Boo..!!

yeah babeh i'm back :D.

trees

"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."

- Jane Austen

reluctantly dragged myself outta bed early this morning. all because summer woke me up and spring wanted to have breakfast at 8am. spring had her company's sports day today...

what i did not anticipate was that i would leave the house from 8am and only get back at 4.30pm.

after breakfast, summer and i followed spring to her sports day at FRIM - Forest Research Institute Malaysia. to watch spring play badminton... mixed doubles... in the AFTERNOON!

it's been a very long time since i last went to FRIM. think it was since primary school... can hardly remember the place at all. but what delighted me most was the sight of rows and rows of tall green leafy trees!!!

i know this sounds mad but trees make me happy...

"I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do."

- Willa Cather, 1913

well... after enduring this past week, to a point where i almost just wanted to break down and cry, i deserved to be made happy... =P

"Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky."
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon

and there were dragonflies flying around!!!
i don't know what's with my recent fascination with dragonflies but they make me happy too... *grins*

anyways, sitting there by the football field watching guys from spring's firm play football and having an ice-cream was a welcome break. it was boring, yes, but it relaxed me. the trees, the breeze, the sounds of the insects... nature... and spring and summer...

thank god for the trees!!!

"I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree."
- Joyce Kilmer, "Trees," 1914

everything is everything

sometimes it seems
we'll touch that dream
but things come slow or not at all
and the ones on top, won't make it stop
so convinced that they might fall
let's love ourselves then we can't fail
to make a better situation
tomorrow, our seeds will grow
all we need is dedication

everything is everything
what is meant to be, will be
after winter must come spring
change, it comes eventually

- lauryn hill

perhaps....

hot sun + hot air = relaxing holiday?

when it is hot... it is super freaking hot!

at first it was like an unwanted chore... it took away the weekend... a waste of precious weekend time...

then a thought brought smiles to faces... we did NOT have to work whilst everyone else had to!
then it turned into excitement... but not for long... excited faces then became grimaces... frustration... irritation...
and then they arrived... and excitement returned as people silently waved goodbye to the life-sucking trap called the work building.
all went silent as people drifted to dreamland... snoozing at a time of day when people are working!

and then it was lunch...

and then it was "are we there yet?"

what was supposed to be a long four hour bus ride turned into a torture ride of five and a half hours...
imagine arriving at the state of your destination and then suddenly the driver turns around and asks... "nak gi mana ni?"
(translation: where are you going?)

HORRORS!!!

and finally arrival!!!

it was beautiful!

and a welcome relief to our almost non-existent miserable excuse of a life...






a view of the pool from my room...





...and again at night... (my camera's focusing is starting to go haywire... i need a new camera!!!)





a nearer view of beautiful pool on a hot sunny afternoon...





there's a 'hidden' paradise near the pool... *grins*





bbq buffet (not so nice... food were rather burnt and the meat, overdone)... at night at the garden terrace near the poolside...





sugar and spice and all things nice... that's what little girls are made of...





the 'hidden' paradise i was talking about earlier...





i like this shot... it even have people playing volleyball in it!





sunset on the beach with the hermits...





our little family grown smaller... MELLY where?!! :(


i just realised i didn't reveal where in the world we went...

it's...

..........

........

.....

SWISS GARDEN RESORT KUANTAN


the buffet breakfast wasn't too great. it takes a good 15 minutes to get an order of 2 scrambled eggs, 1 omelette and 1 sunny side up. the lady at the egg station looked as if she blames us for her being there...

the buffet lunches were not too bad...
the buffet dinners was not bad at all... dessert was yummy... oh, and no two meals were the same... (that excludes the breakfast). just don't try the bbq dinner buffet... like i said above, meat is overdone and that includes fish/prawns/crab... and burnt. only nice thing about the bbq dinner buffet... the sausages... albeit a bit salty...

but for the stressed and weary... try their slightly expensive but really relaxing and soothing...

