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Another Fantastic Year for Us,I Wish You All!

2012-01-09T18:25:00.003+08:00

Happy New Year all! XOXO

The beginning of every new year is always exciting...there's the 1-week Chinese New Year holiday coming soon yeah!!, upcoming bonus pay and hopefully increase in pay?? ;) And hey, not to forget our New Year resolutions which may be the same year after year e.g. must lose weight!, or less smoking please, or put that glass of wine on hold! :p I'm not sure about yours, but my resolutions are pretty simple:

(1) MUST be punctual to work (or anywhere else)...still working on it...sigh!
(2) LESS spending, MORE savings...my car loan will be finishing in a years' time, so gotta save for a new car! Initially I wanted to keep it for few more years, but Mum's been nagging since she can't drive manual. This really sucks 'cos I really like driving manual :p and I have to remind myself to NOT buy any more bags (esp designer bags) since I've still got lots to last 5 years :p
(3) GET a part-time job...thinking to be a freelance writer which can make me busy during the weekends hehe

New Year is about everything new and people are looking forward to make more money as cost of living, cost of socializing are getting higher and higher..but we must not forget that our elderly will get older year by year. Before this,I will get annoyed if my parents asked me to do stuff for them especially when I'm flat-out tired back from work. But now I am more aware of this situation and I will do things for them without them asking and try to be patient when they can't catch on what I'm trying to say or point out. Do simple things which will make them feel grateful towards you e.g. carrying heavy stuff,do heavy-duty chores or just spend some time with them simply chatting etc etc. You will feel great, I guarantee :)

All of you must have your own resolutions and goals for this year of the dragon and I sincerely hope that you can achieve them all :) Actually, I have one goal to achieve by this year..pretty big one but it's too early to tell heehee.

Adios and Happy Monday Blues :p

happy 6th and many more to go!

2011-11-17T18:21:00.004+08:00

Hapee 6 years to me and him this November!! Looking back, I guess we have matured up a notch (just a wee bit!) but we still goof around a lot and act like kids sometimes :p Sure, we do have our ups and downs (At times I would get frustrated with his forever-busy hotel career and he would get irritated with my whining of his forever-busy hotel career); but in the end, there's no point to argue in the first place 'cos it's what he does and what I do for a living. So yeah, patience and to understand the situation is really, really important in any relationship :)

Fortunately, he still has the time to bring me out for Japanese dinner...so you're forgiven, buddy :p

We had beef soup, beef wrap with golden mushrooms, agedashi tofu, chicken gyoza, squid teppan, and green tea ice-cream. Food rating 7/10 :)

Hello! Hello!

2011-11-11T16:41:00.009+08:00

Wowee! Time flies soooo fast that it's already November!! When was my last post again?? Oh it's August...oops hehe. Ah well, life's always good and it seems like everyone's getting married this year! I just attended my friend's church wedding ceremony today 11-11-11 and it started at 11.11am :p yup, all for the sake of good feng shui :) Here are some pics I'd like to share with you guys!

My 28th Birthday :)

Zumba rave party!

Bachelorette party!

Sue's Big Day!

Did pedicure on Mum's hehe :)

Practicing dance performance for Melissa's wedding (she's is in the middle btw and joining the dance as well haha!)

My cousin, Yeye and my friend Merilyn, officially husband and wife!

This is our traditional version of the wedding ceremony :)

Me and my lovely all grown-up cousins :) gosh, how fast they've grown!

This is our traditional instruments, the gongs :) Usually played during festivities like weddings. I have yet to master to play all gongs!

Melissa and hubby, which happens to be my bf's brother :D

Melissa and her belly girls!

With my bf's cousins and respective gf's :D

No pre-birthday jitters here :)

2011-08-15T18:20:00.006+08:00

It's not my birthday (yet!) but I've already received a few early gifts :D Mango fresh cream and yam cake by my colleagues and a pair of sexaay fishnet socks from my best buddies,Toy and Sharon. Oh, and Toy's bro bought me a slice of delicious dark chocolate cake at Party Play! (Don't look at the size of that cake...I can't even finish the whole slice! It is that rich haha) If you guys haven't check Party Play out, then you should. At first, I thought it was just one of those stylishly decorated cafes with ridiculously sky-high prices on dishes which you can easily make at home. And it actually is on the more expensive side, but my friend recommended that I just go for the appetizers and dessert, skip the main meals. My friend and her friends have practically tried almost everything on the menu and had made the ultimate decision. I was scanning through the menu while she was saying this and saw that the appetizers and dessert look really good. i mean, who can resist creme brulee, chocolate fondant with melted choc in the inside, sticky pudding, baked alaska?! YUM!! Party Play is located at Lintas, and you can just visit their FB page "Party Play" :)

Hari Raya fever is taking over and now everyone is obsessed in searching for the right baju kurung/kebaya to wear during the festive season. I'm like ,"Whatever, I can still wear my old kebayas. Even if the sarung is a bit tighter on my hips now!" But not for Mum. She simply must have a new outfit every year (the shinier,the better). So I took Mum for her Hari Raya shopping at Karamunsing Complex yesterday. And guess what? She ended up buying a blouse instead haha! But hey, at least I've found my birthday dress which costs only RM30! Mini dress with lacey sleeves (See?I just can't get enough of old-fashioned lace heehee) And I bought a top too that looks RM50 but is only RM25. Awesome bargain :p You know, sometimes you don't need to go to Topshop or Mango to find a nice outfit. You might be surprised on what you can find in stores which your Mum usually goes to ;) But I must say this, go for designer/high-end shoes.The fit is better and the heels last longer *winks* I still have my GUESS silver pointed heels which I bought 4-5 years ago. I have dance,run (and I mean, really run), and jump in it...and the heels are still intact, which happens to be 12cm high! So yeah, basically don't skimp on your shoes *grins*

Yummy cakes from Uncle Biscuit Bakery :)

Apple juice served in mini 'fish tank' at Party Play Lifestyle Cafe...cute!!

The sinfully bittersweet chocolate tart cake with baby macaroons which I can't finish!!

The nurse-themed fishnet stockings hehehe...now my nurse outfit is complete!

Couple conversation of the Day!

2011-08-09T17:36:00.005+08:00

Scene 1: On the way to a wedding dinner...

Him: We go home early k...before 9pm.
Me: Ok...why?
Him: Sakit perut (stomachache)

Scene 2: At the wedding dinner...(Me chatting with a friend)

Me: So what time you guys going back later?
Friend: Before 9pm.
Me: Same here! Going somewhere?
Friend: Nothing much, the boys just wanna watch football on TV.
Me: I see, that explains it.

I'm not going to bite your head off for wanting to watch football, you know. Boys! Tsk! Tsk! :p

Source: stockphotos.it

August baby

2011-08-02T13:55:00.003+08:00

Yup, it was confirmed that I had Hepatitis A :( I was on leave for a week and stopped going to dancing classes and attending functions for the meantime. I avoided having my pictures taken as I knew that I would look horribly strange with my yellow eyes and yellowish skin. But now I've gained a bit energy, back to office, and looking forward to being my own self again :)

Anyway! It's the month of August and I'm looking forward to end of the month as I'll be turning 28th :D I've arranged a b-day dinner buffet and hope that I'll get lotsa goodies and especially ang pows haha! I'm starting on my search for the perfect b-day dress (am looking for a maxi dress or another as it's the month of fasting. So its not really nice to wear that party dress that's like...way too sexy!And I want it to be NOT black. I think colors are the in thing nowadays) I just bought one yesterday at a botuique, 30% off. A really nice classic LBD (except that its purple with a bit of lace.I've always thought that lace is really sexy *winks*). But I was thinking to wear it during my friend's wedding this coming November whereby the theme color is purple. So, yeah..good luck to me in finding my b-day dress or else everyone will say 'oh dear, her dress is recycled!'

little yellow-eyed monster

2011-07-18T18:09:00.003+08:00

That's what I am right now...*SIGH!* I have not been well since last week. During my visit to the 1st doctor, I mentioned that I had lost my appetite, feel like vomiting, feel tired all the time, and that my pee pee was on the yellowish side. He asked to see the urine sample. One glance at it and scolded me, "You have not drink any water at all, young lady!" And he prescribed me some gastric, anti-puke, and multivitamins medication.

Few days after that, I'm not getting any better, and my pee was still an awful sight of yellow despite drinking gallons of water. But it was strange, despite all that, I did not have any 'normal' sick symptoms such as flu, sore throat or cough. I just felt terribly tired and totally not into food. And worse yet, my colleagues commented that my eyes are becoming 'yellow'! Aghast, I googgle-d the following symptoms:

- Loss of appetite
- Fatigue
- Yellow eyes/skin (jaundice)
- Dark urine
- Itchiness
- Feels like vomiting

And this is the answer I got: Hepatitis

OMG!!!! I have a problem with my liver?! But I'm not alcoholic!! I quickly looked through the causes of hepatitis section and found out that you can be infected by someone who has the virus. And it can also due to lack of personal hygiene (I MUST wash my hands before consuming anything from now on!) and toxic from raw/undercooked seafood (I have been eating seafood regularly in shops during lunch breaks. GLUM!)

Right after work that day I paid a visit to another doctor who is more reliable and straight-forward. When she looked into my eyes, Lady Doc immediately took my blood for hep testing. And she told me that it will take months for me to recover, and that means NO alcohol, NO oily deep-fried food, and NO extreme exercise for 3 whole months! SIGH :(

Anyway, liver woes aside, here are some pics in which I spent time with my friends and HK friends at Mamutik Island before I got sick. Compared to Manukan and Sapi, Mamutik is less crowded (which means less rubbish!) and more Europeans and less bratty kids running/screaming about. So it's perfect for those who just wants to chill and read a good book or just simply doze off under the sun and amongst the windy breeze :)

My friends from HK. 1st time in Sabah and 1st time snorkelling!

With my girls Kristin and Melissa :) I miss my normal skin color SIGH

Met a new friend, Hani, from Bogor :) I love her waterproof camera hehe

After this, I will be going to the clinic to get my blood test results. Hope it's not too serious! Fingers crossed :p

So happy for them!

2011-06-14T12:44:00.002+08:00

Sai and Diana were my coursemates back in college during 2006-2007. Didn't expect at that time that they will end up being a couple 'cos they were different, personality-wise. He's a serious (and sometimes moody) dude and she's a fun-loving-crazy girl...and Io and behold, now they are engaged! He who hails from Pakistan, and she from Jakarta; this shows that differences in terms of countries, culture, lifestyle are no barriers if you love,respect and support each other and want to spend your lifetime together.

I'm so so happy for these two lovebirds! Congratulations and all the best to them :)

Check out their lovely engagement pics

vote for tina!

2011-06-02T18:32:00.005+08:00

Hi guys! Do vote for me if you can at this 'Shots by Ashley - Who's that Girl Self-Portrait Contest' Who gets the most 'likes' wins a photoshoot and makeover :D

In order to vote for me, 'like' the Shots by Ashley page first, then 'like' my picture as shown below. Contest ends 30th June. Thanks guys!!!

"Like" Tina!

Girls, if you are interested you can join too. Closing date for entry should be on 15th June if not mistaken. But it's only open to Sabahans I think :p

Flaunt it Like it's Hot!!

2011-04-20T12:25:00.005+08:00

I've taken up a new hobby...cleaning, shaping and painting people's nails! :) I've always looked in awe on how manicurists do their thing effortlessly and help their customers' come up with neat and gorgeous nails. But nowadays, manis and pedis are super expensive. I remembered during my college days, it only costs around RM15 for mani and pedi set (single color only). Now they're charging RM28 just for manicure!I once did the French Manicure at 1 Utama shopping mall and was charged RM49...totally outrageous if you ask me. So I thought, you just need to master the basic skills of manicure and you can do it on your own or do other people's nails...no more outrageous manicures in nail salons :p

I've just started on 2 models and it's kinda like my weekend project. When I'm able to do people's nails with ease, perhaps I can make it as my weekend job heehee. We'll see! :D

My 1st Model: Kristin

She prefers short nails. Painted hers a sweet pink color :)

:D

Painted her toenails too!

my 2nd model: sweet cousin Jetrute :)

She just gotten her 1st manicure :)

Love it like Hong Kong :)

2011-03-23T18:20:00.015+08:00

If there's one thing everyone should have done in their lives, it's definitely travelling. I love it whenever I've just came back from a vacation or even a business trip, I'm always so excited to share my stories with everyone at home. And even better, having the knowledge and being able to provide travelling tips to those who wants to travel to places you have been to e.g. (1) its totally safe to walk around at night in Amsterdam, and you can find H&M shops anywhere over there! or (2)The yummiest fresh milk in the world can be found in Denmark or even funny facts like (3)Finding the loo in Hong Kong is like trying to discover gold :p Seriously!!

Talking about Hong Kong, I went there for a 1-week holiday back in January (before Chinese New Year. Don't go there during CNY!) The most memorable experience for me in HK? Yup, you got it right. Finding the precious toilets to ease yourself hahaha! Can you believe that their MTR (train) stations haven't a single toilet?! And you have to look at the station map to locate 'the nearest toilet' (with a star sign...i still remember hehe) What's worse...no matter how hard you plead to the shop owners to let you use their toilet, they won't allow it (even if you made a purchase of their stuff. i've asked!) Unless there is a wet market nearby whereby the toilets are for free (thankfully they're clean enough), you'd have to walk into a cafe and order yourself a cuppa before being able to use their toilet. If you happen to be at a boutique mall (no fittnig rooms here), there are toilets available but it's automatically locked from the inside. Only the boutique staff have the keys, so you'd have to wait for them in order to enter. Phew! Tiring, isn't it?

Anyway, toilets aside. Let's move on to more positive stories :) It was winter season in HK during January.As long you have a warm winter coat on with your jeans and sneakers, you'll do just fine. Personally, I think winter over there is equivalent to spring in Europe. Don't even think how's winter gonna be in Copenhagen. Brrrrr!!!! In terms of the Hongkies, generally they are quite friendly and will help you if you are lost. It'll be an advantage if you are able to converse in Mandarin (if you don't know Cantonese). Majority of the elderly speak Cantonese, the middle-aged able to understand Mandarin, and the youth being able to understand English. There's a lot of China nationals around too, so you can speak Mandarin to them no problem :)

As for shopping, well once you've been here, you won't want to go to KL anymore! All clothes are of the latest fashion and so cheap you'd think it's illegal under the trading law hehe. But too bad it's winter, so you'll see more of cute winter coats (which, sadly, you won't have the chance to wear in Malaysia). But there are still spring/summer clothes on sale and international brands like H&M have started selling their spring/summer collection. And you won't see any strappy heels around though, more to ballet flats and boots. I was hoping to get a nice pair of strappy heels, but I'm quite happy with my purchase of black flats (very comfortable!) in which I can use for exhibitions whereby I am required to stand for hours for 2-3 days :p

Here are some pics I took during my trip. Enjoy!

The hotel that we stayed - Anne Black YWCA in Kowloon. Not bad, RM140++ per night

The bright night streets of Kowloon

My high-school friend Dotty, who stays with her HK hubby over there :)

One funny street sign. In translation it literally means, wash clothes street :D

Ladies Market in Mongkok. Don't go here! It's just like Petaling Street..full with rude and pushy sellers

At the famous Jumbo Floating Restaurant. Only go there if you want to have the 'Jumbo Experience' cos the food's pretty expensive there :p Shark fin's soup can cost up to RM100 PER BOWL :p

The free ferry ride from the port to the floating restaurant

How the restaurant looks like during the day, without its colorful light bulbs :p

Saw this huge cemetary right in the middle of the city on the way back from Aberdeen to Central!

One of the boutique malls I'vebeen to - Island Beverly.You'll see it right after you exit the Central MTR station

McD in HK is quite tasty! Especially the chicken wings. And the french fries tasted more potato-ey :D

Sunset view between TST and Central. Took this from Harbour City (the whole mall is of luxury brands. Believe it! Poor meagre me can just do window shopping haha)

Took this while on the ferry from TST to Central. Much cheaper than if you take the underground train

Me at Victoria's Peak. Wanted to go during the night as the scenery will be even more magnificent with the night lights and all. But too bad we don't have the time. And it's hazy during the day, so we're not able to see much of the view :p

The Love Section at the Peak where people will post up love notes for their loved ones. Pretty sweet :)

These incense sticks in one of the oldest temples, Man Mo Temple, take weeks to burn out!

The longest I've been on to...Central-Mid Levels 25-mins escalator ride :D

Going up is fun...cos its just escalator and some stairs ^-^

But going down is so tiring! Its either the stairs or steep slope. So remember girls, don't wear heels if you plan to go here!

Night view of the skyscrapers. But that night the lights show wasn't that appealing though..wasn't quite impressed :p

The cable car ride to the Buddha and Monastery. The weather's so hazy everyday :p

Not for the faint-hearted...i think there's approximately 350 steps to reach the Buddha!

My favorite Fa Yuen Street...loads of cheap but good quality clothes :D

Met Goofy in his Chinese suit in Disneyland :D

The beautiful night scenery of Sleeping Beauty's Castle

A typical 'Lok Lok' foodie shop in the city :D

Yummies! :)

A typical dish (rice with omelette with veggies) which can cost up to RM12. and it's for 1 person but can be shared by 2! still...so mahal la :p

yayness to busy life

2010-11-11T16:09:00.005+08:00

Hi guys! Whoa been so busy the past few months. How does the combination of work, dance practices, dance performances, gathering with friends, and outstation business trips sound? Pretty hectic right? :p And now it’s November already, less than 2 months to the New Year! And I’ve already got activities lined up for this Dec…fund-raising bazaar, cousin’s engagement, primary schoolmate’s wedding, and family camping trip at my house phew! Anyway, here are some pics to share with you guys :)

Drink fest yummy! I love Grey Goose and Bacardi Apple Rum ^-^

Celebrated a colorful Raya with her li'l relatives :)

At Marina Bay Sands for exhibition~

Taking pics before performance at Promenade :)

Yet another performance at Runway Cafe :D

Had fun with the girls at Shen :)

Annual Baila Fitness dance show at Star City

With Karen Madrid, Mexican bellydance instructor from KL. She's good!

