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).
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 3rd 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.
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
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*
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!
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!
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.
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.
me in my new pink dress :)
DJ B the human energizer!
