Mar
24
Girls’ Day Out
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It is a weekend where I spent the whole day by myself at home on Saturday, which I rather enjoyed. =)
On Sunday, it was even better. Even though we were “flown aeroplane” by DT, we still had a great day. (This post is dedicated to u, D.)
My friends of 16 years were there, LY , all the way from M’cca. And of course, Lina, the one with excellent sense of direction!
Anyway, as planned we had breakfast at Paramount before hitting the road to to Bukit Cahaya for a cycling session to start off the day. It was first for both of them and I met Ms Wong and the outing-gang there! What a nice coincidence~
There were running out of normal bikes and thus we took the bikes with baby seats, which is RM5 instead of normal RM3. Anyway, I got discount, free for the 2nd hour which is suppose to be RM1 (after asking for it when we returned! Sometimes all we need to do is ask, nicely.) =)
It was fun cycling around for 2 hours (10.30am - 12.30pm), seeing the animals, burning the calories when cycling uphill, enjoying the breeze down the slope, admiring the tulips in the freezing-spring-season in the 4-seasons house and taking pictures! (and them getting burnt from the sun while I was partially protected by cap and arm-clothes?)
After that we went back to my place for showers while they viewed some pics of Parames’ engagement, choose some dramas series and movies and burning some photos for Lina.
At 2.22pm, we went to view the condo which I know the way to go but not the way back! Oooppss.. But luck has it, or maybe it’s because of Lina, we managed to find a quick way to The Curve and avoid the bad jam!
Around 3.30pm or so we were in The Curve, starving! We randomly picked Lam Kwai Fong for lunch as Thai Express was ridiculously packed even at 4.30pm! Is it really that good? I only had once in Singapore and it was okay.
It was sort of confession and stories time where we updated each other about our lives, past and current. And even some juicy stories in the past! And of course the current age pressure, responsibilities as well as the future. And we talked about the things that we need and want. (She has no more need, that is why she is thinking of the things she wants!)
The things I like about old friends are you are able to pick up from wherever you left off. =)
Next we spent the next 3 hours or so hunting for a porcelain book for LY, GPS-understanding-session, shoes-hunting-and-acquiring (2 pairs for me! *grin*), Daiso, beauty shops for nail polish, buying Mills & Boons boooks and ends the evening with delicious guilt-free, fat-free, cholesterol free (at least 99% of each of them) New Zealand Natural ice cream! Yum~
I was safely sent home by 8pm but poor LY had to drive all the way back to M'cca with her grandma and cousins.
It was certainly a happi day for us, except the tiring legs. =)
Mar
21
Get To Know Me Better?
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Since I started work, I haven’t been blog-hopping as much as I did last time. I’ve even almost stopped visiting my favourite blogs as I find that I have less time for my own. Where has all the time gone?
Being on my own for the whole day, something which I haven’t done for quite some time, I realised that it could be nice too. To do whatever I want to do and catch up with things that I should be doing.
Anyway I find this online quiz when visiting one of my favourite blogger. The quiz is Get To Know Yourself Better.
The result is quite accurate for some, but not all, especially the flirting part! 
Your view on yourself:
You are down-to-earth and people like you because you are so straightforward. You are an efficient problem solver because you will listen to both sides of an argument before making a decision that usually appeals to both parties.
The type of girlfriend/boyfriend you are looking for:
You are not looking merely for a girl/boyfriend - you are looking for your life partner. Perhaps you should be more open-minded about who you spend time with. The person you are looking for might hide their charm under their exterior.
Your readiness to commit to a relationship:
You prefer to get to know a person very well before deciding whether you will commit to the relationship.
The seriousness of your love:
You like to flirt and behave seductively. The opposite sex finds this very attractive, and that's why you'll always have admirers hanging off your arms. But how serious are you about choosing someone to be in a relationship with?
Your views on education
Education is very important in life. You want to study hard and learn as much as you can.
The right job for you:
You're a practical person and will choose a secure job with a steady income. Knowing what you like to do is important. Find a regular job doing just that and you'll be set for life.
How do you view success:
Success in your career is not the most important thing in life. You are content with what you have and think that being with someone you love is more than spending all of your precious time just working.
What are you most afraid of:
You are afraid of having no one to rely on in times of trouble. You don't ever want to be unable to take care of yourself. Independence is important to you.
Who is your true self:
You are mature, reasonable, honest and give good advice. People ask for your comments on all sorts of different issues. Sometimes you might find yourself in a dilemma when trapped with a problem, which your heart rather than your head needs to solve.
Mar
18
Potatoes Storing Tip!
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Today I discovered a great tip for storing potatoes.
Usually, the potatoes wouldn’t last for a couple of week before there started sprouting.
Early of last month, to be exact, 7th Feb 2009, I bought 4 pieces of small potatoes for peanuts… err I mean at only 39 cents!
I meant to do mash potatoes with them since I learnt that during my plenty of free time in Dec & Jan; which kept me full when I was lazy to pack lunch or dinner.
