God’s listening???
although i have been dreading work, since being back, work isn’t really that bad yet cos…
1) i dun work late
2) i dun go to client’s place
3) i don’t deal with client
4) i don’t bring work home
5) i don’t have much to do. just read through last year’s work and familarise myself with the issues
did i mention that i get to go back early? plus… i don’t bring work home??? well, that’s just for this week. sure i have equally a lot to gripe and whine about (ie job allocation and no proper staff/assistant support) but i think as a step to trying to be positive, i shall refrain from ranting if possible. =) i guess perhaps God heard my plea.
i watched lots of movies this week… “accidental spy” (rating: 4/5) starring uma thurman and izzie’s denny duquette from grey’s anatomy which is the same guy who acted in “ps: i love you”. just love his sexy brogue… i think his irish or was it scots accent?? oooh.. just googled him and his name is Jeffrey Dean Morgan!!!
“mama mia” (rating: 1/5) was rather disappointing. i mean, lots of ppl were raving about it. come on, they had abba hit songs… big name celebrities ie pierce brosnon, merryl streep, colin firth to a name a few but the whole show felt so comical-ish and the musical parts just fell flat. the broadway musical better be worth the hundreds that ppl pay for. i only watched to the end was to see who the dad was… but of course, we never did found out!
on to other movies. watched “007 quantum of solace” (rating: 3.5/5) last nite with wen. it was typical bond movie with lots of damage scene. not much sexual scenes/innuendos. basically, have no expectations and the show won’t be such a disaster. wen, who kept whacking and insulting me the whole nite didn’t like the movie but gushed about mamamia where else i was ok with 007 but really found mamamia a joke!
anyways, heading off to sleep. so, no more reviews for now though i watched a few others.
sporting a headache. darn it! if only i could skip work tmr but i can’t. have to settle the issues discussed today with manager and client though it involved last year issues.
nite and cheerios!
SE G900i!!!
and so, with the kidnapping or rather handphonenapping of my mum’s nokia 6630 that i was using previously and with no ransom call, i bought sony ericsson’s G900i that i have been eyeing for quite some time ever since charlie showed his one to me! and it’s my first time buying a hp. so, excited and yet apprehensive abt it.
my mum is paying a huge portion off the price as my bday and christmas present and i will top up the remaining amount. hence, with this hp, i m going to CHAIN it to my body so that it never goes missing! =p
SE G900i
-it has touchscreen function
-camera is 5 megapixel/flash/3x zoom/auto focus/image stabiliser/video recording and calling
-there is wifi support and 3g
and lots more other function that i’ve yet to discover. keypad’s really nice to use and that’s a no.1 must for me. well, i guess at least sth good came out of that malang-ness. sigh. curse that lady or whoever who took my hp an eternity of period!!!! bleed forever!! or eternity of super bad BO (body ordour) and acne and blackheads and badbreathe!!!
my bf’s housemate lost her hp in aussie few mths back and the person who found it called her to return her hp. what’s wrong with malaysians? this is my 2nd hp that was stolen in less than 6 mths and lousy hp to boot! previously was a few-yrs-old nokia 3315 and this round is a yr old nokie 6630!
i ve known about 2-3 ppl who have found hps BUT kept it from themselves even when they themselves had alrite hps!! is this a malaysian culture? to not have the curtesy or kind heart to return sth they’ve found? many yrs ago, my sis lost her IC and someone mailed it back to her. has that generation of pp who find things and return them died out? is the current generation of pp so materialistic?
i mean… among other things are… look at how malaysians drive. that itself is a bad testimony. when u put ur indicator/signal to the left/right. the person on that lane won’t have the manners nor the curtesy to slow down for u. in fact, they speed up and even sometimes cut over to ur lane! let’s talk about zebra crossings… we, malaysians have NO qualms about speeding up when we see zebra crossings/pedestrians. when i was in aussie, even before the pedestrian steps onto the zebra crossing, drivers will slow down or stop to let the pedestrian get to the zebra crossing and cross over!
