One down... few more to go...

sigh... yep, it's that time again... when one by one, my colleagues are leaving the place. Today is Camp's last day. In 2 weeks, it'll be Steve's. Then TT's. Then Celine's. I can't believe she quit before me!!! *WAIL!* We went thru the entire Project-B shit and we're still going thru it now and I can't imagine doing it on my own coz we've been doing it together all this while i.e. "You die, I die... we die together, ya?", that sort of thing.

Well, I think that's pretty much all the "old folks". Except for me. The rest are newbies, most of whom I dunno. Sometimes, these ppl came and go and I dun even know who they are when I read their farewell emails!! Sad, huh??

We had Camp's farewell lunch at Cafe & Brew, here at the other end of Plaza Damansara, near Maybank. Food's ok, portion quite big. Am so stuffed, oof!

Me, Steve, and Celine were taking each other's pics with our mobile phones so we could use them as our contact pics (yeah, when u got a whole bunch of ppl working in this industry, u'll see us playing with our mobile phones virtually anywhere and at any time!).

I like this pic that Steve took of me and which is now my contact pic on his phone.








Celine, Me, Camp, and Steve

I can't wait for my turn to leave!!!!!! Wish me luck, hopefully it'll be soon!!!

Glow in the dark???

Wow, I just received one of the nicest compliments from my colleagues.

C : U look so good these days! Wat's ur secret ah?
Me : Huh? I do?? I thought I look more 'chaaan', not enuf sleep and all *turning to another colleague* Mel, wat do u think? Do I look glowy?
C : No lar... u look like u've got a glow abt u
Me : Ooooooooo... really ah? But I dun feel glowy at all
Mel : Must be lurve *cheeky smile*
C : Well, u LOOK glowy... yah, must be lurve... can give me some ah???
Me : Sure, come and get some of my glow *me and C waving our hands towards each other*

Yeah... we're a bunch of crackpots, lol! Hhhhmmm... I wonder if I glow in the dark...

Overlooked tag - Seven

Oh, I stumbled upon this tag (the very last entry at the bottom of the page) from my sis back in Oct 05 when I was looking thru her archives, trying to see if she blogged any books that she'd wanted to get.

A list of seven things seem pretty long, I dunno whether I can think of that many things! But anyway, here's my list of Seven (all in no particular order):

Seven things I plan to do before I die (not all are earth-shattering stuff):

1. Visit the whole of India

2. Start up my own animal sanctuary, something similar to Best Friends

3. Win the lottery (haha! fat chance seeing that I dun even BUY the lottery... not yet anyway, hehe)

4. Get a new car!

5. Find a life partner and have a lasting, meaningful relationship

6. Build a library in my house (current or future) to store all my books and so I can buy MORE books!

7. Get my navel pierced again

Seven things I could do:

1. Be more patient at home and at work

2. Be less crabby

3. Stop procrastinating and start working on my biz plan so I dun have to work for crappy employers

4. Stop complaining and start doing

5. Be more positive

6. Dun let ppl bother me with their shitty attitudes

7. Be more assertive

Seven celebrity crushes (dun really have any but these are the actors that I like for their acting lar):

1. Joaquin Phoenix - liked him in Qwills

2. John Cusack

3. Gary Sinise

4. Gene Kelly

5. Ewan McGregor

6. Jake Gyllenhaal (dunno how to spell his last name)

7. Elijah Wood - yes yes, I used to be crazy abt him when I was still in school. Those blue blue eyes.... *swoon*

Seven often repeated words:

1. Duh

2. Okaaaaaaaaaaay

3. Uhhhhhh

4. Hallo! (in a sarcastic tone)

5. Hmph (well, this is more of a sound than an actual word)

6. Shit

7. Sien (on YM with my colleagues)

Seven physical traits that I look for in the opposite sex (not all are mandatory lar - I'm not perfect either!):

1. A face that I find appealing - Dun have to be drop dead gorgeous but I have to be able to look at his face without feeling the urge to puke. This is quite subjective coz one man's meat is another's poison, and all that.

