Oh sun.. your ball of fire through the ring of glory
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Stunts by the boys in the neighbourhood
Can u see that one of the boys is naked and someone else's hand is strategically blocking the view...
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Merdeka!! MalaysiaKu - 31 Ogos 2006
Yesuslah Tuhan yang layak ditinggikan
Layak disembah oleh suku suku bangsa
Dengan darahMu, Kau telah tebus bangsaku
Genapi Tuhan FirmanMu
Atas NegeriKu
Hatiku rindu melihat kemuliaanMu
Hatiku rindu melihat curahan kuasaMu
Di tanah tercinta
Negara malaysia
Ku berdoa Malaysia
Penuh kemuliaanMu
Malaysia bagi kemuliaanMu
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
E+E
Here we have Elysia' 4th birthday party in KFC Mahkota Parade. Look at the cute hats (it's BOOTS from Dora the Explorer) that her mum made all of us wear. Elyon is not happy (look at him wailing away) but Elysia sure is.
She looks so demure.... it's not real.... the real her is a terror!! I can't believe that she posed so well. But she does look sweet in the new dress I got her.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Mondays with The Lees
I normally spend my Mondays waking up to a baby bawling his head off cos he is hungry and then after trying to ignore the cries for about 3 mins.. I hear a soft patter of feet coming into the room which I share with my sobrina (4 years old) and sobrino (4 months), then suddenly the little baby stopped crying as a bottle is stuffed into his mouth by his very bleary eyed father.
Then after another snooze of 2 hours, I finally get up to see the little girl get dressed to go off to her preschool classes. She looks so cute in her 'pinafore', 2 pigtails and the large bag in her hand. She waves goodbye at me and saunters off to the car with her dad.
The morning sees me carrying the little boy around the house, making gurgling noises at him and tickling him too. He is good in the mornings most times. However, as babies are wont to do, he would drool all over my t-shirt and sometimes squeal in surprise at his own poo-poo.
Naturally, I would have to give him a bath... the results hilarious. Elyon would smile when I say "Let's go Pom Pom!" but then proceed to scream when I lay him down on the little tub. Cleaning him is so difficult.. he is so heavy - about 8kgs... Mark was way lighter than that. But I manage ok.. the good thing is my sister is so cool about the not-so-right way of me cleaning him. I think she is so tired that any method is better than none. After bathing, Elyon would promptly put his fist into his mouth... mmmm...clean delicious fist... just my favourite thing!
Then the mak nenek sobrino would come back from class with plenty to tell... she would regale me with stories that I cannot comprehend but I just mutely nod or sometimes grunted in response to her enthusiastic gestures.
After lunch, my hermana and I would sometimes bake a cake or some cookies together or watch a silly movie while the kids are taking their afternoon naps... (these naps sure make them monsters at night). By 4pm, my sister is already exhausted from cleaning the large semi-dee house (it's more than 3000sqft easily), cooking 2 meals, baking, taking care of the baby and kid and the dalmation. I'd like to think that when I visit her, I am actually helping her out and not stressing her out.
Well... the 'joys' of motherhood!
Then after another snooze of 2 hours, I finally get up to see the little girl get dressed to go off to her preschool classes. She looks so cute in her 'pinafore', 2 pigtails and the large bag in her hand. She waves goodbye at me and saunters off to the car with her dad.
The morning sees me carrying the little boy around the house, making gurgling noises at him and tickling him too. He is good in the mornings most times. However, as babies are wont to do, he would drool all over my t-shirt and sometimes squeal in surprise at his own poo-poo.
Naturally, I would have to give him a bath... the results hilarious. Elyon would smile when I say "Let's go Pom Pom!" but then proceed to scream when I lay him down on the little tub. Cleaning him is so difficult.. he is so heavy - about 8kgs... Mark was way lighter than that. But I manage ok.. the good thing is my sister is so cool about the not-so-right way of me cleaning him. I think she is so tired that any method is better than none. After bathing, Elyon would promptly put his fist into his mouth... mmmm...clean delicious fist... just my favourite thing!
Then the mak nenek sobrino would come back from class with plenty to tell... she would regale me with stories that I cannot comprehend but I just mutely nod or sometimes grunted in response to her enthusiastic gestures.
After lunch, my hermana and I would sometimes bake a cake or some cookies together or watch a silly movie while the kids are taking their afternoon naps... (these naps sure make them monsters at night). By 4pm, my sister is already exhausted from cleaning the large semi-dee house (it's more than 3000sqft easily), cooking 2 meals, baking, taking care of the baby and kid and the dalmation. I'd like to think that when I visit her, I am actually helping her out and not stressing her out.
Well... the 'joys' of motherhood!
