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Entries from October 2008

The way we were.

October 26, 2008 · 1 Comment

“Because you push too hard, every damn minute.”

If I push too hard, it’s because I want things to be better, I want us to be better, I want you to be better. Sure I make waves you have I mean you have to. And I’ll keep making them till you’re everything you should be and will be. You’ll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do or to love you as much.

I only give up when I’m absolutely forced to.

But, I’m a very good loser.

Because I’m the rockstar. You really gotta admit it. I’m awesome like that.

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Listen to this y’all. It loads super quick because it’s not the whole MTV, just the song itself.

 

Full Lyrics here: The Man Who Can’t Be Moved

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HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL MY INDIAN FRIENDS!!!

not that I have any. uhm. Is purple an Indian colour haha.

But then again, nobody celebrates Diwali here! It’s just like any other day duh and DAMN COLD LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I’M SNEEZING SO MUCH MY EYES ARE WATERY I CAN’T SEE PROPERLY AND I HAVE HEADACHE AND IT’S NOT FUN AT ALL!

I took so much aspirin I think I’m overdosed I’m severely drugged. Really…I am. I think…I am…I see…dead people..

Categories: Music Box · Of Love

On Good Things.

October 23, 2008 · 3 Comments

I want to tell you so many good things that are happening in my life right now but I couldn’t because there’s none.

Actually there are.

No la Not really.

Got la I’m kidding there are.

By the way you know right I wanted to get a bike no sorry actually I wanted to get a mountain bike only la BMX not the vroom vroom bike. I just checked on craigslist and the most decent and cheapest is like 50 US Dollars. why so expensive. how to buy like that so expensive!!! Anyone has used bicycle but doesn’t want it anymore please kindly give it to me. I hate walking.

Well when I’m packing and unpacking my things few days ago, I found a lot of Malaysia vouchers which I don’t need anymore so I’m going to be kind and give  sell them off at 60% off okay haha I would have given them out but god knows how incredibly financially challenged I am right now haha 

#1 RM2.50 stamp haha. I know la right nobody uses stamp anymore but just in case you really needed to post something please buy from me not from post office. i accidentally bought 2 sets of RM2.50 stamps when I post a birthday card for my friend in the US now I have this 2.50 sitting in my purse all day long.

#2 City Chain Rm50 Voucher! woah damn a lot okay. Actually I don’t know what City Chain sells but I think are watches or some sort like that. I can’t even remember where I got this RM50 voucher from! It expires in Dec 31st 2008. 

#3 Optical 88 RM50 Voucher. Well it’s pretty obvious they sell spectacles, contact lenses blah blah blah from the name la right. So ehem those who haven’t claim their RM200 for their company allowance for glasses or dental, and yet planning to buy a pair of specs, please get the voucher from me. Then you pay less, but you still claim RM200. woah, untung right?

#4 This, is my pair of very fabulous shorts. I love them to bits!!!! It’s ultra low waist and very tight fitting.

But the first pair I initially bought is a tad bit smaller. So i bought a new pair. 

Measurements for the brand new WHITE one I’m selling off: 9.9″ length, 14.6″ waist, 16.3″ width.

Okay done. That’s all I have.

I also dug out plenty of adorable dresses and skirts and blouses from my closet which I bought dont know how many years back but got lost in my messy closet. Everything’s in a size smaller because I ALWAYS buy things a size smaller trying to motivate myself to lose weight. Now since I *accidentally* lost weight I can fit in all of them *pats self on back. I also took PLENTY of photos with them. I wanted to post them up here but my friend who’s lying on the bed behind is apparently “not presentable enough” didn’t want to appear in my blog without makeup and some sexy pose wtf. I TRIED to photoshop the background away but you know la my photoshop skill so damn good I wasted 1 hour on it but end up I totally give up because they suck. So I won’t be posting any photos today.

wah so cheong hei okay that’s all for today thanks bye.

Categories: Random Babbling

I slept and dreamt that life was Joy.

October 16, 2008 · Leave a Comment

I’m the kind of person who looks for special moments every day. I don’t let a day slip by without finding a reason to be thankful or an opportunity to cherish a moment.

