Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

  • Twilight...The Biggest Booketh Mistake Ever!

    Last Sunday found me in Borders...browsing...where I made the biggest selection mistake ever.  Twilight...is (in my humble opinion) the WORST BOOK EVER WRITTEN that has received so many accolades of praise.  And that is me in a very generous mood.  Please don't ask me why I purchased it.  We all have our weak moments.  I do not have many regrets in life...but thanks to this buy, the list just grew by two points (yes I confess, I also bought the sequel New Moon).  Argh!!!  Please don't judge me...or my library of books...I feel rotten enough as it is.
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    But on the bright side (and wanting to move away and forget Twilight ever happened), I also acquired a book that I have been searching for awhile now.  American Gods (author's prefered text) by Neil Gaiman and it was much cheaper than the copy I saw in Brisbane (so I am glad that I waited).  Yes, I also feel bad because Gaiman and Twilight should never be mentioned in the same article and neither should Gaiman ever be in the same book bag as Twilight.  Suffice to say, I have learned my lesson.  My shame is great but I shall raise my head and continue my browsing (far far away from books with the titles Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn).
     

     

Thursday, 12 February 2009

  • 25 Random Things About The Leech

    Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, just copy and paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.
     
    Thanks a bunch Jess!  Yes, I know that you are not pointing a gun to my head but you know how compliant I am to these sort of lists…so here goes:
     
    1.      When I was younger, I used to get nightmares that my mum would have another kid and I would be the unwanted and unloved middle child.
    2.      I don’t drink sugarcane water (EVER!) since that day where my dad stopped at the road side and my whole family (but not yours truly because yours truly did not like the murky green juice that the machine squirted out) had many sips of the said juice.  The next day, all of them had really bad diarrhoea.
    3.      The only two edible things that I do not eat are bitter gourd and pepper (green, yellow, red…whatever colours it comes in, those are the colours that I don’t eat).  Everything else is fair game.
    4.      My morning routine as I enter the office.  Mumble, mumble (my attempts at wishing the co-workers good morning)…tries to fit key into room door and succeeds after the fourth try…dumps bags on chair…turns lap top on…heads to the pantry…pats darling coffee machine and presses the appropriate buttons (apparently, I know more about the coffee machine than the others who have worked here for the longest time ever)…takes a great big sniff and settles into chair…then gulp, gulp, gulp and ten minutes later, the cobwebs have magically been remove and work beckons.
    5.      I have no desire to get a big ass car because I am now making a little bit more money than I used to.  My next car (in the far future…can’t bear to part with ichi ban buta just yet) will be a cute hybrid car…or an EV car!  I do not need to go from 0 to 80 km/h in 2 seconds.  I already drive like a maniac as it is.
    6.      I was 8 years old (or so) and walking back from dancing class with a friend when a creepy stranger guy tried to grab us.  My friend was scared shit but I got angry (yes, kids do have a natural sense of what violation is) and started kicking and punching the guy in a blind frenzy that he had to let us go.  I grabbed my friend and we ran all the way home.  I shudder to think what would have happened had we not gotten away.  Thank God we did!
    7.      I know that I will never finish this list if I don’t keep it short!
    8.      I love tom yam.  That’s the only thing I crave for whenever I am overseas.  For one week last year, I had tom yam every single day and was still in love with it.
    9.      I think that ordering Indomie goreng at the mamak is a waste of money (mamak = RM3.50/plate vs 1 packet off the supermarket shelf = RM 0.50) but I still order it anyway.
    10. I am a sucker for guys with luscious lips.
    11. I will always love Roger Federer no matter what ranking he is at.
    12. I have this innate ability to fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow so I am not fun at sleep overs once the lights have gone off.
    13. I like my space.  I need my space.
    14. I love wasabi covered macadamia nuts.  It’s sad that I can’t get any in Malaysia.
    15. I told my mum how much I love her right before she died.  I am glad I did.
    16. I once ate 36 oysters in one sitting.  I have yet to repeat that feat.
    17. I love (LOVE!) Japanese food.
    18. I don’t like crowds.  They make me feel claustrophobic.  The only crowds I like and want to be a part of are those in any Linkin Park concert.
    19. For the past two years, I attempted to write a 50,000 word novel in one month.  As a result, I have two unfinished novels in my hard drive.  The second try churned out a feeble one page; half of which were lyrics of Beyonce’s “If I Were A Boy.”
    20. I secretly want a little penguin from Philip Island as a pet.
    21. Almost everything piggy I own are given by friends.  The only piggy thing I bought for myself is the headrest in Ichi Ban Buta.  Everything else are gifts.
    22. I hate having to choose between having a mango or a berrylicious fruit drink.
    23. I can’t understand why Manju and Ratha don’t eat durians!
    24. Barney scares me.  I don’t like the colour purple because it reminds me of Barney!
    25. There is a cupboard in my dead grandmother’s room that scares me because it is the perfect size to fit her body in.  After her funeral, I was supposed to sleep in her room.  I think I stared apprehensively at the cupboard a good while before dozing off.  No, I did not dare open it and I don’t think I have ever opened it since.
     

