It's July already

Gosh ... two whole months slipped by and I didn't have a chance to post anything. Firstly, I have been extremely busy and stressed out coordinating the department ... moving from one building to another a street or two away. No complaints, now ... at the very least, from my cubicle, there's finally a view. It's certainly more comfortable as I have requested for loads of storage space for all to share i.e. for once, no more cluttered tables and files beneath my workstation. :)

Another reason why ... July is a month filled with hope for me. This is the month or maybe the next, is the time when I'll hear the results of the 'thing' that occupied my time since one and a half years ago. I am very excited and ever hopeful that our 'wish' will come true real soon. Ta ta ... will write soon :)

April musings

It's now or never for me to post an entry for April 2008 so here goes. I've been pretty busy in April with work, finalising the last bit required for an application, celebrated some birthdays and getting to know/mingle with hubby's friends from SJI at Lookout Point, Selangor. Sigh - needed some getting used to coz you will tend to hear some not so delicate words although some in abbreviation such as SKY (don't ask me - I've forgotten what it stands for)... maybe this is the way the conversation goes between males and entirely different from what I'm used to. I love photos in duotones - I have all the photos taken in both colour and black and white.

My weekend's still the same - pretty much multitasking on Saturdays with Scabulousing (in Facebook), washing and drying clothes in between reading a novel (by the way, read 4 novels this month). Hubby and I bought Takuya Kimura's "The Wealthy Family" and we practically finished the show in 4-5 sittings. As usual, cried my eyes out ... other than that we saw the "Bucket List" and "Ah Long Private Limited" (just to add, I cried while watching Bucket List too). I've been wanting to watch Bucket List for some time now ... hubby only agreed to purchase after one of his friend commented it's worth watching ...

Let's see what else I have - yup, major pimple outbreak coz there's this one red pimple on my nose ... going for another facial to get rid of it coz it's annoying and no amount of make up can conceal it. For the past two months went for a couple of Yoga and Pilate classes (bought some coupons and need to finished them by October). There are lots of things to look forward to in the coming months in terms of movies to watch ... yippee ... especially Pixar's WALL.E (hubby's betting that I'll be shedding a tear or two). Ta ta for now :)

BBGS Centenary song - "Within These Walls"

Feeling a tad nostalgic this morning and would like to share the centenary song below. Lyrics and music by Raja Ismahan and Nik Serena - winners of the BBGS Centenary Song Competition, 1993. Believe it or not, when we sang this song back in 1993 - we're all moved to tears. Wonder if anyone have pictures of the centenary celebration - especially the ones taken of the chinese dance :)


Within These Wall

If through these walls, we can hear the stories long ago
Those BBGS dreams their hopes and more
If through these walls, we can see the days before
We'll see the joy, the rise and growth
Every smile that greets hello

Names may change and faces pass
But the tune's the same we'll make it last
We'll learn these words before they come to pass
BBGS in my heart, ten decades we've grown to love
Add a hundred more, my heart will still belong
Within these cherished walls

Here on these walls, I found meanings of love
To conquer fears to wipe the sorrow tears
Here I learnt of friends, learnt to give a helping hand
And when I'm lost, they'll guide my way with God's will till the end...

Names may change and faces pass
But the tune's the same we'll make it last
We'll learn these words before they come to pass
Within these walls we've built our lives
For a hundred years it stayed with us
Let us keep it standing strong...

Feb 29th, 2008

Basically today is indeed a special day - sigh, it's proven that my hubby's command of the english language is much stronger than mine. Thirteen years ago, his 1119 result's better and 13 years later, he scored better than me in yet another official language certification. Am I a tad upset? Yes, but nonetheless I am glad that the ordeal of preparing for and sitting for examination's over. I can now go back to enjoying a novel or two during weekends and endless Facebooking.

Cheers everyone & Happy Leap Year! :)

My thoughts ....

This morning, a myriad of things went through my mind such as will 2008 be a year of fulfilment of wishes and plans of previous years? The one thing that tops my list, all I can do is to sit and wait because it is totally out of our hands. If and when this wish comes true, it will impact our lives and there are much promises of better things to come our way.



