Isn't It Ironic...

...that I've been ranting all this while about not having been to Qba before for their salsa nites and when I finally finally get a chance to go there for the very first time, it wasn't for anything salsa-related but instead, it was a press conference for this guy.

But...

...the dancefloor is really really quite small!

Did U Know...

Your Birthdate: May 5

You have many talents, and you are great at sharing those talents with others. Most people would be jealous of your clever intellect, but you're just too likeable to elicit jealousy. Progressive and original, you're usually thinking up cutting edge ideas. Quick witted and fast thinking, you have difficulty finding new challenges. Your strength: Your superhuman brainpower Your weakness: Your susceptibility to boredom Your power color: Tangerine Your power symbol: Ace Your power month: May

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

People Envy Your Compassion

You have a kind heart and an unusual empathy for all living creatures. You tend to absorb others' happiness and pain.People envy your compassion, and more importantly, the connections it helps you build. And compassionate as you are, you feel for them.

What Do People Envy About You?

How You Life Your Life

You seem to be straight forward, but you keep a lot inside. You tend to avoid confrontation and stay away from sticky situations. You tend to have one best friend you hang with, as opposed to many aquaintences. Some of your past dreams have disappointed you, but you don't let it get you down.

How Do You Live Your Life?

You Are Iceman

You tried to live a normal life, but it just wasn't possible A bit of a slacker, you rather tell jokes than cultivate your powers Powers: turning self and others into ice, making ice weapons, becoming nearly invisible

Which of the X-Men Are You?

Your Hidden Talent

You have the power to persuade and influence others. You're the type of person who can turn a whole room around. The potential for great leadership is there, as long as you don't abuse it. Always remember, you have a lot more power over people than you might think!

What's Your Hidden Talent?

You Are More Mild Than Wild

You're confident, and you really aren't concerned with how "hot" you are. Other people's ideas of what's sexy don't concern you. And this is exactly what makes you attractive.

Are You Hot?

Impermanence...

Slowly, signs of their existence in my life are being obliterated.

No point moping over something I've no control of.

Time to move on...

To-Do List

*check... check.... check*

I'm not particularly fond of making To-Do lists but at work, I make myself do it or else I'd never remember all my tasks and get them done.

So this week, The Boss was in Singapore from Tue-Fri, thus dumping me in the deep end of the pool and forcing me to struggle my way to the surface to breathe (ok lar, wrong analogy, I CAN swim :p but u know wat I mean) with a FIVE-PAGE To-Do list.

Today, the last day of the work week, I'm glad to say that I'd managed to complete almost all my tasks (save for a few). Methinks that's not too bad for a newbie on her 2nd week at work, hehe. I just love checking off my tasks one by one with a red pen. Very satisfying to see all the red checks on my 5-page To-Do list.

:-D

Oww!

One week break from Odissi and I'm like Jello(TM).

:o(

I.

Am.

So.

OUT OF STAMINA!

*WAIL!*

:o(

Online Again

My laptop has been cured!

I'm online again... yay! :-D

Go ARGENTINA!!!!!

Woo hoooo!!! Argentina's back, man!!!

I managed to catch a replay of their game against Serbia & Montenegro and it was awesome! It's also the first match that I sat down and watched the full 90+ minutes of it, hehe.

The Argentinian team didn't look good in the last World Cup but this time around, with new jerseys and all, they're rockin'! I recognize some of the players who'd were in the youth team when they were here for the FIFA World Youth Cup back in 1997 -- Juan Riquelme, Esteban Cambiasso, Pablo Aimar, Leonardo Franco -- and I'd even taken some pics of them! And met them at the airport, hehe... And it's cool to see them back in action again for their country.

U know who I'll be rooting for to win this World Cup! ;o)

@$$holes!

GAH!!! Only the King and the PM should be entitled to use police escorts and not every Tom, Dick, and Harry so-called Grandpas who think that just coz they've got the clout and cash, they're entitled to hold up traffic just coz they need to go somewhere.

Imagine, there's already a traffic jam. Then comes this police outrider (is that wat they're called?), who u think is there to direct the traffic, but wat he does is he STOPS the traffic flow in all directions and the next thing u hear are sirens and MORE police escorts, escorting a single Proton Perdana, to gawd-knows-where.

Geez! All of us are in a hurry and all of us need to be somewhere. It wouldn't hurt to show some consideration. Sheeesshh...

Limp as a Dead Fish

I cannot stand limp handshakes. Especially if it's from a male.

It doesn't matter how macho or good-looking they are. The moment we shake hands and his handshake is as limp as a dead fish, it's an instant turn-off, man.

Yucks!

Good Lord!!!

Oh maaaannnn! Since starting my new job, it now takes me, on average, about 1.25 hrs to get to work! GAH! Talk about a waste of time, man!