The After Party with the dancers at the Bed :)

Who's the Boss

2010-10-13T12:20:00.003+08:00

Sometimes getting a present for a guy is a bit boring. If it's not a shirt, then it should be shorts. If it's not a bag, then it should be wallet. And I'm not into gadgets either, so don't bring me to that department!

I have so many things going on lately from work to dance practice to fund-raising events. Poor R's birthday had already passed by, I have attended his b-day party, and I haven't got him a present yet! Jahat betul me oh kan hehe~~

So I went for a super express b-day shopping and got him the Hugo Boss Element deodorant stick. I like it 'cos the smell's not too strong or too masculine and I guess it suits R's shy personality. Hope you like it, R :)

The cologne, not the deodorant stick hehe

Hugo Element is made up of light, fresh top notes of calone that fade away into zingy ginger and coriander heart notes. A cedarwood base gives the fragrance a masculine end. Element is an urban, romantic scent with blends of citrus, woods and spices and is inspired by the formation of granite stone which touches all elements-- coming from fire, becoming part of the earth, and weathered by air and water

Life's a Beach~

2010-10-07T13:12:00.003+08:00

"You're like my own personal brand of heroin." Edward Cullen

Her feelings are numb up to a point where even her boyfriend's hectic work schedule (which usually drives her nuts) doesn't bother her one bit.

fever,fever go away!

2010-08-06T11:55:00.004+08:00

Obviously everyone's down with the flu and fever these days. No thanks to Mum and the lousy weather! Now I'm in the office, trying my best to concentrate on my work and pushing away negative thoughts of having the urge to puke and a terrible headache. I'll be having youth group launching event at my house this Sunday, so hopefully I'll be fine by then 'cos I'll be one of the them who's going to give a welcoming speech! It's been a year since I gave a formal speech in front of VIPs, and it won't look good it I keep coughing my head off during my speech in front 3 VVIPs this weekend hehe ;)

Anyway, on to brighter news. Finally, there's a new set of sofas at home yayy! The old ones are still allright but they're more than a decade old already. Time to out with the old, and in with the new! It's always refreshing to see new furniture at home and somehow it gives you a bit of motivation to face the challenges for that day :)

Oh, and my 27th celebration will be coming soon! I've started to draft out my list of invites and hope that everyone is able to come :) Like last year, the day will fall during the month of Ramadhan and so it'll be Ramadhan buffet for all, once again heehee! I was thinking white gold necklace with my name embedded on it from gatal, but when I checked out the price it's gonna eat half of his salary (oops) so never mind lah. I'm eyeing Sarah Jessica Parker's perfume NYC (sweet smell like strawberries and bubblegum) but not sure whether its available in KK yet. Need to check out Sasa or Parkson when I have the chance.

"We started with this idea that we wanted to create something fun. We wanted to create a party in a bottle and reflect that in the packaging with a real sense of whimsy, fun and joie de vivre. And then we took it from there. Portability and fashion played key roles in the development of the packaging and overall concept." Quote by SJP

Perfumer: Honorine Blanc

Perfume notes: Top notes: Italian mandarin, white osmanthus, wild red strawberries; Heart notes: gardenia, honeysuckle, mimosa and red rose damascena; Base notes: sandalwood, vanilla absolute, rum flavor and creamy musks.

Since my Europe trip, I've made a promise to myself that No More Unnecessary Shopping! until next Jan where me and Mum will be flying to HK for shop till you drop vacation. But this morning toyboat texted me that they'll be going to check out their friend's new boutique in Donggongon. No harm for me right? I'll just leave my credit card at home :D

Jalan-jalan makan angin with my Brit Police Hat!

2010-07-28T17:44:00.010+08:00

Who says you can't have fun with your friends and relatives at the same time? I had a super fun weekend with both! My niece Devina (It's kinda weird to have someone who is only 1 year younger to call you Aunty!) and her KL friends came over here for a 'cuti-cuti sabah' weekend holiday and luckily I managed to take a few hours of my time and hit the clubs with them. It was really raining heavily that night, but hey! Who cares ;)

Me and the KL gurls~

Me and Devina, who calls me Aunty!

Right after that I headed over to Shen's to join gatal and his gang (Initially I didn't want to go, but he kept sms-ing me saying he was so drunk and needed me to be there. So I was like ok-lah, time for gf duty to take care of her man hehe. And I was right. He was so pissed he can't even stand straight hahaha..tu lah, who ask him to drink so much!

My very drunk gatal..he can't barely keep his eyes open!

Me and Elaine...luvly fren of mine :)

Me and Lyn Chiang...gatal's KB gang!

Me and another KB gang! He can really groove to the music!

Two days after that, me and 3 of my friends went for a 3-hours road trip to Tanjung Simpang Mengayau (also known as Tip of Borneo) at Kudat! Thank to the heavens above that the weather was good and the sun as shiny as the sunflower :) But it was really really humid and when we finally reached there, we were all sweating already after 10 minutes!

Guess who? hehehe

We had lunch consisting of chicken curry rice, maggie mee special and coconut water at the canteen. Be prepared to pay RM5 for a mere Maggie Curry soup with bits of chicken slices, tomatoes, and eggs :p If you wanna budget, bring your own picnic basket!

The RM5 maggie mee special!

Me and Sharon having refreshing natural coconut drinks :)

The view overlooking the Tip was simply magnificent. I have never seen the beach stretched so wide and the waves so big (I call it mini surf wave!), and of course, the sea looked vast and endless. It's my dream view from my bedroom window :)

My dream view from my bedroom!

The uphill walk towards the Tip~

It's like having your own private beach :)

The gorgeous view of the Tip. That's our driver below hehehe~

Nice natural sculpture made by the waves :)

Trying to show off our best air poses!

On the way back, we bought ourselves some snacks; I got peanuts, kuih cincin, and ubi kayu keropok which looked like flat A3 paper. And here's the climax part of the story: We stopped by at this roadside stall which sold jagung bakar as my friend really wanted to have some. Perhaps it was my mistake to switch off the engine 'cos when I wanted to start the car, it couldn't! And my guy friend, being an expert mechanic, failed to make the 4-wheel become alive again. So what were we to do? Waited 3 hours for the tow truck to come and save us! By the time I reached home, it was already 9pm (3 hours delay) :p

The infamous jagung bakar! Must-try hehehe~

My friend Toy hiding behind the ubi kayu keropok 'paper'

We took this pic before starting the 4-wheel. All look so happy wanna go home fast!

And what happened after that? Wait for tow truck for 3 hours! Sampai malam bah~

Anyhow, we had a great experience (even the car breakdown episode!) and looking forward for the next road trip!!!

Me fooling around with my Brit police hat esp bought from Denmark! Bring something unique all when you go for road trips, I guarantee you the memories will get more memorable as it gets!

a weekend of yummy scones and spanish food :)

2010-07-14T17:23:00.007+08:00

I finally got to wear my new H&M dress for an Association's dinner :)

Another fantastic weekend! Had our successful clubbing marathon (of course someone sponsored our drinks teehee!) and checked out 2 food outlets in KK.

Since we were invited to an impromptu b-day dinner, we only had a few hours to spare for our marathon (so we called it our mini marathon!). We ended up at Promenade’s La Rendezvous and BED, both destinations which I haven’t been to in decades! Everyone knows that hardly anyone would go to La Rendezvous (mediocre live band, and the fact that no one goes there), but when I revisited this place, it seems comfy (the chairs) and the atmosphere more private, and best of all its non-smoky air that won’t get you having smoke-infested hair that last for days. If you just wanna chill with your friends, have a chat and actually being able to have conversation, then this is the place to be. It’s not the place to be seen, but more to the place to chill :) I had my usual pina colada and my fren Kristin wanted to have a go too, and I was glad that she loved it :)

With our Pina Coladas at La Rendezvous

At Bed, the band was playing better and they sang mu current favorite song, Nothing On You! I decided to have a go for the Long Island Black Iced Tea (since I like Black Tea, just wanna see it its better than the original Long Island) and Kristin went for Blue Lagoon. Overall, both drinks tasted like the original Long Island! Ah well

Long Island Black Iced Tea and Blue Lagoon at BED!

Next day, Mum and I went to check out this place which my boss claimed that they served yummy scones. It took us quite a while to find the place (The Crown Borneo Hotel at Tanjung Aru). The place was tastely decorated and the air-conditioning system just the perfect temperature. We ordered the sweet scones (RM3 per plate) and club sandwiches. The scones tasted really good (warm and crispy), and the clotted cream is just heavenly! Mum decided it was too sweet for her, so I guess those who’s not into desserts might not like this. Oh, for teh tarik lovers, their teh tarik 3 in 1 hot drink is really yummy, and I saw another patron’s frothy cappuccino looking good too, so I’d probably recommend that as well hehe

Sweet savoury scones with sinfully heavenly clotted cream

Another dish we ordered - club sandwiches! The chips were good too :)

The next food destination was La Fuente, the new Spanish restaurant at 1 Borneo. Again someone sponsored the food (my uncle) heehee, we ordered almost one of each on the menu which consist of smoked salmon salad, bruschettas (tomatoes on bread drenched with olive oil), mini pepperoni pizzas, braised lamb shank, and seafood paella. All dishes are great, but the winner has got to be the lamb shank. It’s so soft…simply cooked to perfection! The only downside was the paella, they shouldn’t cook the paella in tomato puree. We sabahans find it a bit hard to eat rice with tomato sauce! And for drinks, my uncle’s wife brought a bottle of Bailey’s and we got to drink without any corkage fee! (She worked there before so she got the benefits). Too bad it was working day the next day, so we had cut down a bit of the alcohol intake and go back early!

Eva (uncle's wife),moi and mum feasting away!

Smoked salmon salad sprinkled with lemon and olive oil. Yumminess~~

Diced tomatoes on bread drenched with olive oil..taste normal la

Mini pizzas with pepperoni and lotsa cheeeese

The best dish of the night - braised lamb shank. SO SOFT

seafood paella...if they still serve with tomato pureed rice..better skip it!

Finale - Bailey's brought by Eva from home...no corkage charge! :)

So what’s in it for next weekend? Thinking of going to the island for a relaxing treat, but we’ll just have to wait and see ! :)

What a SniCkeRs weekend!

2010-07-01T13:54:00.004+08:00

I'm glad that I had a productive weekend (which is a rare thing.I normally spend my weekends sleeping, doing housework, and being a couch potato) 'cos I got to meet up with my old friends, made a new one, and was belanja a japanese dinner by another friend! A truly friendship weekend :)

Andak, Mandy, Telca, V oN tOp :)

Friday night, me and the girls went to check out BLUE 7. The crowd was allright 'cos they had live screenings of the World Cup and the live band was quite good too (except the little, annoying part where they sang 5 Lady Gaga songs non-stop) and its not a medley! One of my girls' friend was working there and she recommended this vodka+soda thingy. She said it was supposed to be refreshing and bubbly. And it materialized as this greenish liquid, and when I tasted, it was completely the same taste as a cough medicine ;p looks like I'm not gonna order that anymore!

2 hours later, we head off to Shen's and was surprised that the pub was half-empty. Everyone at home watching the Cup, maybe? Anyway, one of my girls' bf met us there and bought us a bottle of Black Label ;p Luckily I stuck to my all-fave pina colada and didn't join the whiskey fest as the others were being challenged by the guys to drink glass after glass after glass. The result? One going to the washroom three times in a row for a barf fest and the other trying her best to stand up straight hehe. These are the masters of drinks, and it looked like they haven't being challenged for a long looooong time. Even being in another universe, my friend was still steady behind the wheel and all of us managed to get back home in one piece ;p

Me in my new Coach Poppy :)

V oN tOp & Keeran the great explorer!

Saturday night, I met up with a new friend, Keeran, whom I got to know through Couch Surfing. We met at the newly-opened Spanish restaurant, La Fuente, at 1 Borneo Hypermall. The interior deco was quite nice and they use the Italian Illy brand (quite famous in Europe) for coffee beverages. I had an iced mocha and this mini pizza dish with lots of melted cheese and chicken ham. Yum! Back to my new-found friend, Keeran is a great guy to hang out with 'cos he can talk quite a lot of topics, in other words, very talkative lah ;p he has travelled to lots of countries and can be a qualified walking encyclopedia! he owns an adventure travel company and is currently working with his parents to recruit Sabahan students financially in need to gain engineering scholarships and study at their college in KL. And the best part is? He has climbed Mt. Kinabalu and I haven't yet! Gosh, talk about major embarrassment :p All in all, we had a great time and now I have a place to crash to when I go to KL in the future :p

salmon shioyaki and agedashi tofu!

grilled squid....YUM!

tasty beef with sweet sauce :)

the grand finale...green tea ice-cream!!

Sunday night, a friend brought my mum and I out for dinner at Nagasaki in Lintas (I get to choose! So its Japanese all the way) As usual, Upperstar which was nearby was crammed with regulars. I have no idea why people liked to go Upperstar so much. Perhaps because of its hip decor ala Hard Rock Cafe, and its the place TO BE SEEN. Well! you don't get to eat yummy sashimi or green tea ice-cream in Upperstar (ble~~) We had salmon shioyaki (grilled salmon sprinkled with salt), grilled squid with teriyaki sauce, agedashi tofu, grilled beef in sweet sauce, kaki age (friend veggies), and of course, the un-missable green tea ice-cream :) The dinner was just nice as we didn't get too full and feeling bloaty after that. We arrived home around 10 plus, just the perfect timing to prepare for next day's work and get a good night's sleep :)

So, how's your plans for the upcoming weekend? I've got an agenda in hand already for tomorrow...TGIF!!! it's the day of CM...clubbing marathon yaayy!!

see you guys in a bit yeah *winks*

Have a sNickers WeekeNd...and then some more

2010-06-25T12:23:00.004+08:00

I live for Snickers :)

Good ol' gatal brought back as what he had promised from Labuan...Snickers mini bars!!! As you all KK peeps know, unbelievably there are no Snickers bars available in all major supermarkets for a long looong time already (To CKS, Giant, Ngiu Kee...why are u not selling?!!). Maybe you can get them in Tong Hing, but the price would be hilariously ridiculous. So I'm so happy when gatal passed over the brown package to me, dah lama aku kepunan dengan cokelat ini :p Pity that gatal is still recovering from his illness (fever, migrane, sore throat, cough...and all fireworks). I can't imagine myself still able to go on for sales trips in the terrible state that he's in. It's a bit weird to see your guy in a vulnerable condition (being weak and not in the mood to talk, especially when he's the type who's very hyperactive and will tease you mercilessly whenever he gets the chance)...so, I hope he gets real well soon and be back to his ol' funny self :D

Another reason to jump 10 metres up in joy is that i'll be meeting up some new and old friends this weekend AND i get to wear my new outfit which I bought from a trip to Europe recently! Euro-whaaa? Will let you know the details later ;)

Tonight will be bringing out my Sarawakian friends (poor boys still in college, transportation is a major problem for them.so as usual, i'll be the lady driver!) to check out this new SEVEN club in Penampang. Gonna meet up with my other friends there as well, one of them being a PR honcho for the club itself. She promised to pass me the CD containing all the original pics which she took of me during a photoshoot few months' back, yay can't wait! I LOVE it when people invites me for photoshoots 'cos u can get good quality pics from them FOC and you don't need to use your bunny years' old digicam and trying to take pics of yourself in the backyard ;p

As for the new outfit, I'll be wearing it tomorrow for an afternoon wedding (It'll be at Dewan Tun Fuad, hope the air-con's working! It's been in an 'out of order' situation for the past few months. Fix it, man! No one wants to go to weddings getting all sweaty and stuffy). And at night, I'll be meeting up my new buddy, Keeran from Bangsar, whom I get to know from CouchSurfing (its a really great networking site to meet up with new friends.its safer cos u can check out their references from their friends etc. Worth to check it out!). Aaaand, on Sunday, a buddy of mine has invited moi for a Japanese dinner!! yum, sahimi here i come. I wonder if Hyatt's Nagisa having their Sunday brunch buffet, that'll be even super! *mouth is drooling already*

Have a nice weekend, u guys! Kalau tiada mau buat pun, tengoklah astro hehehe ~~~

If you're obsessed with COACH, read this...

2010-06-23T11:59:00.005+08:00

my Poppy Evie :)

Hi guys! Recently, my colleagues got hyped out about getting original Coach bags online at really good prices. I really like their Poppy range, so I got this link from them and got my first ever designer bag purchased online (the Poppy Evie tote in red) :) The quality is good and the inside material of the tote is satin. I'm like, darn, i'm the type who will just throw everything inside and sharp stuff like car keys can easily scratch the material. But oh well, I just gotta take extra good care of it! And I got a few stares from onlookers when I first brought it out last weekend. I mean, you don't see many ciplak Poppy bags in KK tee hee!

The owner of the blog, Princess Vee, is super nice and will answer your enquiries promptly (she only entertains serious buyers, not just those who are curious for the pricing. But I assure you, I've checked with Coach stores in KL and they're much cheaper) In terms of bargaining, the most she can give is FOC from courier charges.

The most requested brand is Coach, but there are other brands as well such as Baby Phat, Cole Haan, Ed Hardy, Guess, Gucci, Juicy Couture, Marc Jacobs, and Ralph Lauren. Other than bags, you can find more accessories like watches, sunglasses, key chains, and even fridge magnets!

It'll be a while until I place my next order (haven't seen any merchandise that catches my eye...yet!), so I wish you Coach lovers out there Happy Coach surfing!

hail to the power of the influencer!

2010-04-28T16:54:00.005+08:00

Be the Happy One...everyday!