SAMSARA SPA

the 'hidden' paradise i keep talking about above... *grins*

kuantan was fun!!!

teachers' day

since it is teachers' day...

this is my shout-out to all the teachers in my life thus far...

...starting with...

-my parents-
for teaching me so many things (good and bad) i shall not list them down lest i fall asleep or bore people to death or i might just find myself typing until tomorrow morning and still am not done.

-my kindy school teachers, ms anne & ms tam-
(i think those were their names *embarassed*)
for teaching me my abc's and 123's and giving me homework too at the wee young age of 4/5/6...

-puan nor azimah, puan kesh ong, cik jeannie (now known as puan jeannie), puan gordave, encik salleh, encik rosli husain, cik nurul-
to my teachers in primary school... for everything you taught me.
yes, puan gordave too... she may be scary but she had a heart of gold

-my chinese tuition teacher, ms lee-
for patiently teaching me to read and write in mandarin including learning chinese calligraphy... which unfortunately to this day, i have yet to completely master. i still hold the brush wrongly!!! *embarrased*
for putting up with our antics whenever we get naughty and not want to have lessons and we lock you in the toilet. we're so very sorry!

-my primary school tuition teacher, ms yong-
for trying to pound into that little head of mine mathematics, malay, english, "alam & manusia all in one sitting... =P

-puan goh, puan chelva, puan nancy chan, mrs tan, puan norani, puan yip-
thank you all... esp puan norani for worrying so hard i would not pass my chemistry and for looking so relieved when you heard what i got for spm chemistry.

-mrs leong-
for turning me into a math freak... additional maths too for that matter. but i got my As!!! and i'm in the wrong profession where everyone declares that we're damn lousy in maths and i'm probbly the only one refuting such declaration.

-ms kanchana, ms kalpana, mr aru, mr kalai, ms suzy-
yes, mr kalai too!
for not failing me in my law subjects!!!

-mr & mrs tan & devano-
for taking me in as an attachment student and for letting me learn so much in a space of 9 months! for making me responsible for whatever i did.

-andrew hutchinson, chris rose, chris rogers, j.o.-
for 'showing' us the way life is for barristers!!!

-my friends-
to each and everyone of you... for the various life lessons you taught me.

-chambees!!!-
you know who you guys are... my chambering period wouldn't have been that much fun if it weren't for you guys.

-my darling smoomoo!-
for teaching me to love myself, to have faith in myself and for so many lessons you have yet to teach me... *hugs* for all the football lessons you've been giving me. for all the movies/songs/artistes/actors/actresses/monkey god/monkeys/firefox/artic fox... you've enlightened my mind to... *grins*

and last but not least...
-my boss and my kakak!-
thank you for still tolerating my dumb-dumb questions and my blur face and my extremely confused looks!!!

if i left out anyone it's not because i'm not grateful for you. it's because at the moment i can't quite remember your names (this explanation ain't helping... isn't it?).


THANK YOU ALL!!!

STREAMYX SUCKS

=rant for the day=
what does the 's' in streamyx stand for?

s = SUCKS

i don't think a day even passes without my connection going down for no apparent reason. and as of date... it's been TWO WHOLE DAYS now that i cannot get online. some DSL problem which has been plaguing my house for like the longest time ever.

i wonder when will the service ever improve. perhaps it's time to stop the monopoly and allow OTHER BROADBAND PROVIDERS to enter the market. then at least... there'll be competition and better service provider wins. HOPEFULLY streamyx would then buckle up. HOPEFULLY.
*tall hopes*

perhaps it's time to stop paying every month for my broadband services. i hardly EVER get to use my broadband for a month. give or take... after deducting the days i CANNOT CONNECT TO THE INTERNET... it'll probbly amount to HALF A MONTH. i don't quite see the point in paying for a month's worth of internet connectivity when i can only access the internet for HALF THE MONTH.

hmm...

anyways... STREAMYX SUCKS. i'm so going to change providers the moment i have a choice.