The roads are like, jammed up the entire way from Subang to KL! In the mornings, I leave my place, got on the NKVE, pay toll and get stuck at the Damansara exit. Then I get stuck on Sprint around Secion 16. Then I get stuck along Jalan Semantan. Then I get stuck on Jalan Tun Razak. And after work, it's jammed from the entrance of my office, along Jalan Tun Razak, ALL the freaking way to the NKVE (via Jln Semantan/Damansara, pass Sprint)!!! WTF, man!!!!!!!

And yesterday, OMG!! I was supposed to be at MATIC (on Jalan Ampang, near Zouk) for a rehearsal for Rev's arangetram. It took me, get this, ONE AND A HALF HOURS to get from my office near the National Library to MATIC (near Zouk), which is wat, all of 5 kilometers???!!! At one point, I was in front of Empire Tower (next to City Square). THIRTY minutes later, I'd only managed to inch my way to the traffic lights in front of Yow Chuan Plaza (it's has another name now, which I can't remember), which is less than 500 meters from where I was!! The KL traffic jam is just so so sooooo absurd!!!

AAARRGGGGHH!!! Am seriously considering if I should change jobs to a location in PJ/Subang just to cut down on the traffic jams that I need to go thru every single weekday. Seriously!

*Update* On Friday, I made the same journey, via Jln Yap Kwan Seng. It took me 6 minutes to get from my office to MATIC. Clear roads all the way.

Offline

I'm totally and completely offline at home. My desktop's died of old age and my laptop's DVD-ROM kaput-ed and is now being doctored at Compaq.

Damn.

Never knew how much I'd miss my machines.

:o(

Third Day at Work...

• My access card is still not activated
• My email and login details are not up
• Am facing a total culture shock (expected but still, it didn't hit until I'd actually stepped in here)
• Getting an overload of marketing jargon (not a bad thing, new stuff to learn. Something different from the usual IT/technical jargon)
• A lot of ppl here smoke like chimneys. A lot of discussions and agreements seem to take place during smoking sessions in the stairwell

That's all I can think of at the top of my head for now.

Gawd, I dunno if I can get used to the way things work here. I've observed how my boss interacts with the ppl here and frankly, it seems to me like it's a lot of butt-kissing i.e. telling ppl wat they like/want to hear in order to get things done. Damn! I'm just the total opposite. At my previous places, I just communicate wat I need to get done, straight to the point, without mincing my words. Looks like I've got to apply much much more tact here. GAH!

And EVERYTHING moves at snail speed here, except when we have to organize events, where the event date seems to always be tomorrow!

It's only the 3rd day (and the day's not even started yet since the ppl I need to see dun seem to be in yet and it's 9.37am already!) but I'm already feeling rather frustrated.

Oh, and I can't get on YM and MSN is erratic. So am now using Gmail chat. Bah!

Sigh...

Note to self : be positive, be positive, BE POSITIVE! Or at least, TRY.

Kat Frenzy!

Aaaaahhh, this Crumpler is just right for a nap!

...Zzzzzzzz...

Streeeeettttccchhhh

Misty: Hey, do u think it's safe to go down now?
Nessa: I dunno. Quit bugging me. I wanna sleep.

Please Help! Cats for Adoption!

The condo management at my place is at it again. The residents here seem to have a problem with sharing the area with a few stray cats (less than 7 of them, to be more exact) so they've got the management to round up the stray cats and get rid of them. Dumb selfish ppl! As far as I know, the cats only show themselves at night coz we feed them then. Other than that, they make themselves scarce.

Anyway, there are 3 cats which we (my family and I) are more concerned with rehoming. Two of them have been here for quite a while (maybe a year or two) and we've spayed them so they won't have any more kittens. I dun have pics of them right now, will get them soon.

All are females. One is a calico (white + black + orange), the other is brown + orange. The calico, whom we call Patchy (after my cat, who's a calico too), was quite scared of us initially but has since warmed up but not too sure how she'll fare with strangers. It took her a while to get used to us.

The brown + orange, we call her Mother Cat (she's the mother of 2 of my sis' cats), is a really friendly sweet thing and really loves to rub herself against our legs. Very very cute and pretty.

The third cat, we suspect that she was someone's cat previously but she either got lost or her owners dumped her coz she just appeared one day and never left. We think she's been spayed coz she hasn't gotten pregnant since she first came and cats get in heat like, every 3 months. She's grey + orange and also very very pretty (I call her Preeti) and sweet. Might be a bit timid around strangers but she'll warm up after a while.

Here's a pic of Preeti...

*For some reason, I can't seem to upload more than one pic so here's one first. Anyone got the same problem with uploading pics on Blogger?

Anyway, please please let me know if you or anyone else is interested to adopt these cats... responsible owners only please!!

Thank You!!

Thru a Wineglass

Happy Birthday, Winn!!!

(...18th May...)

I know I know... it's late but I've been lazy, hehe...

So yes, we went for dinner at Seven Ate Nine at Ascott. The place is not too bad, ambience-wise. U've got a view of the Twin Towers. And the food's quite tasty and not too astronomically priced. Around Souled Out range. The Sang Har Mee was quite good (u get 1.5 large prawns) and the Tom Yam Fettucine was also good. Serving portion was medium to large, at least, for me.

