cigar, baileys and some music

this valentines, i spend the night with these ppl...

these are just some of the boys from the cell i had been faithfully attending. forgive us if we all look like AA group. we r all fella ragamuffins in the pursuit of righteousness.

when we are not drinking and puffing... we are all really nice ppl. these really sweet boys actually prepared dinner for us girls that night. they started at the market at 8am and when on preparing till 7.30pm, you wont believe how much food they prepared.



yum yum... cigar chocolate.

zipangu

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they dont have as wide variety but the quality of their food is superb--talk about fresh. plus all the above already made me walked away really really full. the most important point though is... i have 50% discount card. anyone want to buy me lunch? :)

attention!

19 - 23 DECEMBER: BANGKOK

24 - 26 DECEMBER: KL
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24 dec: dinner at Paige's place, party at Sherelyn's place
25 dec: church service in the morning...
26 dec: Kevin's place

27 DECEMBER - 2 JANUARY: SINGAPORE
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27 dec:
28 dec: youth service (i cant remember what time)
29 dec:
30 dec:
1 jan: cousin's wedding dinner
2 jan: driving back from singapore

A NOTE TO THE SINGAPOREANS
meant to meet this group of ppl, if u all make it one of those dates up there. let me know.
1. elaine (PIC), shups and girls - we can have a girly night out
2. alvin (PIC), ps and the whole gang, i would like to join if there is any new year's eve gathering or dinner.
3. bong n howe

*ppl above, pls let me know soon when ur free so i can block those dates. if ur not in this list, i just am not sure who is free to meet me with such short notice. give me a buzz.

a romantic affair

the MIFA runway, lights and dresses left me somewhat dreamy. in the midst of very sophisticated faces which i so often see only in magazine, plus free flow of sparkling shiraz and wisky coke probably contributed to that feeling. it is about 1.30am and i make my way back, the sound of raindrops keep me company. after a hot shower, probably the next best thing to do is tuck myself in bed.

but it is friday night, and i dont want to just do the next best thing. im in a mood for a slow, catchy romance. and i got that spot on from my blueberry nights. check that web link, let those soundtracks play for a bit and you will understand what i mean. some ppl think wong kar wai's movies are pretty slow, remember im somewhat tipsy so the pace was just nice for me. couldnt resist jude law, he is not that great looking but always find him charming. a player real life (or so i heard), i know why he can be one. the way he stares at another girl, the way he runs his finger through the hair, such a killer. he can sweeps any girls' feet of the ground. i believe all that comes in natural, he wasnt just acting. love the music, angles, story line and babes. hypnotise by that kiss right there. now really wish i can do a movie journal.

movies like this can make us fall in love with love all over again. somehow recent affairs seem to be nurturing my heart back to love... do you think he is around the corner?

the great adventure

last weekend, we headed north to this place.


our room, or should i say our barn is pretty small but it is enough for the night.


this is me...


and my team.

part1: white water rafting





though you can barely see us except for our helmet, we are all still in the boat. this is what i found out after this trip, that white water rafting is not as scary as it looks like. but maybe because we only went for level3. it is really fun, and we really want to do this again.

part2: night tracking
we were busy grabbing branches and holding our torchlight. so no photos heheh...

part3: paintball

we almost name ourself camp-whore (since they were cam-whoring the whole trip) but we went with the company name team hot


my damage:


i pull through the whole thing with just one o-chia (blue black) and minor bruises. oh yahh... one lesser pair of shoes.

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all photos courtesy of yeow mei ann.

oh God, i love fridays

i cant tell you how much i love fridays nowadays. the rest of the days in the week are just like a warzone, fighting with deadlines ahead both work and class submission. miraculously i am pulling through beyond average in class, in fact close to doing well. im happy.  

amid all that, i had been partying, picking up tennis with my friend's nintendo wii (hehe) and even made time for dvds. i am totally glad it is friday today, because for one evening in a week at least, i can sit down and do all those things above and not worry about tomorrow. clients are off for the weekend - they will not call or email me. no increase of job bags, only what i already have. i feel as if time freeze for a while to give me back the freedom to do anything i like. 

since im in that topic i will share a dream that bugs me. a very short, nevertheless enough to make me sweat and jump off my bed despite the fact i only slept 5 hours prior to that. i dont remember ever having such experience before. 

'woken up from my sleep because i saw a shadow of someone on my right. he is reclining on my pillow. i can see his face, and i dont seem surprise to see him next to me at all. in my tired voice, i whisper "something keeping you awake?". he couldnt hear clearly i guess, his face leans closer to me. at that very moment my heart starts beating. i freak out... yes his lips touches mine...' 

i freak out that so badly, i woke up immediately. it is almost like, i need to end the dream right away kinda feeling. nope, not because of the kiss - i had done worst in my dreams - but it is because it is him. scary and freaky.

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wokie, im going try to pick up my books where i last left off and have an early night tonight. buai. oh yah one more, murni's boss, jackie is pregnant. super random but i took great measure to find out so i need to spread the news now. 

not just another birthday

a cold dip
a hot cup of coffee
a handmade sandwich

so i blew my last candle next to a waterfall.

that short note i left on my facebook had triggered some responses, like this one: "Sounds like u had a romantic ooh la la". it must be one of the most dramatic venue i ever had a birthday. and yes indeed, quite romantic. not only do i have one guy but a whole bunch of them :).

thanks to the raya holiday, my cell and some of their friends decided to conquer the waterfall at ulu yam. there were 19 of us. about 30 minutes walk, crossing 5 rivers (one about waist level), and 15 minutes of 70degrees climb. since i quit my gym, this has to be one of the best workout i ever had, beats cycling indoor anytime. my instructors used to say 'no pain, no gain'. forgetting all the muscle cramps, i am already fantasizing about the tight nice calves i will get tomorrow :)

i can safely say im actually happy this year. after some stormy years, it feels great to be able to see things in perspective again. i guess steve jobs best describe the voice from my heart.
'Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.'

