Snippets

Looks like my spirit to blog daily is a bit on the 'hot hot chicken s*it' side...

Been wanting to update but I've been occupied with stuff..

And today when I have a lil' bit of time to blog cam takde mood la pulak.. since yesterday I've been having this tak sedap hati or stressed out kind of feeling... dunno why... I really hate it when I feel this way...

Anyhooo... I am just gonna give some updates...short ones..since I dont really have my thinking cap right now...

Finalllllyyy... after close to 3 years, we got together again.. my DaimlerChrysler clan... Missing in the picture was Najib (coz he was taking it), Amir (too busy with life and possible extra curricular activities.. ;p) and Judith(if she's around it could have been like a 1Malaysia clan..haha) ... Think I've not met Najib and Amir for 5 years already.. like since I left DCM.. Had a good time catching up with the clan.. for some reasons they always make me and Shirl feel like we're still part of the DCM family...so yeah...nak tak nak me and shirl will pretty much know about all the gossips... :p

Will always remember these ladies.. made a road trip with them from KL all the way to Penang in the teeny smart car for Amir's wedding... one of the best trips I've made although it was just Penang.. :)

That's me at an audition for Hantu Kak Limah Part 2... ;p Had the opportunity to have lunch with Usop Wilcha and Mamat Khalid to discuss some possible collaboration... Usop Wilcha is uber cool.. not only is he funny, he is also super smart... can talk.. and not talk2 kosong lah..

Ok ke jadi Kak Limah?

This is loooonnnggg overdue... Happy Belated B'day Sikin! You are such a lovely person + an amazing wife and mother. We are all so lucky to have you as part of our family. You have been and will always be my brother's pillar of strength... Here's to many many many more good years of love and happiness...

The usual tradition for every birthday...sure kat rumah Sg Ramal gak... :)

Bieber Rain and Bieber Fever all in 1! :) Even the rain could not stop us..Totally enjoyed myself.. obviously enjoyed it too much even more than the kids kot..siap sanggup beli contact lense to make sure boleh nampak the stage.. was singing and jumping with the kiddies and probably made some teens wanna puke all over sebab cam over... haha

CB Ice blended at the concert! Now...how can I not love Bieber!!

Yeapppp.... those are some stuff that has happened the past week or so... Will post more errr intelligent stuff after I de-stress okay! :)

Me, myself and I

D is a silent reader (read:stalker) of many many blogs.. (don’t kill me D)..It’s fun though to have someone like her around. Keeps you on your toes of what’s happening around you..things that maybe you don’t have the time or even bother to read. It’s also more interesting to get it from her because she is ever so bubbly and makes everything seem super duper interesting no matter how lame it is. Couple of days ago D asked me whether I know/read a particular blog by a chic who is so full of herself. Told her that I’ve read her blog and thot the same so I kinda stopped reading it. Then we both went like… hmmm….then again come to think of it, all bloggers are like so full of themselves… haha

So for this posting I decided to be even more full of myself… hehe.. I’ve been doing some analytical thinking (soooo not me)…been analyzing things and myself in particular.. did a lot of reading as well..I found the following article about Scorpios which I thought is the closest to my character.. not that I really believe in star signs or mystical stuff.. but yeah.. I guess I have always seen myself like a true Scorpio even though I am actually an in between – Libra/Scorpio.

So, let me share with you some interesting stuff about a Scorpio … and err..me I guess..

Physical characteristics

The physical characteristics of Scorpio are not that difficult to spot in a crowd. These are the people with intense soul-piercing eyes,that are made even more mysterious with their ever-dignified, contemplating demeanor. Scorpios are the quiet lots that stand at the edge of the crowd, dissecting every facet of each person in the group and encompassing and storing a large amount of collected data in a memory card like memory, for future use. Most Scorpions give out a robust physical appearance and are usually medium in built. Though usually on the thin side, Scorpio people have a tendency towards increasing waist inches as they grow older. (me gonna be old fat lady.. huhuhu)
Though usually calm and cool in composure, you will notice when standing near the Scorpion aura, that you are engulfed by an invisible air of silent superiority. She is definitely someone who is giving the appearance of being bored with the entire conversation while making sure that she has enough information gathered from it, to give a high-handed judgment in the end.