Doesn't it just make you feel good being able to influence and making an impact of others? It comes in many ways, like motivating your little sister to get better grades for a better future or getting your mum to take up yoga for health improvement. Me? Well, I'm not sure whether it's a good thing or not, but I influence people to SPEND their money to feel good hahaha! *Angelic smile*

Since I discovered this cologne for men by accident during mega sales in Mid Valley shopping mall years ago, It was like discovering the ultimate treasure of the King of Scents for guys (seriously!) Without much persuasion by the salesgirl, I got myself the promo set in a flash (yeah, even if it was for guys). Luckily, I didn't use it and when my bf materialized (now ex), I was promoting all out for him to use the ever lovable Clinique Happy (He's been using it the whole time when we were still together and never used another brand).

I gushed all about it to my college friend too, who was a loyal user of Dunhill. Then, one day, I dropped by at his apartment to get some notes and guess what? I got a glimpse of the familiar orange bottle on a book rack in his room. I was like, 'You got the cologne!!! Like I told you to!!' And my friend just gave me a little smile. Guys, I think they are a bit shy to let the world know that girls can influence them to buy things that they wouldn't normally buy.

And it doesn't stop there! My current man is also on the Clinique craze (He used to be a Davidoff fan) and will religiously get a new bottle whenever the old one runs out of supply. Lemme let u in a li'l secret, last Valentine's apparently a secret admirer gave him Polo Black and what did he do with it? Gave it to his friend! I mean, that's not cheap, man. Even if somebody gave me a perfume for a gift, I will still use it (I can't stand Tommy Hilfiger Jeans though, it was so dizzying I gave it to my aunt - even though it was a gift).

And lastly, a friend of mine (whom I just met) got himself the promotion set after I described to him the heavenly smell from the orange bottle - and he didn't even had a whiff of it before that! Being a fan of big names like Hugo Boss and Paco Rabbane, I think it's pretty amazing for him to just purchase Clinique without even sampling the scent. Now that's what I call super influencing power hehehe

Why don't u try it too? Like what my friend said, and I quote: 'Now I'm Happy everyday!'

Doesn't make sense? Get that orange bottle today and you'll see why :)

Here comes the bride...and the bridesmaid!

2010-04-14T17:54:00.005+08:00

We were sweating like hell...but hey, it's the fun that we had that matters :)

My cousin's wedding has got to be the most economical ever. Being her bridesmaid (and it's my first!), I was expecting make-up artists and hairstylists with their endless supplies of foundation, eyeshadow and hairspray. Instead, we had our hair done at the salon (luckily the hairstylist did a good job on creating 'natural' wavy curls for me) and the bride herself did my make-up! She remarked with distaste that the bridal studio gave her the most horrendous bridal look and decided to use her own make-up skills which were more 'natural'.

Since both of us are the same height, I had to follow whatever heels that my cousin was wearing. I brought along my most outrageously high heels (which I only wore once) and discovered they're the ones I need to wear for the reception. I got panicked for a while with a lot of 'what ifs' popping into my head. 'what if I tripped over my gown?', 'what if I fall off the stage?' But thankfully, I didn't. Even with a bit to drink, I can still swivel and dance and do the twist on my heels without making a fool of myself! And if you're wondering what sort of hideous bridesmaid dress I was wearing (big puffy sleeves,lurid shade of purple,gigantic bows which only look good on flower girls etc)...well it's none of the above! My dress for the day was a sexy, strapless shade of red satin with criss-cross details at the back (my cousin let me choose :) thanks to her hehe) Even some of the guests were confused on which was the actual bride! *teehee*

All in all, the reception went on smoothly and everyone was just happy eating, drinking and dancing (no cute guys though.seriously, WHERE are the cute guys in KK?? Apart from the man of my life of course *winks*) Even though the soles of my feet were burning towards the end of the day, I'm just so happy for the couple and hope for the best for the two lovebirds :)

What A Lazy Blogger!

2010-04-08T18:03:00.003+08:00

"oops..." says V the bunny
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Once again, the lazy blogger strikes again! no blog entries in 5 whole months!! You might wonder what's happen to this little kampung girl. Don't worry, I'm still around, out and about :) It's just that work has really got me tied up around its pinky and when it comes to weekends, I'm usually laptop/pc-free cos I spent 5 days non-stop staring at the computer screen in the office. Not to fret though, I'll post up some entries and pics soon. See you guys in a bit, I promise!

show's over!

2009-11-08T15:33:00.004+08:00

Finally! After a struggling month of constant practicing (everyday on weekdays), the day of the much-awaited performance had come and ended successfully with a capital S. Eventhough it was a small private function, the audience had a great time and was much entertained with our performances (well, they should be! Considering that we practiced like mad until midnight everyday). We did around 10 dances with the likes of retro, hip-hop, bellydance, salsa, cha-cha, and contemporary. I did 4 dances and thank God I remembered my steps and did not trip on my heels during the cha-cha dance (as I'm not a trained Latin dancer).

Overall, I made a lot of new friends from this show and hope that we're able to do a bigger (and better!) one next year :)

My new Filipino friends - Seriously talented hip-hop dancers

Bellydancers and chair dancers :)

The bellydancers performing Shakira dance

not a boyfriend/fiance/hubby stealer

2009-10-21T18:11:00.003+08:00

Source: livingbetweenwednesdays.com/

I've been accused twice this year for trying to get my claws onto another's property. Twice!!

The first one practically yelled at me through sms that I was deliberately trying to ruin their relationship, and I was like, "Hello girl? Since when sms-ing and meeting up for drinks a crime?!" And the second was even more insecure...as the hubby himself happens to be my cousin! She whined about how he never respond to her sms and calls (they are at long-distance level at the moment)and that strangely he used to sms me and chat online once in a while (which she thinks is better than her situation).No. 2 did not really point her finger at me, but I definitely got her hinting when she get the impression that he prefers to communicate with me than her. Well, that's not my problem! Maybe the poor guy is still trying to adjust to his new marriage life. You see, guys are just as complicated as girls hmph!

And I gotta give it to my mum for being the most observant person ever. I haven't seen my cousin for more than 10 years, so naturally we're really glad to see each other during their wedding. We also attended their post-wedding lunch at his aunt's place, and during that time my cousin would occasionally sit at my side and have a light chat with me or checking whether me and mum have enough to drink and eat. But few days after that, I heard mum talking on the phone saying that my cousin spend most of the time with me during the lunch and that his wife might get mixed signals. Of course, she was talking in Kadazan but I still can figure out what she was saying haha!After that, she told me that if my cousin drop by at KK, we should invite both of them to our house for makan and chit chat. In my heart I was thinking, 'Mum you watch too much soap opera! For sure the wife wouldn't get jealous easily' And see what happens now?

Mum should definitely be a part-time fortune teller.

So what went wrong? Maybe I was over-friendly? too touchy-feely? Sigh...I just hope I won't get any false accusations anymore anytime soon!

it's raining men...and may they seep into the dark dark monsoon drains

2009-09-17T18:07:00.003+08:00

Boyfriends can be such insensitive jerks sometimes. Like for example, my puppy of 3 months just died a terrible death and I called him to let him know my sad feelings. Naturally, you respond by being sympathetic and say soothing words like this:

Me: My puppy just died. I ran over him, I feel so guilty I’m literally crying my heart out.

Him: Oh no, that’s terrible. What happened?

Me: It was too dark and it was hard to spot him. Usually he will wait at the garage, but that time he followed the other dogs to the main gate. I drove really slow and honked a few times, but I guess he was frightened and accidentally went under the car.

Him: Poor puppy, you must be really sad. I’m so sorry about that, is there anything I can do to help? You want me to come over and talk about it?

And instead, this is what he actually said:

Me: My puppy just died. I ran over him, I feel so guilty I’m literally crying my heart out.

Him: What happened?

Him: Babe, these things happen. You can’t do anything about it now.

Me: He’s still a little pup! He’s a special breed!

Him: Yeah well, my pup got ran over too last time, and it was special. But past is the past, babe. (chuckles)

Me: You meanie! You’re not taking this seriously, are you?

Him: Of course I am. But look, what can you do? Hey, I got an incoming call now. Text you later k?

Me: Yeah, yeah ok (grumbles)

And that night he never text me back. At least send a few words of “Don’t worry too much, babe. It’ll be fine”. Stupid man. An animal may not be human, but it still has a life, it still breathes the same air as we do, and they are definitely a man’s best friend...hello!

Gawd I’m so pissed at him, all he care right now is his career, his friends, his nighlife, his beer, and his obsession with football. I may not be his priority, but he should at least act the way it’s supposed to be during certain situations, like this for instance.

Men! Boyfriends…blech!

ps - sorry guys, i'm not talking about you..just referring to this mister of mine

Never stop having fun!

2009-09-17T17:37:00.004+08:00

Who says you’re too old to have fun? As what the SK-II ad says, ‘Age is a number’. I really had a great time participating in the Girls Just Wanna Have Fun contest. Mind you, I’m not a pageant-holic. But when the organizer told me that it include dance and you get to wear cool costumes, I was thinking, ‘okay, this isn’t just about parading the catwalk. It’s more like a musical.’ And it was! During the first heat I got to wear retro outfit, swishy skirt and all, and did the twist dance. The following heat I became a playful bunny girl decked in neon pink aerobic-styled suit complete with cute bunny ears and black walking stick. (Description sounds stupid I know, but it works!) We were asked to do perform a cutesy dance which we had to make use our dancing sticks. That week was the busiest for me as I cracked my head searching YouTube dance clips on how to actually do a stick dance without looking silly. In the end, I got my dance instructor to give me a few easy tips and she had been a really great help. And after the bunny dance, we got to wear these really beautiful black gowns from eclipse whereby the cloth material was super smooth and you know that it’s made of good quality. Besides that, we were also sponsored colorful acrylic nails and wore gorgeous jewelry for the night. (But of course, that was the first and last time I wore artificial nails. The process of removing them off was tedious and a little less painful than getting your tooth pulled out).

It was luck maybe, ‘cos I got to the finals and that night, I wore a set of frilly corset-like top with miniskirt and lots of lace. That night we perform a series of Latin dances and I praised my petite male partner for being able to coordinate with my dance moves even when we only had a few practices. I did not win a placing but I did get the title miss popular and that was good enough as it reflected the voice of the public hehe! The week after that the winners and some others were invited to do a body art show whereby selected art students from SIA were responsible to ‘draw’ on us using special drawing tools and simple ones like crayons. The themes were vast including flowers, snake, lion, tree, and leopard. I got the flower theme and the girl who drew me was really talented and took nearly 2 hours to draw my entire left arm, part of my thigh, and on the left side of my face. The hairstylist did a fantastic job on giving my hair a massive ‘lift’ and even though the finished product was impressive, if I were to be left in a park, to strangers I might looked like some loony with flower tattoos and wild flowers stuck on her frizzy hair!

Anyway, I had a blast throughout the whole event and kudos to the organizers, make-up artists and hairstylists for doing a great job. And the other girls are also superb, supportive of each other and did not initiate a single cat fight :)

Personal fun is one thing, working fun is another. After a year and a quarter working with this skin health company, I finally had the chance to tag along with my colleagues to participate in an aesthetics exhibition held in Singapore. The 1 week business trip was truly exhausting, not only we had to set up the booth ourselves; we need to be well-equipped to serve potential clients who are mostly doctors and to be really convincing in order for them to take interest in our products. Our company also organized a workshop and we had to make sure that the attendance is ample enough to make it a successful one. Luckily, all went well and I did not incur any bad experiences during my first overseas business trip. And I must say that Singaporean doctors (aesthetics) look really good and you wouldn’t think that he was a doctor in the first place as our general impression of them are stuffy men with unkempt hair and bad taste in clothes. They wore trendy casual outfits with well-kept hair to add, and of course their face glowing and smooth like silk. Sigh…how I wish we have more of like them here in KK, but I can say that all doctors, no matter how good-looking or not, will always have bad bad handwriting hehe.

Well! Those were some good experiences. Hari Raya’s coming soon and I’m looking forward for a ‘food’full weekend stuffing myself with Raya cookies and delicious rendang. Will update soon and I wish Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Muslims :)

miss popular, new baby pups, cute doctors!

2009-09-08T17:12:00.003+08:00

just got back from singapore for a 1-week business trip. flat-out tired and in desperate need of relaxing leg massage.

no wonder my blog title is not making any sense at all!but of course, they are all slightly related *wink*

Will upload yummy pics soonest and yak about singaporean doctors who are waaaay much cuter and with excellent sense of fashion dressing :)

cheerios!!

All grown-up!

2009-07-21T17:50:00.011+08:00

V and her childhood cousin-friends :)

July is truly the month of many marriages, and one of them is my long-time-no-see cousin’s whom I’ve not met for more than 10 years! I still remember the times when we (plus his elder brother) used to celebrate Hari Raya visiting up to 12 houses per day stuffing our faces with rendang and kuih! I’m pleased that he’s ready to settle down with his girl whom he was with for almost 6 years. And only now I came to know that he’s got the most fantastic job as a diver at Sipadan Island, so I know who to reach to when I make my next trip to the famous island.

Anyway, I just got back from my so-called shopping trip today. Thought I could get some new work outfits, but can’t seem to find anything at all at all my favorite boutique haunts. All I see are graffiti inspired t-shirt dresses, dresses that are too flowery, and outfits that are too loose and painstakingly shapeless. Is it the trend of Night Dress Land?

Oh well, hope I’ll get more luck tomorrow!

And I can’t wait for toyboat to come back from her Eurotrip and get me my ‘toy’ teehee!

Golden Age Goodbye

2009-07-07T10:13:00.003+08:00

The 15 year-old poster we bought from London is still hanging on the walls of our house. When I was little, I’ve always wondered:

How did he manage to stand on his toes like how they do in ballet?

Why did he like to cover his ‘private bits’ during his performance?

What similarities he see himself with the black panther?

Why did people cry and faint at his concerts?

Why did they make a huge statue of him?

Why was he portrayed as a knight (wearing armour suit and holding a sword)?

Why did they not give him the title ‘Sir’ as they did with Sir Paul McCartney (since he was portrayed as a knight)?

He had led a very troubled and disturbing life, yet he had influenced people to appreciate the beauty of music and had brought hope to the future of children around the globe.

He had gone through the era of the golden age, now we wish him peace in the spirit world.

He will definitely be greatly missed by all, that’s for sure.

DJs Re-energize!

2009-06-03T15:18:00.005+08:00

me in my new pink dress :)

DJ B the human energizer!

One thing for sure: our local DJs need to learn a thing or two from their KL counterparts. My company was one of the sponsors for a Jap shoe brand launch and I was given 2 complimentary tix to the party thanks to one of the organizers (All bosses were overseas and I brought my dance partner instead. They needn’t know that teehee!). We got free goodies including this really cool golden bag with tiger motif and loads of discount vouchers (Didn’t get to use any yet as my schedule was too hectic and I gave one free 2-weeks trial pass to a friend as I don’t do gym-ming!). For a RM55 ticket, a small bottle of Tiger and RM2 sushi’s don’t give the worth, but I gave them the credits for hiring that DJ-MC crew known as Biggie and Syze. I think my partner and I were the only ones dancing 3 hours non-stop (I’ve checked the crowd!). Right from the beginning when DJ B started spinning the tracks, we literally were hogging the left side of the bar and didn’t care about getting empty seats (or whoever was gawking at us). The best part was when the DJ played all my fave old school R&B from Usher, Ja Rule, and especially N.E.R.D.! (KK DJs never play N.E.R.D. songs. Ndak syok ba) I was momentarily transported back to my college clubbing days where there was a time I telampau syok sendiri on one of the little platforms located on the huge dance floor of a well-known club with several other girls hehe. Plus, we also earned ourselves free drinks sponsored by a nice gentleman (whom my partner commented that he merely did that to get his entertainment expenses claim haha). I wanted pina colada but the bar was out of supplies, so I stuck to long island instead.

I was lucky I didn’t get extra spider veins on my legs after that night, but I am willing to take the risk for another cloud-nine-deliriously-happy experience like that (no alcoholic beverages needed).

KK DJs, now it’s your time to make us swoon.

At long last!!

2009-05-12T11:22:00.012+08:00

Well here I am again *giggles*. So sorry for the long disappearance, I’m just so swamped with loads of work (it just keeps piling up everyday! That’s how it is when your company wants to achieve too many goals at the same time) that I didn’t realize 4 months had gone by without a trace. Currently, besides work, I’m practicing for a dance performance next month. It’s a fun Jamaican-ish + hip-hop dance and we get to wear long, wide & swishy skirts when we can lift ‘em up past our shoulders! But I wonder will we look silly doing groovy hip-hop moves in our latino heels?! And for this month, as all Sabahans know, is our Harvest Festival, and all villages have started their own celebration of sports, singing & instrumental competitions, and of course, the highlighted beauty contest. At my village, we had our own celebration few weeks ago and M & I were in charged of the choreography of the catwalk :) As usual, events were delayed and the beauty contest which was supposed to start around 4pm was delayed to 6! Anyway, what’s important is that the weather was clear (even if it’s a tad hot) and everyone had a good time (no fights involved!).

I know you guys can’t wait for pictures, so I’ll just post a bit here which show some happenings from January to April. Enjoy!

My cousins and relatives celebrating the coming of the New Year. The usual tradition: everyone gets wet, including the tua-tua(s)! And no, I did not get the ‘water balloon attack’...I had make-up on, hello!! The kids did the shuffle (on wet floor!) with slippers on! God, I was really scared that they’d slip and hit the concrete at that time.