2. Height - I like wearing heels, especially 3-inch heels so he has to be taller than me when I'm in my heels coz I dun wanna be looking at the top of his head the entire time.

3. Well-groomed & clean - I cannot cannot stand men who are scruffy and look like sumthin the cat dragged in! Dun have to be all decked out in Armani or Hermes but must be clean lar...

4. Beard and/or moustache is a no no - dun like facial hair.

5. Non-scrawny legs - have u noticed that a LOT of guys - whether they're buffed, really nice build, fat, thin, etc. - have really scrawny legs??? Sometimes, when I see an ok-looking guy and then look down to his legs and they're like twigs, it's a total turn-off. So, non-scrawny legs required.

6. Reasonable complexion - dun need to have porcelain-like skin but shouldn't have volcano-like craters or entirely covered with spots.

7. Hair - must be reasonable fashionable. Shouldn't look like he just put a bowl on his head and cut around it.

Seven things I do to make myself happy:

1. Play with my kats

2. Spend time with family/the other half/good friends - depending on whose company I prefer at that particular time

3. Get in a good salsa session at the clubs

4. Go for my Odissi class and get a good workout

5. Bury my nose in a good book

6. Buy shoes/bags... but more shoes lar

7. Sleep! Can never get enuf sleep...

No one to tag... whoever feels like doing this, just do lar... :o)

And it's a small world after allllll!!!

The smallness of our world never fails to astound me each time I happen to meet/bump into people who have any links to me.

Some of the ppl I've bumped into, whom I've long forgotten or whom I thought was the last person I'd ever bump into or ppl who I don't know personally but who has links to me:

• Yesterday, walking to my office from the car park, this lady approaches me and asks "Are you Ai Ling?". Obviously, I reply Yes, with a "Who are you?" look on my face. Turns out she's the ex's friend, whom I'd met once or twice while we were still in college. I dunno how she managed to remember me after so long coz I certainly dun remember her, though her name was familiar but I couldn't, for the life of me, remember how she looked like. Also, we'd apparently bumped into each other in Bangkok a few years back too! Now this I dun remember at all. I did go to BKK but I do not remember bumping into anyone I know while I was there!
• The Assistant Store Manager at the client's outlet is from Convent Kajang, one year my junior.
• My current boss and ex-colleague at my current company are both from Convent Kajang: Boss -> 8 years my senior; Ex-colleague -> 1 year my senior
• One day, when I was walking towards my car at the car park after work, this lady in her car calls out and asks me "Are you Ng Ai Ling". Yes, I reply and she says "I'm Azira!" and I go "Oh my gawd! Azira!" She's my classmate from primary and schoolmate in secondary. She's married with a kid now and works at SBB, which is just next to my office.
• The ex's older brother was in the same college program as my sis at Sunway College. Me and the ex were in the same college program at Stamford College 5 years later.
• One of the Conlay Salsa competition finalists is also a Sutra student (not Christine).
• Shiva's brother-in-law was one of the painters whose art was featured at Sutra last year.
• When I was at Vsource, one of the trainees was a friend of Steph's.

Am sure there're lots more encounters that I haven't recalled...

Creepy or wat?!

So there we were - Sam, Aisha, sis, Rizal, CL and me - at Starbucks, playing with the new pack of RM0.90 Old Maid cards that Sam and Aisha had bought from MPH.

We'd played 2-3 games of the normal Old Maid, where all cards except an Old Maid card has its pair so Rizal came up with the bright idea "Let's just randomly pick out one card from the pack so we won't know which card that doesn't have its pair and we'll only know when the last person ends up with it".

So, ok... CL (I think) shuffles the cards and Sam picks out one card (without looking at it first, of course) and Aisha stuffs it into the box. At this point, none of us knew wat that card was.

So there we were, playing it UNTIL......... I ended up with last card.... AND.... it was the OLD MAID card!!! Wat are the odds of Sam picking out the Old Maid card among 12-13 pairs of other cards, including the Old Maid pair????!!!! Kinda freaky, eh???