facebook has its share of contribution too. the many wishes on my wall, calls and smses reminded me the many friends and families i had all around the world, you know who you are. thanks for making my day, more like my life, so much more meaningful. love you all. muaks.

the capability-to-eat is a blessing

BREAKFAST 10am
2 half boiled eggs with roti bakar (bread), iced milo

BRUNCH 11.45am
seremban beef noodle, chinese iced tea
dessert: sea coconut




LUNCH 1.30am
malacca laksa, assam laksa, chicken curry
dessert: baba durian cendol






TEABREAK 3pm
beers and oreo cheese cake
dessert: ice cream




instead of burping, we put our air to make this new creation


JOURNEY BACK TO SEREMBAN
jco donuts, seaweeds

DINNER 5pm
pack seremban siew pau
dessert: apple pie and ice cream

SUPPER 10pm
tomyam maggi mee
dessert: more baskin robbins ice cream

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my partners in crime:


our tagline:

che de shi fu (the capability-to-eat is a blessing)

RESULTS = +0.5kg

31

a reason why my house always look forward for the 31st is not exactly because we are patriotic. it is because every 31 of the month we get 31% discount from baskin robbin which will save us about rm120 for 3 value cuts size which looks like this. dont tell me that is a lot because it will not even last us a month without our parents control, even with their control it barely last us two months. just in time for our next stock up.


my family will only buy the jamaica almond flavour. that is our household favourites.


but today is only the 29th, why didnt my parents wait for 3 more days? so here is the news if you havent know...


in conjunction to our national day, they extended the promotions for 3 days. not many ppl know that yet so for once we do not need to fight the crowd.


seriously it is yummy, i just found out they dont have baskin robbin in spore. if so you can try in your next visit with me. this is my other craze next to starbucks latte. what are you waiting for, give yourself a treat... just forget about the fattening bit for this weekend. what the heck, it is national day so it is an excuse to celebrate.

MTV asia awards 2008

working with a gossip magazines definitely have it perks. besides free movies, i had been given quite a few opportunity to party with the local celebs. getting the ticket for MTV asia awards got me really excited, i love the fact that im will be hearing live all my recent favourite songs from the original artiste.

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JARED LETO AND KAREN MOK

sorry, to be honest i dont exactly know who jared leto is, till yesterday night. he is not exactly my type of cute guy but i heard a lot about him from my other colleagues who interviewed him. he sounded kinda fun, notti and the continuous mention of his attractive eyes i think deserve to be highlighted here. to his credit he took home the 'VIDEO STAR' award for A Beautiful Life music video. that is when it all dawned on me, i saw that music video before so i guess 30 SECONDS TO MARS really deserve that award.

on the other hand, i always like karen mok. but i love her even more after that night. she looks totally gorgeous and i think she did a really good job for the night. love her outfits.



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PUSSYCAT DOLLS

no better way than to start off with the girls. and even i have to say these girls are hot. not only them, despite the cold weather like 20degree celsius you can see really a lot of hot young girls with short dresses and in 2 inches heels. believe it or not they stood throughout the show that lasted about 3 hours.


another closer look of the girls.

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ONE REPUBLIC

as predicted the 3-million-downloaded song apologise and stop and stare.


try calculating how many camera phones were there. im sure it is somewhere on youtube but im not sure if you can hear anything at all :)


OneRepublic feat. Timbaland - Apologize won the 'Best Hook-up' award for their collaboration.


this is not on TV. they look totally fun when they start whacking each other with the award.


on a side note, they walked past me. im sure they saw us because there were only two of us since the screaming fans were behind bars guarded by security. i think we could be there because we were very well behaved since i dont know who they are till they actually walk pass hahaha. you see, i listen to radio and itunes... so i dont exactly know how all these celebs look like but now i know :) before the car leave one of the dude in the car waved to us. that made my friend really happy coz she is a really big fan.

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LEONA LEWIS

all throughout the show we were quite disappointed with the sound system. the mic wasnt clear and their voice projection wasnt great but when this woman took over the stage she proved us all wrong. because the sound was perfect. i suppose she did better but even with this sound system she did not disappoint. can you imagine we only caught a glimpse of her greatness and that left all of us totally impress.


she did better in time and bleeding love. that had to be the highlights of the night.


totally deserve the 'Breakthrough Artist' award.

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LEO KU, STEFANIE SUN, SHOW LO

ku kui kei tongue twister name, LEO KU walked away with 'Favourite Artist Hong Kong' award; STEFANIE SUN for 'Favourite Artist Singapore' award and SHOW LO grabbed the 'Favourite Artist Taiwan' award.

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THE SCRIPT

presented The Man Who Can't Be Moved. love the lyrics, sound like what i wrote im not gonna move.



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CLICK FIVE

the boys took the newly introduced 'The Knockout' award for being the band that won the hearts of the fans in asia. i know that song Jenny.

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PANIC AT THE DISCO




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SUPER JUNIOR

this is like probably one of the biggest boy band i ever seen. big as in not by fans but by the number of ppl in the group. it is one of the performance i secretly like. i like korean boys and korean songs though i dont understand a single word. i have downloaded mirror the first song they performed. from now on i will be a closet fan, still trying to find the name of the main guy. he is so cute.

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FINALE



the most impressive 'M'

apology, i didnt get any Nicholas Teo's photo since he didnt do any presentation. He won the 'Favourite Artist Malaysia' Award. anyway that's all you get from me for now, if only i have a better camera