It might mean laying out a pretty tablecloth or lighting candles for an ordinary dinner. It might mean writing a card to tell an old friend I miss her. Or baking up a batch of Mum’s favourite pineapple tarts under her watchful eye. Or stopping to gaze at the awe of looming storm clouds in the sky. It might mean curling up in my favourite chair with a Nicholas Sparks novel and a mug of Earl Grey. Or feeling good sashaying out in that turquoise dress I bought even if it’s a big size 14. It might mean breathing in the scent of freshly baked bread wafting out of a baker at dawn. Or going out with the girls to catch a movie we’ve been dying to watch. It might mean leaving the office early to cook dinner for my parents. Or driving 250 miles and back for a plate of best roast duck in the country. It might mean splurging on a radical new hair cut and not wincing at the bill. Or spending a blissful afternoon just sharing pictures and gifts. It might mean waking up 2 hours late on a work day and calling in “sick” eventually. Or cuddling my Pomeranian and feeling him snuggle up to me. Or parking myself on the couch the whole weekend to finish the entire season of Grey’s Anatomy. It might mean seeing my best friend walk down the aisle to the man of her dreams. Or singing loudly along to the songs blasting away in my Nano. It might mean pampering myself with a nice long massage and relaxing in the bathtub after. Or travelling overseas with a half empty bag and returning with extra luggage.

The opportunities to find happy moments are endless and thats how I plan to live for the longest time.

Just because it’s Winter again. phweet!!!!

Categories: Random Babbling

DCFC rocks.

October 12, 2008 · 1 Comment

I haven’t been sharing any songs lately ya. 

Let me share my last 2 favourite songs before i shut down, like literally..shut down. You can skip the 2nd but  MUST listen to the 1st one okay and if you think it’s not nice then our friendship is over wtf haha

 

 

I don’t listen to it anymore now. Well, at least not until I’m ready.

The 2nd one is very jiwang la very emo. And besides I never listen to James Blunt at all because he’s gay. like not really gay but…all his songs are gay haha. But I particularly like this one.

So..enjoy =)

 

Categories: Music Box

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

October 12, 2008 · 1 Comment

A very good night sleep.

A very familiar scent.

And so I had a hair cut. I wanted it to be like SHORT short. So they cut away alot a lot of hair. But I still feel it’s too long. I’m going to have another 15cm off soon!!!

The weather is so freaking good yesterday so I went running in the park. I hadn’t run at all since what..January? I still run when I was in US everyday coz the weather is so damn good okay until the last few weeks there that I decided to pig in.

Truth is,

I hate running. It’s boring. I still prefer dancing!

Categories: I Love Me · Random Babbling

Down South.

October 7, 2008 · 4 Comments

Do you know what is bliss?

It’s waking up at 10 on a Monday morning without being awaken by the alarm clock. Stretched and jumped out of bed. Peeked out the window curtain to the rain splattering down the window in drops. Slipped back under the duvet because it’s sooo cold.

That is bliss. Not having to work is bliss =)

But that bliss only lasted for 5 minutes because I need to get out of the house to do my identification card and the new credit cards.

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Here’s another set of outdated photos. I kept feeding you guys with outdated photos sigh. I don’t really have the time to download the photos and blog about them. The only free time I have is when I have to shit. That also maybe only once a week like that I’m constipated haha.

The guys took leave and followed me back south. Left at 6.30am I nearly died because I slept at 5am the night before.

#1 Me sound asleep in the car even before we reach Juru toll haha.

We dropped by Malacca before Sgt.

You know what the stupid thing is?

We got lost on the way to Malacca because we’re supposed to head to Johor Bahru after Tampin toll but we drove towards Kuala Lumpur so we’re actually going to the opposite direction sigh why like that! I go to Malacca since I’m 6 like that also I can sesat T_T

Kevin: I’m sure is Johor Bahru. I always send Mei from Tampin to Melaka i’m SURE.

VSoon: I’m sure. I grew up here. I wanna bet RM200 it’s Kuala Lumpur! (shouting at Kevin)

Me: Not Johor Bahru. Not Kuala Lumpur also. -_-” (basically talking rubbish)

FatBoySlim: I think trust VSoon la go KL. I wanna bet on top for RM50 too.

End up, Kevin head to KL and found out it’s wrong so we exited PedasLinggi toll ehehe. We took 2.5 hours to reach Malacca which should be 1 hour 20 mins. But don’t know where the RM200 and RM50 went??

Right after we reach we went to Makko for lunch. I had Makko since I was a kid and never miss dropping by everytime we go to Malacca.