Anyway, we dismissed it as a mere coincidence. And played on. Rizal shuffles the cards next, splits the card pile into half and my sis picks out one card and puts it into the box. Again, none of us knows wat the card is. Playing, playing, playing... and it's down to Sam, Rizal, and me. At this point, I remark "Eh, the Old Maid pair is still not out yet leh" and everyone goes "ooooooooooo". Sam's done, me and Rizal left. Rizal has one card, I have 2 and one of them is the Old Maid. Rizal's turn to pick a card from me. He picks the Old Maid and DOESN'T PUT IT DOWN WITH ITS PAIR!!!! *gasp!!!!!* At this point, I was going "oooooooeerrr, this is weird" in my head. I pick a card from Rizal, put down my last pair, which is NOT THE OLD MAID!!!

Sooooooooo... wat are the odds of 2 different people picking out an Old Maid card from the pile of 24-26 cards at 2 separate games at 2 different times??????? Once, it's fine... maybe just a coincidence. But TWICE??!!!

Power of the mind, perhaps??? Maybe all of us were thinking either "Let that be the Old Maid" or "Let that NOT be the Old Maid" while the card was being picked out but the fact was, maybe ALL of us were thinking abt the Old Maid at that point in time and all our energy was focused on the Old Maid, that's why both times, the Old Maid card got picked... but then again.....

Creepy or wat, u tell me..... *Twilight Zone theme*

Wrongly accused

I have been wrongly accused... hmph...

See, somehow it doesn't pay to be NICE... BAH! :o(

Next time, I should just take a picture of wat I write so that I'll have proof... hmph...

Is that last minute enuf for u????

Client sends an email at 7:11pm on Wednesday to schedule a 9:30am meeting on Thursday. WTF???!!!!!

I hate clients!!

Back to work...

Blurgh... back to work after 2 days off (4, if you count the weekend). And I'm sooooo not in the mood to work! I need a holiday to get over my holiday! Haha! :p

Well, at least Blogger's working now. I can actually access my site! Yay! :D

So much junk to follow up on today... bleecckk... 2 days off and so many emails! Gah! Not good, not good. Now I'm having a headache as well, double whammy :o(

Sigh... maybe I shouldn't take breaks... seems like it does more harm than good... oooeeerrr..

Wat's wrong with Blogger???!!!

I can't get into my own blog page!!! ACK!!! I get this!:

I have no authorization to access my own blog site???!!!! It was fine yesterday!!! *WAAIILL!!* Anyone know why????? :o( Could it be they changed the firewall settings on our server?? Cannot be rite, i can access other blog sites... how how HOW???!!! :o(

Whack ur ****!!

Here's something for u ppl out there who are stressed and would like nothing better than to do THIS. ;o)

Sleeepppyyyy... zzzzzzz...

gawd, am sooooo sleepy rite now... i think the pasta did it. Went to Marmalade for lunch with a couple of friends and had the spaghetti funghi. Was so stuffed from it, and now I'm paying for it... zzzzzzzzz... oooofff...

well, good news is that i dun have to handle that new project with the bitchy client... YAAYY!!! :D Thank gawd! They hired someone in that team so they're gonna handle it themselves, hah! Another news (not good nor bad) is that tmrw we have a kick-off meeting for a new project. Soooooo... an excuse to cancel my leave tmrw!!! Ahaha! At least the HR person won't chew my head off when I tell her I need to change my leave plans coz my boss arranged for a meeting tmrw which I MUST not miss... haha!

i have a very bad habit these days of setting my alarm clock for 6:30am and hitting the Snooze button several times (my Snooze setting is every 10 mins) till I drag myself outta bed at 7:15-7:20. uuummpphh... MUST... NOT... HIT... SNOOZE... BUTTON... MORE... THAN... 2x IN ONE MORNING!!!

