makeup faces, over dressed ppl, or some just looked like they didn't bathe for 3 days or just got out from bed...

and of course u get to see those ever loving young couples (eugh!) then u see the working couples where one would wait at the station for the other, and when they meet.... sigh... then u have couples who comes to the station together and go back together... so nice la... but it sometimes does make my heart feel that "twang" abit... i understand and i know it's stupid to feel to shitty just because someone else is happy in their relationship or happy in their marriage...

so, there's loads of different and yet (somehow) same type of ppl, i guess it's all ok ... i mean u can't expect everyone to be all pretty and nice looking.. heck! even i wear over sized jeans and sneakers!!! (which reminds me i really need to get a nicely fitting pair of jeans)...

that's what i saw in KLCC train station today, and mind u, i was there for nearly an hr! hahahaha... just imagine how many hundreds of ppl i saw....

what do you think?

tell me what you think of this toy? heheheh

Specs are here:

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/my/en/ho/WF06b/1090709-1116637-1123071-1123071-1123071-80083318-80128602.html

*of course need to upgrade RAM and to Vista....

silent phone

couldn't really sleep last night... was just thinking about the day and before i could really enjoy my deep sleep, there was a thunder storm .... it was blowing and blowing for a good hr or more.... i could hear plates/glass falling and breaking, windows cracking, thunder... was just thinking how it was outside, i'm sure lots of ppls clothes must have flew from the rack and into other ppls homes! hahaha.... i'm sure it'll be a mess in the morning... somehow, i fell asleep.... till i couldn't sleep again.. and that was 10.30am!! mind u, i slept around 2 in the morning k!...

i don't know why but i've been looking at my phone to see if anyone would call, i don't know if i'm waiting for a certain someone to call or just ANYONE to call... am i that desparate? hahahha i hope not! i guess it's because i'm free this weekend and i have NO plans what's so ever, so i guess i'm not used to having that...FREE TIME!!!

the family didn't go to church in the morning... which means we'll be going to church in the evening, just hope it won't be hot, like the last time we went... somehow the weather now adays is really fucked up... i mean, middle of the night u get strong winds (who knows there was a "twister" last night in gombak!!O_O) then it's freaking hot during the day, then it gets windy again or even rains... then when night comes, there's dead air, which makes it more stuffy, like last night... while i was waiting for the last train from subang back to KL, 10+pm and there was no breeze what's so ever, i was sweating non-stop!!

the weather, same as my hormones, one minute i'm happy with what i have, then the next, i'm pissed with what also i dunno... PMS? maybe... also, when i DO feel happy- i don't know why!!! hahahahha... weird uh? i guess kl IS treating me ok..... i got to make new good friends at work... i get to "be" introduced to ppl... and i get to meet ppl i haven't met before but have been wanting to for a very long time.... it's different compared to penang... in penang, i KNOW ppl...heheheh... so the chances of meeting NEW ppl... is rare... not to say it's a bad thing, but i guess penang IS my comfort zone.. everyone knows my history and there's no need to explain stuff - because they know.... here, i can choose WHAT to say and WHAT not to say... and i guess that's where friendship begins... because u want to know more about the other person... (i just hope ppl DO want to know more about me...)

now that i'm "out" there, it scares me, i'm so cautious of myself while talking to ppl... what if that person didn't like what i just said, what if that person thinks i'm crazy for laughing so loud (yes- the dugongs KNOW how i can laugh!! heheheh), or what if that person thinks that i'm just an ulu girl that came to the city and trying her best to fit in!.. anyhow, i need to be strong enough for rejection.... i don't think that i'm TRYING to fit in, i'm just trying to find out if this is what i want, that if this place is a place i can live in... i know, i CAN live in penang, i guess i just want to find out if there's other places for me... and maybe that's one of the reasons i came here... who knows, maybe kl is NOT for me? but i wouldn't know if i don't try, right?