As I sit in front of my PC this morning, are there things I will do differently? I do believe, where I am right now follows a path and hopefully it's the path that's laid out for me by God. Many times my heart desires something that may not be good for me; I am given a chance to have a sneak peek but am always kept away. I have come to a realisation some time back that we should take life and live life to the fullest. We need to take the first step and make the first move for things that we want, even if opportunities presents itself right before your eyes, what good would it be if it just passes you by as you sit and wait?



There are people who will pass through your life and leave positive and wonderful impact and there are those who will cause you great dislike. I am still learning to 'not be affected' by the negative lot but can't help wondering why would they want to live this way? Why to slander and pretend? Don't they get tired keeping up appearances? Yup, this year is the year of the rat but I am hoping I've had enough encounters with rodents and will instinctively know one when it appears from miles away.

Yet another year

When I was years younger, every November I will be extremely excited as I would be a year older - that excitement have since dissipated after passing the 25th birthday. Used to reply that I will XX age soon and now when asked, the reply would be 28++++++ ... when asked prior to my upcoming birthday.

Let me share with you some write ups that I have googled or some friends may have shared at certain point of time :-

What your Birth month means

NOVEMBER * Has a lot of ideas* Difficult to fathom* Thinks forward* Unique and brilliant* Extraodinary ideas* Sharp thinking* Fine and strong clairvoyance* Can become good doctors* Careful and cautious* Dynamic in personality* Secretive* Inquisitive* Knows how to dig secrets* Always thinking* Less talkative but amiable* Brave and generous* Patient* Stubborn and hard-hearted* If there is a will, there is a way* Determined* Never give up* Hardly become angry unless provoked* Loves to be alone* Thinks differently from others* Sharp-minded* Motivates oneself* Does not appreciates praises* High-spirited* Well-built and tough* Deep love and emotions* Romantic* Uncertain in relationships* Homely* Hardworking* High abilities* Trustworhty* Honest and keeps secrets* Not able to control emotions* Unpredictable


November Birth Flower
The chrysanthemum is the November birthflower. The chrysanthemum means compassion, friendship and secret love. This flower can be red, white or yellow. Chrysanthemums have been grown by the Chinese for over 2,000 years. This flower is also a symbol of the sun. Chrysanthemum was named after the Greek word which means gold flower.
The chrysanthemum blooms in late summer and fall. These flowers are native to Asia and Europe. There are over 30 species of the chyrsanthemum. It is the national flower of Japan and symbolizes the Japanese Emperor. In Europe the chrysanthemum is a symbol of death and is used for funerals or on graves. The chrysanthemum flower is actually a powerful antiseptic and antibiotic! It is used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat high blood pressure and angina. It is a perennial flower that will come back year after year. Obtained from the following website :-http://www.birthflowersguide.com/november-birth-flower.html

Your Birth Month is November

Tolerant and inspirational, you are wise beyond your years. You are universally sympathetic and a great humanitarian. Your soul reflects: Compassion, friendship, and secret love Your gemstone: Citrine Your flower: Chrysanthemum Your colors: Dark blue, red, and yellow

What Does Your Birth Month Mean?

If you are born in other months, click on the above link to check for yourself ;)

Phuket (2007)

I was away for a short trip from 25-27th of October 2007 to Phuket. Instead of writing, thought of sharing in form of pictures some memories captured on camera.

Above pictures - cute baby elephant

The pictures below captured on the first night, Phuket's famous show ;)

My verdict - the prettiest of them all is the "she" in the picture below.

Guess it's pretty colourful and I have loads more but can't possibly load them all in this blog.

Anniversary - A simple celebration

We had a simple celebration yesterday, dinner at Marche and shopping @ The Curve. Guess, I am certainly not made for buffet of any kind, very quickly I am already full ;p Didn't manage to take much photos as well, just wanted to post one which will serve to "capture" the date - 7th October 2007.

Counting the days to my 1st anniversary

Now, I am counting the days to my 1st Wedding Anniversary and this time, will take the opportunity to take photographs ;p Hee hee, get to kill two birds with one stone, celebrate with hubby and snap snap away with my newly acquired digital camera and get familiarised before my Phuket trip end of the month.