Their Vodka Lychee is yuuuummmm! Their Sangria, according to the others, was a bit strong.

ok... cut the words, on to the pics... :o) The b'day gal took so many pics, here's just a few of them...

The Gals --- Winn had a fetish with pics thru wineglasses that nite...

...The b'day gal cutting her cake...

But but... u told me not to!!

Was having a conversation with Chris one day after class, a while back. We were talking about relationships and how it's so difficult to meet a guy that we actually like, that we could see ourselves having a relationship with.

Chris : Yah, my father keeps asking me when I'm getting married. And I tell him, it's all ur fault lar. U didn't let me have a boyfriend during college or uni. Now I can't seem to get to know guys who are right for me.
Me : U know wat, that's so true!
Chris : Yah, coz the best time to get to know the opposite sex and maybe find ur other half is during college/uni coz that's when u hang out together, work on assignments together. And get to know each other really well to find out if u're compatible. And if u're not, at least u know better wat u're looking for in a partner. When u start working, hah, where got time even for urself, let alone get to know ppl!
Me : Hhmmm... true true... unless u're lucky lar... hehe...

See, isn't it so ironic for us (gals, that is. I dunno abt the boys) that when we're still studying (secondary and tertiary), our parents always always tell us not to get a boyfriend lest we forget our studies, fail every subject, and the whole world would end?? And then when we've graduated and started working, they ask us "So when are u getting married?" Well, thank gawd I haven't gotten the question from my parents; it's more from other ppl. But it's like, we're supposed to have this auto-switch labeled "Boyfriend" on OFF position while studying, and it magically comes ON when we've graduated. Like, a boyfriend is supposed to magically appear by ur side the moment u've started working. Duh!

It's NOT EASY to like someone and them liking u back (someone told me this, hehe), let alone find someone with whom u're comfortable enuf to even consider spending the rest of ur life. Wat's more when a lot of us (not me, though) have missed out on our prime time of getting to know the opposite sex.

So, something for the parents to think abt the next time they wanna ask their daughter(s) "So when are u getting married".

U Know When World Cup's Around the Corner...

...when ur male colleagues talk about football non-stop, all the way out of the office, in the elevator, on the way to lunch, during lunch, on the way back from lunch, back in the elevator, and back to ur seats.

And all u see on billboards along the highways, on TV, on print media, on radio stations, and almost every advertising space... are WORLD CUP ads!!!

The world can't wait!!! :-D

No Pets in Apt/Condo??

I dun get the rules & regulations in M'sian apartments and condos.

Doesnt't matter if you're the unit owner or renter, you are not allowed to keep any type of pets in ur unit.

See, I'd understand if they said no noisy pets. That's fine, if owners dun take the responsiility to control their pets and keep them quiet most of the time, then it's ok to say to those owners, no pets.

BUT if (1) the pets are not a nuisance, (2) the pets are indoors only, and (3) other residents dun complain, I dun see wat's wrong with having pets in an apt/condo.

Obviously, u can't keep a Great Dane or any large pet in an apt/condo. Any sane person would know that. But I strongly believe that smaller pets should be allowed.

See, the residents' committee at the place where I'm staying, time and time again, they would state in their meetings, NO PETS ALLOWED. The most recent meeting they had, they said it again (and included it in the by-laws or some crap), "NO PETS ALLOWED EXCEPT FISH." Duh!

ok... see, if I'm a unit owner, I dun see why some committee should tell wat I can or cannot do IN my own home! If I want to keep a pet, I shall!! Coz my pets are indoors only, no one sees a peep of them and they dun go roaming around the compound or other residents' units. But apparently, even indoors-only pets are not allowed.

I dunno wat these ppl are so afraid of. Firstly, they need to go read up studies that have proven the benefits of having pets. Secondly, they need to go see how apt/condo management is run overseas. Even in Singapore, they allow pets in their highrises! Heck, when I was renting an apt in the States, they allowed me to keep pets. I just needed to pay an extra deposit in case my pets damaged the place (which they didn't. Coincidently, a colleague of mine took over my apt unit after I'd left and he mentioned to another colleague that I'd kept the place so clean and my other colleague remarked "Yeah, and she had 2 cats too!")

So there u have it. Not only can we keep our pets in check, but we can also keep our rented units in tip-top condition too. Which is more than I can say for some ppl who thrash up a place even without having any pets.

I think these committee ppl have too much time on their hands. They should focus on more important issues like security and thrash collection, for instance, instead of bothering ppl abt wat they should/should not do INSIDE their own homes.

Malaysia apt/condo management is CRAP!

Hmph!

Bollywood, anyone???

I've taken to listening to the Tamil/Hindi radio station, 92.3. (Sorry, I can't tell the difference between Tamil and Hindi)

It's a refreshing change from the mainstream English pop stations.

:-D