Temperamental Scorpio Traits

Whenever you are exposed to a Scorpion, the first thing that you will notice is her ability to stare. Most of us find that stares make us uncomfortable but being stared at by a Scorpion is in a league of its own. A Scorpion stare increases that feeling by three-fold, for no one can stare like a Scorpion. They will stare and stare in an unblinking fashion, as if they have delved into the realms of an unseen parallel world and gotten hidden files of secret data on you, things you would rather have no one know. (I’ve been told many times like not to stare or look at people directly in their eyes..can’t help it though..not that I want to..sometimes that’s just how I look at you ok… )

The best of Scorpio traits revolve around the fact that Scorpions are gifted with the ability and intellect to write their own destinies. These extremely strong personalities can both make it, as well as break it for themselves, with equal ease. Being gifted with the power to envision and make true their own future, brings with it some unique Scorpio traits. Almost all Scorpios are stubborn, ambitious and independent.

Like with all water signs, the deeply emotional Scorpio is prone to bouts of periodic depression. Scorpio depressions usually last longer and are deeper and bleaker than those experienced by most other star signs. They go to the depths of extreme melancholy and it is difficult for them to resurface.

Scorpios are deeply committed and faithful once they give their hearts away. Most frustrations in Scorpio relationships arise out of their inability to open up. Scorpio's support their spouses through thick and thin, in sickness and health,and all that. The only hurdle for them to overcome to become the perfect mates is to curb their tendency to dominate decisions and opinions and to make the partner a true partner by sharing thoughts.

The Sting

Last but not the least, beware of the Scorpions sting. Scorpio never forgets crimes against it, neither in deeds or in words. All insults and misdeeds are recorded away in a database and then Scorpio will plan her revenge. Scorpios are known to come up with their vengeance years later, when the incident has been erased from the memories of other mere mortals and the pages of time have also updated themselves to more current happening. Unfortunately, for a Scorpio, the wound is still fresh, seething and festering, and be assured she will exact a revenge. (huhuhu...this one maybe not lah...don't think am that bad lahh..vengeance je kot.. no revenge...but u better not mess with meeeeeee...hehehe)

Watch out for the Scorpio traits of being loyal, passionate (intense even), resourceful, observant and dynamic and you will soon learn to ignore the jealousy, obsessiveness, suspiciousness and manipulation.

All that being said, I've been told that I am not that easy to understand. Hmmm... maybe kot... but it's a real bonus for those who can.

An epiphany

A long talk at the wee hours last night made me have an epiphany I think.

[An epiphany (from the ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, "manifestation, striking appearance") is the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger) essence or meaning of something. The term is used in either a philosophical or literal sense to signify that the claimant has "found the last piece of the puzzle and now sees the whole picture," or has new information or experience, often insignificant by itself, that illuminates a deeper or numinous foundational frame of reference.

Epiphanies of sudden comprehension have also made possible leaps in technology and the sciences. Famous epiphanies include Archimedes' realization of how to estimate the volume of a given mass, which inspired him to shout "Eureka!" ("I have found it!"). The biographies of many mathematicians and scientists include an epiphanic episode early in the career, the ramifications of which were worked out in detail over the following years. For example, Albert Einstein was struck as a young child by being given a compass, and realizing that some unseen force in space was making it move.]

Obviously with my {downgraded} level of intellegence these days, the ephiphany that I had was not a tehnological or scientific discovery which would make me shout 'Eureka' or 'Jiji Boleh'.

But it was one of those moments when i could see things ever too clearly. Some ugly,some good. There were also a couple of vague ones in a fuzzy cotton candy sort of way which suddenly becomes evident.

The epiphany made me:
1. Politely declined an offer from a reputable organization
2. Talked to Arida about how I felt - how screwed up i've been as a manager - what I wanna do to fix things
3. Called a for a dept meeting to iron things out
4. Re-allign my priorities
5. Really considering to further my education (part timelah)- guess this would be the investment that I would make from my bonus.

Sometimes a wake up call gives us that sparkle of thought. And sometimes in our own unique way and at an appropriate time, our so-called awakening occurs quite naturally, unpredictably
and with absolute spontaneity.