on to other malaysian “habits”… look at our taxi drivers who tries to rip of passengers especially if they’re tourists! how about our road signs. sometimes hidden behind bushes/trees, sometimes so obscure u dun even see it til the very last min! look at the wonderful ministry who had nth better to do and wanted to change Jln Alor to some other stupid unknown name for reasons only known to them. don’t they have better things to do?
few days back i was watching the news with my dad and saw the meeting in parliament if i was not mistaken. gosh. the ministers bicker like little children and to think these are the ppl governing our country. no wonder we are where we are rite at this point in time!
ok. it appears that i have digress again. anyhow, wat i am trying to say is i really hope that in the event if u guys do find any hps in the future or anything, u will find it in ur heart to make an effort to return that hp even when the temptation to keep it is strong… and i m sure somehow, u will be richly rewarded/blessed! and i hope none of u ever lose ur hp or it being hpnapped!!
sometimes…
… i really wonder how much do you really care??
i m talking about how sincere are u? and i m not talking about half past six kind of sincere..
birthday list…
to all november babies!!
well.. it’s that time of the month where november babies are d celebrities of d month! *haha*
anyways, with mine coming up REAL soon (and with some ppl asking what i would like), it got me thinking.. there’s so much i want cos there’s so much i want to do… but i guess i’ll just settle for the below… *wink*
1) air ticket to brisbane for my bf’s graduation in dec (then again… prolly move this to the wishlist)
2) that i can resign and have a job i enjoy and that i m good at that pays?
3) seriously, if you can make me slim or just give me the formula to lose weight or slim down, i would be forever grateful!!
4) RM1million??? (why RM1million? that’ll be another entry for another day)
ok.. ok.. i m trying to think of something that is more practical within the budget.
5) perfume (not that fussy but NO citrus smelling ones)
6) a package for hair/facial? (i need grooming cos i look horrendous but it’s expensivek.. if a group shares then it won’t be that bad i guess)
7) that my bf was back or would be back soon
and as 8 is my favourite number as it is after all my birthdate…lastly,
8) all i really want is to have a good memory. a day of happiness and joy. a special day to spend with ppl who i care and who cares for me. to know that i have friends and not just “hi”, “bye” ones but friends who’ll stick through thick and thin.
most prob be hanging out with my colleagues who are planning a dinner for me and i hope that it’ll be a blast and i know definitely that it’ll be cos they won’t embarass me by doing the below…
omg
ps: i m thankful that today was a pretty good day somewhat cos i got to stay in office, had an easy day and i got to leave at6pm! but the tough period is coming up and i m wondering how to weather the storm… a shot of perseverence and a jugful of optimism??!
special day…
today is a very special day for…
my dad and mum, my uncle and aunt in melbourne and also my sis!
firstly, it is my dad’s and mum’s 30th anniversary. That means… 30 years of sufferings together and of each other *haha*, 30 years of driving each other mad (mad as in koo koo and mad as in annoyed mad). ok. i wouldn’t say they’ve had the perfect marriage. then again, who does?
BUT at least they had 30 years of good and bad times together and don’t you think 30 years of being married to each other is a loooong time seeing the fact that nowadays divorce seems to be the “in” thing!
So, here is my toast to you guys… happy anniversary and hopefully many more to come along with good memories!
Secondly, it is ALSO my uncle (my mum’s bro) and aunty’s wedding anniversary this special day! They are ever thoughtful and sent a basket of stuff to my parents and also a bouquet of roses for my sis.
Which brings me to THIRDLY and lastly, it is also yet another important day as it is my sister’s birthday. Hopefully, one year older meaning one year wiser (which is sth i ALWAYS say to bday ppl =p ). Super Happy birthday to you! May you continually be blessed (which you always are seeing what a great sis u have in me… *haha*) and that your wishes do come true or at the very least one of them =).
random stuff
ok… just posting random pics and updates.. =)
1) KARAOKE nite @ Redbox, 1Utama
it seems that anyone can sing.
the enthusiastics
even the shameful and shy ones…
i-m-shy
and also the shameless and boh pai seh ones…
i love to sing!!!
