We are So Grown-up

Last night went out for dinner and drinks with my college mates. We went to this seafood restaurant near Tropicana for dinner. Everyone’s stomach was growling by the dinner was finally served. As usual, we normally have to wait for 30-60 minutes for everyone to arrive, no exceptional for last night too. So, by the time we started eating, it was already close to 9pm.

There were 10 of us last night, and we ordered 2 plates of vegetables, one fish, 6 crabs (yes, SIX crabs!!), mussels, prawns and deep fried pork. After dinner, we headed off to SS2 for desserts. Yeah, everyone was so damn full, but each of us still managed to have another bowl of “tong shui” at this famous dessert shop in SS2. Some of the guys even ordered 2! Wonder why everyone has such good appetite last night!

Of course we didn’t come out solely to eat, but to get our wedding invitation cards from our friends who are getting married in 3 weeks time! That’s very fast! Throughout the night, the guys were talking about financial standards, how bad the property market is in Malaysia now, how market will be like after GST is implemented and etc. Get a life man! It was Saturday night! Since when we started talking about all these serious topics whenever we go out?!

Without realizing it, another friend and I who are in the same industry too started talking about our job, and sharing our experiences with those weird clients. The guys then yelled at us: “Hey, it’s a Saturday night! Stop talking about your work!”

All of sudden, I feel so grown-up (In fact, I am really a grown-up adult). I miss those days that we all gathered together and shared those silly gossips......

Merry Little Christmas

Another week to Christmas.

I don't really have that Christmas mood this year for no reason. Despite of the pretty decoration in shopping malls (especially MV Megamall), and nicely wrapped christmas gifts selling everywhere, none of the people around me is actually in the mood to plan for their Christmas.

While I was in the office this morning, I realised I haven't sent out any greeting cards to my clients yet. I found out that I was only given 5 pieces of cards, how pathetic! In that case, I have to "super" selective when sending out these cards. I decided to pick the top 5 clients who: give me the most revenue + most friendly + easiest to deal with! I wonder except these work-related-christmas-card, any of the people around me still send out the "real" (exclude e-card) Christmas cards. At least, I have stopped sending them quite long ago, and did not receive any too!

Some friends will be away for holiday during Christmas long weekend, some will be going to church on the Christmas eve, some are deciding where to have the Christmas eve dinner. Any good suggestion for Christmas dinner?

New Look!

Yes, I'm finally back! Finally I start writing and try my best to keep this blog active and as updated as possible. In conjunction with Christmas, I have also changed the template that I've been using. I have selected something I initially thought is suitable for Christmas, but I guess I'm wrong, the colour looks quite ... ...just not "me"!

Haven't been staying at home on a Saturday afternoon for quite some time. If you know me, I will definitely at the gym every Saturday after work. Since I can't stay for my favourite last class this weekend, due to a dinner to go, I choose not to go at all! Thanks to the good weather out there, I enjoy staying at home, with the cool breeze, and after rain smell, I'm happily blogging with the Madonna latest album - confessions on a dance floor playing!

Stay tune for more of my recent updates!