Since last weekend, I've had this pimple/bite thingy in my left ear. Dunno how or where it came from but one day, it just felt itchy so I put my finger there to scratch it and I found a HUGE bump! Like, a really swollen, bengkak bump! In a really angry RED color. And it hurt when I touched, which was why I thought it was a pimple at first coz if it were a bite, I didn't think it'd hurt. But CL took a look and said it was a bite so ok lor... I couldn't affirm/disagree coz heck, it's not like I could investigate it myself. So put some antiseptic lotion on it... here's how it looks like.
Warning: It's quite gross so view at ur own risk. The white stuff is Savlon, NOT pus :p

Owww... :o( It's been almost a WEEK!

Animals are living beings too, ok?!

It absolutely riles me when I see parents brainwash their kids into thinking that animals are bad/dirty/useless/dangerous/etc. just coz they have an aversion towards animals or just coz they think animals are not worth anything just coz, well, they're animals and not humans.

Mom to kid : Eeeeeee!! Dun go near that dog! Afterwards it bites u, then u know!
Mom to kid : Don't u dare touch that cat! It's dirty, u'll catch a disease!

It's quite depressing (and alarming) when parents instil that FEAR of animals in their kids. How are u gonna teach ur kid compassion when u won't even let the kid be kind to animals??? Animals are living beings too, and they have just as much right to this planet as we humans do. What right does anyone have to think that animals are not worthy of any space on Earth just coz they dun have the mental capacity that we do??? Heck, u know wat, sometimes (ok, a lot of times), I'd rather deal with animals than with humans coz at least, I know that my cats won't manipulate me or make me feel bad. All they want is a head scratch or belly rub or food. Plain and simple.

Anyway, back to parents + kids + animals. How do u justify that it's ok to be kind to ur fellow humans but not to spare a thought for that helpless kitten with a broken leg, hobbling outside ur door? Is there a difference? Both are living, breathing beings, are they not? Both have the capability to feel pain, do they not? I will never, in my life, understand what's the difference between being kind to my species and not to others. If u really wanna get down to it, I think that some of the things that humans do are so vile that even animals would loathe us for it, if they knew.

I find it quite scary to thing that right at this moment, out there, there're tons of parents like this, moulding lil' juniors of themselves to loathe and fear animals. I shudder to think of how we're gonna coexist with the animal species when some of us can't even stand the thought of having an animal near us.

For me, one of the ways to size up a person is to see how s/he reacts to animals (note that I say it's ONE of the ways, and not the ONLY way). It's not entirely fool-proof but it does give me a different aspect of a person. A person can be oh-so-nice to me or to other ppl, but put them in the same room with a cat or a dog and sometimes, u'll see a totally different person altogether. And I'm not talking abt those who have zoophobia. I'm not saying that ppl who dun like animals are bad and oh, I dun expect every single person to be like me and mush and gush over every single animal! I can accept the fact that some ppl just dun like animals, just like how I just dun like some ppl (i.e. humans). BUT even if one doesn't like animals, they can still respect them and not wish/do anything to harm them.

I'm very thankful for the fact that my parents respect and love animals, and taught me to do the same. I've grown up around animals (dogs, mostly) all my life and I've come to learn to love not only dogs, but all the animal species (well, I haven't had any experience with reptiles and a lot of other animals but I think I can handle them. Just teach me how! :p) I get a warm fuzzy feeling when I see my family interact with my cats, when my parents talk to them and treat them like part of the family. And each time, I thank God that my parents didn't raise me up to fear animals.

And I know for a fact that, if ever I have any kids of my own, I'm definitely gonna teach them the same respect and love for animals as I've been taught. No kid of mine is ever gonna fear animals or be cruel to them.

To quote several well-known figures on the subject:

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. The roots of cruelty, therefore, are not so much strong as widespread...
~ Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian Theologian, Musician, and Medical Missionary

Love of animals is a universal impulse, a common ground on which all of us may meet. By loving and understanding animals, perhaps we humans shall come to understand each other.
~ Louis J. Camuti, D.V.M., first American vet to devote his practice exclusively to cats (also a very humorous author of short stories of his time in practice)

Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made [man] is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.
~ Mark Twain

This weekend != BKK

sigh... was supposed to head to BKK this weekend. Due to unforeseen circumstances, I've backed out of the trip. Am contemplating whether I should cancel my leave and use it later... but then again, maybe not. Think maybe I'll cancel my leave tmrw... and use it at the end of the mth, for S'pore Sling, as CL says... haha...