1st post on the lappy!

so i'm writing this else where... will post it up when i have internet access... nothing much today, a friend was supposed to come to stay the weekend in kl but a plane landed on me... so had to find plan B to fill my weekend. so i did.... when i was rested enough at home till i became restless, i made plans to meet someone i've been wanting to meet since i was in my last year of college, my guardian angel for my thesis...

a friend sort of found this guys "help" on a website.... so he thought i could use this fellas help.... his website did help me and from there, we were communicating through emails... he would email me instructions and i would email him back the results! what a guide uh? i was/AM really grateful that i met this wonderful fella.... ever since i got my results for my thesis, i've been wanting to meet this guy and thank him personally.... unfortunately he's in kl and at that time i was in penang.... we communicated through email and chat... but somehow stopped communicating when i graduated...

so now that i'm in kl, i figured, i HAVE to meet him... so fortunately his email was still working and we got back in touch again, this time he was willing to meet me, though i have to go see him all the way to subang.... i did that today and it went well.... though we may have different thoughts for things, but he's a smart ass.... he's all so techie... hehehe sometimes i could follow what he was saying and sometimes he just lost me... it's not a bad thing actually, cause i learnt alot from him... i do have similar friends whom i cherish alot esp when it comes to pcs and technical stuff in... so i'm glad that i found another, here in kl (other than my colleagues la...)

he had a laptop from hell but was using another OS, and was showing me what exactly he was doing and how did he help me... what i saw, brought me back memories on the millions of codes that i was working on and his instructions.... it was so familiar when he showed them to me.... at least i have a better idea on what happened on his end....

it was a good evening, we chatted bout mostly techie stuff but i managed to get to know more bout him.... even though i did say thank you personally and gave him a treat, i still feel greatfull to him... i think i'll never stop being grateful to him.... i know to him it's nothing, but without his help all the way through with my thesis, i would not have passed it... if it was not because the train services ended at 11pm, i'm sure we'll still be talking bout broadband, ipv6, networking, wireless, gov, education and life till the next day... but because i depend on the trains to get back... we had to say goodbye.. i do hope to meet up with him again... since i came here to kl, i missed chatting with my techie friends back in pg...heheheh... and now i have found one... :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY couzzy!

me wanna wish my beloved couzzy a vely vely vely....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

we all know u're one year older today, but what to do lor... everyone goes through it... but what's important that u have a wonderful day, fill your life with laughter and good things... so even when u're 100 years old.... it's still good!!!

wished i could be there in penang to kacau and celebrate with u... but.. so sorry ler..... :(

but i'm sure my homies will do a great job!!!

luv ya!

"all good things comes to cessy..."

that's what he believes for me, in me.... i don't hear this anymore, but it has been embedded in my blain dee.....

well, ONE good thing happen, but unfortunately i have no one special to share this good thing with... yes, i do have my parents, friends and my family here in kl... but u know what i mean lah..... it's like, i'm bursting with joy about this, but it's like, it's no big deal for others, boss and ppl tell me not to "spread" the good news bout this.... but it's like, it's my first and ... sigh... oh well....

i guess i shall celebrate this news on my own.... shall indulge...... heheheh....

so... "all good things comes to cessy..." but it brings more stress to her!!!! :(

Good Charlotte in KL

so one afternoon, i got a call from beloved sharon..... she said she won some invites to Good Charlotte... am not really that much of a fan of them, but i'm sure i've heard their songs on the radio.... they do actually have some hits that are catchy....

so i met them at 1U and followed them back to Bkt Jalil..... the gates open at 6pm, but we were still in the hse at 8! hahhahahha.... her place was just opp the stadium so it's good, no need to find transport or parking at the venue...

finally we managed to get in, and it was already packed.... the ppl on stage were itsy bitsy so that quite dampend our spirits... we just hung around watching Love Me Butch (good show), Estranged (i don't know them) and J.LO!! OMG!! he should have his own concert la wei!!! i just love his songs!!!!

just about when Good Charlotte came on, a good samaritan saw that we were just depressed about our "situation" at the concert grounds just invited us to go to the VIP area!! hahahhaha..... what luck!!! so we ran there... yes, literally RAN to the VIP area cause we were soooo ssooooo happy... at last! now we can ACTUALLY see Good Charlotte!! and like what sharon says, can see the tattoos!!

i enjoyed their concert, i learned to like their songs... and it was a good night as i was out ON A SATURDAY NIGHT man!!!! i'm so grateful that sharon thought of me for that extra ticket....