懒惰周末后的少少省思

这个周末终于可以悠闲地呆在家里。这几个星期也真的搞不懂是在忙些什么，每个周末都好像在匆匆忙忙中度过。
昨天是星期六，一大早就有meeting，最讨厌了！更令人讨厌的是我们几个exec在meeting 中还要挨骂！近来的工作压力很大，但是幸好还算撑得住。听完一轮的狗屁之后，我和另外两位同事提早离开公司，到1Utama 去探看军情。其实，是依照吩咐去看看别本杂志办的roadshow。完毕之后，时候也不早了，平白就花了我整个星期六下午在工作上。后来，就和大伙儿到the curve 去大展歌喉。算一算，我上一次去唱k大约是三个多月前的事了。第一次和同事们去，感觉也不错。喊破了喉咙之后，就赶着到朋友家去bbq。对了，会是要赶着去是有原因的， 原本到6点的厢房结果是被我们霸占到7点多。所以，以小女人心态来看，我强力推荐朋友们到the curve 来唱k.。因为经过我们的分析，这里的厢房应该是没有其他地点的来得多人，所以我们才能平白多唱了1 个多小时。
去到朋友的家，吓了一跳。 原本以为是一个小型bbq， 竟然搞到还有自助餐！谈谈笑笑之后，捧着满肚子的食物就快乐的回家了。
今天早上起来感觉很好，因为知道今天终于可以无所事事地赖在家里。和家人去cheras吃了传说中好好吃的叉烧排骨面，其实也只不过是如此。回到家后，洗了从上个周末累积下来的衣服， 望着空空的laundry bag， 好有成就感哦！是时候要开始工作了。这个周末真命苦，还要把工作带回来家里做。可是，再想想，为什么自己要这么刻薄自己嘛，明天上班才算吧！虽然，最终敌不过懒虫的我还是没有工作，可是，心里还是不是很舒服，有点牵挂之余，也有点埋怨自己为何如此命苦，在周末还要担心工作。
很快的，3 集精彩的 “大长今”让我把什么都忘掉了。之后又是晚餐时间，在下雨天和家人到火锅店去围着暖暖的炉吃火锅，也真是再好不过的事了！
刚刚上网时才得知以前一位在学生时期打工时认识的朋友在上个星期四遇到交通意外。目前，伤势很严重，生死未卜。在车祸之时，整辆车还燃烧起来，所以目前他身上40%的皮肤都被严重烧伤。有人说，他没有现场身亡，已经算是奇迹。他们相信当时有股力量把他从车中救了出来，要不然整个人也一定会被烧成灰烬。认识他的朋友，都觉得这件事来得好突然， 更让人觉得世事无常。诚心为这位朋友祈祷，希望他可以快快度过危险时期，早日康复。也希望身边其他的朋友，每一天都要时时提醒自己小心驾驶。

星期一忧郁症

今天患上严重性的星期一忧郁症。整天不但没什么心机做工，就连多说一句话都觉得困难。好不容易熬到下班了，就到健身房去上了一堂bodybalance课，好让自己可以静心一番。除了今天是星期一之外，其实还有一些东西是想不通的。也或许是如此，所以有一点提不起劲吧！从上个星期累积到这个星期，都还是找不到个答案。这算是第二次遇到类似如此的问题了，为什么每次都是发生在我身上呢？好想置之不理，可是，这有点像是逃避，可是，我又不是善于把话说开来的人。confrontation对我来说，实在有点像是mission impossible。
就看着办吧！星期二应该会是更好吧！愿所有的打工一族有个快乐的星期二。:)

Hooray~

Yeah~~ Finally I received my first media order yesterday! This is the first media order that I did from scratch by myself, from identifying the client account, to propose to client, to negotiate the rate, to now.... finally the client is agreed to make the booking!! Furthermore, it is a BIG BRAND!

Even though, I did get some orders before, but that was previously proposed by my manager... so I didn't really feel the satisfaction after closing a deal.

Hopefully this is a good start! -keep it up-

Work . Movie . Food . Gym

Work
This week has been quite a lazy week, since work is pretty slow. While we were waiting for the next publication of magazine, everyone at work seemed to work at a slower pace. We had a internal meeting yesterday. Finally, manager made some remarks on our performance so far. "You guys have to work harder, especially those who are still under probation". Sigh, more pressure……But I am glad that he did give some comment to our performance so far. It will be useful as some guidance to go further.

Movie
I went to watch Mr & Mrs Smith on last Thursday. Emm… maybe I was too tired for a after-work movie, I was a bit sleepy towards the end of the movie. I would say only ok for this movie. The story is actually quite boring, but at least you get to check out the sexy looking Angelina Jolie and yummy looking Brad Pitt! But compared to the previous movie I went, The Interpreter, that is definitely a recommended movie to watch.

FOOD!!
I wonder if I am ageing. After a night out, I feel very tired today. Yesterday after work, I went for duck rice with another 2 friends at paramount. Again, I finished that big plate of rice and a lot of duck meat!! We went to SS2 after that, and I had a yam milk shake with a scope of yam ice cream on top. Yeah, that was the time, I just craved for fattening food! After we left the place, I decided to try my luck, and checked out the traffic at MV. Surprisingly, it was pretty good and I managed to get a nice spot to park my car too! Haha! Timing was just nice for my body combat class. Hopefully, I burn the half of the duck rice that I ate previously.

Gym
After that, when my friend heard about this, she told me I’m a bit psycho. Emm…do I? I think I just feel good to sweat it out, and less guilty to eat so much. Moreover, I don't force myself to workout merely to lose weight. I just enjoy working out at the gym!

I am the most gorgeous one!