So how do u feel now huh???

I hate it when ppl make me feel like crap when I did nothing wrong.

Bored again...

am so mind-blowingly bored today... not that i dun have any work to do... but am in one of those moods where i just dun feel like doing anything.

feel like skivving off work and loitering at Kino...

sigh... fat chance i'd ever do something like that... bah!

on a brighter note, am off work Friday till next Tuesday... let's hope I can get some progress re. the work situation during those few days... hhmmm...

Bloody hell!!

Bloody bloody hell!!!!

First, was made to wait bloody 1 HOUR + 15 MINS for an 11am appointment. All these ad agencies are ALL the bloody same!!! No respect for other ppl's time at all watsoever!! GAH!!! So infuriating!! I'm fine waiting for 10-15 mins, even 30 mins. But 1 HOUR 15 MINS??!!! WTF! ARGH!

Then, every bloody road in KL was bloody freaking jammed!!! Every corner/shortcut I went into, traffic was backed up like it was the bloody mega sale in every bloody shopping mall in KL!! ARGH! I was getting pissier by the min... and there was nothing I could do but sit in the car and fume. BAH!

And that bloody client is having problems with the system again! ARGH! Will it never end??!!!

I sooooo want outta here...

Not a good day at all... :o(

Difficult PM??

Haha... I think I have a reputation here to be a difficult PM i.e.

• I won't take up any project that's outside my scope without prior instruction from my boss (i.e. if some other mgr says I'm gonna be in charge of Project A, which I've no clue of whatsoever and which was previously managed by another team)
• If the Sales Mgr gets a potential client whose requirement requires customization/integration, I refuse to deal with the client until we're sure that the deal will go thru (i.e. all loose ends taken care of in terms of any 3rd party confirmation, A&P, roles and responsibilities, etc.). Then I'll handle the project from there onwards. I mean, it's not like I won't do ANYTHING to try to get the deal. I'm fine with doing the proposals and service rollout plans but I just won't talk to the client unless they sign the deal and we're to proceed to development coz the person who got the deal is not me.

I guess they'd think I'm calculative and petty but I know my job scope and I do what I'm supposed to do. If I feel that it's worth it, I'll go the extra mile but right now, I couldn't be bothered. I think this is due to my I-dun-care-anymore-wat-I-do-here-and-I-wanna-get-out-of-here-now attitude. Soooo malas/fed up to deal with the things here already... bleeccckkk...

My mouse broke his leg....

Just got the strangest phone call.

Her : Hallo, may I speak to Ai Ling?
Me : Yes, speaking.
Her : This is [somenamethaticouldntfigureout]. U're with SPCA rite? My mouse broke his leg. What should I do ah?
Me : *thinking* HUH?!
Me : *talking* Oh... umm... u should take him to the vet. Do u have a vet that u normally go to?
Her : No... my mouse is healthy, I dun take him to the vet.
Me : *thinking* U dun have a vet?! U still need to take ur mouse for shots and checkups!
Me : *talking* Umm... well, u should take him to the vet coz if u break ur leg, u would go to a doctor, rite? U call the SPCA also they cannot do anything. They'll direct u to the vet. Which area are u staying at?
Her : Loke Yew. Actually, the other day, I called up a medical center and they told me that it will be costly to put in a pin to join the bones back together.
Me : *thinking* DUH! U think ur doctor will join ur bones back together for free ah?!
Me : *talking* ok... never mind. When did ur mouse break his leg?
Her : Actually, I'm not really sure. But I found out 2 days ago when I was showering him.
Me : *thinking* U found out ur mouse broke his leg TWO DAYS AGO and u still haven't taken him to the vet?! Wat the...???!!!!
Me : *talking* Oh... like that ah... Do u know Taman Segar? There's a vet there, Segar Animal Clinic. Do u know where it is?
Her : No
Me : Oh... like that ah... let me look for the number and call u back.
Her : Oh, thank u.
Me : By the way, where did u get my number from?
Her : From the website lor.
Me : Oh, the SPCA newsletter, is it?
Her : Yah
Me : Ok... let me look for the number and I SMS it to u.