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

  • January Nearly Went Without A Post

    Sitting in front of the telly, watching a replay of the Australian Open match between Roddick and Djokovich. My heart goes out to Djokovich for not being able to complete the match. It's not easy...the conditions in Melbourne. It is HOT and dry. I know. My skin is still peeling leaving me looking like a skin disease victim. I was out with me cuzzies at a shopping mall today and I was wondering what was up with all the weird stares at my chest!!! It was when I went to the toilet that enlightenment came upon me with a glance in the mirror. I was flaking and peeling so badly that it looked really...well...gross. The new skin is shades lighter than the burnt bits around it. You can just imagine. No low necks for now.
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    It is back to the grinding board tomorrow. Sigh. Am gonna miss the day matches...and think that Federer darling will be playing during the day session on Thursday.
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    Reading: A Hat Full of Sky (Terry Pratchett)
    Just finished: The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
    Looking forward to: Best friend's wedding
    Last laps in pool: 8 (with much 'encouragement' from Munchkin)

Tuesday, 23 December 2008

  • This Is Me Trying To Get Started On Christmas Eve

    Christmas carols are playing on my lap top and there's a feeling of calm and peace in the air. As I type this post, preparations are under way for the barbeque tonight...and I am salivating as thoughts of perfectly marinated grill lamb float in out of my pre-caffeinated brains. My car smells like baguettes...not complaining though...it's a nice smell...a yummy smell. And how can Ichi Ban Buta not smell like baguettes? That was A LOT of baguettes in my trolley last night (ha ha...totally emptied Tesco's shelves)...people actually stopped to stare. I felt like telling them, "I like my baguettes, okay?!!! You got a problem with that?!!!" Then I would give them a troll like sneer and walk away. Ha ha ha! The baguettes are for the grilled garlic bread tonight, in case anyone is wondering. I think I will skip my lunch today.
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    Okay, before I go, this is a list of 'me' that I penned down in Sept, 2004 in case I developed amnesia and needed to get to know myself all over again. Say what?!! Don't ask. I don't know why I think of these things. Amnesia indeed! Anyway, it was amusing going down the list because I realised that I have not changed much. Hhhhmmm, I don't know whether that's good or bad...more bad I reckon. But here it is anyway...with my comments in red (comments from my 2008 self that is):
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    I don't smoke. (Still don't)
    I drink somewhat. (Ha ha...yes, still somewhat!)
    I hate capsicum and milk. (With a passion)
    I have the gift of sleeping. (Thank God still do...as soon as my head hits the pillow)
    I love traveling.
    But only with the right sort of people.
    I hate hypocrites.
    But sometimes am one myself.
    I like most alternative music. (And now indie groups too...and melancholic song writers)
    I also like Simon & Garfunkle and the Carpenters. (So sue me!)
    I love my mum dearly.
    I am funny. (Damn perasan even back then)
    I am also serious.
    I love reading and buying books.
    My diet is not very healthy. (You don't say)
    I have three best friends since kindergarten.
    I love cheese and caviar.
    I collect pigs. (Not live ones)
    I love driving. (Still do)
    I love my dad and bro too. (No choice...ha ha ha)
    I was a good student in school. (Again...damn perasan...why did I put this in?)
    I can be very outspoken and loud. (Me...the shy one? Must have gotten this wrong)
    I am a big fan of the Formula One Grand Prix.
    I do things obsessively. (I draw a blank on this one)
    I have an improving sense of direction. (Still improving...Ju and Div...no commenting here!)
    I am a jeans and shirt gal.
    I value memories...sad and happy.
    I love to throw things away.
    I love to cook when I have the chance.
    I love to do art work.
    But hardly have the time.
    I like my eggs sunny side up.
    I prefer noodles over rice.
    I could drink tom-yam every day. (And I did...for an entire week)
    I value my true friends deeply.
    I am a thinker and a brooder.
    I love curling up in bed with a good book.
    I also love hanging out with my buds.
    I like brainless romantic films.
    If they're British all the better.
    But I prefer dramas.
    I like guys with lucious lips.
    I don't like people taking advantage of other people.
    I hate violence and any senseless lost of life.
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    How I amuse myself. Yes I do. But it's time to go. Finished The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman) last night. Wonderful. Loved it and was oh-so sad when it ended. Made me think of The Jungle Book...somehow. Okay. Really going. Need to drink my coffee. Need to wake up. Need to get my tum tums ready for the barbeque tonight...that's motivation enough to drag my ass (pardon the language) to the shower.