My gorgeous cousins, eba (left) and aca (right. she got 3^rd place in my kampung’s beauty contest. Congrats!), are so lucky…they get to celebrate their b-days every New Year! So it’s compulsory for them to get the water attack…case closed :)

Hmm…I think this was the CNY celebration at gatal’s place. Turns out that his hunky bro, Gundohing Kevin, is given a funny theme every year and he must wear a costume based on the theme. This should be a bikini theme hehe…I should’ve designed a G-string for him for the finishing touch :)

Makan time! I had a blast sampling lots of and lots of yummy food during CNY. The best thing is? I didn’t put on a single kilo wheee!!!

First time playing mahjong! Looks like I’m more interested in building blocks hehe

Me and my bestie, toyboat, stuffing ourselves non-stop with yummy, carb & fat – loaded dishes. We’re officially food lovers!

It’s good to join certain activities (go for dance class, get involved in charity etc) ‘cos that’s where you get to make lots of new friends…and some of them may be your relatives whom you never met! These lovely gals here are from my dance class.

Getting to know new friends also make you explore and discover new things! Like this drink for instance…I discovered that I prefer my pina colada over whisky or beer :)

My former high school classmate’s romantic Valentine’s Day wedding. And this couple are high school sweethearts and go waay back before that, so sweet!

I had a great V-Day this year celebrating with my gatal! He wore the oh-so-soft fcuk shirt I bought for him, we went to my friend’s wedding, then hang out with his friends for karaoke + moginum session, and we played our own version of hide-and-seek game in the end heehee

My former high schoolmates. Some are married, some have become mothers, some are going to be engaged soon, and the others (like me!) are still in single status :)

On V-Day too I got to meet up with my former college mate, the pretty Ms. Sharifah. She’s always the last minute one when it comes to assignments and exams, but still managed to effortlessly pass ‘em with good results!

Reunion with my uni (during my masters course) buddies at kL. It was only 5 days, but we really had fun doing stuff that we love the most – shopping and makan!!

Chilling out with my besties at Labuan. Had the best weekend getaway ever…and this was the first time I actually sang karaoke in front of other people (usually will just keep quiet and watch others sing) !

Discovered a really nice beach spot during our joyride in Labuan. There wasn’t anyone around…hmm are Labuan people afraid of getting tanned??

Hanging out with my colleagues while supporting my friend at the bachelor’s contest.

Taking a shot with the bachelor himself (in white tee)

Attending my colleague’s wedding. Wish her and her hubby a happy and lasting marriage :)

Me and my new car hihihi…but Mum won’t allow me to drive it at night. Takut sia p moginum then do something stupid which will involve the car hahaha.

Lookin' good, mrs. officer

2008-12-30T19:30:00.008+08:00

I was driving back home one late night and was listening half-heartedly to the radio while another part of my mind was struggling to fight the fatigueness that was slowly creeping into my head. Then, I heard THAT song. "Wee-oo-wee-oo-wee-oo..." it went. Huh? Lagu apa ni...cam syok juga and I never heard it before. Like a person who just had a mugful of Nescafe, I was instantly awake and waited patiently for the DJ to announce the singer at the end of the song. At the same time I was trying to catch the lyrics of the main chorus. No success there...the man was rapping like a speed boat. And so was the DJ...but I managed to hear him say "Bobby Valentino".

Ooh...I have one of his songs. He likes to sing really sexy songs, so I went to the Net and search for all Bobby's lyrics which has the wordings "wee-oo" But I search and search and search...and no results. I'm like 'Oh, this is so depressing!'...until that day when me and my colleague went to have lunch at Warisan Square.

We passed through Centre Point (to catch the air-con obviously) and just went into the entrance when I heard the familiar music in a nearby distance. Like a mad lady, I looked left and right frantically to search for the source...aha! It came from a shop sellings cds and games stuff. I practically ran to the store and demanded the person at the counter for the title of the song. Person A pointed towards person B who was standing next to the cd player. Before she could say, "Tanya dia..." I was at Person B's side in an instant, who showed me the cd cover with an amused look on his face. Yes! I finally got the title!

"When I get all up in ya

We can hear the angels callin' us

We can see the sunrise before us

And when I'm in that thang

I'll make that body sang

I'll make you say

wee-ooh wee-ooh wee

wee-ooh wee-ooh wee"

Mrs. Officer - Li'l Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino

Now I have the song, where can I get a lady cop uniform? *winkS*

Finally. I can Breathe

2008-11-30T23:21:00.009+08:00

Forgive me a thousand times for not updating this li’l site of mine. My job is really one endless train journey. Everyday there is something new to do…thinking of new promotions for the beauty centre every month, handling customers from beauty centre and outside suppliers and distributors, helping out with my boss for upcoming exhibitions, creating attractive wordings and headlines for advertisements and write-ups…and the list goes on and on. And now, we’re opening up a new retail outlet in few days’ time so we’re like training new staff in terms of products (Not easy since we have 2 skin care lines and 3 aesthetics devices. For 1 skin care brand, there’s like about 30 products and you gotta familiarize with each of their benefits and ingredients and what sort of skin care program is suitable for teens, young adults, or the elderly depending on their skin type. Ugh!) Besides training, we’re also preparing all the stock, product brochures, member application forms bla bla…plus we’ll be having an opening ceremony of the outlet this coming week and I’m in charge of sending out invitations to VIPs, newspaper reporters and dealing with catering. Phew! And coincidentally, my boss thought of our company having a website, and I was the lucky one given the task to prepare out all the info on ALL of the products and services we have. And now it’s the December, the busiest month of the year. Not only we need to be prepared for the big crowd of customers wanting to look beautiful and young for Christmas and New Year AND Chinese New Year, we need to think of new promotional strategies for our current and existing members for the year 2009. Arghh…

Enough about work! I may seem like a workaholic but I’m not! I’ve still got my social life hehe…I still attend my belly dance classes, went for my Kadazan language classes (just took the final exam last Saturday!), organize monthly gatherings for my fellow Komulakan friends, attend the party’s AGM, organize yet another Komulakan Youth Nite where I played hostess and was in charge for food & drinks and games (everyone was pretty entertained!), did a dance & dinner show with my dance studio girls (everyone love it!), did more dance performances for my friend’s wedding, went for trip to Ranau with my fellow Komulakans (was supposed to go to Apas, Tawau this weekend but couldn’t make it ‘cos I was as busy as hell), oh! And I also got to celebrate my 25th birthday hehe! I got a lot of pressies, thanks you guys!

But I missed out some things too…like hanging out with my gatal. It’s been months since we went to the movies, or eat out at a restaurant, or just catch a glimpse of each other.It's like we're in a different wordls or something. He’s been pretty busy himself, worse than me!…he’s more like the doctor on call.

And my good friend has left for Spain (Barcelona!) to further her masters few months. Miss hanging out with her, stuffing our faces with glorious food, dance ourselves silly at clubs, and sing like mad at our usual karaoke place. Hopefully she'll bring back some hunky Spanish guys back(esp those who can cook! Yum)

Anyway, below are some pics that may depict major events that happen during the past few months in my life *wink*

See you guys soon!

More work to do. And it’s the weekend!

Arghh

V and friends & cousins during her b-day :)

V and friends during her 2nd b-day bash hehe!

One of our monthly gatherings (Merilyn's b-day)

my cousin Bobbie's engagement...a day after my b-day :)

my 1st level Kadazan language graduation ceremony...with all my 'classmates' hee hee!

my dear friend May's wedding. Absolutely love her wedding gown!

it's time to dance!

2008-09-22T02:25:00.003+08:00

What’s up y’all? Now not only I’m busy with work, I’m also busy dancing my (poor,tired) feet away practically every night for our dinner party and dance show next month! Yup, it’s definitely very exciting. We’ll be doing from bellydance to ballroom, from hip hop to shuffle…u name it, we got it! We’ve been practicing for 2 ½ hours from night to night to another night…so for those who will be attending our show, you’ll totally not going to regret it! I’m like going to work from 9am-6pm…then off to dance practice from 8pm-11pm. By the time I reach home, it’s nearly midnight and that’s only when I get to eat my dinner! I go to bed around 1.30am and then wake up at 7 the next day and start the same routine all over again. So you can see why I hardly had the chance to update my blog hehe. So, I’ll be doing 3 dances (some only had to do 1 dance. Lucky them!) which are samba, bellydancing, and another type of bellydance but with drum music (very exotic one ehehe. And we’ll be wearing straw skirts with feathery head gear *wink*). Originally, I was included in hip hop…but apparently I was too small compared to my other dance partners who are more ‘berisi’ and terpaksa kena kicked out. Bummer!

Talking about dance, I’ll share with u a pic of our last dance performance at e-west, this karaoke place at Luyang. It was really funny ‘cos I was only told about it less than a week towards the day of the performance! Nevertheless, we did our previous routine and all went smoothly. This time we performed at a small function room and it’s completely different to performing in a big hall with a big audience. Somehow, I felt that the atmosphere was more intimate ‘cos we were just dancing few feet away from the audience (and smaller group of people) who can detect our moves and expressions at a closer view. But I didn’t let that scare me and we got extra ‘ang pows’ in the end hehe!

in colors of black and red :)

Oh and Mum, my aunt and me went to 1 Borneo today. I met up with my fellow Komulakan friend Gloria to find prizes for the games. I’m organizing this get-together event with Komulakans from all around Sabah so we’re going to have performances, games, and great food! Anyway, we went to the Daiso shop where all are priced at RM5. We got some real funny stuff like a paper fan, hand towel, shower gel, bedroom slippers to be given as prizes haha! Get-togethers should be fun, so we must do things from the unexpected point of view :)

And I got to do some shopping too! It’s my lucky day ‘cos I can actually find work pants my size! Normally I had to get mine done at the tailor’s. I found the perfect beige pants to replace my old fading beige pants at Urban Inc (Thank you Urban Inc!You’ll always be my fave store) There wasn’t any discount, but who cares right? Once you’ve found the one, just go ahead and buy it. Just like in relationships, once you’ve found Mr/Ms Right, don’t wait for a ‘discount’ (meaning surveying for other potential candidates) and don’t let your future partner go!

I also got this really nice foundation at MAC which is the SatinFinish range. Let’s hope that it’s as good as my Benefit foundation :) The guy at MAC who attended to my aid was very patient and helpful, thumbs up for MAC and I’ll definitely go there in the future for its great products and service!

For those who haven’t tried Dome’s Espreski drink yet, well you should. I tried the Chai Chiller ( I personally adore chai teas! ) and it was smooth (no crunchy ice cubes!) and not too rich. Ooh, and the whipped cream was absolutely yummylicious!

It was a relaxing weekend. I’d better get ready for another dance + work – packed week ahead. And good luck to you too!

people come and go...but memories stay forever

2008-09-13T19:09:00.002+08:00

Oh man…it’s been 2 months since my last blog entry! And I asked to myself, “Was I that busy?” Apparently, the answer’s a big, solid yes! No need to say about weekdays. I go home at 7 every night, cook dinner, have dinner, iron my work clothes for the next day, feed the dogs, prepare stuff that I need to bring to work, have a brief chat with my parents etc. By the time I’ve taken my shower, it’s already near to midnight and I have barely 5 minutes to glimpse through the day’s papers before heading to bed. And if I have dance class that day, forget about even reading the papers or watching 10 minutes of TV. Weekends are no help either. On Saturdays, I go to my weekly language class which took 3 hours. And at night, either I help Mum with housework or attending functions. It’s the same with Sundays. So you see, I practically have no time to even switch my laptop on to relate my goss of daily happenings. But I’m lucky today with few hours to spare hehe…will be going to a funeral later though.

Speaking of funerals, there are a lot of passings these few months. The latest were my late uncle M (my aunt’s husband), my another uncle’s late dad, and my bf’s aunty’s late mum. It’s a sad case for late uncle M, he’s still in his forties and has yet to reach the finer stages in life. He had been suffering from a long-term illness though, so letting go is also a good thing. On the other hand, he left behind a son and daughter who are barely in their teens. I know it’s very, very hard for them to accept the fact that their daddy will not be with them anymore. And I know it’s going to be twice as hard for my aunt to be a single mother and figure out ways to support her kids on her own. I’m not particularly close to late uncle M when he was still alive, but I pretty much 100% sure that he loved his family very much. He loved to joke around and not taking his illness seriously (which is another bad thing).

Anyway, the solemn event was a bit different from other typical Kadazan funerals. Before late uncle M passed, he requested that there will be no obituary about him in the papers and no gong instruments to be played during the funeral. Plus, he requested for the song, ‘Seasons in the Sun’ by Westlife, to be sung by us during the memorial service. What was originally a happy song turned into a sad, sad one. He even modified a bit of the lyrics so there were “Goodbye my friends”, “Goodbye my siblings”, “Goodbye my wife”, “Goodbye my children” etc. We were so touched by the wordings that we were too choked up to sing along. And at the burial service, everyone was crying, even my little cousins.

It was truly a gloomy event, but it has its creepy tales too! I personally didn’t see anything, but mum told me my other uncles and aunties did. Mum said late uncle M’s spirit was ‘fierce’ ‘cos he died young. Here’s the most terrifying one: late uncle M’s was known to always ‘hitch’ rides, be it anybody. So one night when his brother-in-law was driving home alone from town after buying medicine for his sick kid, suddenly he spotted from the rearview mirror that late uncle M was sitting in the back seat! Trying hard not to show his panic, he drove on as steadily as he could. The next thing he knew, late uncle M appeared on the passenger seat! If I were the brother-in-law, I would’ve stopped the car, get out and call someone to pick me up. But he didn’t stop (and trying his best not to look beside him) until he reached the family house (where the funeral was conducted). Once he switched off the car engine, he dashed out as though lightning had just struck him. And guess what happened next? The light inside the car turned on by itself! The brother-in-law saw it and assumed that late uncle M wanted to go out from the car as well. So he cautiously opened the passenger door, switched off the light, and closed the door back. Nothing more happened after that.

Sounds eerie? Here’s another one. Usually on the 6th day after a person has passed, the ‘momisok’ ceremony is conducted whereby all lights will be turned off at the deceased’s house so that the spirit goes back, take all his/her belongings, and to never return the house again. As late uncle M was a smoker and had a thing for ‘talak’, a local home-made alcoholic drink, we prepared a whole steamed chicken, peanuts, a bottle of talak, a ciggie pack, and a lighter for the spirit to take. We huddled in a group (with mixed feelings of scared and nervousness) and turned off all lights for a good 10 minutes. In the quiet darkness, we could hear distinct sounds of things being put down and barely audible footstep sounds from upstairs (Mum said that was the neighbour’s!). Apparently, one of my cousin saw a shadow descending slowly from the staircase and one of the aunties suddenly wept out of the blue. It was a really scary experience, but I push out all feelings of fear out of my mind (and managed to drive back home alone without having an extra ‘passenger’ in the back seat!)

Whatever it is, so long you have strong willpower, you will not experience any ‘disturbances’ from the dead. Lastly, I pray for late uncle M’s peaceful soul and that he’s doing fine at the other side. To my aunt and cousins, be brave to face reality and we will always be here to support you.

i'm a repeat offender

2008-07-15T17:11:00.005+08:00

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That would be the exact version of me...lots of tissues in my pockets but with a less red nose :)

you know, i really need to learn my lesson. never EVER attempt to kiss your boyfriend when he's got the flu & fever symptom (now he's having dry coughs). It's the 2nd time and the disease is definitely more teruk than the last. Couldn't sleep a wink last night due to sore throat, annoying headache with a dash of insomnia (or hyperactive mind syndrome). That got me to 'terbangun' 3 times at 12am, 3am, and 5am. Finally managed to drift off to slumberland after a gulp of paracetemol (not good, i know!) and tokusen.

Thought I can managed work today so I woke up with determination and went off to work, feeling slightly dizzy driving under the heavy morning rain. Mana tau...once I sat in front of my desk, all the feelings of sleepiness and dizziness started to invade me. I could barely lift my head and kept on wandering to the ladies' blowing my nose off. "My nose banjir," that was what I told my colleagues. During lunch break, I only had the interest for homemade fish ball meehoon soup and met up with gatal who's taking the half-day off (since he still sakit). I was tempted to spend the remaining hours snuggling in my comfy bed too, but being my stubborn self, I'm like 'what the hell, it's only a few hours left.' And so I tried my best doing some work tasks for the whole afternoon. Now it's half an hour towards closing, and Mum's going to fetch me (luckily!). Right after that, I'm going straight to the clinic, then go home and hit the hays.

Gatal's going for football selection somemore later this evening...I can't even stand of doing hip tilts in my Tuesday bellydancing class.

Ughh...I hate being sick!

Good news!

2008-07-03T23:58:00.003+08:00

Starting from this week onwards, I do not need to work on Saturdays yay! Due to the fuel price hike, the big bosses are so kind and considerate enough to let us off during the weekends. Now I can wake up late on Saturday mornings ;p

I went to yet another kaamatan festival few weeks back (around my kampung area), and the ‘special’ guests for that day were our very own AF finalists, Velvet and Stacey. Velvet belted out some songs and Stacey was not allowed to sing (yet!) but she brought the whole Trek Selebriti crew along instead! Trek Selebriti is a TV program on ASTRO which features interviews with artistes and celebrities the ‘informal’ way. Meaning that all interviews can be conducted anywhere but in the stuffy studio. So we got to have a closer view of the TV host Jimmy who’s famous for his phrase, “Yezzar!” He looked like the skinny version of me if I were a boy hahaha. If I had a brother I think he will looked like Jimmy, except if he does workouts ;p Practically everyone (majority girls) wanted to take pics with Mr. Jimmy. Mum told me to get a pic too, and I was like, no way! I don’t want to look like a desperate fan with a stupid grin on my face. Anyway, few people got interviewed, including one of the old neneks hehe. She was commenting on the food while waiting for her turn at the buffet table. Can’t wait to watch it on tv soon! Hmm I was at the buffet table at that time too, maybe there’ll be a glimpse of me in the scene yahaha…just watch out for the skinny girl in aquamarine MNG spaghetti-strapped top!