ok... I dunno why she decided to call ME on my handphone rather than the MAIN SPCA no. but the reason my no.'s on the SPCA's site is coz I'm involved in their Spay/Neuter Campaign for Cats, where the SPCA subsidizes a certain amount (or entire amount) for the surgery to encourage the lower income population to spay/neuter their cats to reduce the strays. We (there's 3 of us) are to filter the callers to make sure they're eligible for the subsidy and not just some rich, free-loader who can buy big, fancy cars but can't pay 100 bucks to fix their cat(s).

See, I just checked their site... and my no.'s waaaaaayyy down below the page under the Spay and Neuter Immediately Please (SNIPS) campaign. At which part did she see "Call this no. for any pet injuries?!"???!!! Maybe she just saw "free of charge" and decided to try her luck. BAH! How come ppl can spend tons of other stuff (cars, clothes, electronic equipement... all inanimate, non-living objects) but REFUSE to spend a bit on their living, loving pets???!!!! GAAAAHH!!! Drives me NUTS!!!

SMS-ed her the vet's no. I hope her mouse heals... poor mousey... suffering due to his owner's ignorance... sigh...

Catster!!

Ahahahaha!!! My kats have their own version of Friendster, and it's called Catster!!

Here are their very own personal pages:

Patchy
Nessa
Misty

For doggies, u can go to Dogster! Have fun!!! :D

Maggi Goreng

@ Sri Nirwana Maju (Bangsar) : RM3.30
@ Restoran Rufi (Damansara Heights) : RM2.50

:-o

Petrified!

Eeek... those fake eyelashes give me the perpetually petrified look... ahaha! And the legs! Eeek, like 'pak cham kai'... need a tan, need a tan!!

More Random Shots

Julia and I, my first SMCK friend to get married!

Was watching the tea ceremony from the side when Siow Lan called me, I looked over and she took my pic! lol! Another trigger-happy friend :p

Random Shots

Bored... so dug up some random shots from my pics folder...

Sis and I - Havana Estudio New Year's Eve Party

CL and I - Havana Estudio New Year's Eve Party

*At this point, I've worn that red outfit 3 times!!! I think everyone must've been sick of it, lol!

Laughing Schnauzer - Arun

PA's uncle's doggie... doesn't he look like he's laughing??? Until cannot see his eyes, hehe! So cute!!!! :o) His uncle also has a cat (Pangur) and a hedgehog (Layla). I really wanted to see the hedgehog but PA didn't take a pic of it :o(

Odissi Saree vs Practice Saree

Am in my Odissi mood... got a couple more pics from last year's Navarathri.

Ramli and I


Sam and I
She's wearing the traditional Odissi saree while I have on the practice saree. The pants of the traditional Odissi outfit is actually a saree piece that's tied up into pants. I always forget how to tie it coz we only ever use it once a year and from the looks of it, maybe not even once since we've all got the Sutra practice saree, which we're normally required to wear for performances. Unless Ramli decides that he wants us to wear the Odissi saree... which I think is more interesting and something different from the practice saree... plus the Odissi saree is less restrictive than the practice saree coz it doesn't have that piece that drapes over the shoulder.

Odissi : 27-29 May 2006

Ramli decided that we, the non-performing students i.e. those aside from the senior dancers who tour with him, should put on a show to display our hard work and effort we've put into our lessons..... soooo... WE'RE DOING A SHOW IN MAY!!! Yikes!

Gosh, the last time I did a REAL show was for Alarippu to Moksha last Jan. And the rehearsals for that show were gruelling! Every Sat @ 9am for at least 3 months (imagine waking up at 8am on Sat after a late nite out for salsa) and almost every nite towards the actual day itself! Phew! I foresee the same thing happening this time around... though I'm not really complaining coz I enjoy going for my classes/rehearsals coz I really work up a sweat and by the end of the class, I'd be drenched! It's a really good workout and as I always tell the others, doing Odissi is the only time I'd really really sweat!