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
7 deadly sins
| Greed: | Medium | |
| Gluttony: | Medium | |
| Wrath: | Low | |
| Sloth: | Low | |
| Envy: | Medium | |
| Lust: | Very Low | |
| Pride: | Medium |
Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz
Ha ha... this is really farnee... I suppose it's quite accurate though I cannot imagine why the gluttony is so high..... must be that I eat out too much!!
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Orang Jepun
I keep thinking of the Japanese Occupation in Malaya .. altho I had never experienced it first hand, but stories I heard from my mother about them was rather frightening. I look at the Japanese who walked along the streets ... they are so polite and 'mild' that you wonder how they ever became so evil in the days of war. But my conclusion is that evil lurks in the hearts of men... it's so easy to turn to evil and that it takes a great deal of effort to stop the hearts from going down that path.
So back to these orang Jepun yang dahulu kala telah berperang dengan kami... they seem to have taken the 'politeness' and thoughtfulness to the extreme... look at the shower toilets that they have created. There is a button to press for music to cover the sound of your urinating, then 2 buttons to wash your fronts and backs and then another button for some 'wind' to blow on your bottom to dry them. The seats are also warmed up for the cold winter months where people dread putting their bum on to freezing toilet seats (reminds me of an old friend Elaine's story about England's university toilet seats- where during winter, everyone would wait for a yell in the morning which meant that the toilet seat would be warmed up by that first person and then now they can all line up for the toilet)
The hotel bus driver will greet everyone who comes on board and then tells everyone when he is starting the bus. Also the bus (after a long journey and they assume you have fallen asleep) will wake you up by putting nice music for a minute before making an announcement.
No one seems to cut into anyone on the streets, people apologise profusely when they bump into you. And bowing....Marido has to stop me from bowing as I was torturing them by bowing lower and lower... (unfair cos I can bow very very low). I find it rather amusing - the bowing thing... something you must try on your trip here.
Shopping here during the sales is like going to the pasar... the sales assistants will call "welcome!" ,in Japanese of course, really loudly all the time...
And CUTENESS! They are openly not afraid of being cute or wanting cute things.. mature women here think nothing of owning a hello kitty bag or a soft toy.. and men- they sometimes have a mickey badge on their cap...is that cool or what?? The young girls dress up as maids- complete with an apron, lace petticoat and a cute headgear. And they will be walking down the street with a rattan basket. Mits- a new Japanese friend told me that there are bars where the waitresses dress in maid clothes and serve men calling them "Young Master".. ooh how kinky!
Cool factor - There were people who really were into the Gothic look with inky black rims over their eyes, pierced noses, spiky hair and black robes. The women seem to have very stiff looking hair probably due to the repeated hair colouring and bleaching. The women are also very well groomed - I felt like a slob!! Apparently according to Mits, Japanese girls do not like hunky men. They prefer their men to be slender and beautiful... which explains to me why the boys on the street look almost like women. Mits also told me that the current trend was fair ladies - the trend before that was dark skin tone and there were bevies of dark skinned beauties walking around during those trendy days... how did they get dark and then fair? Amazing!
That sums ups what I think of Japan at the moment..
So back to these orang Jepun yang dahulu kala telah berperang dengan kami... they seem to have taken the 'politeness' and thoughtfulness to the extreme... look at the shower toilets that they have created. There is a button to press for music to cover the sound of your urinating, then 2 buttons to wash your fronts and backs and then another button for some 'wind' to blow on your bottom to dry them. The seats are also warmed up for the cold winter months where people dread putting their bum on to freezing toilet seats (reminds me of an old friend Elaine's story about England's university toilet seats- where during winter, everyone would wait for a yell in the morning which meant that the toilet seat would be warmed up by that first person and then now they can all line up for the toilet)
The hotel bus driver will greet everyone who comes on board and then tells everyone when he is starting the bus. Also the bus (after a long journey and they assume you have fallen asleep) will wake you up by putting nice music for a minute before making an announcement.
No one seems to cut into anyone on the streets, people apologise profusely when they bump into you. And bowing....Marido has to stop me from bowing as I was torturing them by bowing lower and lower... (unfair cos I can bow very very low). I find it rather amusing - the bowing thing... something you must try on your trip here.
Shopping here during the sales is like going to the pasar... the sales assistants will call "welcome!" ,in Japanese of course, really loudly all the time...
And CUTENESS! They are openly not afraid of being cute or wanting cute things.. mature women here think nothing of owning a hello kitty bag or a soft toy.. and men- they sometimes have a mickey badge on their cap...is that cool or what?? The young girls dress up as maids- complete with an apron, lace petticoat and a cute headgear. And they will be walking down the street with a rattan basket. Mits- a new Japanese friend told me that there are bars where the waitresses dress in maid clothes and serve men calling them "Young Master".. ooh how kinky!