Some Girls

This is what I am currently reading...Some Girls by Jillian Lauren. Picked this from the shelf because:
1. I am a memoir addict
2. The author looks hot

Summary

Some Girls: My Life In a Harem is a riveting memoir about an 18-year-old NYU theater school dropout-cum-stripper who is lured by the promise of a $20,000 paycheck to party in Southeast Asia for a couple of weeks. On the day of her father's surgery, Jillian Lauren lies to her adoptive parents, claiming she's booked an acting job on an independent film in Singapore, and leaves her boyfriend and crummy East Village apartment behind. Under a cloak of secrecy, Jillian lands in Borneo, where she and a handful of other beautiful women are driven to the Sultan of Brunei's brother's remote palace. Every night all 40 women, who reside in guest houses on the palace grounds, get dressed up and wait for Prince Jefri Bolkiah to arrive, then they turn on their smiles and party until he leaves. When Jillian is chosen to spend time with the Prince, she wields her feminine charms and is rewarded with jewelry. Swept up by the extravagant lifestyle, Jillian spends the next 18-months jockeying for the Prince's favor in a contemporary harem filled with backstabbing intrigue. (excerpts from goodreads.com)

Should have guessed that it could be a slow/boring read. I am still not even half way through it...hmmm...maybe that's why.... Jillian baru nak sampai Brunei - where the exciting bit happens. I get bored of her flashbacks back when she was 16-18-19.. aiyoo...she's like long winded..even when I think I am speed reading, it seems like i am crawling in turtle mode.

Hot, u think?

I hope this will be a good read in the end. Right now with all the flashbacks, all I could think of is how scary it is if you have a daughter who ends up like this. She is like 'go with the flow' aje from the age of 16... *cringe* *cringe**cringe*.. Even if she has made millions now (paid off by the Bruneians and sold copies of published memoirs) ... not a good example for kiddies or teens...so hmmm...this would be strictly for adults!

Wonder if I would find any good quotes in here.... errrr.... doubt it...

The Wedding Planner

Masa kecik cikgu tanya nak jadi apa..my answer has always been that I want to be a vet when I grow up. I'll be the only one in the class to have such ambition. My ambition was such because I love animals..I love them lah..but malas nak jaga.. just like to play with them.. my father really manja me when I was small so whatever pets that I wanted he would buy for me.. I had 2 tortoise (died after 3 months), a white parrot named Kiki (can't talk even after we put her in a dark room with a radio in there - no not torturing but apparently that's how u teach them talk) and kalau tak silap we bela about 20 cats! - All well taken care off by my father who sooo manja me lahh... :)

Bila dah besar sikit, I told my parents that I really want to be a teacher. Of course I got an outright NO from my parents who are both teachers (??!!)... My mom told me that yes, teaching is very noble but she would really want to see her kids grow up to be something other than a teacher. After finishing my SPM, I thought hard about what I wanted to do. I finally decided that I want to pursue my studies in only these 2 areas i.e Law ( I applied for a BNM scholarship for Law) and Journalism ( I applied for Mass Comm at UITM). One day my dad showed an advert for an Accountancy course in Uniten under TNB scholarship. He said try je la..for the sake of trying..lagipun it's like 15km from parents place. I applied for the sake of it and prayed hard that I won't get lah...

BUTTTTTTTT of courseeeeeee.... God had something else planned for me I guess... hence I only got a call from TNB..hence I took up Accountancy...hence I never liked what I studied and hence I spent every day wondering what the heck I was doing...

Anyhooo...as expected, I was never in the Dean's list lah..so it was no mystery that I was not selected to join TNB.. (TNB scholars yang kena keje with TNB would say that this is a blessing in disguise) and of course I never even pursued a career in Accountancy... hehe..but I successfully made a career out of talking and is now in Communications. In between all these, I even had the thought to be a wedding planner. Seriously I did! I planned my own garden wedding which I thought was totally cool (masuk bakul angkat sendiri..hehe) sampai Jamie, my manager in DCM said that it's the best Malay wedding ever for her.

Flowers I did for my wedding

Japp...what was the reason and title of this posting? Ohh..Ok..The Wedding Planner..

Ok..reason for this posting..

2 important realizations came to me today.

1. After collecting and reading a 'special letter' - I can now be called a Communication Specialist. 2. After attending a 'special briefing' on a 'special ocassion' - damnnn...I still want to be a Wedding Planner. Hehe...yeah..I really do.. last Friday I passed by this one tol dekat Ampang and it had a big banner saying Eat, Wed, Love - Bali in the Soul of KL.. and i thought how nice it would be to be planning such wedding for a couple...hmmm...really this would be something I would consider doing if it so happens that I get booted out of my workplace.

So....yeahhh....it's time to make another hard decision.

I am torn. At a crossroad yet again. Tomorrow is THE day to decide.

Still thinking.

So, we'll see where my heart lies.

Orange or Yellow?

Wedding Planner or not? :p

Bieber Fever!