THANKS sharon!!! muacks muacks.....

Love Me Butch from where we were standing.... far far away

Jason Lo... far far away as well

the 3 girls i came with... gwen, sharon, audrey

... and Good Charlotte!!!

Holiday Inn & Batik Factory

so saturday morning, after our stomach-filled breakfast, mum wanted to get out for some sight-seeing... so we went to the Batik Factory at Teluk Bahang....

the batik factory was a small place, not very fancy, i guess they wanted to keep it that way for the authentic feel and also for the tourists.....

so on about 3 walls, there were these molds that were used for batik.... these molds have different designs..... and i'm sure some of em are like very old....

this is the wax pot and all the chantings (wax-pens) lined up there.... the chanting is used to hand-draw designs on the cloth with wax... so one must be good at designing free-style.... i'm sure they use pre-designed motives but it's more unique having it hand-drawn....

one of the designs on the rack, they are all hand-drawn but with a specific design.... the outlines are from the chanting used with wax and the filled in colour is dye.... the dye-ing process are also done by hand and it needs skill too on how to blend the colours and know which colour works best where...

here's a lady colouring the design....

me at the batik factory.....

though the factory is interesting, unfortunately the ppl/workers there are not that friendly.... i tried asking them questions on the process of batik making, they just gave me one word answers and didn't bother to explain.... maybe it's because i am local.. or that it was during lunch time that i came to visit them..... so.... sigh.... how la, want to attract tourists??

didn't really take much "nice" ones, the other pics i took were all saja-saja pics... hahaha somehow i sort of lure-d my mum into bakaring... heheheh, she thought she could sit under the shade, but somehow the sun moved and we were NOT in the shade! hahahha.....

i did soak myself in the sea, but it was not very comfortable, the sea had boats and jet-ski going up and down, and the sea was not that clean... so, i just sat in the water and lepak! hahahah

long due pics

here are the pics of the restaurant that i went with my parents while we were in Batu Feringghi for Easter... it was quite dark and pics with my parents and food didn't really come out well... here's the surroundings around our table... romantic-nye...

the many times that i went to BF, i've always wanted to take a pic of these wonderful lamp shades..... finally i managed too... no one was around and the tauke was not in sight too... so, here's the pic... was thinking of getting one, but... what for!! heheheheheh

i got conned!

sigh.....

for the last 2 weeks or so, boss has been trying to get the Q closed for today - Anzac Day.... till yesterday, we were all supposed to come to work, knowing that there's no indication/email saying that the Q is closed... so this morning, everyone is here lah!

when i walked in the office, i heard my name being called and saying that we WERE CONNED!!! it's like WTF!!!! so i checked my mail and so it is... the q IS closed... and it seems instead of taking calls, we'll be having "trainings".....

sigh....

my dept conned me! hahhahaha..... well, what's good about this is.... NO NEED TO TAKE CALLS!!! yeah!!!

nice pic

our office do not have name tags on our cubes... so inorder to "have" one, they decided to take pics of all of us, print it out and post it up with our names and such.... so here's the one that was taken of me and i love this shot.... just washed hair, and it was in the morning, i was still "fresh" heheheheh..... and yea.. i know, my desk is in a mess... hehehehe


* photography by Andrew

tired week

... the funeral was short and sweet and well, sad but it's alright... uncle philip was a very lovable man, everyone loved him and he had a good life... so we must celebrate that....

heard from laura that they will be going to india send off the ashes there in the sea... uncle philip loved the sea and spent most of his time in india... so i guess that's the best way to do it....

haven't really got good sleep since the funeral, sleeping late... getting up early.... will be going to TTDI today after work to spend the weekend with mum and godma....

oh.. had a delightful phone call inviting me to Good Charlotte this sat... free ticket! wicked!! so i'll be going on sat.. it'll be at Bkt Jalil... damn.. the traveling time would already be 1hr +....

so, my lunch break is up... need to get back to work soon... sigh.....