Yesterday I went for a swim at the gym with my colleague. It was the first time to wear my bikini in Malaysia since I came back from Sydney. Even though, I could see my tummy clearly when I had my bikini on, but I didn't uncomfortable at all. After all, I like my body!! (It's not sour grape... I really mean it!)

Before heading to the pool side, my colleague and I stood in front of the full length mirror checking ourselves. "Look at my thighs man, they are SOO big!!" said my collegue. Yeah, you all shall meet her, she has the so called ideal body, small waist, small thighs.... overall, GOOD body that can afford to wear super mini skirt to work, pair with killer high heels!

I asked:" so, what are mine?". "No, look at this, when I wear swim suit really can see my thighs are so big!!"

"Alright, you have the biggest tighs in the world! Let's go to swim with the most gorgeous girl with small thighs next to you now."

Recap of the days, weeks, months...

Finally, I managed to get rid of the lazy bugs in my body, and updating my blog here..... hehehe... so it wasn't my fault for not updating the blog, but the bugs in my body.

Part 1

Recently life has changed a little ever since I joined this company. The thought of "it's a another routine day at work.. sigh..." no longer appear when I get up in the morning. The job is getting more interesting, at the same time more challenging, and stressful too! But the thing is I enjoy this job more than the previous one. There is still yet so much to learn.
Last Thursday I went for an appointment with my manager. This is the first time I went out with him ever since I started going out on my own. Before the appointment, I was told that I have to do the presentation later. I was kinda nervous, as I never done any with the presence of my manager in front clients. I guess that was considered an assessment before my confirmation. Luckily, everything went well, my manager was kind enough to answer most of the questions from clients. No comment from him after the appointment.... I wonder what does he think of my performance....

Part 2

Apart from the job function which is quite interesting, I like my colleagues too! They are cool, and fun to hang out with... Ever since I joined, we had countless of after work (or during work?) yum cha sessions, 1 Friday night dinner, 1 Friday night happy hour, 1 Friday night clubbing session, a lot of shopping trips...... isn't it sound fabulous?!

Part 3

Yeah, I have been working out very hard at the gym. But just that I didn't see myself losing weight though... I wonder why???????? That day I went for dinner with a friend after the movie. We were at Bangsar Telawi having this, supposedly very famous (to judge from the crowd) Nasi Daun Pisang. After the dinner, my friend looked at my plate, and had that funny expression on his face. " Honestly, as a girl, you can really eat a lot!! I don't think some guys can finish that portion of rice too!!" Obvoiusly, that isn't a compliment to tell you that you actually good in appreciating food. To try to comfort me, he said again:" it's oklah, you go work out at the gym what!" So, I guess now I know why I have not been losing much weight......

But when looking at all the yummy food out there, how can I resist??!!

给fei的留言

昨晚看到你的blog知道你就职成功，很替你感到高兴！这真是天大的好消息！希望这是你在日本大展拳脚的好开始。从你近来的文字里得知你在日本的生活过得称心如意， 一切都是顺顺利利，真是替你感到高兴。为你已找到的幸福与快乐干杯！

p/s: 不知道是什么原因无法看到你的blog里的留言板，所以就特地拓了个版位给你。这也代表我的祝福有多么的有诚意哦！

BIG Joke!

I went out on the Tuesday night. This is very unusual as I hardly go out on a weekday night. But there is a friend down in town for some training courses. Thus, all of us decided to have a ice cream cum catch up session at Baskin Robbins USJ. My eyes nearly popped out when I know the venue to meet up! Thank you Julean, for coming all the way to pick me up, if not I would have stayed at home instead of driving there by myself.(though I guess u have no choice :P)
Guess what? Although everyone except me has a cool camera phone, or even pocket pc...... there was a serious miscommunication among us!!! We left out the friend who is down in town, and none of us call to confirm tonight's meeting with him!!!! Gosh!! He stays in Shah Alam, and no one has any idea where is the place.
It was really a BIG JOKE! After passing the phones around, talked to the friend ho refuse to take a cab to come to USJ, we decided to make it as a casual catch up session among us. As it has been a while since we last met, it was a good one. After Baskin Robbins, we head down to another HORRIBLE Hong Kong style "cha chan teng" to continue. The service, environment and the drinks were bad, but we did have a good time.
I think that was a night worth to sacrifice some sleep and meet up with these sweet friends.

Longing for Vacation!!!