WHO sleeps paying RM69 for karaoke??!!! apparently, some do…
sooo pooped!
BUT it’s all in the name of fun.
a grand time
2) la jiu pan mee @ kota damansara
with my bro...
with lyn d meanie & kris schmis
3) chilling with gill @ teh tarik place, 1u
food n drinks reaonably priced
happy us...
4) family dinner @ fatty crab, tmn megah
delicious meal
5) bf happy scaring ppl… (though i dun celebrate halloween)
but i laughed instead...
to wordpress or to blogspot… that is d question!
actually, in conjunction with my change of mindset from the super negative and pessimistic me to the cheery chirpy me, i have been thinking of changing the blog theme. when i was pessmistic, i felt that the current dark blue gloomy template suited my then gloomy thoughts and temperament very well. However, now it just looks tooo “gloomy”.
and i ve been thinking of actually joining nuffnang. they seem to be pretty hype and happening bunch with loads of really hip ideas! and i have been blogging since 2003 itself ay my previous blogspot account and yeah even if my blog may not have many readers (for now, that is)… there’s no harm in starting from somewhere rite? who knows what can happen in a year? just take a look at nuffnang’s short history to present success.. i mean, who knows what may even happen tmr?
u just never know.
hence, i was checking out nuffnang’s site, to better understand their terms and conditions and from what i understand, it may be better for me to continue blogging at my previous blog in blogspot! and the funny thing is… i ve always preferred blogspot! i find it easier to post my pics… to use verdana font instead etc. u have to understand that i m not computer savvy watsoever. so, html is out of the question! i m the kind of person who just knows how to check her mail, surf the net, chat on msn and that’s basically about it. a real dumbo at computer staff or anything for that matter.
ok. i seem to have digress. as usual. so, the question is… “why did i change to wordpress instead?”, rite? it’s because of their privatise-an-entry-function! for blogspot, i can only set a limit to invited guests only to read my uninteresting and morbid entries as a form of protection to any unwanted readers where else with wordpress, i would be able to password protect specifically the entries i didn’t want certain ppl to read. i was ok with ppl reading certain parts of my entries but not all especially office ppl.
anyhow, with the terms set out, it would seem that i’ll be heading back to my blogspot account. we shall see how things goes.
ps: Sigh. Job allocation is out and i am thoroughly upset with my allocation. I must have pissed someone off to be assigned to a shitty job (or so i was told) til end of march and at the beck n call of the other dept’s senior (whom it seems might not be so nice or so i was told). and it is a possibility that i am to be the lab rat (as per a friend) experiment in the integration of jobs with the other dept. i really don’t like their work-late-even-if-there-isn’t-a-need-to culture! this is SO going to put my “positive me” mindset to a test which at this moment i can feel my happy me wavering… and slipping…
and hence…
Dear God,
please grant me the serenity to accept the things that i cannot change;
courage to change the things that i can;
and the wisdom to know the difference.
on exams and the aftermath…
ON EXAMS… so, i had my first exam (CGA) for this semester on friday and well, i didn’t have enough time to complete the questions. Despite the fact that i could answer the questions, there is a 50% possibility of me failing. *haha* and if i do fail, i get a free dinner from anne!! =p however, if she passes (which we ALL knows that she will), i get a free dinner from her!! so, who knows? i may get 2 free dinner meals!! must start planning where to go for my free dinners… *hehe*
after the exam at Matrade exhibition centre- Jalan Khidmat Usaha, Lyn and i made our way to 1u’s Daves to meet our emo colleague Kris… *haha* ok ok… kidding la… to meet the “gang”. After that, the bunch of crazy peeps decided to go to Neway for karaoke (and dragged me a long) despite Red Box at Curve (which was only like WAT??? 10mins drive away??!!!) having a better selection of songs.