As usual, the highlight for the day was the beauty contest. Oh, but before that, I must tell you about the judges. Silly me for not taking their pic that time. They were former beauty queens, and of course, all looked drop dead gorgeous. Kathie Renjus was the head judge and she was wearing a cute strapless black baby doll with flower motifs over jeans. Sitting on her right was Francesca Julian, looking like a China doll with long, straight black hair and bangs. She wore this very designer-y halter backless dress with a very looow neckline. And on Kathie’s left was the newly crowned Miss Sabah, Devenna Jaikob who was clad in black from head to toe. She looked slimmer and definitely younger in person without all the heavy makeup. Mum said she’s pretty, and I think she needs to smile more ‘cos she’s got a great smile.

Back to the beauty contest, I think all of us expected this girl Joanne to win the title since she was the 1st runner-up for Miss Sabah and also for the previous UPKO Kaamatan (where they had about 40 contestants!). And this was just a kampung level competition only, so our bets were all on her. However, very surprisingly, she got 3rd place in the end! I tell you our jaws practically fell to the ground and nearly cried out, “Whaaa..?!” Apparently, her costume was a mess (it was crooked), and Mum said her accessories weren’t original. Plus, her hairdo wasn’t well styled. So moral of the story is? No matter how pretty and how good you are in the Q&A session, don’t ignore other factors which are also crucial to the markings hehe. Basically, put in effort in all aspects of the contest.

Oh, and guess how many people attended the Komulakan’s 3rd monthly gathering? We have about hundreds of members, and only TWO showed up – which is me (of course! I’m the organizer), and the vice deputy no. 1. But we told ourselves, the show must go on, we must maintain the flow of the gathering etc etc… and so we had a nice dinner at Pizza Hut. Sometimes less people is good ‘cos there is so much to talk about. We yakked and laugh non-stop and nearly left our spaghetti and pizza to freeze!

So yeah, I had a nice weekend. Today marks the 3rd day of June (wow! It’s already mid-year!). Next week will also be the end of my probation period and I can’t wait to get the goodies at vastly discounted prices!! What are they? Tell you later lah ;p

for those who don't know...this is stacy's daddy hehe ;p

say hi to gorgeous velvet! her younger sis took part in the sugandoi (singing contest) and got 2nd place.work harder, little sis!

the newly crowned miss georgina. she's got elegant style :)

the other winners. The one we thought will win is the tallest at the back hihi...

My 1Borneo store wishlist!

2008-06-18T23:45:00.005+08:00

need i say more?
Great clothes! Just waiting for the sales period hihihi

Feel like trying its famous celebrity fave lip balm

Gorgeous gorgeous shoes...

come here quick ya!
a brand in debenhams dept. store. i like it 'cos it has size for super petite girls like me!

famous us beauty chain store.i can just spend the whole day there!
Saw its mini booth in Tune Store last weekend. Haven’t try any of their products yet. I like their packaging though.

Yummy food in big portions!

It has opened!I like their reliable strapless bras hehe
Its range of red lippies eg Viva Glam are really HOT!

I adores its dresses, shades, earrings, and especially the knickers! Cute and naughty with bows, frills, and dangling jewelries hehe
It has a certain target market (A pair of jeans can cost about RM600), but I like their perfumes though…smells nice!

mmm shopping haven. It's more on the sophisticated side

Gorgeous heels...for those who likes quality
come fast! My foundation is finishing quick!

They serve great margharitas in big glasses. Memang ada kick!

My fave lotion brand. I swear by Rosewater and La Source

It sells everything from clothes to bags to accessories. A very colorful shop, perfect for the hip, the classy, and the casual

hidup sheilas!

2008-06-15T23:41:00.004+08:00

Boys and girls, give a big round of applause to another successful performance by the sheilas! It should be our 8th since our formation in year 2006. It was raining cats and dogs when I was rushing to atlantis (where the performance was held) from work and I was worried that my three skirts will be drenched and crumpled by the time I got there. However, with the help of my trusted little pink umbrella, I managed to bring my skirts into the restaurant safe and sound! Guess where our changing/waiting room was? I’d bet you never guess where. Yup, it was in the good ol’ washroom hahaha! The manager of the restaurant made a small partition there so that we needn’t change in the loos. One of us needed to keep an eye to avoid cheeky Peeping Toms while the other was changing! So yeah, basically we did 3 types of dances – the opening dance, the hip-hop belly dance, and the traditional belly dance. During our opening, I guess people were hungry and couldn’t wait to get their hands on the food, so the crowd was a bit quiet. But, after a few drinks and a hearty dinner, they got more responsive and clapped their hands as loud as they could whenever we went on stage to do our next performance. For our 3rd and final dance, we got to wear our (new!) skirts and they’re really sexy with slits on both sides way up to our thighs (Elizabeth hurley style) hehehe. I never showed so much leg before and nearly tripped on my own skirt! And after our final dance, we got the guests to join in and all volunteers were girls (c’mon guys! Be more sporting la). Surprisingly, one cute little boy was willing to join in as well. When I approached his table, he was like, ‘No no, I don’t want!’. After much encouragement from his family, then he agreed. Hehe, I know he wanted to participate in the first place, but mau pura2 act malu dulu! And the strange thing was? Right after our performance, suddenly everyone wanted to go back home…and it was only 10 plus. My partner said that they stayed on just because of us hahahaha. Memang betul tu!

Oh, and I wanted to comment about this salon I went nearby my workplace to do my hair for the performance. It was the closest to my office and the display of the salon looked attractive from the outside, so I chose it in the last minute. And the result was good! Initially, I wanted to do the normal, straightened hair since I had limited time. But then I saw one of the salon girls whose hair was wavy at the ends (kinda like the wavy, tousled look) which looked really nice on her. I thought she had a permanent perm or digital perm or something. Instead, she said that she only used the straightening iron which she kinda ‘ironed’ the upper part of the hair and twisted the straightening iron at the ends to create that ‘not so curly’ relaxed look. I tried it and I love it! ‘cos your hair looks more natural and doesn’t look overdone. I seriously recommend this salon to you girls out there. For a wash (use own shampoo), blow and set just cost me RM18! And the salon girls there have really good, stylish haircuts, so I think they have a professional hairstylist too. If you wanna pay a visit, it’s just behind the Liza Way boutique (beside Proton shop) in Api2 Centre. The salon is actually connected to the boutique so it’s like a boutique-beauty salon business.

It’s the middle of June now…and no public holidays around the corner, and that goes for July too. Sigh…can’t wait for my probation period to end early next month, so I can redeem free skincare products from the company I work for to cheer me up!

getting ready for our hip-hop belly performance!

our new (and sexy!) skirts for final performance.i luv my skirt!!!

Bad Luck Sunday

2008-06-09T00:15:00.005+08:00

Such bad luck for a cheery Sunday. Not only our land cruiser broke down halfway to Keningau, we had to wait for 4 hours for the tow truck to come to our rescue and forked out RM450 for the towing fees. We missed the funeral, breakfast and lunch altogether, and spent the 4 hours sleeping and watching Tom & Jerry movies in the crusier (the only vcd we found!). Anyway, what’s happened has happened. Let me share with you some pics I took during the UPKO (United Pasok Momogun Kadazan Dusun Murut Organisation) Kaamatan held on the 30th last month.

I remembered on that day, the weather was really hot (in the afternoon) and the venue was at a field (Padang Besar Tamparuli). Then in the evening it started raining heavily. But that didn’t stop people from coming as there were lots of stalls selling all kinds of yummy food, both modern and traditional. And of course, there was the 40 lovely girls contesting for the beauty queen title. Mum was in the beauty contest committee so I got to see all girls backstage, up close and personal hehehe. All of them wore really fantastic, colorful costumes and towered almost a head above my petite frame (and I was wearing heels!). While I was busy taking pics of them with other pro photographers, one of them approached me and asked whether he can take my pictures. I was like, ‘Me?!You should be taking pics of them!’ And Mr. Photographer said patiently, ‘Yes, I have taken pics of them. I’d like to take yours as well.’ I was having doubts that this little man (around my height) could be some deranged lunatic just wanting to take pics of young girls for his own viewing pleasure. But then, he was wearing a proper uniform and that a pro-looking camera was hanging from one of his shoulders, plus he looked serious enough. So I agreed.

What I didn’t expect that he would be taking soooo many pics! It’s like he took about 100 shots of me only. When I asked him about it, he said he needed to take a lot of pics in order to have the perfect snapshot for his painting. That’s when I realized that he was a portrait artist and his artworks (watercolour paintings) have been displayed in the art gallery section in the Sabah National Museum. So I got excited la, ‘cos like, my face could actually be displayed on the walls of the gallery! Mr. Artist said that the next upcoming exhibition will be in August and if my picture is to be displayed, he will give me a call. He also asked whether I have done modeling before ‘cos seems like I know how to pose. Hahaha! Biasa la…I everyday posing in front of my mirror kan. Besides my face, he took quite a lot of pics on my abs too (I was wearing midriff-sort-of top that day). Thinking that it’s one of his creative concepts, Mr. Artist said that it’s part of the theme entitled ‘Crunch’. Crunch huh? All I can think of anything related to crunch is Coco Crunch hehe.

Anyhow, I pray that Mr. Artist will paint a very nice picture of me and display it nicely for everyone to see!

these nenek2 are waiting for their turn to perform a traditional ritual in welcoming the harvest

40 luvly girls crammed backstage. It's really heaty there...even the enormous fan doesn't help!

a view of the girls from the back hehe. I wanna do a Murut costume (the long sleeveless dress in the pic) for myself since I haven't got one yet!

busy memorizing answers for the Q&A session. Pakai A4 paper lagi tu hehe

the girls listening to a briefing on who's going to walk where on stage later on. I like this pic 'cos it shows all different costumes :)

this is rachael, my friend from my neighbour kampung. She's got the sunniest (and most charismatic) smile ever! When she smiles, it's like seeing the sun...seriously!

V and last year's winner, elizabeth. My God...I'm SO SMALL. and she said she looked fat...mana ada ohh!

the winner is from penampang, 2nd is from penampang, 3rd is from ranau. the winner is 1st runner-up for miss penampang, and the 2nd is 1st runner-up for miss sabah.yeahh...penampang girls rock!!

a very sweet girl with the poise, elegance, and a confident attitude. She deserved the title :)

Masih Kaamatan Fever?

2008-06-08T00:45:00.005+08:00

Hey guys! Didn’t get to blog for quite some time cos bz betul with kaamatan and office work after kaamatan (haiii!). Just got back from thanksgiving party for Stacy, our very own champion for AF6. Lupa nak bawa camera, so got one of the aunties’ camera to get a snapshot of me and the girl with her famous phrase “Alamak…terlebih sudah!” She’s still the sweet, down-to-earth girl (pakai baju kadazan lagi with tangkong and himpogot full set. Go gurl!) I know since she was a little kid. I wish her all the best in her career and that she stays true to her roots.

I took quite some pics during the May Kaamatan celebration. But I’m a bit tired now (non-stop going out! Mansau saja sia ni. Cam mana mau jadi isteri yang perfect kan), so I’ll just post up some. This was taken in Kg. Kiau, and its location is in Kota Belud, just before Ranau. Kg. Kiau is the hometown of our Komulakan Chief, Ewon. The road there was in good condition (better than gravel!), but there were some sharp turns where it felt like we’re on a rollercoaster ride! The weather there was very cooling, like in Genting Highlands, and the girls had such fair skin it made me (with decidedly tanned skin+zits) green with envy! The setting for the event was fairly simple, but everyone genuinely had fun, and I was there in the 1st place was because I was asked to be one of the judges for the beauty contest hehe. There were only around 8 contestants, so it was pretty easy to choose the winner! Ewon the chief had too much to drink (I think he hasn’t master the skill of drinking yet!) and he said a lot of funny things to me and kept on asking me to sing on stage. Unfortunately, there wasn’t any lyrics book and I can’t remember a phrase or two of any songs that I know. But the chief was adamant and was like ‘I offer u RM50..no? ok…RM200…no? Right RM1000 it is!’ Crazy…how to sing when I don’t know the lyrics?! So yeah…we had fun and left the place around 7pm. By that time the crowd were either dancing, singing, drinking, or trying to find their way home in the dark hehe. The journey back took about 2 hours plus. My driver for the day (Mac, another fellow Komulakan) was so knackered that after sending me back he got some sleep in his land cruiser first before heading back to home sweet home. Kesian hehe. Well…that’s the way of celebration :)

Anyway, will post more pics soon. I gotta hit the hays now…long journey to Keningau tomorrow. My family and I will be going to my aunt's funeral. For those who read 2day's daily express newspaper, you'll see an obituary for the late jane suleiman. She died of breast cancer at the age of 41. She left behind a loving husband and 4 children. It's sad and scary at the same time, 'cos breast cancer can just strike anyone at any age at anytime, just like that. I pray for the family so that they will be able to get through this painful process with utmost patience and courage.

Gosh, from now on I'm really gonna take gud care of my 2's and do the monthly breast examination regularly. If any of you girls don't know the correct procedure, better check with yr doc and ask her to do a demo. No time to be shy2 now!

the lovely (and fair) girls and boys doing the traditional Kadazan dance, the Sumazau.

the 1st unduk ngadau (beauty queen) for kg. kiau 2008. Muda lagi ni...baru 16-17 yrs old!

these girls are still young but they are very confident and have the attitude. Wish them a bright and prosperous future ahead ;)

V the little hostess

2008-05-27T00:01:00.003+08:00

Once again, another Komulakan e-club gathering was a success! This time, it was held in pusakag (karaoke café) in donggongon and as the organizer, I was a bit worried that no one will show up. But the crowd turned out good (eventhough they were a tad bit late. Biasa la tu kan…sabah timing)! Thanks to Melissa, Shirley, ivy, michelle, ewon, willie, Gideon, Daniel, lis, ann, merilyn, chadley, and osmund. Anyway, I played hostess that nite, trying my best mc-ing and making sure that everyone’s not bored and having a good time. I did some ‘interviewing’ and guess what answer my cousin Chadley gave when I asked him what his specialty dish is (he can cook!). ‘Air’, he said, as in water. Du-uh! He’s forever the prankster and he’ll get u laughing until yr stomach hurts if you would’ve known him. It was my favorite part actually, giving people a good time! Shirley was the b-day girl of the month, and we bought her the most gorgeous blueberry cake and brought her dancing on stage whenever lagu rancak dimainkan. A sporting one, this girl. Apa pun ok haha! And congrats to Gideon and ann for their upcoming engagement next month. I was the one urging them to let out the secret, and Gideon was like, ‘ok guys, don’t forget to come to my granny’s b-day ya…’ Aduhai…but that’s good ‘cos we had a few good laughs.

Surprise, surprise. Mum and her friends decided to stop by and her friend’s daughter, Marina, came along too. 6 years back Marina and I were in this dance group doing traditional and ballroom dance performances. Miss those times :)

Anyway, we spent the whole night singing karaoke (sumbang or not we just sing!), dancing, makan2, and of course, drinking. Maybe I was the hostess or whatever, dunno why I kena suruh minum saja. jD mix vodka mix tiger…I can feel my head spinning in no time. But of course, being the hostess, I can’t let myself sprawling on the floor. So I determinedly let my chin up, and made sure my legs are crossed at all times hehehe. Also, as a hostess, you can’t leave until everyone does. So I only managed to go home around 2 plus in the morning and had barely 4 hours of sleep. Next day I headed off to work, still trapped in the pissed mode. I staggered up the stairs to the office and walked in with a blur look on my face. Suddenly I spotted this guy, his back facing towards me in my boss’ office. Hmm…this should be the new graphic designer starting his first day in the co. Without a moment hesitation, I literally marched to boss’ room and greeted my boss and PA (they just came back from Shanghai with new haircuts) before introducing myself to the guy.

ME: Hi! Are you the new guy? (Eyes trying to focus on him despite the dizziness of my mabukness. I offered my hand for a handshake)

GUY: Hi! Yes. (Looking a bit terkejut before shaking my hand. I think no one intro themselves to him yet that morning.)

ME: Nice to meet you, I’m Tina. And yr name is? (Grinning stupidly)

GUY: You can call me Ah Fan. (smiling…with amusement maybe?)

ME: Ok! Ah Fan… (I looked at my boss who was watching me with this look on her face. Did she guess? Nah, don’t think so).

Come to think about it, it was pretty funny. I mean, if a stranger suddenly introduced himself too enthusiastically to me, I would think ada udang di sebalik batu. But Ah Fan was cool about it. Turns out we went to the same high school (my very very senior cos he has graduated when I just started my first year). But he seriously doesn’t look his age. Clad in casual tee and jeans with studs (the big round ones) on his ears, he looked like a college kid. When he said he was in his early 30s, I was like ‘Whoa!’ Betul ka ni?! But ok bat u…look young is good hehe.

Anyway, welcome to the world of aesthetics skin care Ah Fan, and we are eagerly awaiting for your creative concepts and designs :)

It's V the little hostess!

komulakans can't wait to get their hands on the yummy food!

The b-day girl of the month...my sweet li'l Shirley :)

congrats to Gideon and Ann for their upcoming engagement :) aramai tii!

group photo of le komulakans..pre-mabuk mode hehehe~

Don't make me malu lah

2008-05-26T23:13:00.005+08:00

Had a nice last last weekend? Mine was both embarrassing and fun at the same time hehe…lemme tell u the sordid details!

Sunday morning…I drove mum to a kampong to attend its AGM. It’s called Kg. Kibunut, and the road was so bumpy and full of potholes everywhere that I felt sorry for the tyres of my car hehe. Plus, the weather was so hot, it’s like being roasted under a super hot oven!
At the small balai raya, Mum sat in front facing the audience with the head village, chairman etc while my cousin and I found a spot where the ceiling fan was blowing nicely :) I was happily reading the day’s news (I know it’s gonna be boring, plus they’re speaking in Kadazan, which I unfortunately not fluent in, which will make it even boring) when all of a sudden, Mum asked me to sit in front with her. ‘You wakil Komulakan (youth group) la, so u sit in front’, she said. Dah la I was feeling sleepy because of the searing heat, now I have to be on my best behavior and no way I can doze off in front of everyone! Throughout the meeting process, I tried to look as attentive as I could and prevented myself from grabbing the news on the table for a read. It was that boring.