Only problem is... we've gotta learn a totally new dance in less than 3 months! Some of us have been selected to learn Kolabati Pallavi to perform for this show... and I happen to be one of them. Ack! And I thought doing Night of Purnama Sthai was difficult enough. When I was just getting the hang of it, I find out that I'm not doing N of P but have to do a new dance instead *WAAIILL!* And it takes me like, 4-6 mths just to remember the steps and sequence of the moves before even starting on the fine-tuning of the details...

ok... I shouldn't complain. I'm gonna have the opportunity to learn a new dance!!! Already, the off-beat timing is driving me nuts... ahaha, this is gonna be interesting ;o)

But one this sucky abt this is that we're gonna be wearing our practice sarees and not the traditional Odissi saree :o( I find the practice saree rather boring for a performance.

Pics from A2M and Navarathri 2004...

And apparently, this Thursday, according to Chris, there's gonna be some TV production crew who's gonna be filming our class. Probably for a promo for the show?? THAT explains the phone call that I got from Sutra yesterday, asking me to wear my practice saree for class on Thursday. I thought that was a weird call coz we'd already been told to wear our sarees as often as we can so we'd get used to it for the performance. Wow! We're gonna be filmed! Ahaha! Let's hope we dun screw up too badly... :p

Happy Belated Birthday, Erica!

Here's to the b'day gal, whose b'day was last Sat (March 4)...


The gang had a sorta surprise thingy for her at Souled Out on Sat nite but I couldn't make it. Can't believe that Bern had almost forgot to inform the b'day gal of the event!!! Duh! :p

Happy B'day, babe! Best wishes always :o)

Eww... stinko...

Got caught in the rain last nite.

My Tevas got soaked.

Wore them to work this morning.

Still damp. Smells.

My cube stank of damp slippers.

Now wearing my shoes.

Reminder to self : put Tevas out on balcony to dry so I won't come to ofc smelling like rotten garbage... ewwww...

Think Positive...

Here's a dose of optimism for myself:

KN : How u?
Me : I'm ok lor... same ol' same ol... u?
KN : Well, I'm a new me, new me
Me : Huh??? explain...
KN : Well, u same ol same ol, then i am new me, new me... always a better person than yesterday...

I should learn how to think positively like that every single day...

Things I need to learn...

Hhhm... this seems like a familiar post... oh well, add another list of things that I need to learn (mostly common sense, actually)...

I will learn:

• From my past experience and mistakes (Especially the mistakes!) and not repeat them again in the future (duh!), can be very painful --- still learning, still learning.
• To stop over-analyzing and thinking so much and live for the moment --- brains cells depleting with each useless thought, need to save 'em for more important matters.
• To save and resist temptation to buy almost everything I like so I can accumulate RM6,300 by year-end --- come to think of it, I haven't really bought much, it's just paying fees and bills and food and gas (RM0.30!!! WTF!!! RM56 for not even 30 liters! *WAIL!*) and more bills.
• To stop complaining and whining abt everything that is not rite and do something abt it, or if I can't do anything abt it, just dun go on and on abt it! --- umm, to stop completely would be almost quite impossible. Will aim to REDUCE.
• Not to do and/or say stupid things and regret it later i.e. THINK before doing/saying anything --- hhmm, must take care not to contradict Point #2 above.
• Not to have any expectations on anyone and/or in any situation --- to save myself from unnecessary disappointment later on. And also to be fair to others.
• To appreciate the ppl I care abt and not take them for granted... coz anything can happen in this crazy world of ours.
• To learn more things so I can add more worries to my already overloaded mind --- haha!

*spaced out already*

OD of Someone???

Is it possible to get an overdose of a person? I get that feeling sometimes, when I've been hanging out a lot with certain ppl (a lot = much more than the norm), and I suddenly get this suffocating, stifled feeling when I'm with them. But it doesn't happen with everyone, only a few specific ppl. All of a sudden, I feel like, I've gotta get away... I can't take another minute spent with them! Does this make any sense? Does this make me sound really horrible? I sound quite horrible to me :o( especially if the person is supposed to be close to me... sigh... figures why I'm such a loner and an antisocial outcast...