POST 1ST EXAM… Friday nite karaoke-ing is utter MADNESS!! it’s crazy EXPENSIVE ok!!! Approximately RM46++ (RM69 per person after taxes…crazy k) from 10pm til 2am. nevertheless, it was fun!! we sang chinese songs (FIR, melodi sang by sheila majid and some chinese dude, super lots of emo chinese songs that i have no idea what the titles are), english songs ranging from love songs by mariah carey, old school bands’-backstreet boys, michael learns to rock, westlife to venting-anger-screaming linkin park’s one step closer and of course, malay songs by peter pan and my jaclyn victor’s gemilang! i think if we had known any indian songs, we would have had a go at it.
karaoke
ON KARAOKE at NEWAY… highlights of the nite would be:
1) alan n lyn without mikes are WAAAAAY louder than all of us with mikes!!
2) two of them happily playing some “chi chi chi ba” drinking game whilst some of us were singing, and based on highlight no.1, they really DROWNed out our melodious voices with their crazy chantings of “chi chi ba”.. and apparently, that is the Hong Kong way of karaoke!! *haha* yeah rite.. =p
3) diva lyn singing her “Through the rain” by mariah carey with total abandonment! and she just makes me less reserved/shy to sing what with her lack of inhibitations basically, tak tau malu-ness!! =)
4) starting off the nite with abba’s dancing queen!! it was LEGENDARY (as barny from “How i met your mother” would say) ok ok.. SUPERBLY awesome!! with ALL 8 of us screaming singing on top of our lungs like there was no tomorrow..
5) alan n kris snorring sleeping away counting million of sheeps in oblivion WHILST kokie (as per lyn) and alex found release for their frustrations in true Linkin Park style to “One step closer”!
6) lyn, me n yokey (as per kris) really got high to FIR’s “Get High!”… it was a super energetic, pumped up song! and both of them proceeded to end the nite (almost or past 2am) with several super emo songs from some TVB drama series much to the consternation of alex who wanted to go back then…
ON A CHANGE OF MINDSET… i really had a blast… and yes, being positive really helps me to be a happier person. there was a point where i kind of felt a bit not-into-the-mood (during dinner) but i told myself to hang in there, don’t be sensitive, don’t let what others do/don’t do affect me and just make the best out of it! and hey… i did had a good nite as opposed to past experiences! =) like i said… it was a B-L-A-S-T!!
and today.. i m pratically cheery chirpy to the point that someone commented on facebook if i took happy pills!! and that’s not even experiencing my chirpiness personally, face-to-face! FYI, i don’t need alcohol or any kind of drugs to be high!! *haha* even the shopowners at digital mall smiled A LOT to me prolly tapping into my aura of happiness… but i m wondering how they can sense my cheeriness. hmmm….
perhaps, there is a “glow” on my face that SHOUTS “cheery chirpy”!!! and practically oozing out of me pores…
ps: to every good, there is the bad… chilly pan mee for lunch and tom yam for dinner induced pain and”hotness” at my souther region and it’s not the front part! super unpleasant for my poor “si fat long” (cantonese for arsehole) ok!! besides that, i haven’t studied anything for my second exam on Tuesday!!! doom doom doom.. BUT wheeee…
pps: pics on karaoke nite will be uploaded eventually in facebook or somewhere.. but video clips ARE definitely going on Youtube!!!
pps: d karaoke pic above was taken from google images..
winning is such a nice feeling…
i won 2 free tix to the nuffnang premiere screening of Madagascar 2 courtesy of… JADE ZHENG!!! OK.. am a little miffed that she spelt my name WRONGLY!! it’s Esther with a “H” after the “T” and before “E” not the ESTER (bahan lemak.. i think??) we learned in secondary school. But all is forgiven since i m getting free tix.. cannot complain too much rite?
whoopiiee…. happy… ladadiiieee….