I am officially a ‘Belieber’! Watched ‘Never Say Never’ over the weekend…was skeptical before watching it.. Dahla 3D lak tu kan.. like so poyo siap tengok 3D.. Avatar pun tak tengok 3D.. :p .. but before you say anything, that movie memang semua 3D ok… Surprisingly I totally enjoyed the movie! Siap ada some moments that I went all sappy..especially the scene when his dad was crying watching him perform… huhu..sapppppy… crapppp…Well, I think JB is super talented. Thank God I am now a mommy.. if I were a teenage with raging hormons I would probably be like those girls screaming their lungs out or crying buckets at the concert.

My fav song by JB may not be everyone’s fav like ‘Baby’ , ‘One Less Lonely Girl’ ..but the one that’s always stuck in my head everytime after I listen to Bieber’s CD would be ‘Overboard’. (I shall not re-produce the lyrics here coz then people would think I am a teenage who just got her heart broken). But If I’m stuck in the traffic like last Friday (@#$%^&!@#$!!!!!), the song that I would put on repeat would be ‘Baby’ just to keep me all chirpy and in la la land.. :)

Since we are going for JB’s concert, I am now more worried about myself than the kiddies.. haha.. takdela.. I’ll behave..I hope JB would be as big as MJ and not lame like some teenage celebs ie that blonde BSB guy punya brother which I can’t even remember his name now, Mccaulay Culkin, Mamat Exist (ok, sorry..am exaggerating here) . Then the Kiddies would thank us for being such cool parents to be bringing them to a legendary concert for all the right reasons instead of cursing us for its lameness.. hehe. Looking forward to be having fun and jumping with the kiddies at the concert on the 21st of April! It’s been ages since I last went to a concert.. My*SN concert doesn’t count lah.. Hmmm… over tak if I do up like a giant poster of The Kiddies loving JB with their pics on it? Okay.. they are so gonna kill me when they grow up.. haha.. Get your Bieber tix if you’ve not gotten them.. tix selling fast!

Note to self: Must wear glasses or get a disposable contacts for concert!

Little Sister is 3!

This entry is long overdue.. Lil' Sarah is not so lil' anymore... my brutal angel turned 3 on the 28th of March 2011. Banyak tul celebration for Sarah...Redang (pre-celebration), Sg.Ramal (actual celebration) and Basil Bangsar Village (joint celebration with Aneesa)... Happy Birthday Love.. Loving you for who you are.. and loving you even more every day..thanks for the laughter and joy that you bring! :)

Lady Yaya!

Almost the same height as big brother..

Cake yg tak berapa princessy .... sooo Sarah...

Candle pun nak makan...

Announcing the arrival of Lady Yaya! (poyo..poyo)

Brutal Princess

Tak puas ati?

Yaya's BFF!

Gambar paling susah nak ambik..Yaya spoiling a picture perfect moment! Soooo Sarah...

Yessss...still spoiling a picture perfect moment!

Durian party

When I was small, durian party at our house was like a ritual..when it is the durian season, my father would buy like 6-8 durians for us to eat. We would wait anxiously for our father to kopek the durian in the kitchen... me, my sister and my brother duduk bersila around the durians... During those days, there was no guarantee whether the durians were good or bad. Sometimes half of the durians had worms in it. Tapi even if we see worms in any of the bad durians, that didn't really make us lose our appetite on the rest of the durians... no fear factor elements at all.. hehe

Nowadays the quality of durians are much better. Couple of years back me and hubby made a great discovery at USJ 14. We found David The Durian Expert. True to his name, David sells super yummy durians but cost a fortune lah..So on those days that we have extra cash to splash and spend on durians, we would just camp out David's durian stall and blasah durians like there was no tomorrow. Up until I met David, I never knew there were various types of Durians apart from Durian Kampung and D24. David was the one who introduced us to Durian Marjerin, Musang King (ada turbo and tak turbo.. :p) and yesterday I even tried Durian Kaki Bulu.

Yeah..it's been a while that I really blasah makan durian. Think those days macam almost gone lah.. for some reasons, the most I could take at one time would be 3 seeds aje. Anyhoo, we had a small Durian Party yesterday. Spent the Saturday with the girls at Sho-on's crib in USJ for lunch then we went to David's stall. Ija was like craving for Durians but Dzul refuses to bring durians in the car coz of the smell. So Durian Party was arranged expecially for Ija who is preggy and takut kempunan if tak dapat makan.. :)

When we arrived the girls were like skeptical looking at the durians.. Ija specifically asked for Durian Kampung.. so David went like "Dukacita dimaklumkan tiada Durian Kampung di sini'.. yeah..his BM is that good.. told the girls try lah dulu what David has..let him choose for us... So David chose for us.. we had Durian Marjerin, Musang King and Kaki Bulu...the girls were like all in awe at how tasty all the Durians were.. siap beli bawak balik rumah lagi.. But lepas bayar semua menyumpah la... hahaha.. think we spent in total about RM 250 on the durians! Can you believe that!