Cool factor - There were people who really were into the Gothic look with inky black rims over their eyes, pierced noses, spiky hair and black robes. The women seem to have very stiff looking hair probably due to the repeated hair colouring and bleaching. The women are also very well groomed - I felt like a slob!! Apparently according to Mits, Japanese girls do not like hunky men. They prefer their men to be slender and beautiful... which explains to me why the boys on the street look almost like women. Mits also told me that the current trend was fair ladies - the trend before that was dark skin tone and there were bevies of dark skinned beauties walking around during those trendy days... how did they get dark and then fair? Amazing!
That sums ups what I think of Japan at the moment..
Friday, June 30, 2006
Japanese Gardens
I visited so many gardens that I lost track of which ones they are. I think this is Shoyo-en in Kamakura. Kamakura an hour south of Tokyo by subway.
To-shugu in Kamakura
These are called Ajisai... they are plentiful in Japan in summer (and they adorned vases in restaurants) and look great as a wedding bouquet but I don't think that they last long
Heian Jingu, Kyoto (3 hour ride west by Shinkansen- bullet train from Tokyo)
Too bad... no little froggies but plenty of huge carps
Managed to go really close without scaring the little blue dragonfly
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
My view of Tokyo's city life
Taken from the 52nd floor of the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills. The day was dark and stormy looking... and blur!
Can you imagine that i had to navigate the subway that does not have any english signs... thankfully the characters are like Chinese and so I do a character match...;)..
Many many subway trains... in fact there are 14 lines... and they are not integrated... hrrumph! Reminds me of Star and Putra LRT..annoying!
You can imagine why Hollywood did not shoot the movie "Memoirs of A Geisha" in Japan.. you cannot run away from all the lines criss crossing above the buildings... even in the villages!
A shot of outside Shinjuku station (the shopping capital of Tokyo) where the huge 14th floor Takashimaya is.. pure shopping .. the things are divine and absolutely mahal.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Japan- top 3 things
What really impressed me about Japan:
1) The toilet seats that are warmed up so that your bum will not be freezing when the weather is cold... the water that comes out to wash either your bottom regions... so very thoughtful of the Japanese
2) The smiling and bowing people that repeatedly say nice things (thank you, excuse me, sorry, and hello)
3) The beautifully decorated women who look like they are off to a dinner or dance.... gorgeous! And the beautiful men... I am not kidding... they look almost pretty... slim, fair and lovely....sometimes I could not tell the men and women apart.
1) The toilet seats that are warmed up so that your bum will not be freezing when the weather is cold... the water that comes out to wash either your bottom regions... so very thoughtful of the Japanese
2) The smiling and bowing people that repeatedly say nice things (thank you, excuse me, sorry, and hello)
3) The beautifully decorated women who look like they are off to a dinner or dance.... gorgeous! And the beautiful men... I am not kidding... they look almost pretty... slim, fair and lovely....sometimes I could not tell the men and women apart.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Junia
I spent lunch with Junia today... she is 28 this year and she is still studying. Her background: Junia completed her SPM and then at the tender age of 17 went out to the working world of banking for the next 5 years.. when she left the bank (after a VSS) she took the RM10K that they offered her and started her nursing course. After 2 years in nursing, she found that she could not fit in an institution that had so many women could did not seem to like her. She did not do well in her examinations either... patients love her but her colleagues despised her. I think she could not cope with bitchy women who thought that just because her Chinese sucks and she speaks English then she must be too proud to bother to learn Chinese.
After leaving nursing, she was already 24. After much deliberation, she opted to do Broadcasting. She spent 3 years in her diploma and now at 28, she is currently pursuing her degree in Broadcasting.
I met her when she was 20 . we clicked immediately, but my then boyfriend never understood our friendship.. it seem we were poles apart but I still felt that we had some things in common. Junia comes accross to many people as strange. She is dark skinned, long haired- right to the waist and looked like a Malay (really looked like a Malay). The strangeness was not from her colouring but more to the way she giggles at the slightest things, her extreme friendliness that got all the boys her age thinking that she is in love with them and how she seem far younger than her age when it comes to conversation.
She shares with me how disappointed she is in Chinese men when it comes to relationship... how they tried to 'touch' her when they would not dare with the 'fairer' ones. How some avoided her when all she wanted was friendship. She shocked me lately with the story of falling in love with a Mat Salleh..he is far far away in the US and they met on the net. I kept telling her that this is too difficult and why not look closer to home. She glared at me and said "Did you know that all my life, I have been told that I am too dark, too unappealing, 'why don't you try whitening products?", "Yeah.. Chinese guys prefer paler women"... etc... and for once, now I get people who tells me I am beautiful and my skin colour is perfect... do you understand why it's easy to fall in love with someone who likes my physical outlook and appreciates my 'beauty'.