=work=
april suddenly became a CRAZY month for me. one of the files i was working on was closing... another threatened to close... and yet another WANTED to close end of this month.

but all's well and i'm glad to announce that the deal i was working on since january has finally entered the debt capital market! we had a signing ceremony on 25 april 2007 and it was so cool to see the number 2 bigshots around.

learnt so much about private debt issuances and i even drafted the information memorandum! eee... so proud of myself. though it wasn't without much difficulty and loads of help and guidance.

but i rejoiced a tad too early for the fact that the deal is finally closing and i would be less busy. my boss decided to have me work with her only on another deal. a syndication. OMG.

finally got my final review... was a month overdue but i really didn't mind. getting confirmation only just meant that my notice period increases from one month to TWO MONTHS!!! *sigh* oh wells... at least i know i haven't screwed up bad enough for my boss to NOT WANT ME. she didn't write anything bad in the review! does that mean i'm good? but i feel like i'm really lousy... is she just being really nice considering that i would see the review? *doubts*

=life=
quite a few things happened..... amongst others...

17 March 2007

what involves lotsa green, lotsa black drink, lotsa cheerful tunes, lotsa gorgeous blue eyes and lotsa merry-making?




ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

well, in malaysia's case, no gorgeous blue eyes were seen but... much to jian's delight...




...lotsa pretty guiness girls!


24 March 2007

what involves more green, a ball, 11 men a side, a stadium full of fans and lots more in pubs, bars, restaurants, mamaks, at home?




THE UEFA CUP!!!

the cup was at the curve that day and i still don't see what's the hype about it considering the crowd there that day. lotsa sweaty stinky men gasping and queueing to see the cup to touch the cup. it's just a freaking cup. and a plain boring old one at that.




one hell of a long foosball table...

and to jian's further excitement...




...jojo struys... what's so chun about her anyways? her voice is so damn whiny and screeching it irritates the hell out of me. and she's a host... *nosebleed*


7 April 2007

and again... much to jian's excitement and insistence...

what's on every weekdays morning, cracks one up whilst driving to work?




yups... at jian's insistence since we were at 1u that day, we had to go see the hitz.fm birthday bash awhile...

btw... i just noticed in jian's pic...





[-.-]"

and... i think....




*grins*


22 April 2007

spring celebrated turning a quarter of a century older on 16 April 2007 and we decided to take a trip...

what's misty, hot and cold all at the same time?




and you can find the statue of liberty riding a motorbike?




and this stick-like thing?




GENTING!!!

gee... i haven't been up there in years! and it was kichi's first ever long distance, uphill trip!!!
so proud of my kichi...

(i just realised that kichi has yet to be introduced on this blog... kichi will be introduced in my next post k?)




and me and jian went crazy... *lol*


=misc=
does anyone agree with me when i say that this badminton player looks like jian???





HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!


post-edit
my deepest condolences to jian and family... 27 April 2007. he's in a happier place now peaceful and free from pain and suffering. even though i met him only a few times and he was not the man he used to be, he was still cheeky and i daressay... he's probbably up to mischief right now. =)
*hugs*

i really should blog...

... but i don't have the inspiration to!

oh wells, just settle for little insignificant updates this time k?

--- work ---
work's been pretty much slow lately. the files i'm handling are quite alrights. nothing too demanding. some days i just sit in office doing absolutely nothing except stare at my pc, the ceiling, the floor, my cubbie mate... so much so til she threatened to throw her smelly shoe at me! poor woman is so overworked whilst i sit around playing dumb computer games like "freecell" and "spider solitaire". that was last week. this week work has finally kicked up. with 2 files alive at the same time. will be heading to ipoh this friday for a meeting. wonder what we'll be eating this time. *hehehe*

--- life ---
nothing to shout about. my life's just as mundane as ever. nothing interesting ever happens!!! *yawns* saw "Pan's Labyrinth" and "300" at the movies lately. i think i like them both. "Pan's Labyrinth" is fairytale but no happy-ever-after ending... whilst "300" had 300 almost naked men with 6 pecs!!! *drooooools*