But since I started working, I felt lazy to do it and gradually pretending to forget about the potatoes, laying at the corner of my shelves.
And so today, I decided that they should have turned bad enough and I could throw them away without guilt. After all, it has been like, 38 days and it never lasted so long!
Somehow, amazingly, they look pretty fresh to me! Only a little sprouting and good to eat! And I realised that I have kept them in the plastic bag that I weighted when I bought them, which was almost tightly sealed.
In other words, although it wasn’t really airtight but it was practically not much air inside the plastic. So, if you want to keep your potatoes longer and fresher, do keep them in airtight container (or plastic bags). It works very well with broccoli too (and I suppose other vegetables as well).
And my mash potatoes? Of course it’s yummy! Ahheemm.. my standard.. :P
Mar
15
Sorting Out Photos..
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Sunday morning – sorting out all the thousands of photos taken for the past several months, editing and deleting the duplicate, blurred or redundant pictures.
Much as I like to snap picture, I hate to categorise them.
And owing Parames her engagement photos that I promised to burn to CD and post to her, I finally burnt it. And I was thinking to burn a copy to all the others too but I would have to burn another 4 copies. Too lazy for that.
So, guys, if possible, do bring me your thumbdrive or external harddisk if we do meet next week.
Here are a couple of my favourite pictures during the engagement.
Colourful and pretty~
In the room, waiting for the ceremony..
The picture is blurred coz we took our mirrored. No one else to take for us in the waiting room.
We chatted & laughed.. I love this pic of LY, doesn't she looks so sweet!
Ah, the groom and of course the guys came too. =)
Mar
4
1 month
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It’s almost a month since I joined my new company. Although the working day is less than that due to the many public holiday as well as annual holiday and MC that I took.
I am still in the training mode, which was also known as the honeymoon that some of them labelled. A lonely honeymoon as I was on it, alone. Until this new guy that joined in a couple days ago, that’s it. But then again, we were in different phases of honeymoon.
Starting to warm up with some of the colleagues and the environment was rather nice, if you compared to my previous company. Not that it wasn’t good but just totally different. In term of culture as well. At least experience the difference makes me realised what I really want and more comfortable in.
And I like the lunches as there are many places where we can go to lunch. Variety, I like. But the biggest con which I am slowly adapting to is to change trains to work. It is rather time consuming and hassle, of course more costly too!
What’s more, yesterday the Putra LRT suddenly declared ‘major technical problem’. They closed half of the entrance and stop the escalator and switch off the light at the entrance; which literally shouts, do not come in!
After battling with my choices for about 15 minutes, I decided to try taking the train but finally gave up after waiting for more than 30 minutes without any train in sight. It was horrible, and to think that I have so many reasons in why taking the train is a good way to go to work.
Anyway, at lunch today with an ex-colleague, I suddenly found out that he had recently bought a car and works nearby me. He also stays in the same housing area and so yeah, I know who to look for when I am working as late as he is. =D
Feb
26
Once Upon A Time..
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Dear diary,
He reminded me of a guy in my early uni year. With his jagged look and confident self, he stood over me down the exam hall under the mosque. One hand leaning steadily on the wall with an easy stance that he posed, cornered me with no where to go.
I knew how it looked, even from that corner as he was towering over me. As if in the movie where it was suppose to be a romantic scene but I was floating from the above to watch it too.
I felt helpless & small; crying for help from my roommates which was no where to be seen. And that very night, they made fun of me after that little scene was seen by them.
That was once upon a time when love was complicated and friends were abundant.
Life was easy but money was tough.
Youth wasn’t an issue but confident was low.
Flirting was safe but relationship was short.
Back to 2009. I don’t know why does he even reminded me of him. The two very different environment, feeling, personality and communication level. Maybe the physical look?
Probably, that’s the closest thing that I can think of.
Now, paired with a lot more experience and knowledge, it still doesn’t get easier than it was a decade ago. There was so much new things to explore and challenges that I never faced before.
With every decision and choices, there comes with a price to pay.
As dear Barbara always said, when you gain something, you lost something. Ironically, she forgot she always said that to me.
So yeah, just remember that you can never have it all.
Image from ithinkican-aisha.blogspot.com
Feb
22
Feb
14
My New Best Friend..
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Feb
6
MC by 3rd Day~
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By 2nd day of work, I felt a little sick with running nose all day and an annoying sore throat. I was sneezing whole day at office, feeling cold and tired and sleepy. I would be probably thought to be unfriendly and grouchy.
I went to sleep at 9pm at night.
On the third day morning, I felt that my whole system was loaded with hateful greenish phlegm! I felt feverish and I couldn’t breathe with my nose, both were stuck. My throat continues to sore. Yikes!
I went to shower, convincing myself that I was good enough to go to work. But, when I was getting ready, I knew that it wouldn’t be able to survive at work, what’s more with the cold air conditioner at work.