But, saying that, this feeling will pass after a week or so of not seeing the person(s) affected.

Wat can I say... I'm strange that way...

*This does NOT have anything to do with the Significant Other, in case anyone's wondering.

Short-circuited??

My mind short-circuits sometimes... dunno why or how... but occasionally, I'd catch myself saying something totally out of context but I dunno why I said it at all. So then, afterwards, I'd be thinking and thinking "Wat the hell was I trying to say?!" but will never be able to figure out why I said wat I said... the most recent case of this happening was last nite...

Another scary thing that happens to me is that sometimes, I'd be thinking something but wat comes out of my mouth is something totally different! This is quite worrying coz there's a possibility that wat comes out, could potentially be something not politically correct or it could be hurtful to someone else. Like I said, have no idea why this happens... the last time this happened was in Dec 05.

Am gonna monitor and see how often these things happen... am hoping and praying that it will be a rare occasion or else i'm gonna have a lot of explaining to do, which would be quite difficult seeing that even I dunno wat the hell I'm saying! blurgh...

Watch Out!! 2-Foot Python!!

Monday, 27th February 2006

Sam, Aisha, sis, CL, me, and later, Rizal... were at Flaming J's for dinner. They had this 2-foot long sub sandwich thingy, and if anyone could finish it by themselves within 1 hr, the person will get it FOC! So the guys, wanna try to be heroes, hehe, decided to go for it. So, there were TWO 2-foot long subs, one for each of them and we gals just sat there, oogling at how they were gonna finish it.

Before Python : Smiley smiley + very clean table

And the Python arrives!! yum yummmmm...

Here's what the insides of a Pyton looks like (meat, mushrooms, cheese, veg, onions(??)):

"Aaarrggghhh!! I can't stuff myself anymore! I surrender!!"

The leftovers:

In the end, both guys declared defeat after abt 3/4 of the sandwich. Nvm guys, u're still our heroes... hehe... *blink blink flutter* :p

The prize of the evening went to Aisha, the only one amongst all of us who finished her meal completely *applause applause!* :o)

Oh, and we sorta took over one corner of the restaurant after our meal, going thru our shines and some of the routines from class... ehehe... guess it's always salsa anywhere, anytime! ;o) And they even offered to play salsa music! So Sam saved some of his songs onto my thumb drive and gave it to the Flaming J's ppl and yep, we salsa-ed the whole nite! lol!

Splat!!

ehehe... Misty's so cute!!! This is her fave position on the top of our couch. She looks like she's splatted on the cushion... hehe...

In Farking Pain!

4am : *eyes snap open* Owwww!!! My stomach!!! Cramps! Cramps!!! GAAAH!

Stupid cramps... was rudely awakened at 4 this morning by the most horrible period cramps ever coz it's that time of the month again... bleeecckkk...

It's exceptionally bad this time around, dunno why, coz I've never been woken up by stomach cramps ever before! Gah! This time, I didn't even think twice abt taking Panadol to relieve the pain coz it was so bad that I couldn't get back to sleep and I NEED my sleep so popped 2 pills, waited for abt 5-10 mins for the pills to take effect and thankfully, managed to get back to sleep. (Usually, I'd try to tahan until I cannot tahan anymore, then only I'd take painkillers)

Is this a sign of getting older ??? I've never had it so bad before. Have heard conflicting reports from different females abt PMS and cramps and getting older:

• "U know, PMS and cramps will just get worse as we get older" --- Oh no!
• "Dun worry, all these will disappear after ur first child" --- Really????
• "After having sex the first time, ur PMS symptoms will decrease" --- Huh??? Wat does one got to do with the other?!

Dunno wat to believe or wat not to believe... I think I shall just wait and see wat my body tells me... hhhmmm...

Guys are so damn blurdy lucky not to have to go thru this every single month... BAH!