R.I.P

15 APR 2007

Philip G. Williams

78 years

May he rest in Peace

My uncle, who is my Godma's husband has passed away yesterday noon. He had a few mini strokes and when my Godma brought him to the hospital, he went unconcious... docs said he may be able to hear ppl but just cannot acknowledge it.... this started end of march

Laura, my cousin was down and my uncle managed to open his eyes to see her... tried talking to her, but i guess he was already in semi-coma type of state and couldn't talk... she went back to Aussie last thurs and sadly he passed away yesterday... but she's back again this morning...

went to see Godma yesterday for prayers, she was alright, looked tired.... i sort of cried during the prayers as i liked this uncle, he was always so witty and carefree....he was full of experience esp during the war and had so much to say to us young ppl.... i will miss him dearly... i know shen loved him dearly as he was always so into conversation with uncle philip... so i messaged him to let him know...

so to Godma and Laura, my/our prayers will always be with you and i know that he is now free without any suffering and he can see u both.....

May the Lord be with you Uncle Philip, we'll miss you dearly!

* funeral on wed, getting unpaid leave...

Easter Weekend

err... HAPPY EASTER...? heheheheh

i know it's late, cause i was back home holidaying ppl!! heheheh... i was in Holiday Inn for 2 nights.... wonderful! and i got burnt... as usual.. heheheh... i need the sun cause i'm like so white! i go to work, i don't see the sun, then i'm in the office the whole bloody day, and then when i get home, i STILL don't see the sun.... so now, at least i have some colour (and i'm suffering for it.. heheheh ... i know i know, serves me right! :P)

so i got on the bus straight after work on thurs and came home... by the time i got home was about 11pm or so.... nice timing...

on fri, went to do my license, got some stuff, had light lunch... and went for 3pm mass in Pulau Tikus.... so hot i tell u.... luckily, mass ended around 4.30 or so.... and after that we went to Holiday Inn.... we had tea, since we're "fasting"... so cannot eat big big and cannot eat meat...

mum and i swam, hung out on the lazy benches and chilling out... we waited for dad, he was working and we went for dinner... dinner was at Feringghi Cafe.... nice cozy romantic place.. more for couple couple thingy... unfortunately, it got to me... but i was trying myself to enjoy the food and the company of my parents (pics will be uploaded l a t e r . . . )

then on sat.... my major goal for the day is to have COLOUR on me!!! yes!! but before that, after buffet breakfast, mum wanted to go see see the Batik Factory... in fact, even I haven't been to the batik factory... so we went... interesting... BUT the workers there, so unfriendly man!! i mean if this year is Visit Malaysia... but with that attitude.... sigh..... (again.. pics l a t e r . . . )

then it's bakar time! i swam, i lepak, i sat on the beach, i "scrubbed" myself in "salt and dirty water" and swam in the pool again and just got burnt.... mum couldn't tahan... so she headed back to the nice aircon room... i followed but soon later, i went to sleep in the garden (under the shade... i was too burnt by then)... i ACTUALLY slept! it's SOOO nice sleeping in the garden, with the sound of waves, wind, the palm trees..... sigh.... miss that feeling... i slept about nearly 2 hrs.... NICE!

had dinner at some hawker place opposite Golden Sands... ok la...... the prices are abit $$ too.... then later CC came to fetch me (so nice of him to come ALL the way up to Batu Feringghi...) and we went to meet piggy and cher and ed and some fellas from "hell" for The Reaping..... hahahha the movie had some jumps but it was ok la... towards the end it had quite good effects... but it's so not for Easter man... it talks about the 10 plagues and the devil and all that.. hahhaha.... oh well, at least i went to watch a movie!!! yeay!