These things that she shares with me strikes a cord somewhere in my heart.... I think psychologically, i may see a little bit of me in her.
After leaving nursing, she was already 24. After much deliberation, she opted to do Broadcasting. She spent 3 years in her diploma and now at 28, she is currently pursuing her degree in Broadcasting.
I met her when she was 20 . we clicked immediately, but my then boyfriend never understood our friendship.. it seem we were poles apart but I still felt that we had some things in common. Junia comes accross to many people as strange. She is dark skinned, long haired- right to the waist and looked like a Malay (really looked like a Malay). The strangeness was not from her colouring but more to the way she giggles at the slightest things, her extreme friendliness that got all the boys her age thinking that she is in love with them and how she seem far younger than her age when it comes to conversation.
She shares with me how disappointed she is in Chinese men when it comes to relationship... how they tried to 'touch' her when they would not dare with the 'fairer' ones. How some avoided her when all she wanted was friendship. She shocked me lately with the story of falling in love with a Mat Salleh..he is far far away in the US and they met on the net. I kept telling her that this is too difficult and why not look closer to home. She glared at me and said "Did you know that all my life, I have been told that I am too dark, too unappealing, 'why don't you try whitening products?", "Yeah.. Chinese guys prefer paler women"... etc... and for once, now I get people who tells me I am beautiful and my skin colour is perfect... do you understand why it's easy to fall in love with someone who likes my physical outlook and appreciates my 'beauty'.
These things that she shares with me strikes a cord somewhere in my heart.... I think psychologically, i may see a little bit of me in her.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Missing Marido
Everytime that Marido is due for another trip, I would turn with fawning eyes at him and say in a manja voice "I am going to miss you sayang"...to which, he would always reply "But I am not even gone yet??"
Oh well, the idea of him going away puts me in a melancholy mood but the moment he steps out the door of our home... the melancholy goes away and I promptly forget about him... ah! That is how it should be..... ke ke. OTherwise, I am going to be needy like jelly!
Oh well, the idea of him going away puts me in a melancholy mood but the moment he steps out the door of our home... the melancholy goes away and I promptly forget about him... ah! That is how it should be..... ke ke. OTherwise, I am going to be needy like jelly!
Friday, June 02, 2006
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Lunch by the sea in Spain
A friend Boo commented on another friend HD who just came back from a working trip to Spain, Holland and dunno where else "Fulamak! Syok betul, makan at sea side, somemore dapat menari....jealous betul... got vacancy ah? "
Disneyland HK (2)
Las fotos de mi hija...Lottie
Balloons Galore!!
A view from the Tarzan's Tree House
Night date with Donald
Balloons Galore!!
A view from the Tarzan's Tree House
Night date with Donald
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
View from The Peak (Hong Kong)
I finally managed to download photos taken during my last trip to Hong Kong. My camera got wacko for a few months. Got that fixed...Sony is so efficient in their service.
Anyway, this is the awesome view from the peak. You need to take the tram up to see this magnificient view. It really is a vibrant city... a beauty...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Mountain roads
I have been finding my sleep filled with weird dreams lately. Why just last night, I dreamed of a long windy mountain road. I was somehow walking on it... and then I spotted 2 lions with big fluffy hair.. like lions are apt to have. I stopped in my tracks... in fear... who would not be afraid of lions....
They looked at me.. with twinkles in their eyes...strange! Then I saw a local woman with a basket on her head walking past those 2 lions and into a side gate. The 2 lions just blinked at her. Curiousity! I cautiously walked nearer to them and noted that they were just mountain goats... then my dream ended!
Monday, May 15, 2006
Why won't you love me back?
I cannot contemplate why you don't seem to love me. I have loved you since I was able to realise how beautiful you are. I cannot seem to imagine a life without you... yet you seem to push me away. Can't you see me... I have been here all this time.. all I do.. or most of it anyway, I do it for you.. for your sake.. for your good.. why do you not care about me? In everything, you seem to tell me to leave you, to start a life anew without you. You don't do me any favours, you ignore my existence except when you take something from me, you don't care if I married someone else..
How long will I be a fool? How long do I continue to have love unrequited? I love you so.. why can't you love me back??
Malaysia.. please love me back.....
How long will I be a fool? How long do I continue to have love unrequited? I love you so.. why can't you love me back??
Malaysia.. please love me back.....