#2 We ordered Rendang Chicken, Sambal Tumis Sotong, Otak-otak, Satay Tofu and Vege. 2 thumbs up yummy! 

#3 My very fat friend who finished 3 bowls of rice everytime.

#4 I bought 2 very big packets of keropok made out of potato.

We called up YYY after lunch, met up with him so he could be our tour guide then we don’t have to depend on the map.

First stop: The Stadhuys. The official residence of Dutch Governer in 1650. 

#5 Kevin, Moi, YYY and VSoon in front of Stadhuys. 

#6 Me in front of Christ Church built in 1753.

#7 YYY, Moi and Kevin in front of the water fountain right in the middle of T.S. There’re a lot of people around watching the guy with the big fat yellow snake. 

2nd stop: St. Paul’s Church right on top of St. Paul hill. It used to be a prayer house of the Portugese Catholics, then turned into Dutch burial ground. We climbed up the hill. Lucky us the weather is super good that day, windy and no sun at all. Otherwise you’ll see me with umbrella and sun block heheh.

#8 View on top of St. Paul hill.

#9 St Paul Church.

#10 Kevin and Me with the tombstones? with Latin and Portugese inscription.

#11 Joan spotted!

#12 View of Afamosa fortress from top of St Paul hill.

3rd Stop: A’Famosa fortress built by the Portugese and severely damaged by the Dutch invasion.

#13 FatBoySlim, Kev, Me, YYY, Vsoon in front of A’Famosa.

4th Stop: The once big drain behind the houses where people shit into which is turned into a nicer river with boats that you can take round the place.

#14 Venice? haha far from that. Just some Malacca longkang belakang.

#15 FatBoySlim, Me, Kev, YYY in some hut next to the “river”.

#16 Me snapping away while the rest of them figuring out where the place to board the boat is.

#17 We shouted over to the people in the boat to ask them where they board the boat. They pointed to the right and shouted back “the place where they sell congee”.

#18 One last photo before we drive over to the congee place.

#19 Me.

The guys at the congee place said the place to board the boat is 5 minutes walk down the road at the Shell station. So we decided to walk over.

#20 We took almost 20 photos while walking over to the Shell station. We said the view is good, but truth is we needed to rest because everyone is tired haha. The 5minutes feels like half an hour no kidding.

#21 Kev with his signature pose. Can’t you tell he totally spoilt my photo@??!!@@!!$#$%^@#

#22 Us trying to molest Kevin. DID U SEE THAT? His PINK COLOUR Renoma wtf where got guy wear pink colour bah. I told him if a guy took off his pants and I see pink colour renoma I’d totally lose my appetite and whatever mood and ask him to wear back the pants wtf.

In the end, we didn’t get to take the boat because the next boat is 8pm and it’s 1+ hour away. So we walked back which is another half an hour T__T We decided to come back here later at night because we’re all dying to take the boat haha I don’t know why.

5th Stop: Jonker Walk. The once richman street, a living proof of Baba Nyonya rich heritage.

#23 We laughed at those people who were queuing for the famous chicken rice ball. The queue is so long it appeared in newspaper.

#24 Jonker Walk entrance.

#25 The very famous Cendol place in Jonker Walk.

#26 Kev bought some deep fried food while we’re waiting for Cendol because it was a long queue.

#27 Told you the queue is long.

#28 YUMMMMYYYYYYYY the Gula Melaka is so good!

#29 YYY and Kev with Cendol and Lo Han Guo at the side of Jonker street.

#30 A obviously very happy me.

6th Stop: Cheng Hoon Teng temple built in 1645 believed to be the oldest Chinese temple in the country.

#31 Us in front of the temple.

#32 Full frontal.

#33 All the photos I took is like that. It’s like I’m shining when I’m in the temple haha.

#34 The back part of the temple is divided into separate stalls. Believe it or not, it’s exactly the way I dreamt it to be a week back. Seriously TRUST ME I dreamt it before I even visited it!!! Err is god trying to tell me something huh can He give me 4 numbers the next time instead huh

7th Stop: Sate Celup. Nobody should miss sate celup. 

#35 The sate. They never change the sate in between customers. Erm. Let’s not think about double dipping.

#36 We didn’t eat a lot. Only 64 bucks!

8th Stop: Geographer in Jonker Walk.

#37 Geographer right in the mid of Jonker. Nice crowded place with people playing on the keyboard singing away, people dancing and clapping.

#38 The decorations inside are pretty nice.