I was in a midst of daydreaming when I felt a nudge on my elbow. I looked at Mum expectantly and she said quietly, ‘the ketua kampung wants u to give a brief intro on what Komulakan is all about. Can u do that?’ Like a person who just got a dose of bitter espresso, I ‘woke up’ with a jolt. Hell, no! I didn’t prepare any speech at all and I’m not about to make a fool out of myself. One of the uncles sitting at the table gave me a questioning look and I shook my head adamantly. He got the message and he himself gave the intro on Komulakan (of course in Kadazan) soon after. Phew! I thought I was off the hook and began to relax…until about 15 minutes later. Mum gave me another nudge and whispered, ‘the ketua really wants u to give a brief intro. Just say your objectives and what are your activities.’ I’m like ‘no,no,no…I don’t waaaaaant’ in a whinny tone when I heard my name being called by the ketua himself.

There was a round of applause. Damn, there’s no way out now. I stood up, gave a nervous smile, and started ‘Hi, I’m Tina…the vice-chief for Komulakan Movement…’ It was the most embarrassing moment for me that day. I didn’t even start with a proper ‘Good afternoon to the ketua kampung etc’ greeting. Bascially I was just repeating what the uncle has previously explained (but now in Malay version), objective for the movement (make new friends…ha!), and some activities that we did. I didn’t even end with a proper thank-you. I just said, ‘Itu saja’ and sat down! My mum was like ‘why didn’t u say this, say that bla bla bla…’ Mana la I tau kan? Tiba2 kena suruh cakap. You should have watched the audience. They were ever so silent and looked at me with this look, which I interpret as ‘What’s this little girl doing up there?’ Haha…but anyway, everyone shook my hand after that and said, ‘Terima kasih, Komulakan’. I also met the ketua kampung’s daughter, which they recommend her to be the ketua Komulakan for that kg. itself. She’s nice and friendly, hopefully we’ll be able to do an official launching after the grand AGM in August this year.

I still felt embarrassed on the way back home (my cheeks were still flaming!), but I cheered up ‘cos I had a b-day party to attend to (gatal’s cousin). I think I overdressed that nite, in my black halter top (looks super nice and it costs only RM10!), Levi’s Lady Style, c&k vintage peep-toe heels, and a black & white polka-dotted hairband perched on my head. Everyone was either wearing shorts or sports pants…except for gatal’s brother’s gf, who was wearing sky-high heels, so that’s ok. I had super yummy shepherd’s pie (must learn how to make it!), my ever-favorite leafy veggies cooked with oyster sauce, and steamed prawns! And after that I had about 5 glasses (cute little ones) of Bailey’s and met a new friend too. She’s one of gatal’s cousin’s girl friend (belum jadi girlfriend lagi, she says!) and she’s really cute and friendly, and apparently loves playing computer games and a whiz on pc hardware! I think that’s cool, unlike me who knows nothing about computers. So anyway, I had a gud nite, listening to the others singing their hearts out with the help of a live band and chit chat with those who I jarang2 jumpa. As usual, gatal sang guardian angel for me…but I want new song! I want gatal to sing Stolen hehehe!

Oh, guess baju apa gatal bought for me from his sales trip?

This white frill-sleeved top from TS! It looked like any other top but I think it looks cute on me! It’s cute and clingy…hmm I guess gatal likes that, so that’s why he chose it muahahaha. I showed it to Mum, and the first thing she did was searching for the price tag. Typical. She stared at the tag and said, ‘Mahal juga’. I dunno whether she felt amused or not that her daughter’s bf bought a ludicrously expensive item which could easily be found in any other ordinary shops in KK ten times cheaper. Anyway, it’s the quality that counts right? *grin*

Make Me Over

2008-05-16T17:37:00.004+08:00

I don’t mind being a guinea pig…especially when it comes to makeovers! My beautician friend, Claire, gave me day make-up makeover according to the colour of my dark blue blouse I was wearing that day. I’ve never really experiment with totally blue eyeshadows as the wrong type of application will make your face look washed out. But the results were good in the end, and my eyes appeared ten times bigger! We also played around with different types of hairstyles particularly the ‘messed-up-but-cool’ look. How I wish I have a personal hairstylist who can do my hair everyday and not to worry a single thing about flyaways, flat, limp and greasy hair, and hair that sticks out at the ends!

And here are some pics of the makeover!

I love this simple 'do! If only I'm rajin enough to do this everyday ;p

Whoever says curls make u look old isn't true! I think it makes you look cuter!

Me posing outside my workplace :)

I’m feeling happy ‘cos I’ve finally got a parking space at the basement of my workplace. No more long walks, crossing busy roads, getting caught under the rain and harsh sunshine!

Oh and recently I wore my new leopard-print pumps to work. My God…punya sakit! Dah la it’s still on the hard side (lucky I wore sheer socks or else my ankles will be full of cuts and blisters), then my toes kena pinched until I almost feel like crying out loud. Oh man…I'm only gonna wear those on special occasions.

Another lesson learnt: Don’t judge the shoe by its appearance. No matter how pretty and unique the shoe is, don’t buy it if it doesn’t feel right on your foot :(

baju i want!

2008-05-15T15:27:00.003+08:00

Gatal is in kl now doing sales for 1 whole week.

I’m waiting for my toppy shoppy baju hehehe…buy nice2 cute2 one for me ya.

Below are some of my random faves from TS, but of course I wasn’t hoping the exact outfits from gatal. Knowing him, he’ll probably get me a short-sleeved top or blouse.

He wanted to get me heels in the first place. Hello! If baju besar sikit still can alter la, but once u don’t fit the shoe, you’ll never fit the shoe. And he asked if I like Vincci. Huh…kalau bagi saya Nine West or Aldo baru la. Hmm speaking of shoes, once when I was in Jakarta, I saw these really nice pair of pink wedges (original J.Lo brand) with flowers motifs and stuff…memang style Jenny from the Block. They were the last pair, last size…but it was size 4. And it cost around RM300++ after 70% discount. Waduh…

When I become rich and famous, I’m gonna have my own shoe label. It’ll be called tiNa sUffiaN.

Yahaha.

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The details on how an outfit is designed can really affect the quality of the outfit itself. The 3 dresses above may look simple, but you'll feel like the luckiest girl in the world once you wear it :)

I've always have a thing for ballet-like shoes. These satin heels is just too cute to be true!

www.flair.be

I've been looking far and near for a horizontal-striped top like this. I think it's chic and will make me look more 'berisi' hehe

www.cosmopolitan.se

I think black is one of my faves. I have black tops, black skirt, black jeans, black bra, black undies, black dress...but so does everybody else! Black will forever remain as ultimate universal color. I like this dress 'cos of its figure-hugging design. You can be very sexy even if you're not wearing skimpy outfits ;)

red looks good on your nails, not on your dress

2008-05-06T13:46:00.003+08:00

How was your weekend? Sleeping the whole day and lounging on the sofa watching back-to-back movies? Well, I spent the weekend dancing! Dance for practice, dance for rehearsal, and dance for the actual performance hehe. Thankfully we had a successful performance…the crowd was responsive and they were sporting enough to volunteer themselves at the dance floor during the open-dance-to-all session. Most of the volunteers were guys…where were the girls?? And I thought guys loathe bellydancing! Pity that one of our belly members couldn’t join us in the performance this time, but not to worry ‘cos there’ll be more waiting for us towards the end of the year!

All’s well do not end well though, as my monthly struck upon me on that day itself. Thank God I was wearing a liner, and double luck for me for wearing a dark green dress. After our performance, we stayed on for a bit at the wedding. It was during the time when I was cha-chaing away with my uncle. When I went back to my seat, my belly partner whispered into my ear, ‘U datang period ka?’ Alamak! ‘Obvious ka?’ I whispered back. ‘Ndak la. Kecik saja tu, macam pulau!’ Hahaha…she really knows how to put in her words. Luckily, I’ve brought a spare with me and headed straight for the ladies’. The moment I closed the cubicle door, I turned my dress around and had a critical look. Phew…it wasn’t that obvious.

When I went back inside the hall, I sat down and hoped that no one will ask me to dance. In the end, one guy did (forced by the groom) and his girlfriend was giving me this look, knowing I was the one shimmying in my swishy purple flair skirt earlier. But the song was finishing, so no one get to have a sneak peek of my barely-there bloody stain!

It was a great weekend. Despite the minor embarrassing flaw, I managed to earn few extra income for my own use :)

the sheilas for their 7th performance

board games + karaoke + dance = ultimate fun

2008-05-04T00:49:00.005+08:00

First of all, I’d like to thank my friends Melissa, ewon, osmund, tungab and Nicholson for making the effort to attend our komulakan e-club 1st gathering. To be frank, I’m a bit disappointed that the others couldn’t make it as I’d really like my friends of one side to get to know my other friends whom they’ve never met. They may not be aware of each other’s existence, but they play an important role in my life. I know those who didn’t attend had more important priorities (harvest festival fever is here!), so hopefully u guys can make it to the 2nd gathering :)

For our 1st gathering, I brought all members to have a fun session of playing board games at City Mall. Majority of us were first-timers (except Melissa), so we constantly had to get the owner’s (Chong Sean) attention to teach us the rules! Hehe poor owner, hope we didn’t kacau him too much. For those who’ve never been to CarcaSean Café, no worries ‘cos you don’t have to pay for the games, just for the drinks. I tried the Oreo milkshake recommended by Melissa and it was good, not too rich like some milkshakes (and u end up thirstier after that!). Oh, and I met a high school friend at the café too! I recognized her instantly, but she didn’t hehe. When I told her that I was the ‘little girl who always kena forced to take part in the track event during sports days every year’, she found it hard to believe me. “you’re so different now! More gorgeous!” says she. Huh…I know I looked like a nerd during my high school days (I was a prim and proper school girl always with her white blouse tucked in her proper below-the-knee blue skirt. And I had bangs! Patut la kan hihihi)

After 2 games, the boys practically dragged us girls to go for karaoke session at their favorite haunting joint, the pusakag (behind public bank at donggongon). Apparently, one of the boys’ dad has some shares there, so tau2 la tu. It’s my 2nd time going there (during my 1st visit, it was my first time ever singing karaoke in public! I sang too many songs from kadazan tunes, avril lavigne, Mariah carey & luther vandross endless love duet (gawd I love this song…this is going to be my lagu wajib during my wedding day hehe) to sheila on 7!) I had a bit to drink and when Melissa & I were ‘requested’ to sing ‘something stupid’ on stage, I was swaying here and there and I wasn’t sure how I sang the song! The guys got it all recorded in their hp’s and for sure I know it’s not an impressive performance! After singing, we got on the dance floor and did the sumazau, poco2, cha2, hip-hop, slow dancing, and whatever ‘moves’ that we can do…and all of this got recorded also!

We had too much of a good time that we got home like 4 in the morning! I was too scared to drive back alone so I got the guys to ‘escort’ my car until my home sweet home!! Anyway, all of us had a real blast, so let’s make our next gathering even more happening :)

this is a pretty simple game :)

melissa and ewon preparing their strategies!

that's no ordinary cards game...its a game of outlwas and sheriffs!

group photo of le komulakans

come and sing with us at the pusakag!

FREEZE for unity

2008-04-26T10:02:00.004+08:00

I was browsing through the Star newspaper website few days ago when I came across this article entitled “One Posting on Facebook drew 1,000 to take part in KL Freeze”(http://thestaronline.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/19/central/20972532&sec=central). It was about this 24 year-old guy and his group of friends who organized a ‘freeze’ event (KL Freeze in Unison) with the objective of promoting the concept “unity in diversity”. The main attraction of the event is whereby all participants are required to basically ‘freeze’, not moving at all, for about a few minutes. It is such a simple act but gives a meaningful message to all. Because of the unexpected turnout at the event, radio station hitz.fm decided to support for their another ‘freeze’ event, which was held in conjunction with World Earth Day on the 20th April at Sunway Pyramid. It’s objective is to promote environmentalism. To make the event more symbolic, it was suggested that participants come up with their own creative ways to such as wearing sunglasses to symbolize global warming, holding a fluorescent light bulb to symbolize saving energy etc. Even for those who couldn’t make it, they can just turn off all the lights in their house and basically sit quietly for a few minutes. Pretty cool huh?

These guys are really good…I admire them for their creativity and mission in life. These are the kind of people we need nowadays…people who think ‘out-of-the-box’. If I was in kl at that time, I’d definitely go and have a freezing time! Hmm…maybe we could have a similar version in Sabah…we do a Freeze for Sabah event…and all the buffaloes will freeze along with us hehe.

Check out their fantastic website here!

what goEs aRouNd coMes arouNd

2008-04-17T17:53:00.001+08:00

Me not talking about relationships here! Remember in my previous post about me getting the red eye infection?

I think I may have passed it to my dear boyfriend! He sms-ed me earlier this afternoon and apparently he got a red eye too! I got it on my right eye and he got it on his left…kebetulan sangat ni hahaha...

Anyway, hopefully he gets better soon. Red eye contact is soooo not cool!! ;p

Addicted to boYleGs

2008-04-17T17:34:00.002+08:00

get a boyleg now!! it's yummylicious :)

www.idodzynz.com.au

No, I’m not planning to switch to having guys’ legs! Boylegs is a type of underwear which is a super micro mini version of shorts. Some girls think that thongs and g-strings are the sexiest, but I find them really uncomfortable (but its pretty sexy to see the straps peeking out from a girl’s low-cut jeans! ;p ). I’m more onto boylegs…not only it’s comfortable, doesn’t leave any marks on your skin, and it looks alluring too. Maybe you will think, “hah…look like shorts? Where got sexy…no curvy design one’. As for me, it’s like, ‘Hey! Look at me! I’m only wearing my mini shorts…ONLY mini shorts ya…” hahahaha.

So.

Basically, I’m getting addicted. I just bought one yesterday for 9 bucks! I tried it on back at home and it’s the most comfortable compared to the other boylegs I’ve bought. Now I have them in colors of pink, black, turquoise, and most recently, rrrrrRed!!!! You don’t need to get branded ones like Blush!, Triumph, or La Senza (btw, I love their strapless bra…VERY convenient and stays on where it’s supposed to be *wink* ). Just go to some little lingerie boutiques and you can find really nice ones at a really reasonable price.

Gatal will have a nice surprise once he comes back from his sales trip!

Dancing in my officE cLotheS

2008-04-16T10:00:00.002+08:00

my outfit is sexier than this!

stockcutouts.com

Yup, Mum picked me up from work and forgot to bring my dance clothes along.

Instead of expressing myself freely in my midriff sports top and elastic sports pants, I was dancing awkwardly in my buttoned white shirt (tied up above my abdomen) and my beige (luckily it’s low-waist!) skirt.

How cool is that?

Red is HOT, but red eyes is NOT

2008-04-15T17:22:00.004+08:00

your eye shouldn't look like this!

It started about 2 weeks ago. There was a lot of discharge (tahi mata!) coming out from my right eye every half an hour and was downright annoying. I didn’t give it much thought and dismissed it as a sign of fatigue and resolved it by applying normal eye drops. Everyday when I wake up, I couldn’t even open my eye as the discharge had dried up and practically ‘glued’ my eyes together. Still, I ignored it and applied more eye drops…until yesterday.

I woke up with a very red right eye (plus more discharge!), but it didn’t feel itchy. I was like, ‘ok red eye in the morning is normal, it’ll go away soon’. But it didn’t. Several hours later, I was in my office still with a very red eye. Of course, my colleagues told me to do a check-up (and quick!). I know they don’t want to get infected hehe. So, after lunch I went to an optical shop to get a check-up. Apparently, I had an eye infection called Conjunctivitis. The cause could be a lot of reasons, but most probably I got it from another person who has the eye infection, or else I didn’t wash my hands properly while cleaning my contact lenses. I was given antibiotic eye drops and was told to do a check-up after a week. And no wearing contact lenses for a week! Phew…luckily I don’t have any dance performances this week. I will look really weird dancing with my glasses. They will call me ‘The Geeky Dancer’!

Anyway, I did some searching and found some info on conjunctivitis from wikipedia:

Conjunctivitis , commonly called "Pink Eye" and "Red Eye" in the UK, and "Madras Eye" in India is an inflammation of the conjunctiva (the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids), most commonly due to an allergic reaction or an infection (usually bacterial, or viral).

Bacterial conjunctivitis ( in my case!) due to the common pyogenic (pus-producing) bacteria causes marked grittiness/irritation and a stringy, opaque, grey or yellowish mucopurulent discharge (gowl, goop, "gunk", "eye crust", sleep, or other regional names) that may cause the lids to stick together (matting), especially after sleeping. Another symptom that could be caused by Bacterial Conjunctivitis is severe crusting of the infected eye and the surrounding skin. Like viral conjunctivitis, it usually affects only one eye but may spread easily to the other eye.

Many people who have conjunctivitis have trouble opening their eyes in the morning because of the dried mucus on their eyelids. There is often excess mucus over the eye after sleeping for a long period of time. (which is sooo true!)

Bacterial conjunctivitis is usually treated with antibiotic eye drops or ointments that cover a broad range of bacteria (chloramphenicol or fusidic acid used in UK). However evidence suggests that this does not affect symptom severity and gains only modest reduction in duration from an average of 4.8 days (untreated controls) to 3.3 days for those given immediate antibiotics. Deferring antibiotics yields almost the same duration as those immediately starting treatment with 3.9 days duration, but with half the two-week clinic reattendance rate.