Will post the pictures as soon as I can ... most likely as early as next week ;)

My first Digicam

Last Sunday, went with Ann to purchase my very own digital camera. The model I bought is Cyber-shot® DSC - H7/B and it fulfilled my criteria of clear indoor pictures without using flash (i.e. for places that prohibits the use of camera flash) & able to edit and add effects, 15X optical zoom etc ... Will post pictures taken with this new "baby" as soon as I can ;) Stay tuned to see possible 'work of art' from this amateur photographer!

Imagini - visual profile

Received the link from someone - try it for yourself ;)

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

Anime Craze Part 2

Remembered blogging about Byousoku 5CM a few months back and I have recently watched the entire movie. My verdict - absolutely love it ... but from a man's point of view, a bit slow moving though overall he admitted the graphic's very good.

Now, the Naruto series getting interesting ;) - Sakura have grown tremendously in terms of strength and medic skills, so much so, Sand shinobis (Chiyobaa-sama) ackowledged her to be strong and has potential to surpass Tsunade.

If you are following the manga closely, you will find out a surprising fact i.e. Naruto's Yondaime's child(maybe not so surprising i.e. since my hubby and I have been speculating this possibility for ages) ;p

Any avid Kakasaku fan fiction readers out there? If you are, drop by this link (loads of Kakashi and Sakura stories - amongst my favourites are those written by leafygirl ).

Happy day

Today will be a happy day, hubby will be home by tonight after being away for 2 weeks on business ;) Yesterday, I spent the whole day lazing around, chatting and watching "Lady First" ( a taiwanese talk show on Youtube) and basically had a relaxing day. Today, had to buck up and complete all the tasks & chores pilled up (I love the feel of squeaky clean floor - anyone have the same clean floor syndrome?) and now I'm finally free again to blog and surf the web ;p

Guess I will go back to watching more of the taiwanese talk show - it's great if you understand mandarin, the topics ranges from tips for hair care/styling, facial care/make up, dressing, shoes and all that you need to know to look beautiful ... a warning though, you may end up as addicted as I am lol ...

Lifelong learning

Last Fri & Sat, I've attended another 2-days training as I am someone who believes in learning more about self and continuously learn new skills. After spending the 2-days, unfortunately, personally I do not see much take away value. The principles were really simple and it is something common i.e. in which all of us may already know. One of it is to have a positive mindset - if there are things that you dislike, fear, dread, visualise a happy moment and use it to dispel the earlier instance of dislike, fear, dread etc. Well, let me put it this way, even if I do that little excercise constantly, it would not be take away/negate my fear - let's say fear of heights. Still not able to picture myself abscaling nor bungee jumping off anytime in the future. Another point in which I disagree would be - be realistic & do not aim too high. Well, here you are telling us to have positive thinking and our lives are our own to direct, if movie directors do not aim high - I do not think we'll be able to witness the brilliance in which all time favourites like LOTR when it was brought to audiences on the silver screen. Of course, I do agree that we have to have some degree of realism - like, I am not going to be the one building the next highest building in the world. Firstly, I am not an engineer by training and this will not work out as I do not know anything about constuction. But hey on the otherhand, if I do make it big next time, I may be the one funding such a project - dreams though but they're mine to keep.

It is inevitable, in life there are rollercoaster rides - with turns, uphill climb, some good trainings in which I believe in and some that will just register as part of my training hours. And the above is not the main purpose of the training, sigh, personally, the techniques taught for the actual topic will be a challenge to apply in real life situations.

My new phone

Hubby bought me a new phone - it's the Motorola Razr V8 ;) Although initially quite doubtful - now I am totally bowled over by the beauty and functionality.

Read more and see for yourself at this link.

Two weekends

Last Sunday after dinner, hubby and I went to watch Jay Chou's Secret (2007) or in Chinese 不能說的秘密 (Bu Neng Shuo De Mi Mi). Hubby's reward for me as I have been a responsible & good girl staying at home to complete office assignments. I would have mentioned somewhere in my blog that I am a fan of Jay Chou, his music and in this movie to witness his prowess - playing the piano in numerous scenes.