I think it would be another month or two baru kitaorg gi balik buat Durian Party kat situ.. The girls sure dah serik makan durian samapai ratus2 ringgit.. hehe.. Ija, hope this ends your craving! :)

Waiting for the durians..

Sweet preggy mama

Even baby Mija could not stop eating the durians

Durian Kaki Bulu

Durian Marjerin

Living in the present

Back when I was at school, the nights when we have our girl talk, (apart from citer 4U2C) one of the topics would definitely be about what we want to be, tak sabar nak carik duit, nak kerja, nak carik boyfren kat Uni and nak kawin dengan Mamat alim muka cam Brad Pitt or in my case I wanted someone who had the looks of Azhar Sulaiman… :p

To be a matured grown up with responsibilities and thinking about the future seemed to be something exciting for us. Little do we realize back then that the future is not as easy as we envision it to be. There would be challenges and drama along the way, hard decisions to make, or possible disappointments when things don’t turn out to be as planned. Sometimes when these things happen, we tend to dwell and everything around us seem to be in slow motion. I guess if we sit in sadness and wonder why life passes by our brains will play some tricks on us and we see ourselves as victims. Once we get into the victim mode it takes a catastrophe to get out. Seriously we would not want that to happen.

As a grown up (and I would like to think that I can think like a matured one) who had gone through some challenges myself, I believe that the best is to always have faith and as corny as it may sound, embrace the positives no matter what comes my way. There are a lot of things that we should be thankful for. These realizations may come to us at any point of our lives, they could even surprise us.

So, stop dwelling. Move on.

The I-Ching says “Never combat evil directly for it thinks of weapons. Rather, make energetic progress towards the good and evil dies from lack of fuel.” That book is about 4,000 years old and the wisdom still applies today. Hubby’s niece posted her status update in FB yesterday as ‘it’s never too late to live happily ever after’.

That, I believe, don't you?

But I also found this quote 'happily ever after is so once upon time'.

Hmmm... I guess we chart our own happiness.

Say farewell to the past. Don't get too anxious about the future. Just live in the present and make the best out of it.

That's my simplistic view.

R & R in Redang

Okay..sorry peeps.. some things never change.. I procastinated.. :p .. Maybe I’ve still not gotten back my groove for blogging and it doesn’t help that I’m still in my moronic state of mind.. should probably go grab a blogging for dummy book at Kino or something.. hehe .. Anyway, the spirit to blog is still very much in me… but since I can’t really be putting on my writer’s hat right now, I shall make this entry very much pictorial… I guess the first few entries would be like no serious stuff... but hoping that you will enjoy them all the same. Sharing with you a brief family retreat to Redang recently… The idea to have the retreat was sort of 'in conjunction' with Sarah's b'day...She rarely asks for anything.. so we thought a retreat would be a nice pre-celebration for her b'day... We totally love..love..love the beach…Maybe I love it more than hubby lah.. coz hot weather is not his kind of thing.. but he was cool enough to be laying sprawled on the beach with me without complaints..Kiddies had the most fun..think they loved the beach more than the pool.. 5 hours at the beach like ok ajer... Excellent service by Laguna Redang Island Resort (where we stayed)… the only bummer was the weather..it was raining on the day we arrived… sunny after midday on the 2nd day and awesome weather on departure day… :p

Kiddies were both excited to naik plane.. Yaya je mula2 toye..ngantuk..flight was at 7.00am..she usually wakes up at 12pm...

Cool place for beach bummin

Memey's fan..

Awwww.... ;p

Ice cream tastes damn good at the beach

Beach bum kiddies Memey's proud moment

Hey babe.. can i have your number?

Nice kiddy pool too

Looking out for some hot chicks.. :p

Babah showing off his architechtural skills

Had a nice time with the family...would definitely want to go there again.. :)

Back to blogging

I am back.. Making a pledge to blog diligently.. Hmm...We'll c.. Will be posting some stuff starting err... tomorrow maybe... OK..no maybesss... will definitely post some stuff tomorrow... Taaa....