To guys and gals out there, if yr eyes are your most prominent asset, you should take good care of your peepers. Avoid rubbing them frequently, don’t wear contact lens unless you really have to, and for the gals, it’s wise to good quality cosmetic products as cheap ones can affect your eyes in a negative way ‘cos it may contain chemical properties which can irritate your eyes.

Just remember…red may be hot, but red eyes is definitely not!

a sunday jokE

2008-04-13T23:34:00.003+08:00

I went to pump petrol in my pyjamas (spaghetti-strapped with purple flowers) today,with pimple creams on my face.

Yes ladies, bare essentials is the latest trend nowadays!

6th senSe gOne wiLd

2008-04-13T23:00:00.002+08:00

My mum has always had this mysterious phenomenon as what we called ‘sixth sense’. Once, many many years ago, a fortune teller in HK told her that she could practice to become a fortune reader as she had the ‘ability’. She didn’t become a fortune teller after that, but did relate a few amazing, sometimes scary experiences to me. Like once, she dreamt about a snake in our house. Few days after, a snake DID wind up in the living room! Yikes!

You know how the phrase goes, “Like mother, like daughter”? Well, I think I might have ‘inherited’ a bit of her predicting powers! I’ve occasionally had dreams about numbers, but there was one particular dream which goes like this: I bought some cloth materials at a place and was told this particular price (Sorry, I’ve forgotten the numbers!). When I woke up, the numbers were still clear in my memory. I was at kl at that time, so I called mum up and told her about my dream. She instantly told one of my uncles to use the numbers to buy 4d (how typical!). And guess what?! The number came out FIRST PRIZE…but unfortunately, my uncle didn’t ‘mix’ numbers (macam kasi terbalik-balik bah) around and failed to hit the jackpot. Moral of the story is? You must mix the numbers into few variations first before buying hehe.

Numbers aside, I think I have this strange kinda ability whereby I can make some things famous! It’s like before I came to know this particular singer or history or just about anything, people are not aware of it. But once I came to know of it, the next thing I see is that people will know about it too! Sounds confusing? Here are some examples. I remembered the last time I read this book about Anastacia, this story about a Russian princess who went missing when she was a child. Many years later, a woman appeared and declared she’s the missing princess Anastacia. Before I read the book, majority of Malaysians wouldn’t know who Anastacia was (except for history enthusiasts maybe). Anyway, after I read the book, few months later, the cartoon version of the Anastacia movie came to Malaysian cinemas. I was like, ‘Hey! I’ve read about her!’ And now everyone else knew about her previous existence too. Maybe you think it’s a coincidence? Well, of all princesses and queens in the world dating back hundreds and hundreds of years, why chose her? It could be Queen Elizabeth, Queen Marie-Antoinette, Queen Mary of Scots and so many more. Instead, they chose this legendary but practically unknown Russian princess.

Next example. I’m sure you know Michael Búble and his famous song, ‘Sway’. Before he became famous in Malaysia, there was one time when I was searching some jazz cd’s to add to my music collection. Initially, I planned to buy Norah Jones who was the most-listened-to jazz singer at that time. Somehow, Mr. Búble’s cd caught my attention amidst the endless rows of jazz cd’s. I decided to have a listen and bought it on impulse even though he was practically unknown to me, much less of his songs. Did he become famous? He was instantly featured on MTV, all cafes and parties were playing to his songs, ‘Sway’ became the choice of song for most cha-cha dancers for their dance routines, and was also the choice of song for contestants in singing competitions. Still think it’s a coincidence?

Ok lah, one last example. And this is the most recent one…one of my online friends told me about this song which was her ultimate favorite and that I listened to it too. Actually, the singer’s (also unknown to me) album was released for quite some time, which was last year. I’ve always intended to download it but never had the time. And when I did, few weeks later, suddenly the singer’s video clip (on the same song) came out in MTV. Then after that, it was aired couple of times (until now) in hitz.fm. and played in cafes too. Here’s the deal, the song has been around for quite some time (apparently it was a hit in the U.S. since last year), but why does it only came here only after I’ve downloaded the song? I mean, hits from overseas usually will be aired in Malaysia after few weeks max.

Hehe maybe you think I’m just being silly, but it’s quite fun to think about it sometimes. Why don’t u try? Read about an unknown legendary person and see whether its made into a film few months after that (I’m waiting for a Mata Hari film to come out!).

Enough about me and my so-called sixth sense ability, I wanna say something about my job! A week has gone by, and I know that the worse has yet to come! Next week I will be going for my first sales+marketing assignment at Sabah Golf & Country Club. Time to meet the big shot golfers hehehe…Oh, and my boss Ms. A is in Singapore now for a couple of days…mau ikuuuuut!!! After that, she’s going to Vietnam next. Haiyaaa I’m so jealous!! I guess I just need to be patient and wait for the time when it’s gonna be my turn :)

the research executive explores sAbah

2008-04-10T23:58:00.002+08:00

First of all, I wanna say, HIDUP SHEILAS!! Hehehe…that’s because barely a month after our last belly performance, we’ve got another one coming up early next month! Our last performance was quite a success, despite minor problems from the CD player. The music went ‘mute’ for a couple of times, but luckily we’ve got the whole music memorized like bread and water and managed to keep up with the beat. We were a ‘colorful’ group, me in a fiery red skirt, and the other two in baby blue and peach skirts respectively. Cute right? :)

the sheilas are back and better than ever!

Anyway! I had a blast last weekend ‘cos my good ol’ friend Sai came to visit! He’s from Pakistan, works in KL, and paid a visit to Sabah. Whoa! Now that’s really ‘country-colorful!’ He may only spend about 3D 2N in kk, but we (me, si gatal, my parents, and my uncle) made sure that he enjoyed his stay here. His company chose to stay at nexus, which is like half an hour from the city! But it’s 5-star, so it’s ok. For the whole trip, we brought him to upperstar for drinks and had a looooot of chit-chat…we yakked non-stop about 4 hours (I had a very ‘kaw’ long island tea, luckily si gatal was driving!). Sai talked about his work (don’t forget to get me freebies next time!), about his friends back in kl, and of course, how much he missed his miss Diana (my mis tengkorak!). Hehehe…I hope you guys will meet up pretty soon!

Next day, we brought Sai to gayang seafood restaurant and he had a first try of the famous soft shell crabs! He was like, ‘you can eat the shell?!’ hahaha very funny. Then, we showed him my grandma’s place and even got the chance to say hello to grandma! I think grandma was really surprised to have a nearly 6-footer in her kedai runcit! After that, Sai (finally!) had a full view of my house and its surroundings. He said my place looked like the Sopranos’ hse! This guy memang big fan of sopranos…buat suit pun ikut style mafia (but that’s cool!) He took lots of pictures, including the herd of buffaloes down by the road hehehe…And at night we planned to bring him to the launching of my cousin Stacy’s fan club (AFUNDI STACY!!), but he had to attend his company’s dinner so couldn’t make it. Anyhow, I hope he had a good stay in kk and wondered if he managed to carry the bon jovi song pretty well *wink*

Enough of holidays, today is my 4th day in my new job! You know, all (not majority..but ALL) of my colleagues are Chinese. But that’s a good thing actually, ‘cos I’m able to sharpen up my Mandarin-speaking skills! And the girls…their faces are so fair and smooth, it’s like I’m the only one with tanned skin (with pimples) there. But so far they’re good to me, my boss is good to me (she complimented on my shoes…twice!) and the environment is good to me as well hehe. We had a farewell party for one of the staff today and had a pizza party! We practically stuffed our faces with pizzas, chicken wings, garlic bread, and gulped down fizzy drinks. The beauticians, on the other hand, ate daintily in their white uniforms. I guess they didn’t want to smudge their outfits! These few days I studied the products and services. It’s more on the technical side, getting familiar with all the scientific terms and all, but hopefully I’ll be going out into the field soon and have more fun studying human behavior!! J

Here’s to a successful career…cheers!!

us at upperstar!

burnt coconuts, anyone?

fRiendLier iNtervieweRs Needed

2008-04-04T02:40:00.002+08:00

Finally! Someone who takes my education qualification seriously after going to numerous job interviews. She’s also one of the nicest, down-to-earth and friendliest interviewer I’ve come across (unlike the others who never crack smile or even give a single compliment to any of my achievements). It’s like my education has no benefits at all. Ha! You know, instead of being serious and putting up a poker face, interviewers should generally put their candidates at ease, like putting in some jokes at some point of time.

Anyway, this Very Nice interviewer gave me a bright smile once I walked into the meeting room and apologized profusely for making me wait for half an hour (Wait, do interviewers normally apologize?). During the interview, she went through the basic process such as scenario what-if q’s, but was particular about my grades in uni. I was so used of not being asked about my reputation during uni days that I’ve completely abandoned my transcripts and certificates at home. Suddenly she was asking, “What subjects did u learn during your master’s course?”, and “What grades did u get?” I was like, “Umm…I knew that I got all high distinctions during my 2nd sem back when I was doing bachelor’s…” Hahaha…that was sooo outdated, like 3 years ago. And she was even more surprised when I told her I studied in a Chinese high school. Then she started to speak Mandarin to me enthusiastically. Alamak…dah la my Mandarin rusty, how am I supposed to impress her? Anyhow, she didn’t mind my jumbled up speaking and went on to crack some jokes. She said that I was cute when I actually believed her when she said that I was required to work 7 days a week and that I paid for my own expenses if sent for overseas trip. How I know la…so I just laughed along when she burst out laughing with her PA and assistant manager. Oh! And when I said earlier that she was particular of what I studied, she actually asked me whether I know the definition of SWOT analysis and strategic alliance (SA). Luckily I remembered the terms since I used them almost every time for my assignments. I couldn’t remember the definition of SA, but I remembered STAR Alliance hahaha! Towards the end of the interview, Ms. Very Nice Interviewer said that I was smart, confident, and most importantly, exude a positive aura (uisehh!!). So was my useful personality worth it? Yess!!!! I’ve been accepted and will start next Monday!!

I was so excited that I went off to my fave boutique (it was having a spring sale at the same time!!) and got myself 2 fabulous button-down blouses and leopard-print pumps :)

Biasa la tu…kan?

my leopard-print pumps :)

decisions are hard to make

2008-03-17T00:54:00.002+08:00

It’s been a while since I’ve done any blogging. Of course, there was the campaigning for the past elections and the tedious process of going job-hunting. It wasn’t easy going for late night campaigns and having to go for job interviews early next morning. It was hard managing my time getting prepared for each interview (4 straight interviews in a 2 week period) and going out to the kampungs and helping out with the list of voters to make sure all’s registered properly. I was dead knackered for that particular 2 weeks. And the fact that it was raining cats and dogs pretty much everyday made it even worse and did not do any good for everyone’s health. On the day of election itself, we had to stay on at the place of voting to make sure that all voters know which stream to go to, from 10am to 5pm. Imagine yourself standing for 7 hours and beside that, you need to greet each voter arriving at the gates under the unpredictable weather of hot sun and sudden rainpour!

Anyway, the elections’ over and now I’m focusing on applying for more jobs. I’m a bit worried actually, I’ve always wanted to have a career in the retail industry but it would mean sacrificing my bellydancing lessons, which are pretty crucial to me as I’m in this freelance dance group. So going for training is really important. After 2 failed attempts of finding the right dance instructor (My group and I felt that we were going nowhere in the previous dance studios), we finally found this instructor who teaches the actual, original bellydance and she’s really strict (discipline is what we need!). Attire is strictly sexy (sports bra tops and low-waist pants), big, chandelier earrings is a must, and attendance must be consistent. Ms. S told me that my basics are fine, but my posture and techniques are too ‘fitness-like’. As in too aggressive and lots of attitude. If you had seen our performance, then you would know hehe. It was like going back into ballet school back when I was in primary. We had to learn the correct postures like the positions of arms, legs, and even how to stand properly. I like that Ms. S observes our every move, made adjustments, and made us do the same moves over and over again. Unlike the other studios, the instructors just danced at the front and asked us to follow suit. That’s it.

Having found the perfect dance studio, then there’s the work problem again. I’ve been to 2 interviews relating to retail, and I’ve been told that I should be prepared for long hours and the off days are not fixed. That’s such a letdown ‘cos I’m not able to attend the dance classes consistently. Ms. S told me that she wouldn’t tolerate people who are not consistent in going for classes ‘cos that shows the person is not serious in learning the dance itself. Sigh! On the other hand, I had one interview with a company specializing in properties and development. I’m not so keen in properties, but the director of sales who interviewed me was a very nice, soft-spoken lady and she said that to be in the properties sector enables me to meet people from all walks of life from top businesspeople to the average farmer. That sounds cool, being able to meet people of such diversity. Unlike retail, you’ll be meeting people mostly in your own target market. But still, I love retail! I haven’t get any calls from this properties company for a possible 2nd interview, but I’ll still be waiting and hope for the best.

oh ya!we have a dance performance to prepare end of this month! I'm so excited 'cos we're going to do 2 totally new routines =) i bet u a hundred bucks the songs will get u into the jiggy mode! give u a hint...the chorus goes like this, 'whine it up, whine it up, whine it up...oh yeah!'

go Sheilas!!!

Make-up maketh the woman

2008-02-26T15:13:00.004+08:00

my mini collection

Okay I made that up. But seriously, no matter how many times your hubby/bf/patents/grandma/nosy aunty complains about the tons of cosmetics you put on your face and say that going au naturel is the best, they sometimes forget that they have (at some point of time) made some compliments about your rosy cheeks or your radiant skin. What say we? Well, we can’t help it. We adore beautifying our faces ‘cos it make us feel good and more confident. I didn’t mean to say that we are totally dependable on it. Let’s just put it this way, make-up functions to give you that extra boost of energy or inner confidence during your gloomiest days and when your level of fatigueness is at its peak. Beside that, make-up is created to be our savior in times of emergencies like getting not enough sleep or developing a nasty zit on your cheek (horrors!) on the day of your wedding. Bits of concealer under the eyes and walla! You’ll look as if you’ve just had eight hours’ of sleep. The trick for not getting more ‘you don’t need make-up’ criticisms from your ‘attackers’ in the future? Master the application of make-up and to know what colors are suitable for your skin tone, simple as that. Unless you are a make-up artist or that your mum/sister is a make-up artist, you gotta do your work e.g. browsing through make-up application books and magazines. Or else you can ‘test n try’ and play with different make-up brands to see which ones suit you. There are thousands of cosmetics brands out there luring you to buy their products, and if you want long-lasting make-up that really enhances your features, go for branded ones. But there are brands that are of good quality at a reasonable price, so the decision is up to you.

Anyway, being such a loyal fan of cosmetics (Applied my first lippie at the age of 5), I’d like to share with you readers of my modest make-up collection hehe. Here we go!

Foundation

Unless you have flawless skin, you can skip this one. In my opinion, foundation is meant to even out the skin tone of your face and to partially cover nasty zits as well. I have sensitive skin which reddens easily, so it’s a must for me. The brand I’m using right now is of the Play Sticks range from Benefit (purplish tube stick in pic above), a cosmetics brand from San Francisco. It’s not available in Sabah yet, but I can assure you it’s my best foundation purchase so far. If you have slightly tanned skin with yellow-based skintone like me, you can try paper dolls.

Pros – (i) Radiant and glowing face guaranteed for the whole day.
(ii) Effectively covers redness and blemishes.
(iii) Convenient packaging (Like its name, it’s a foundation stick!)

Cons – (i) Hmm…well it’s not available in KK yet hehe…

Concealer

There are 2 types: one for your undereye circles, and one for the other areas of your face. Concealer is a must for me to cover my panda-like peepers, my ever-growing zits and un-diminishing acne scars! For the eyes, I’m using Clinique All About Eyes Concealer (next to Playstick) and Body Shop Concealer for my blemishes (next to Clinique).

Pros (Clinique) – (i) Provides good coverage for those hideous undereye circles. It makes
your eyes look alert instantly!

Cons – (i) It’s in liquid form. Sometimes only the water comes out without the concealer. So you gotta give it a few more squeezes. By then, your fingers will be icky-sticky!

Pros (Body Shop) – (i) Provides moderate coverage. Meaning to say not bad lah.
(ii)Nice packaging. Silver equals chic!

Cons – You have to dab for a few times in order to get that zit covered.

Pressed Powder

Pressed powders are essential for girls with oily skin for that quick touch-up. But if you’re using a good foundation brand, you’ll just need oil blotters. I normally use my Maybelline Clear Smooth Finish Powder during make-up application. If you’ve got oily skin, use the one that screams ‘OIL-FREE’!

Pros – Provides the perfect finish for your make-up base.

Cons – None that I know! (‘cos my foundation’s good enough, so any pressed powder will do for me hehe!)

Eyeshadow

So far I’ve played with greens, blues, golds, browns, beiges, purples, and blacks. For lazy days I’ll just use white+gold+black, beige+brown combinations. Smoky eyes (brown or black) is the choice for special occasions and night outs! I’ve never used yellow or really light greens before (probably never will) and think that going for browns is the most difficult combination to master ‘cos the colors are similar to that of my skin. Too pale and I’ll look as if I’ve never applied any eye make-up, too much and I’ll look as if I’ve just got punched in the eyes. Also, if you have really dark undereye circles and they are still visible eventhough u’ve put on generous amounts of concealer, it’s advisable not to use black eyeliner under your eyes (use pink or light blue-based instead – I’m using Benefit Eye Bright which has pinkish tones. It makes your eyes look brighter, definitely!).

I love buying make-up palettes which have a combination of colors so you don’t need to buy them individually. Plus, they are super convenient! My eyeshadow brands include Shisedo Maquillage (for smoky look), KATE line spicy (for casual/smoky look), Chanel Irréelle Duo (for casual/smoky look), Silkygirl Funky Eyelights (casual look), MAC Crayon Kohl (smoky look), and The Face Shop (casual look).