after movie, half of us went to this hangout-drinking place next to Naza Hotel... just sat for an hr or 2 just to relax.... didn't really have good wind, it was quite stuffy and hot.... in the end everyone was tired and we went back....

then had to get up early on sunday for the last buffet breakfast and to go for Easter mass at 10.30am.. so sad la wei.... leaving the nice hotel, the beach, the POOL!! sigh...... just thinking of what's gonna happen tomorrow on Monday.... i'm going back to KL!!!!! *cry*

after mass, we all went home and stayed home..... some how we were tired from the weekend away, weird isn't it?

i ended my weekend home with a blast.... i met up with Sharon in SOHO Auto City with her cousin and surprisingly i met some old BM St Anne's friends! so nice!!! heheheheh... we drank and danced though the place was half full... sunday mah! monday ppl work, how to go clubbing? hahahha.... and no, i did not get drunk! :P

thanks CC, Sharon.... Ros, Cher and Ed for a good night out! will try my best to come back soon.... ;)

"i'm going to die a spinster"

... and that got his attention.... he tried to make sure that i wouldn't... but i guess somehow as time goes by, things happen and i don't blame anyone or anything for it...

it was good to know that there was someone out there who looked pass through my looks (and my low self-confidence) and had faith in me that i had something, something worth while, something that means something. he gave me that lil "up" in me, making me feel that everything is ok, that i can do it, that i'm not all that bad and that i'm ok...

now, things have gone differently and i'm not sure if i can find another someone that will give me that feeling again, that boost in life, that fresh air.... i'm sure there are ppl out there but..... sigh... i wouldn't know what to do/react/feel if there was someone who "could" be that another "somebody"....

sigh... well, i guess i WILL die a spinster after all and for the past 6 years, it was God's blessing that i was given the chance to see how it is like having someone there for u, being your pillar and giving you that boost that you can't get it on your own.... (and i'm always grateful and thankful for that - and maybe that could be the reason our "song" was Thank You for Loving Me...)

now i shall learn to be on my own, to find happiness and strength on my own... i AM getting there.... it's a slow process but i'm feeling much better, trying to "take a day at a time" and at the same time trying to appriciate everything that's around me... and hopefully, one day, someone will come along for me (that is la... if i'm meant to be with someone... O_o if not - i'll die a spinster)

so now, i'm open to all new things and especially new friends, to celebrate life! CELEBRATE LIFE!!!

Before the pc

*another from Andrew

An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano!

Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3 1/2 inch floppy
You hoped nobody found out!

Compress was something you did to garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in jail for awhile!

Log on was adding wood to a fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode!

Cut - you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu!

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead!

Because I got high...

I was going answer the calls
But then I got high
I was going to hit my AHT
But then I got high
But now the GOS is bad
And I know why!! yeah yeah
Because I got high
Because I got high
Because I got high.....

*curtesy from Andrew... heheheh.. good one!

Easter is coming!

so it's the Holy Week... what have u given up or sacrificed during this lent season?

me? well haven't really thought about it, but i guess it's eating less OR eating less "rich" food.... but i think this is half for lent and half for loosing weight.. hahahah... i got a wedding dinner to go to in sept, and i want to fit in my dress that i made for my cousins wedding before... love that dress.... so... i have 6 months to loose that weight again....

aussies are taking off for easter, but they're having us to take "forced" leaves..... on friday AND monday! hahahahah.... everyone else is complaining, not I!! :) so i'll be back to BM on thurs night... and i'll leave for KL on monday morning... (don't know if mum bought my bus ticket to kl yet... hmmm)

will be having a hotel stay with parents on friday, just thought i'd treat them to something nice... since i'm not home dee... and hmm... maybe i'll cook on sunday? hmm... it was just a thought.. heheheh (wat to cook ah?)

so, what's your plans for Easter?