#39 Notice the picture at the upper left corner. Sammi Cheng and Richie Ren used to be here coz they took one of the Xia Ri MoMo Cha scenes here.

#40 Few last cocktails before we call it a night.

#41 Christ Church at night on our way back to the hotel.

8th Stop: Fenix Inn. The place we stayed in which is right next to Dataran Pahlawan. Almost 110 bucks per night but luckily the place is new so everything is clean. No complaints.

#42 The deluxe room which I had to unwillingly share with Kev. I had to draw the line on the floor with chalk so he won’t invade my territory.

#43 Last one before I sleep. Good Night!!!

I slept at almost 1 and we agreed to meet up at 11am. Stupid Kevin set his alarm clock at 9am. WHY TELL ME WHY HE SET IT 2 HOURS EARLIER??!!! He need to makeup and do his hair is it. So end up I lose 1.5 hours sleep @#$#^%@#$@%

#44 Before I check out.

#45 Hotel lobby.

#46 Waiting for YYY. 3 more kgs and the fat yellow guy in the middle would look like Buddha.

9th Stop: Famous Chicken Rice ball at Jonker Walk. We had to go at 11 in the morning to avoid queuing up later.

#47 Kev and Me in the shop waiting impatiently while YYY go park his car.

#48 The super famous rice. *slurp*

#49 Me before I leave the place. See people start queuing already.

10th Stop: Dataran Pahlawan. New shopping mall in Malacca.

#50 Me waiting for Kevin to try out his shirt.

So have you guys heard of Big Apple Donut? Everytime I pass by the shop I see almost 30 people lining up and I also heard a lot of people say it’s very very nice hence it’s all worth the queue. Dataran Pahlawan has a Big Apple chain so I decided to try it out to see what all the hoo haa is about.

#51 Donuts donuts and donuts!

#52 Go Nutz, Whitnut, The Alien, Say Cheese, Choreo. The other one forgot the name oredy.

Verdict? OK LAH! OKAY ONLY LAH! Whats so great about it that people is willing to queue for it?? Okay maybe I’m just not a donut lover. More of a cupcake lover lah okay.

11th Stop: Malacca Sultanate Palace. This one we decided to go because we needed air cond. So we paid 2 bucks for the air con haha.

#53 I’m not sure if this is the Malacca Sultanate Palace or some Muzeum.

#54 Obligatory photo.

#55 A’Famosa again on our way back to Dataran Pahlawan.

12th Stop: Jonker Walk. (yes again). Because FatBoySlim wanted to go buy Nyoya Kueh and OndeOnde and also Gula Melaka.

#56 Passed by a Hokkien Huay Guan.

Then we went back to Sgt. The end of Malacca trip. Very fruitful because I ate everything I wanted to eat =) I think it’s like the 3462384259234235th time I go to Malacca. But I still like it coz I like the food.

WOAH WHAT A SUPER LONG POST. Okay la for all the long wordy posts I gave you before this, now I compensate already la okay. Last few ones before I go clean my room.

#57 Before I go to Wesley.

#58 Before I go to SHK.

Phewwwwwwwww finally done with all the photos. Ok everyone take care okay bye bye!

 

 

Restoran Nyonya Makko

123, Taman Melaka Raya, Off Jalan Parameswara, Melaka.

 (606) 284 0737

Categories: Food · Friends · I Love Me · Malacca

1 free day please?

October 6, 2008 · 1 Comment

My godddd I nearly died from all the travelling. Plus I have no internet access boohoo  T_______T well technically I do have internet access but what I don’t have is a single minute to sit down and even press spacebar T________T

gawd can i just have 1 day where I can pig out on the couch and do nothing pleasee

A quick update today okay guys I’m so tired.

Surprisingly I heard this old old old song on the car while I was travelling. You guys remember this song right right right? It was wayyyyyyyy back in high school and the movie is so touching can! Esp when Anita Yuen asked her bf to go out to buy some kueh when she’s in hospital. And when the bf came back she passed away already. She knew she’s going to die already so she asked the bf to go away so he doesn’t have to see it.

T____________________________T SO SAD RIGHT

so you guys please treasure your S.O okay if they’re willing to die for you and do everything for you kay because not everyone is lucky like you T_T

okay bye bye I’m so tired because I still have lots of things to do tomorrow like go and do my identification and stuff okthxbye

Categories: Music Box · Random Babbling