Like it or not, I sms-ed my line manager about my condition and if it was OK to take MC. She said sure.
And I did, on my very 3rd day at work. I felt horrible, both on my condition and having to take MC on 3rd day of work! /_\
I went to the doctor and got the medicine for sore throat, flu, fever and cough. The doctor said I am “yeet hei” (heaty) and I thought doctor isn’t suppose to believe in yeet-hei?
I religiously took the medicine every 4 hours, after my porridge meal and slept the whole day. I couldn’t think of the last time I was so sick. Darn. >_<
Why didn’t I fall sick when I was idling at home for the last couple of months?
Probably I am not use to the new environment yet. Hai..
And how do I get rid of the HATEFUL GREENISH PHLEGM?!?
Feb
3
A New Start
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I’ve been missing the ‘Pai Thng Gong’ (8th night of CNY prayer for Hokkien) for about 10 years I guess. So, I extended my long leave till today. Just back to KL, cleaned room, laundry and checked email.
Tomorrow, I’ll be officially starting at my new company! It is the fifth company that I am joining after I graduated. Geez, I think I changed my job a little too often, my friends agreed too.
Well, this time I am going to stay as long as possible.. I hope.. if the environment, colleague and benefits are good. And I sure hope it is.
I am feeling a little excited in going back to the workforce. A little worried about adapting. Well, just wish me luck!
You too, happy working! Or studying. =)
Jan
28
Full Body Check Up
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After procrastinating for a month, I decided to have my annual body check up at BP near my house instead of Agih (the lab I did last year as they have changed their phone number and I wasn’t informed. Thus I couldn’t reach them. Or have they gone out of business?)
For only RM109, I opted to have a full basic medical check up instead of only checking the cholesterol level (RM40) which was buggering me for the past year. It was way too high. Period.
So, after fasting for exactly 10 hours, I marched to the lab on Wednesday morning. And surprisingly, the syringe didn’t bother me much; probably 3 jabs of Hepatitis vaccination made me a braver person. I could even peek after the syringe was poked into my hand.
I saw a clump of whitish stuff in my blood in the syringe and I asked the medical guy what it was. Sheepishly he answered ‘cholesterol’.
”BAD cholesterol?” I asked. /_\
“Looking at it, yes” he said.
I cringed in the inside. I have given up chicken skin, 90% of egg yolk, 85% of nasi lemak, prawns and I have even had fruits regularly. Even KFC (for different reason though).
I even walked a lot and exercise probably like once or twice every month. Ok, maybe not enough in that department. But I cleaned my room weekly, that should have count for something, doesn’t it?
Anyway, after 36 hours of waiting, positive that my cholesterol level might even go higher (and I probably have a heard attack at 30 and I swear I would not eat any deep fried food this year), I went to collect my medical report.
“Everything seems OK,” the medical girl said.
“The cholesterol level?” I have to ask twice to be sure that she got it right.
And.. phew.. after years months of battling high cholesterol, finally it went border line.. ok, maybe higher than borderline by 0.2 mmol/l for the bad LDL cholesterol. But hey, that is a significant improvement compared to about 13 months ago, which is higher by freaking 1.65 mmol/l! I kid you not! Nobody believes me when I told them I have high cholesterol, looking at my underweight body!
Anyway, the rest was ok. Just that my blood glucose is just at the borderline.
”Cut down on sugar”, she said.
Crap, I don’t even have sweet tooth. Except for the mints that I can’t help popping into my mouth after every meal, and when I was bored. Too many? Mint is not even that sweet, is it?
Well, glad that I can still have my deep fried food this year! Probably I will still take the same diet I have last year, which wasn’t very healthy but still much better than my diets before the cholesterol-thingy. And more fruits. No more McD sundae cone.. maybe limit to once a month?
So, how was your medical check up report looks like? 
Jan
22
The Big Chunk Of Life!
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I didn’t realise how big the chunk of work in our lives is till I didn’t work for a short while. It makes me realise that work make up a big part of my everyday life.
Without work, I felt lost and unproductive and sort of.. useless. I felt that I am not being like everyone.
It just feel odd and.. very wasted.
Funny how that it comes from a person that hates to work.
Before this, I always thought that how nice if I do not have to give 9 hours to a company 5 days a week. How much time I would have enjoyed doing my own stuff.
I used to think that I need to work as I need the dough. Clearly I do.
But then, I gradually realised that without work, I lost discipline when I am having too much time and even lost interest in doing my very own stuff. Not everyday at least, but most of the time.
It makes me sink deeper into my comfort zone.
And now, I have a few offers from several companies which took me quite a while to decide. The crab, the chicken and also the new addition of lamb chop.
Experience told me that there is no right or wrong decision. We will never know until we try.
Starting a new job soon, I felt that it is going to be a new chapter in my life. Work is such a crucial part in life that starting a new job feels like having a new start in life.
I hope this new life is going to be a smooth and wonderful one.
Happy Chinese New Year, everyone! ^.^
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