My Malaysian Harry Potter
Here is my humble harry potter. This is the one whose girl friend feels ok with him hanging out with me cos I am soooo old I can be his sister?? Can you believe that I am not treated like an 'older' woman... woohoo! What an interesting feeling!
*Rubbing hands in glee* Hanging out with younger man does have its advantages.. no one seriously thinks that there is anything going on... esp the guy... he would be sooo comfortable... i get the benefit of a platonic friendship and some male companionship.... lucky older women!!! Seriously.....
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Sobrina, sobrino y mi hermana
Here is a pix of my familia here in Rawang... pix of Spotty will be up soon! I hope.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Courting Spotty...
I have an obsession about dogs. I was supposed to go visit my nephew who has just popped from the oven but when I was there at my sis' place.. I spent more time chasing the dog then peering with pride at my nephew.
Sigh! Definitely no maternal instincts yet.
Instead of learning to bathe the baby, I ended up bathing the dog.
Instead of cooing at the baby, I was making clicking noises at the dog.. getting him to come near me
Instead of feeding Elyon with milk, I ended up handfeeding Spotty with dog biscuits
Instead of petting Elyon's head, I was ruffling Spotty's fur
The dog was definitely a star in my eyes. Sorry Elyon.. you have yet to become as interesting as the dog.
Double sigh! Either I am strange or the maternal instincts are buried really deep.
Sigh! Definitely no maternal instincts yet.
Instead of learning to bathe the baby, I ended up bathing the dog.
Instead of cooing at the baby, I was making clicking noises at the dog.. getting him to come near me
Instead of feeding Elyon with milk, I ended up handfeeding Spotty with dog biscuits
Instead of petting Elyon's head, I was ruffling Spotty's fur
The dog was definitely a star in my eyes. Sorry Elyon.. you have yet to become as interesting as the dog.
Double sigh! Either I am strange or the maternal instincts are buried really deep.
True Fitness as opposed to False Fitness
I was trying out the 7 day free trial for True Fitness. I had a one day free personal trainer named Kamarul. He was so softly spoken that I had to bend towards him to hear him. I felt a little uncomfortable having to be so 'close' to someone I just met. Anyway, he was professional in other sense.. took me around the place (4 stories of gym and classes..wow!) and showed me the equipment needed for all parts of the body.
It was good having an expert telling you what to do compared to when you are there the 1st time on your own and having to figure out the blasted machines yourself..er.. where do I stick my foot or am I supposed to be dangling from the cord? Why is there a piece of stick here at my armpit?...
True Fitness are really all out to get members signed up. With 40,000 sgft in Sri Hartamas and 80,000 sqft in Subang.. they must be suicidal. The club was virtually empty when I was there at 11am. However it's definitely a growing biz with the creeping in of obesity and the urban lifestyle... howlah to exercise outdoors when you come back from work late...dark, scary, dangerous. In any case, sometimes when I go jogging round my taman asso got creepy feeling when many men pass you by and looking at you... not that I the good looking.. it's just the feeling I get.
But there is one thing nice about jogging round the taman.. there are 2 kancils there Josie and Bonnie (Short for Josephine and Bonaparte).. they are so cute... Max brings them out for a run almost everyday at about 6.30pm. Ok.. they aren't kancils.. they are minpins... but that what Max tells all the Muslims he meets there.
Just got invited to Max's place for a drink next month.. cool.. can't wait to play with his cat too.
It was good having an expert telling you what to do compared to when you are there the 1st time on your own and having to figure out the blasted machines yourself..er.. where do I stick my foot or am I supposed to be dangling from the cord? Why is there a piece of stick here at my armpit?...
True Fitness are really all out to get members signed up. With 40,000 sgft in Sri Hartamas and 80,000 sqft in Subang.. they must be suicidal. The club was virtually empty when I was there at 11am. However it's definitely a growing biz with the creeping in of obesity and the urban lifestyle... howlah to exercise outdoors when you come back from work late...dark, scary, dangerous. In any case, sometimes when I go jogging round my taman asso got creepy feeling when many men pass you by and looking at you... not that I the good looking.. it's just the feeling I get.
But there is one thing nice about jogging round the taman.. there are 2 kancils there Josie and Bonnie (Short for Josephine and Bonaparte).. they are so cute... Max brings them out for a run almost everyday at about 6.30pm. Ok.. they aren't kancils.. they are minpins... but that what Max tells all the Muslims he meets there.
Just got invited to Max's place for a drink next month.. cool.. can't wait to play with his cat too.
Yomeishu="Heatiness"=Fever
I have finally discovered why I was down feeling like my head was going to explode. I was too "pou" - meaning.. having a bit too much good quality herbs to nourish my body. Strange though. I am suppose to nourish my body and it gets ill because it cannot take the 'nutrients' from the Yomeishu.