Sunday, 21 December 2008

  • An Entry For December


    I have started this post so many times. I have started. I have paused and then I have deleted...again and again. I don't know why. Perhaps I am not ready to summarise this year...yet. Like the years of the past, this one is fleeting and I am grasping at its tail, asking it to slow down. But like any constant, it doesn't, it continues. So, that doesn't leave me much of a choice. I either blog now or December will be left post-less...a sad sad affair seeing how my determination to blog at a more frequent pace has twindled down, down, down towards the end of the year.
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    But I can feel myself digressing.
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    In a nutshell, 2008 has been a year filled with many bitter and many a sweet memories and many a firsts. After many years of not being around for the Chinese New Year celebrations, Jess and myself flew up to Penang to be with our Tai Yee...after stuffing our faces silly with steamboat the night before. Our first flight with Fire Fly. You don't want to be without your hand sanitiser in one of them planes. Maybe things have changed now. I hope. My first time voting (and the rakyat spoke up and was heard!). First interview for a promotion (yes, in all of my nine years in the hospital) and then waiting for what seemed like an eternity...and eternity of assumptions. And yes, my first promotion...the sweet yet humbling taste of victory. My first resignation letter (thank you Christie fot the Malay translation). My first hunting for a place of my own. My first time driving on the WRONG side of the road. My first time in Vegas. My first time in KK as a tourist...and not just doing the airport-swanky hotel-airport route. A lot of firsts...many that I can't recall just right now (hey, I turned 30 this year...I SHOULD be allowed to forget things)...but it has all been good...even when it was bad...it always ended up good (this may not make much sense but bear with me).
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    I have learned much this year...seen much. Had my heart broken to a kazillion pieces. Had it put together again. Experienced first hand how some people can be rats...evil to the core. A harder lesson learnt is that these people sometimes disguise themselves as friends. I found out that back stabbing is such an easy feat that many have black belts in this discipline. People lie and snitch to get what they want and to get out of difficult situations...some of these people call themselves my superior. I guess that I have always known this...but experiencing it is something different altogether.
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    But yet, I am ending this year on a positive note. Though this year has been a year of changes and has brought about many difficult and life changing decisions to make, I am thankful...for the Hand that has and always will continue to engulf mine. I am thankful for those I call my true friends...my loved ones. I have been blessed with a terrific care group filled with terrific (and crazy...I guess that you could call them terrifically crazy) people. I am thankful for His provision...it has been sufficient and MORE. I have been blessed with faith...in being sure of what I hope for and certain of what I cannot see.
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    Dear Lord, I end this year with You. Next year is also Yours. And the one after that...and the one after. I don't know what it holds...but I know that You know...and that's enough for me.
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    Merry Christmas and a great year ahead!

Sunday, 23 November 2008

  • Goodbye

    Be warned.  This entry is definitely going to be rambly and melancholic.  This is your truly and her thoughts at 1:51am.  The twitching hour has passed and I am left with a sense of...
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    Who would have thought that in the nine years I have been in this institution, the roots that have sprouted...have grown so deep.  Happy days, sad days...mediocre days.  Happy people, sad people...mediocre people.  So many of these have come and gone.  And like these things...these people...so have I...came and now...gone. 
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    And how do I feel?
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    Sad among other things.  Sad to leave some really good colleagues that I have the priviledge to now call my friends.  Sad to leave the things that I love doing.  Sad to not be walking down the halls that hold so many memories. 
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    But at the same time, I am glad to leave certain things and rodents behind.  No no...this is not me being vindictive and evil.  There's enough of that in the world already.  I realise that no matter where I am, there is bound to be other rats around.  So those of you who say that I am not a realist...I am...it's just that I choose to be an optimistic realist.  And I bear no grudges.  I bear no hard feelings.  As I leave...I leave with a clear consciense and good will and I thank God that I am able to do that.
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    So this is a chapter closing in my life and a new one starting soon.  As the page turns, I am learning to let go and move on.  But I am glad that some characters from the previous chapters are following me into this new one...at least not everything will be new...and scary.  But I am excited and looking forward to it.  Come what may...I have a Friend that is holding my hand and I am comforted.
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    So I bid thee good night.  It wasn't such a rambly post after all. 
     
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