--- love ---
loving every second i spend with him and loathing every nanosecond i don't see him. sure there are fights along the way and disagreements but it has only made us stronger... and so much more in love. *grins*

--- health ---
suffering from sinus every other morning ever since i came back from UK. never had sinus before... damn malaysian weather... damn haze... damn dirty air!!! it's awful. imagine sneezing ur nose off for the whole day! and add the fact that ur nose is permanently dripping like a leaking tap. went to see the skin specialist for my eczema. i finally got to see him after a month of trying! and guess what? after looking at my palms, he declares that i have very dry skin and that's probbly what's causing my eczema. well, at least for now, there is no itch and the eczema is on it's way to clearing up. let's just hope it is for good.

--- friends ---
did i mention that spring's bf finally proposed??? spring's gonna get married soon!!! *sigh* and as for summer, she seem to be pretty unhappy at work. haven't had time to really sit down and hear summer out... but i hope all goes well for her soon. *hugssss*

well that should do for now... it's time to go to bed and dream sweet dreams... nights!!!

Greetings from BORING JB

HAPPY PIGGY YEAR!!!

hope most of you are having a better time than i am. life in JB is undoubtedly the MOST BORING ever!

everything revolves around the word... "W A I T".

wait to have ur turn in the toilet, wait to change, wait to go downstairs for breakfast, wait for breakfast, wait for people to come over, wait for MORE people to come over, wait for lunch, wait to have lunch, wait for EVEN MORE PEOPLE to come over, wait for a time to nap, wait for turn to shower, wait for dinner, wait to go over for dinner, wait to have dinner, wait to go home, wait to brush teeth, wait...

urgh...

and i'm blogging now just WAITING for the time to GO HOME!!!

have a superb new year everyone on my behalf.

12 January 2007

and what is so special about this day? it's a friday. the last day of a working week! the next day would be saturday = no work!!! no need to wake up early the next day! everyone's feeling lazy... friday. friday. friday.

but today is extra special.


someone special was born this day.
a quarter of a decade ago.
someone who makes my heart goes a-flutter.
and fills my days with laughter.
someone special in every way.
who brightens up my day everyday.
someone who brought joy into my life.
someone aged the square of five.

'eppy berpdae my chaguia~!!!

although we both had to work... plans were made for dinner. but syn hun beat me to planning how to celebrate his birthday!

syn hun suggested dinner at buonasera in ss2 and the 3 of us were for most of the night there... the only customers in the shop!!!

BUT...

...the service was good. the ambience wow. and the food was excellent!!!

though i may be biased due entirely to the fact that buonasera serves fettuccini carbonara with PORK BACON!!! yummz!

a bottle of spanish red wine was opened too and so, expect to see me with red face. though... i was a tad bit afraid of drinking much no thanks to the fact that the night before, i had a tall slim glass of white wine and a short fat glass of red wine at the farewell dinner for my head of department and i got woozy. =.="

WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME???!!!

anyways... back to the topic...





yes, syn hun claims that i am ruining his reputation so any pictures of him from now on shall have the red apple face there unless he tells me to remove it. and yes. i do have LOTS of pictures of him. i dunno why.





nutty chocolate cheesecake from cake sense.

it was delicious! not too sweet. just perfect.





err... not that the birthday boy had to light his own candles. it was more like HE accidentally blew out a candle whilst laughing and so he had to relight it.





me and syn hun were naughty so we stuffed one of the candles down wayyy down into the cake and made jian pull the candle out with only his mouth.

he succeeded... but when he looked up back at us...

*rofl*

so cute~!!! *kiss*





cutting the cake. with syn hun. yes, apple again. *grins*





and this was what syn hun, myron and syed got jian. superb! now we don't have to wait for settlers to re-open anymore just to play this game!!!


and to wrap things up... hopes smoomoo had a splendid birthday!!!

there are more pics but i think he might wanna post them himself. so i shall leave it for him to do it.

hint: BLOG YOU BLOG!!!

nights~!!!

our new year eve celebrations at the curve

i think it's time to wake the hibernating seasons up.

but only for a short short post...