I have stopped taking it since. Will probably resume in a week... at the moment, I am drinking like a horse ... even the water in Spotty's bowl is beginning to look interesting (Spotty is my sis' dog).
I have stopped taking it since. Will probably resume in a week... at the moment, I am drinking like a horse ... even the water in Spotty's bowl is beginning to look interesting (Spotty is my sis' dog).
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Pimples, Blackheads and Blocked Heads
I still have pimples.. hey- i thought being in the 30's you get less and less but apparently my hormones must have gone haywire. There are at least 10 on my cheeks... sheesh! Good thing they aren't the jerawat batu types.
And the black heads.. gosh... it's a skin therapist's heaven!
Been ill for a few days too. Fever, sorethroat, headache. All started when I spent 2 hours with Thomas T that lasted 6 hours. By then I was ready to strangle him as he went on and on about how to do a dissertation. The next day, I went over to Phoenix's place for her farewell (shez going to Miri to work with Shell.. cool!) You've should have seen the beautiful cake that Spot and Snowie made for her. It was an aeroplane with clouds at the side and the logo of Shell too!
I digress.. after the farewell, I zonked out for hours... really tired and felt ill. Then I could hardly finish my law assignment...*7(*&0Y^... I find law really complicated.. I think I don't understand they way they write things... had to read Law for stupid students...!!
today.. I feel better.. Finished my 2 law assignments- 2 more to go and another 4 more other subjects to complete. Sigh! I better go destress... brain freeze- if you know what I mean!
And the black heads.. gosh... it's a skin therapist's heaven!
Been ill for a few days too. Fever, sorethroat, headache. All started when I spent 2 hours with Thomas T that lasted 6 hours. By then I was ready to strangle him as he went on and on about how to do a dissertation. The next day, I went over to Phoenix's place for her farewell (shez going to Miri to work with Shell.. cool!) You've should have seen the beautiful cake that Spot and Snowie made for her. It was an aeroplane with clouds at the side and the logo of Shell too!
I digress.. after the farewell, I zonked out for hours... really tired and felt ill. Then I could hardly finish my law assignment...*7(*&0Y^... I find law really complicated.. I think I don't understand they way they write things... had to read Law for stupid students...!!
today.. I feel better.. Finished my 2 law assignments- 2 more to go and another 4 more other subjects to complete. Sigh! I better go destress... brain freeze- if you know what I mean!
Friday, April 28, 2006
Taking your fitness personally
I look at all the data that we've collected (Cindy, Harry and I) over the last 2 months and discovered :
1) only 3% of our population goes to the fitness centre
2) 80% of population do not exercise (like the way exercise is supposed to be)
3) 30% of population have heart related illness
4) 8% prevalence of diabetes
5) 50% of our respondents in surveys (which are the target market) are interested to join a gym (why they aren't already joining? Beats me.. I am one of them! Still evaluating mah..)
6) 81% prefer a flexible package due to either being a student, a senior citizen or simply do not have energy to go during weekdays
7) Location is the most important factor for choosing a fitness centre- duh!
8) 62% go to fitness centres for health reasons
9) Fitness First is the number one gym - surely this is based on location- hit the jackpot!
10) 13% cannot figure out if they are male or female
1) only 3% of our population goes to the fitness centre
2) 80% of population do not exercise (like the way exercise is supposed to be)
3) 30% of population have heart related illness
4) 8% prevalence of diabetes
5) 50% of our respondents in surveys (which are the target market) are interested to join a gym (why they aren't already joining? Beats me.. I am one of them! Still evaluating mah..)
6) 81% prefer a flexible package due to either being a student, a senior citizen or simply do not have energy to go during weekdays
7) Location is the most important factor for choosing a fitness centre- duh!
8) 62% go to fitness centres for health reasons
9) Fitness First is the number one gym - surely this is based on location- hit the jackpot!
10) 13% cannot figure out if they are male or female
Friday, April 14, 2006
Gubra with G-ni
I just returned from watching Gubra with G-ni. It was a sequel to Sepet(right)- a love story between a sepet Chinese man and a Malay girl.
I laughed terbahak-bahak intermittently during the show and was reduced to tears at some points. It was just beautiful. I am proud that Malaysian can actually come up with such a good movie.
There was a scene that touched my furry heart. The muezzin while on his way to the mosque actually stopped to pet a dog which was sitting in the middle of the road and told the dog to move aside in case it gets knocked down by the truck again. The dog then gets up and with 3 legs hobbled over to the side....
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (not sure who this is) said:
With regard to dogs, there are three views among the scholars:
1 – That they are taahir (pure), even their saliva. This is the view of Maalik.