Eyebrow liner

Some people look great with black eyebrows (like actress Jennifer Connelly) and some with browns (most Japanese magazine models). Personally, I like the brown look for my thin-layered eyebrows. I think black eyebrows make me look fierce! Currently using Shiseido Maquillage range and it’s got automatic sharpening properties which saves your energy from sharpening it from time to time.

Mascara

Admittedly, I’m not a regular user of mascara unless I really, really, really need to use it. Why? Sure, it does make your eyes appear ten times bigger with that China-doll look. But think about the time when you get back home and try to make few unsuccessful attempts to get that black smears outta your eyes. Ickk!!! By then you’ll give up and hit the hays with charcoal-like eyes. But I also do admit that my Shiseido Lasting Lift Mascara is doing an excellent job in making your eyelashes look longer and actually lift skywards. It’s a bit pricey, but it’s good.

Blusher

Whoever invented the blusher should get all thumbs’ up. Even when you are at your sickest and your complexion at your palest, few sweeps of rosy blush on the cheeks make you look (at least) healthier than the actual condition that you’re in. I’ve always love to see fair-faced celebrities with really cute, light-pinkish cheeks and some spread over their noses (think Faye Wong). It makes them look so fresh and healthy! It’s recommended that all girls’ own one big blusher brush so that you can apply blusher liberally and that the color is even out on the cheeks. Benefit’s benetint is a wonderful liquid blusher as it really brings out the natural rosiness of your cheeks, but it’s a bit troublesome for those who are prone to blemishes ‘cos the watery application will make them appear more obvious. So I stick to powdery forms like my Body Shop blusher. It has bits of golden flecks in it, so I can apply it more at night to show off my ‘golden’ highlights!

Lips

I always think that we should have a special lipcolor for a special occasion. E.g. nude lippie or pink gloss for casual days (stay at home, buying groceries), orangey-red for shopping or meeting up with girlfriends, cutesy,shiny pink or barely-there sexy pinkish nude (with holy smoky eyes) for dates with boyfriends, clubbing, partying or weddings, and fiery momma-mia! red for weddings and performances. Never put on bright red lippie when going on hot dates. By the time you’re done with your smooching sessions, either your sexy red lippie will be gone or it’ll get smeared on other parts of your face besides your mouth. Not attractive at all!

Currently using Lancome Juicy Tubes and Averine Hologram Gloss for lip gloss, Averine Sheer Gloss and L’oreal Color Riche (with chocolatey taste!) for the natural look, Shu Uemura Rouge Unlimited for a bit of lively color on the lips, Shiseido Maquillage and YSL Rouge Pure Shine (lovely minty taste! I LOVE this lipstick) for the not-overdone-but-simply-sexy look, and MAC Viva Glam for the look-at-ME! Look.

Others

If you wish to have extra long and flirty eyelashes, go for falsies. They are a real fun accessory to play with, provide that you know how to apply it yourself. Then you need to have your girlfriend to apply it for you. My fave falsies styles are half falsies which you need to stick at the outer end of your lashes, those with bits of glitters and sparkles on them, and colorful rainbow-like ones. Shu Uemura has an extensive and creative collection of falsies and currently mine is the half falsies one :)

So!! That’s bits and pieces from my make-up collection. If you have discovered any fantastic product and am proudly using it, please do share the info with me :)

jay choW...wo xi huaN!!!

2008-01-24T11:54:00.000+08:00

He’s coming to Malaysia next month 23rd…arghh I wanna go!!!

Not that I’ve never been to his concert…well, just once. And guess what? I went ALONE. Yup, it was the time when SARS was big news (and spreading like fire), and no one wants to go out. Even die-hard Jay Chow fan friends of mine couldn’t be persuaded to go along with me. The situation was that serious. That was back in 2003, 2004? I was like, “Peduli…!” and borrowed my friend’s mum’s credit card to purchase the concert ticket at TGV. On the day of the long-awaited event, I took the LRT and switched dunno how many trains to get to bukit jalil, where the concert was held. When I got there, few hours before the concert was due to start, I was surprised to see that the place was practically empty. Where are the die-hard fans like me? Where’s the screaming and big crowds and little food stalls? I sat down on a bench and occasionally looked around, hoping for a noisy crowd to form. 15 minutes later, when nothing happened, I decided to walked around the stadium to make sure I was at the right place. That’s when I saw a white banner hanging from the gates located at one side of the stadium.

It read, “Jay Chow concert moved to stadium merdeka…” WHAT?!! How come I didn’t know about this?! I must’ve missed the papers. Without waiting any second, I memorized the instructions on the banner on how to get to the next stadium and sped off to catch the train. However, when I got to the train station listed on the banner, I had another problem – which was locating the stadium itself. I’ve never been to this stadium before, and I was at a loss of what to do. But not for long, as I noticed groups of Chinese teenagers and young adults walking towards the same direction. Ha! They must be going to the concert too, and I was right. 10 minutes later, the stadium loomed in front of me…and there was the big, noisy crowd and numerous stalls selling food and Jay Chow merchandise. Luckily, everyone was on their best behaviour (even though we had to wait for an hour and a half standing outside), there were no fights whatsoever, and I managed to get into the stadium safely and got a seat which overlooked the whole stadium (It was the cheapest seating area, but u get the whole view from top! All u need is binoculars). Needless to say, I had the best night of my life. Jay himself was superb, and his performance fabulous, especially when he played the transparent grand piano, that was magical. I even called up my bestie, Suki, to let her listen to Jay singing her fave song ‘live’.

I got home an hour after midnight. When I came to think about it, I guess I was pretty daring. A little girl going alone to a night concert by train and coming back by taxi at midnight? In KL some more.

Anything for u, Jay!!

I wanna go to his concert next month!! Arghhh…

If you readers are interested, it’s on 23rd Feb at stadium merdeka, 8pm.

tHen i'm a bOOkahoLic

2008-01-24T11:45:00.000+08:00

Today is a lucky day for me, ‘cos I’ve found the shopaholic series latest, shopaholic and baby, at Popular bookstore. And it was the last copy! YESSSSsssss!!! It first came out really pricey (circa RM65) last year as it was larger than the normal paperback novel ( and it’s not hard cover either!). Anyway, the standard paperback (around RM36) is finally out and my sharp eyes were drawn to it (spot on!) when I was actually looking for another book hehehe… For those who are not so lucky, please head over to Times’ at warisan for an extra 4 bucks J ! There are few copies left, so hurry!!

If Becky is a shopaholic, then I’m a bookaholic.

I love you Kinsella!

Do not trust the drunk doctor

2008-01-22T02:00:00.000+08:00

A word of advice to you all: if u are in doubt of the illness or pain u are experiencing, it is highly recommended that u pay a visit to a proper (and sober) doctor in a proper clinic. Pharmacists and doctors not on duty should not be on top of your list. Why? Let me tell u about my not-so-pleasant experience.

Back in April last year, I had this patch of scaly and itchy skin on the front side of my leg (somewhere between my knee and my ankle). Since I was living on campus which was located practically in the middle of nowhere, I was too lazy to head over the doc’s to have a thorough check on my leg (plus transport is super troublesome). At that time I treated it as the ringworm disease ‘cos the only skin disease I can think of which relates to scaly skin in a form of a circle is ringworm (or ‘kurap’ as u say it in Malay which we always refer to the stray dogs…anjing kurap!). So I didn’t bother about it (though it’s soooo itchy!) until about few months later when I went back to KK for the holidays. I went to a pharmacy in Damai and told Mr. Pharmacist (who looked blur himself) that I had the ringworm problem and showed him my affected leg. He was so blur that he thought I was talking about my foot! I think he had a thing for flowers, ‘cos he directly looked at the fake purple flower attached to my purple slipper. “Your foot? I don’t see anything wrong with it,” says Mr. Pharmacist. “Not my foot lah, my leg!” I retorted. “Oh! Yes, that’s ringworm allright,” Mr. Pharmacist agreed and gave me a little white cream bottle which had ‘poison’ written on it. He told me to apply it on my leg thrice a day but did not say for how long. I had forgotten to ask as well and assumed that I need to finish the whole bottle.

After few weeks of application, the itch was gone but not the scaly skin. It really looked ugly, so I kept on applying the cream until one day when I noticed a strange thing about my flaky skin. It had grown extra hairs, so it was more noticeable than ever. I was like, ‘what the…?!’ I panicked and did not dare to apply more cream even though it got itchy at times. Around that time, I met up with my doctor friend at a relative’s wedding. By the time I got to chat with the doc, we had a few drinks and I was already becoming pink in the face. We talked about everything including his job at the general hospital. That got me to come up with my skin problem. He had a look at my leg and nodded. “U shouldn’t have applied so much cream. It’s supposed to be 2 weeks max. The cream’s got steroids, u know,” he said knowledgeably. Steroids?! What’s it doing in my skin cream?? The doc then explained that steroids helped in relieving the itching. “U sure it’s ringworm?” I asked the doc again, just to be sure. “Yup,” said the doc and took another swig of his beer. “So what should I do with the extra hair?” I waited hopefully that he could provide me with a reasonable solution. The doc shook his head. “I’m afraid there’s nothing u can do with it. What’s grown will stay, unless u shave it regularly.” NOOOOoooo…and no way I’m gonna shave my leg. Blame it all on Mr. Blur Pharmacist.

Being literally helpless, I went to another pharmacy in Centre Point. I showed the lady pharmacist my leg AND explained the horrifying experience that I went through. She gave me a look and said matter-of-factly, “That’s not ringworm dear, I think it’s eczema. If u really had ringworm, it would’ve vanished by now. And ringworms only exist in particular areas of your body. I’m afraid u took the wrong medication and consultation as well.” I felt a knife being stabbed into my back (like those illustrated in Japanese comics). I’ve been given the wrong medication by a licensed pharmacist and given the wrong advice by a licensed general doctor?! Life is so not fair. This time, I didn’t buy anything from the lady pharmacist and went direct to the clinic which I should’ve done months ago. This doc, situated in Donggongon area, patiently listened to my tantrums and rantings. Kindly, Doc confirmed that I had very mild eczema, but he told me not to worry and assured that the skin problem can be cured, but it will be on a long-term basis (however, the extra hair stays…darn!). He prescribed me this lotion called ezerra cream which functions to relieve the itchiness and smoothen the skin. And I can apply it as many times as I want. I used it until to this day, and though it will take time for my skin to heal, I have finally found the right medication. And so, my advice to u readers, once again, unless u are completely sure about which medication is right for u, it is best to go to the clinic and have the doctor to undergo a thorough check on your symptoms, and for the doc to prescribe u the correct medication.

Here are some facts about the differences between eczema and ringworm which may be of interest to u guys ‘cos their symptoms are really similar. Info are taken from the trusted family health encyclopedia :)

Ringworm – A popular name for certain types if fungal skin infections (commonly of the feet, groin, scalp, nails or trunk). Ringworm is marked by ring-shaped, reddened, scaly, or blistery patches on the skin.

Infections may be acquired from another person, from an animal, from soil, from the floors of showers, or from household objects, such as chairs or carpets.

Most ringworm infections are diagnosed by a doctor from their appearance. However, the diagnosis should be confirmed, and the type of fungus identified. For most types of fungal infections, treatment is with antifungal drugs in the form of skin creams, lotions, or ointments. For infections affecting the hair or nails, an antifungal drug in tablet form may be necessary.

Treatment may be continued for some time after symptoms have subsided to eradicate the fungi and prevent recurrence. For mild infections on the skin surface, there may need to be 4 to 6 weeks of treatment; for toenail infections, treatment may be necessary for up to 1 or 2 years.

Eczema – An inflammation of the skin, usually causing itching and sometimes accompanied by scaling or blisters. Eczema is sometimes caused by an allergy, but often occurs for no known reason.

Nummular Eczema (in my case) – This type usually occurs in adults. The cause is unknown. Nummular eczema takes the form of circular, itchy, scaling patches anywhere on the skin, similar to tinea (ringworm), from which the eczema needs to be distinguished. Corticosteroid drugs may be applied to the affected skin to help reduce inflammation, although the disorder is persistent and often resistant to treatment.

General treatment – To reduce irritation and the likelihood of scratching, a soothing ointment should be applied to the affected areas, which should then be covered by a dressing to prevent scratching. Absorbent, nonirritating materials such as cotton should be worn next to the skin; irritating fabrics such as wool, silk, and rough synthetics should be avoided.

Can you pass the aspirin, please?

2008-01-11T01:03:00.000+08:00

be careful what u choose from the menu...

What's one of the uncooler things your boyfriend can pass down to you? Let’s have a view at the scrumptious menu below :-

Appetizer – Fever of the Day

Main Course – Sore Throat Killer Surprise

Dessert – Nasty Coughing Fits Special

"Pure Torture for days Guaranteed"

Moral of the story? Never, under any circumstances, attempt to kiss your boyfriend (cuddly hugs included) when he’s taken the sick leave.

Keeping tiMe...witH caLvin KleiN

2008-01-08T23:43:00.000+08:00

That day I went to a watch shop to buy batteries for our gate remote control. Pretty expensive if u ask me, which cost RM9 per battery. I should check out the supermarkets next time since mr. shop owner said that it’s available at such places too. While waiting for the assistant to change the batteries for me, I looked around the shop with its variety of nice-looking watches and suddenly remembered the watch that I have been dying to have for the past 5 years.

Yup, it was really love at first sight. I initially saw it in a magazine, and clearly kept in mind the image details of the Calvin Klein ad. It depicted a model showing her hand with the watch attached to her wrist. The minute I lay my eyes on the page, I was like, ‘I GOTTA have it!’ It’s the most gorgeous thing I’ve ever seen and it’s unique as well. Instead of the usual watch with its leather straps, this one is a cool stainless steel and is perfect for any girl’s wrist. The main reason I liked about this watch is its design which makes it looked more like a bracelet than the traditional shape of all watches. The next thing I knew, I was in a watch shop in Starhill, acting like a little girl in search of her favorite candy. Well! The watch was of course magnificent, but so was the price. How much? A grand short of three hundred. The shop assistant was very nice and said that he can customize it to match my super-slim wrist and even gave me his business card, just in case I wanted to buy it in the future (I wish!). It’s bad enough when u can’t get what u want, but it’s even worse when u see some happy girl wearing it. I was waitressing in Sushi King, refilling customers’ tea mugs with hot green tea. I was pouring onto one Chinese girl’s mug when I saw THAT watch on her wrist. My eyes nearly popped out and frantically signaled to the other service crew and made gestures towards the girl's wrist.

Anyway, I’ve always wanted to own an elegant watch which u can wear to work, on casual outings, or at formal and informal parties. The best bet would be a bracelet watch, right? I’ve a watch which was one of the prizes I won during a competition in my uni. That one is really pricey, but it doesn’t look like it at all. It’s just a normal round shape with black (genuine) leather straps. My friends say its old-fashioned, but the elders say it’s a classic. Whatever it is, I’m definitely getting one elegant timepiece this year!

this is the pricey hugo boss watch which I won in a contest, but its not as 'oomph!' as the one below...

sigh..so pretty isn't it? the ck eNdLesS...mmm like my love for u is endless ;)

bracelet watches are so elegant and cute yeah?this one's dkny...saw similar ones in esprit too

I misS my camera!!!

2008-01-05T22:16:00.000+08:00

my favorite 'mistake' : the chawan mushi (steamed egg)

That's right...my poor ol' Nikon isn't functioning that well anymore (its lens only opens half way, so when u wanna take a pic, half of the pic is in complete darkness). The shop people told me that it'll take up to 3 months to get the camera fixed. 3 whole months!! And my graduation ceremony is just a few weeks away. Darn..I gotta get someone who's generous enough to lend me his/her camera...and fast!!

Friday night me and gatal had jap food at yoshimi's (the one at warisan square) before catching up the national treasure movie. The menu was alrite, but the sushi section was quite limited (and no sushi train available!). However, the atmosphere of the restaurant was nice and cosy, not too bright and not too cold. It's nearly a month since I had the dreadful chicken pox, but Mum was still strict on my selection of food. No eggs, soya sauce, beef, squid, prawns and mangoes. Since jap food consist most of these ingredients (and are the yummiest!), I really had a hard time deciding on which bento set to choose from. Finally, I picked the salmon set, which was the safest dish of them all, and also other dishes. I was so happy indulging in my favorite food when gatal asked me a question which stopped me in my tracks.

"Hey, u think how do they cook the steamed egg? So sedap lah."

"Easy lah. Just steam it. I'm thinking of trying to cook it at home also...OH NO!!" I glanced down at the little spoon clutched in my right hand, and then peered into the little cup that contained the food that I was eating. It's almost half cup gone.

"Girl!!! Why didn't u tell me that I ordered the steamed egg too?! You were supposed to stop me!!" I screeched.

"Aiya..just eat it lah, since you ate the whole thing already. No big deal," gatal responded calmly.

So I ate what's remained, but I gave the itty-bitty prawn bits for gatal to consume.

Shhh...don't tell Mum.

ResolusiKu

2007-12-31T00:47:00.000+08:00

1.(Akan cuba sedaya upaya) untuk menambah berat badanKu

2.Mencari pekerjaan yang heBat daN yangKu minati

3.Menambah (banyak2) buah-buahan dalam pemakanan seharianKu

4.Mencari lebih banyak kawan baRuKu

5.Meluangkan lebih banyak masa dengan kawan2Ku yang dah lama berkenalan

6.Tidak menilai begitu serius hubunganKu dengannya. Masa bujangKu masih jauh panjang lagi :)

Geez, my Malay shucks! Ok lah, last resolusi :-

7.Mengusahakan kepetahan Bahasa MelayuKu…ye la, aku ni anak Malaysia sejati!

whAt a LauGh!!

2007-12-31T00:33:00.000+08:00

What did the hotelier give his girlfriend of 2 years for a X’mas gift?

A mini baby blue bolster.

You heard that right…

Hohoho!