This is a love story with a twist ;)

Yesterday, finally went for a pampering session with my best buddy Ann. Enjoyed two full hours of massage and after that Ann & I signed up for YTL's Platinum Plus membership. The most interesting perks amongst all those listed will be the member's price and priority booking for Pangkor Laut (the picture above - a glimspe of the resort from the website) . I've been wanting to go, with the member's price I may be able to convince hubby to go next year after all.

Another week going by

It is amazingly frightening how fast each week come and goes. Is the earth orbiting the sun much quicker than before? Ok, ok ... maybe I've been busy and there weren't enough time for me to spend some "me" time. I am basically quite adept at multitasking and at times I may fail to empathize with those who do not have the knack. Hubby just showed me a Dilbert cartoon clip two days ago and I did not realise that they had those on top on the comic strips. I love Scott Adams' Dilbert comics - again, it is funny when you read them because it is really happening around you. Yeah - the characters like Asok, Alice etc. may be embodied by people around you, right now where you work but I am no Catbert ok eventhough same profession ;p

I read the book, "Way of the Weasel" a few years ago and am shocked and at the same time comforted when I realise that it is the same both sides of the world. If you are a fan of Dilbert, take the chance to read the book - do not pick up the bad habits of weasels (pretending to be busy bee and overwhelmed all the time etc.) but it is good to realise that there are such people around and mayhap safeguard yourself if need be to avoid the pitfalls or should I say fall for the weasel traps.

If you can't have enough of Dilbert - do click on the icon below to visit the site.

Tag : I'm Infected With Blogivitis

I have not been diligently reading blogs thus nearly missed out this tag from Cheryl. In my opinion, I have yet to be termed as infected, maybe had a touch and go sorta situation. As you can see, my recent postings were fewer and far between - been unwell, been busy and getting busier nearing year end.

Other reasonings - I would admit that I'm infected when the degree of my addiction comes close to Harry Potter or Naruto (a japanese anime). So there, I am not yet infected but am getting there - once I am will do one special 'bling bling' posting announcing my Blogivitis.

Hee hee, no one else to tag, as far as I know, WJ & Jazz already infected ;)

Newly acquired IBM Desktop PC

Hubby came home from work yesterday, very excited becoz he placed the highest bid for an IBM Desktop computer and it's downstairs in the car & I just need to help him carry it up to our home (his company is shifting to a new venue, so certain items sold to staff via bidding). Since last night he has been tinkering on and off, *LOL*, and he again was awed by his wife, getting "geekier" by the day. Hubby set up the computer in our study room, what's missing is an additional air conditioning - with that in place, it'll be perfect ... I can't wait to get my hands on computer games again - used to love playing RPG type of games namely Diablo etc years ago prior to marriage. It's a good form/method of reducing stress - just strike down all those bad guys *yeah*.

Other than RPG type of games, I love arcade games such as puzzle bubble, pinball etc and I am very good with tetris. On the other hand, I am hopeless with games that requires me to jump around and collect stuff i.e. Sonic , Tomb Raider ...

MidValley - our fav shopping venue

I love to see and be surprised every time my hubby goes for his haircut @ Shunji - Midvalley. Today's style is a bit short and it's easy to manage & for me to recreate/style with some hair styling products. Both hubby and I go for the same international stylist ;) While he goes for his haircut, I went round window shopping @ Dorothy Perkins, Topshop, Miss S, Zara & MNG - yes, I covered all these shops in 45 mins, didn't make any purchases. Was a bit let down by the selection available @ Dorothy Perkins this time round - nothing caught my interest although was tempted sorely by a cute t-shirt over @ Zara's.

Then I went over to Shins to get my haircare products since they have discounts up to 70% - Schwarzkopf BC series & Lakme finishing balm to style my hair for the perfect curly locks and OSiS fibre gum by Schwarzkopf as well for hubby. The next stop is Body Shop where I purchased my favourite grapefruit body wash, a pumice brush/scrub and aromatherapy oil Ylang Ylang. Came home, gave hubby a relaxing massage followed by hot soapy foot soak & scrub and even filed/buffed his nails *sigh* truly a pampering treat for him. And come to think of it, I have to go and pay for these services/pampering whilst he gets them for free @ home :p Maybe I should start charging him & maybe just maybe it'll help cover my expenditure for my own pampering ... muahaha