2 – That they are naajis (impure), even their hair. This is the view of al-Shaafa’i and is one of the two views narrated from Ahmad.
3 – Their hair is taahir but their saliva is naajis. This is the view of Abu Haneefah and of Ahmad in the other report narrated from him.
This is the most correct view. So if the wetness of the dog’s hair gets onto one’s garment or body, that does not make it naajis. End quote.
Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 21/530.
Now I wonder why all this time Muslims just simply detest dogs? No reason at all right?
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Sayang... manakah gigi tajammu?
Marido has a bad case of bruxism. It's amazing the amount of teeth grinding he has done in his sleep. I would wake up and give him a shove in hope that he stops. I then drift off to slumber and not be able to hear him again. It gets especially bad when he is having a rather stressful than normal day at work. His teeth has been ground to half its length and the face has kinda crumpled (like you got no teeth)
We saw 3 dentists for him... the 1st at Bangsar but the top dentist was always away and so we never got any concrete news from them obviously.
2nd was at Bangsar too but Marido felt really odd going to a dentist who has buck teeth and talks like ELmer Fudd.
3rd was my dentist in Centre Point who was not at all experienced in this matter and so he refered Marido to Dr SIm in Damansara Dental Centre. After a year, I finally made an appointment to see Dr Sim.
Dr Sim was a very patient man who spent more than an hour assessing Marido's teeth and explained all procedures to me as if getting my approval. Finally a man who knows that making the woman happy is key!!
He took an x-ray, made 2 sets of teeth imprints and also tested with really thin foil on how good a grip the teeth made (to identify how to reshape future teeth).
We should be getting a call from him in about a month to consider what options Marido has in reconstructing his teeth. Let's hope reconstuction is possible!
We saw 3 dentists for him... the 1st at Bangsar but the top dentist was always away and so we never got any concrete news from them obviously.
2nd was at Bangsar too but Marido felt really odd going to a dentist who has buck teeth and talks like ELmer Fudd.
3rd was my dentist in Centre Point who was not at all experienced in this matter and so he refered Marido to Dr SIm in Damansara Dental Centre. After a year, I finally made an appointment to see Dr Sim.
Dr Sim was a very patient man who spent more than an hour assessing Marido's teeth and explained all procedures to me as if getting my approval. Finally a man who knows that making the woman happy is key!!
He took an x-ray, made 2 sets of teeth imprints and also tested with really thin foil on how good a grip the teeth made (to identify how to reshape future teeth).
We should be getting a call from him in about a month to consider what options Marido has in reconstructing his teeth. Let's hope reconstuction is possible!
A letter I dug up (written during my corporate working days)
My dearest Amiga,
I wonder when is a great time to call you and decided that writing the stuff down is better so that I can catch you at your good time. I have been silent lately as time seems to be so short to me. Just yesterday(Sunday), I was at work until almost 6pm and I went for a walk after that and after dinner, I just felt so tired that I konked out before Marido even joined me.
THe house is in a mess-actually I think that even if I had more time, it would still be a little messy cos tidiness is not on my priority- kekeke I don't know how long my silence was. Maybe you can remind me. But I really have been very quiet due to a variety of reasons. Mostly becos of the busyness of work.
I am not sure if you have heard from the others.. I am planning to resign from my work. It is a hard decision. I who have worked so long and hard in this Company that the idea of stepping away freaks me out. How could I survive not being a part of the largest trading house in South East Asia. I had become, instead of Ame the person/woman/friend/Child of GOd.., the Business Manager of Diethelm Keller Siber Hegner. I had elevated my position and my work in my company to an almost God like presence in my life. I had neglected my own Jesus who is sidelined to the peripherals of my life .. like only on weekends.
In a way, I believe that the pressures of the work lately has been a part of discipline/pruning so that my eyes are opened to the fact that I had neglected all else except my obsession with work. I had even forgotten my own husband's birthday. How can a wife forget a husband's birthday? I had commited a grave error. An error fortunately for him.. he will never know as the day after, the palm pilot reminded me and I made up for that error.
I was/am so darn scared that I am no longer part of that elephant (big company), no longer having a title behind me saying that I am of worth in the corporate world. My values of myself is so tied to the market place that I even not want to have a baby as that will interfere with my climbing up the ladder. (also when you work you kinda lose track of the baby thing)
I also very much resent the people saying things like " why are you working... your husband can support you what?" .... I sometimes wonder why I feel my hackles rise when I hear comments like that. I guess that is becos I want to be someone by my self and not becos I married a certain somebody. Marido teases me on this "of course people are going to see you differently, you married someone "of a different colour" and people will always have that 'perception'. If you wanted a normal life, you should have married one of your exes".