throws my notes in the air as who cares about cpa exams and skips around the room…. wheeee…
ok ok.. it’s back to sleeping studying. The feeling of winning sth is super exciting ok since i hardly win ANYTHING despite joining countless giant competitions and other competitions… When i was young, i would join all the newspaper competition etc.. but not receive any reply saying i had won…
but now i have…. wheee once again….now the headache is “who to take with me to the screening???” if my bf was here, of course he would be my lucky partner since it was due to him that i won the tix!! nyek nyek..
but seeing that he isn’t here.. hmmm.. AND since it’ll be ON my SIS’s bday, she’ll be my lucky partner for the nite! although there are so many other ppl i also want to ask!!! =) sorry sorry!!! if i had more tix.. i would definitely have asked u (Ngee)… and u (Wen)… and u… and YOU!!! …. and you… and you… and…
study plan gone awry.. again!!
MAN. study plan was the worse! i didn’t follow ANY of it and i have YET to complete a single module! Can you believe that i woke up about 11ish, had my bathe, breakfast or more like brunch, surf the net for a bit and proceeded to browse through module 1 and promptly fell asleep from 1sth pm til 5sth pm!!! yeah, and for that, adding to my expanding tummy, waist, hips and thighs!!! =(
and well, seeing how it is that it’s late and i can only do so much… let me digress for a bit…
i came across JADE zheng’s blog (i tot she’s cindy??).. anyways, if you guys don’t know or have never heard of her before, she is the winner of Malaysia’s Dreamgirl 2008! and if you’re still giving me that blur blur look.. go hang yourself and get a life google it or check out her blog! =p
ok ok. back to JADE. well, she’s giving out 30 free tix to Madagascar 2 and that means only 15 bloggers will BE lucky BUT as per her update at 12sth on monday, she has 3 spots left.. so, whoever who is interested, hurry!! check out her blog. All u have to do is blog about what animal would you love your bf/gf to be.. in BED!
ermm… what KIND of question is that?? *hehe* i can envision my mum shaking her head disapprovingly… =)
well, now now.. don’t get all excited.
For the perves, you can take it in the sexual context or for the “innocent and pure of heart”, you can think of it differently.. though nowadays, sexual innuendos are highly overrated… movies, series, books, anything you read online and even jokes with friends, colleagues etc are filled with sexual innuendos.. i mean, come on la.. i m sure that’s not the ONLY interesting thing one has to talk about rite???!!
hey.. dun think of me as a prude.. i’ll have u know that ppl in general have said that good girls are actually more wild than wild girls.. haha.. now, if only someone could testify to that! =)
anyways, back to free Madagascar 2 movie tix… I HOPE THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME FREE TIX!!!
so, eeeeniiieeee.. meeeniieeee.. mynieee…. mo! what animal should my bf be??? tough one… hmmmmm…
i guess it would definitely have to be a dog!! why???!!! u know what ppl say how cats treat their owners like slaves/servants (no offense to all you feline lovers ya!!) but… EVERYONE knows that dogs ARE man’s best friend!! my bf is my boyfriend and also my bestest friend! and i loooooove doggies… especially german shepherds and golden retrievers!! they’re so BIG and huggable!! hence, my choice would naturally be a d-o-g!
i can SOOO imagine him rite now… all furry and cuddly (ok, he is so going to be offended that i ve liken him to a doggie =p)… perferbly not a maltese, chi hua hua or shihtzus kind of dog cos they’re so tiny and yappy… (once again.. no offense to the maltese, chi hua hua and shihtzu fans). Dogs shower you with their love and adoration by drowning your face with their salivas.. they’re also so playful and cheeky… and definitely L-O-Y-A-L… then again, those are for the well trained dogs (unlike my dog, Patches who always runs out sneakily)
so, there you have it… compile all those traits listed in green and bolded and put him in BED.. what do you think you’ll get?? *winks*
madagascar 2
going kookies with a glass of milk half empty 