...a very belated post...


reference is made to the above subject. please find below a picture of the curve.




*grins*

kindly note that there were a lot of people at the curve, cineleisure, ikano and ikea that...




even just to eat dinner was a pain... walking around was equally a pain. my poor feet got so tired that night from all the walking we did AND from the countless times people stepped on them.

BUT... as the new year crept nearer...

...we went to sit at ikea until...





...11.59pm...

FIVE!

...FOUR!!!

......THREE!!!

.........TWO!!!

............ONE!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!




the fireworks display was superb!!! 5 minutes long!!! it was so gorgeous that it was worth the long wait for the new year to slowly crawl in!!!

and then it was time to go home...

...


under normal circumstances, travelling time from the curve's parking bay to my house would be approx. 10 mins...

... thanks to the new year celebrations... it took us....




THAT LONG TO GET HOME!!! =.="


anyways, pardon the short post. i'm x-os-ted and it's time to hibernate!!!

toodles!!!

yuletide carols

christmas, isn't christmas...
till it happens... in your heart....

i know it is 2007 already and that christmas has since been long and over, but heck! i haven't had enough of christmas!!!

think about it, don't you think that christmas is just too short??? i mean, shopping malls don't put up any christmas decorations until perhaps around end of november/early december! radio stations don't play christmas songs much until perhaps a few days BEFORE the actual day!!! where are the decorations akin to that of fenwick's window displays? what happened to carolling??? where's the christmas spirit? where's the celebrations?!!

and also... i believe in the 12 days of christmas... as per the song and so, today is technically... the 9th day of christmas!!!

on the 9th day of christmas my true love gave to me...
9 ladies dancing!!!

and so, i have 3 more days of celebrating christmas!!! 3 more days!!!

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy leaves are so unchanging;
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy leaves are so unchanging;
Not only green when summer's here,
But also when 'tis cold and drear.
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy leaves are so unchanging!

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me;
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me;
How often has the Christmas tree
Afforded me the greatest glee!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Much pleasure thou can'st give me.

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy candles shine so brightly!
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy candles shine so brightly!
From base to summit, gay and bright,
There's only splendor for the sight.
O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!
Thy candles shine so brightly!

this christmas was the first time me and jian got to spend christmas together!!! last year i spent christmas in sabah and he was in penang and so this christmas really meant something to me. to us, i'm sure.

i had so much fun and i was fed so much food that it was definitely worth the insane rush at work, the mad dash home, the no-proper-dinner-4-hour-long-car-ride-up-to-penang, and the flu-i-caught-becos-someone's-aircon-was-on-20degrees-and-i-had-no-blanket!!!

i lurrve my christmas presents and i'm thankful for so many things that if i start listing them out, this post would probbly take forever!!! but most of all, i'm thankful i got to spend christmas with jian and his family.

and with that... i say...

have a holly jolly christmas
it's the best time of the year

note: coming soon, as and when the internet connection permits, new year celebrations!

a smattering...

...of randomness.

one (1) dinner time some week(s) back, we went to prince cafe in ss2. i ordered something soupish with egg and two (2) slices of luncheon meat. when my meal came, guess what i saw?



double yolks = ???



*grins*

two (2) x three (3) weeks back, jian took me to his firm's annual dinner. the theme was bollywood dreams. everyone was dressed resplendently in luxurious silks and comfortable cotton sarees. i was in a saree too but it was an overdose of pink and hence too obscene to post up. nevertheless...



... but did you know?



and kl tower in the background.



three (3) saturdays ago (well, i counted THIS saturday)... we attended the kl bar committee's annual dinner & dance themed retro. so naturally, we went retro...


retro-ish christmas this year?



i just like how this picture turned out...


random? are you sure?