There is quite a lot that I have been deliberating. I know in the end that becos I had chosen to marry, I should naturally be part of the progression thereof.. ie having kids, being a super mom, and etc. My hats off to you for your courage and foresight. Marido thinks that you have planned and executed your life well.. getting married at an optimum age, had your first child and another one is on the way.
With all the things warring in my mind, I think that I need to take time off to reevaluate my life. I must be grateful that since GOd has blessed me with a husband who does not mind me not working for a while, I must take stock of my life. And I should let anyone make me feel any lesser.
I wonder when is a great time to call you and decided that writing the stuff down is better so that I can catch you at your good time. I have been silent lately as time seems to be so short to me. Just yesterday(Sunday), I was at work until almost 6pm and I went for a walk after that and after dinner, I just felt so tired that I konked out before Marido even joined me.
THe house is in a mess-actually I think that even if I had more time, it would still be a little messy cos tidiness is not on my priority- kekeke I don't know how long my silence was. Maybe you can remind me. But I really have been very quiet due to a variety of reasons. Mostly becos of the busyness of work.
I am not sure if you have heard from the others.. I am planning to resign from my work. It is a hard decision. I who have worked so long and hard in this Company that the idea of stepping away freaks me out. How could I survive not being a part of the largest trading house in South East Asia. I had become, instead of Ame the person/woman/friend/Child of GOd.., the Business Manager of Diethelm Keller Siber Hegner. I had elevated my position and my work in my company to an almost God like presence in my life. I had neglected my own Jesus who is sidelined to the peripherals of my life .. like only on weekends.
In a way, I believe that the pressures of the work lately has been a part of discipline/pruning so that my eyes are opened to the fact that I had neglected all else except my obsession with work. I had even forgotten my own husband's birthday. How can a wife forget a husband's birthday? I had commited a grave error. An error fortunately for him.. he will never know as the day after, the palm pilot reminded me and I made up for that error.
I was/am so darn scared that I am no longer part of that elephant (big company), no longer having a title behind me saying that I am of worth in the corporate world. My values of myself is so tied to the market place that I even not want to have a baby as that will interfere with my climbing up the ladder. (also when you work you kinda lose track of the baby thing)
I also very much resent the people saying things like " why are you working... your husband can support you what?" .... I sometimes wonder why I feel my hackles rise when I hear comments like that. I guess that is becos I want to be someone by my self and not becos I married a certain somebody. Marido teases me on this "of course people are going to see you differently, you married someone "of a different colour" and people will always have that 'perception'. If you wanted a normal life, you should have married one of your exes".
There is quite a lot that I have been deliberating. I know in the end that becos I had chosen to marry, I should naturally be part of the progression thereof.. ie having kids, being a super mom, and etc. My hats off to you for your courage and foresight. Marido thinks that you have planned and executed your life well.. getting married at an optimum age, had your first child and another one is on the way.
With all the things warring in my mind, I think that I need to take time off to reevaluate my life. I must be grateful that since GOd has blessed me with a husband who does not mind me not working for a while, I must take stock of my life. And I should let anyone make me feel any lesser.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Hermana arriving
Mi hermana (sister) is finally moving up to Rawang. Her marido is going to pastor a church in Rawang after being an assistant pastor for many years in Melaka. He felt that it was time to move out of Melaka and tendered his resignation in June last year. By February he was out of "work" but God gave his this church who welcomed him with open arms. They even provided him a home to stay.. at first it was an apt and then they upgraded it to a Semi-D... wow! Actually hermana is not pleased with all the space and nooks and crannies that she will have to clean. Not to mention that she will have to take care of 2 kids all by herself and cook as well... I think she will be very grumpy very soon.
However, I am thrilled that she is moving here. I will have my family close by..I think for me, it's another support that is going to be good for me. Poor Dada is back home in Melaka but i don't think that he minds very much. After all, all his friends are in Melaka and smum is there with him too. Thank God he is still healthy and still jogging around Bukit Cina... Smum joins him now too.
The journey from Rawang to PJ takes 1 hour.. actually quite far eh? I thought it would be nearer. It would be nearer if I moved to Damansara Perdana ... but at the moment... not yet.
However, I am thrilled that she is moving here. I will have my family close by..I think for me, it's another support that is going to be good for me. Poor Dada is back home in Melaka but i don't think that he minds very much. After all, all his friends are in Melaka and smum is there with him too. Thank God he is still healthy and still jogging around Bukit Cina... Smum joins him now too.
The journey from Rawang to PJ takes 1 hour.. actually quite far eh? I thought it would be nearer. It would be nearer if I moved to Damansara Perdana ... but at the moment... not yet.
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