I'm longing for a vacation. Not necessary a long vacation that I have to take a flight to get there. Even a near destination will do. It has been long since my last holiday. It was last year March when I went to Singapore with my family. But that wasn’t really what I would call as “vacation”. So even the trip before was the one I went to Gold Coast with the girls. It was a good one! I miss the beaches, sun, and the bikinis!!
My sis is going to Tioman next week. Huoy is going to Redang next week. My colleague is going to Hong Kong next week. I’m going to work as usual next week. A short check list came cross my mind when I think of planning for MY next holiday:
1. sufficient cash (do not need much for an island trip)
2. few days leave (not a problem after my 3-month probation)
3. good company (this is probably the most difficult part)
When will be my next holiday??!!

I'm back!

Finally I get to update my blog! This round it has nothing to do with my laziness. It was due to the bloody virus I got from my MSN messenger! The bloody virus made me could not log into any of the page which require me to access with a password. So you can imagine how I live through the days without checking my mails, updating my blogs and going into my friendster. Anyway, it’s all gone now! *Thanks to this kind friend of mine to spare your precious time to fix it for me :) *

Here goes my statistic sheet to summarise my recent life:

1. Days since last update my blog: countless
2. Days at my new job: 30 days (time flies!)

3. Proposals done: 8 (so not productive)
4. Media order received: 0 (yes, it’s a big fat zero!! No business in yet)
5. Nasty person met at work: 0 (lucky me)
6. Nice person met at work: all my colleagues and some media people from the agency
7. Product launching attended: 3 (the most interesting one would be the BMW launch. A good eye opener and bumped into an old friend that almost lost touch!)

8. Shopping trips done: 2
9. Items purchased in the recent trip: 1 (yes! I really NEED a mascara!)

10. Social life: …… (if I could quantify my social life, I would put ZERO)
11. Pheromone produced: 0
12. Pheromone level: negative level (it does explain the big fat zero under my social life column right?)

It does not look like an interesting statistic sheet at all. But it does reflect my recent days. Erm, look forward to more interesting days ahead!

Tie the knot?!

I had a good weekend catching up with some friends that I never met for quite some time. Saturday afternoon, I went to Mid Valley to meet up a friend for lunch. We went to chili’s as I felt so greedy and hungry and really craved for some “satisfying” food, in another words, a big portion of food! Apart from the yummy food that they have, one thing I really like about chili’s is the bottomless beverages that they offer. That is why we could spend nearly 4 hours there with our fruit juices refilled for countless times!! Later on, another friend came to join us as well.

In that afternoon, I have to digest the news of my friend is getting married soon. This is the second friend who is at my age that wants to get married! Another friend who joined us later on told us that she and her bf has been planning to get married probably 2 yrs later. I was kinda in shock when this topic brought up during our conversation. Oh well, yeah, this is not the first time we talked about marriage, but I just never thought that it is already so near us! It makes me wonder who will be the next person who will give to their wedding. All of sudden, the topic that we were talking about make myself feel so like an ADULT but in another way, I felt left out too! This is just something that never came across my mind! I would probably think of my career, my family, maybe a guy that I have crush on, maybe a good friend that I care about, but just not marriage. It is not that marriage isn’t something for me, but maybe I’m not at that stage yet to think about it. I guess we all at a different pace now, and maybe I’m the one taking a damn slow pace that left behind.

Congratulations to all my friends who tied the knot, going to tie the knot, and plan to tie the knot soon! All my best wishes to all these happy couples!

怪怪的我

近来的生活怪怪的，说不上是充实，说不上是空洞，不是很忙，却老是觉得时间不够用，似乎也觉得有点盲。满脑子有一大堆理不清，也说不出的想法及感受。也或许是如此，我也不知道要如何把它们化作文字。一直以来都觉得自己不是一个表达能力有问题的人，可是，近来的自己却是越来越不会表达自己了。有时因为这样，也觉得倒不如不说了，真糟糕！可是，又明白自己不是一个可以把东西都收着不说的人，把组织不到的话都往肚子里吞的感受很不爽！真是令人讨厌的家伙！真想盖自己两巴掌！
请赐我，或还我表达能力吧！又或是并不是我的表达能力出了问题，而是我的脑袋出了问题？真是怪怪的我。

最初的感动 - 续篇

上个星期日在报章上看到一则光良的访问，就把它剪了下来，打算要将里头的一些内容贴上来和大家分享。，可是糊涂的我不晓得把它放了哪里。当我读着那篇访问时，总觉得里头有些内容非常熟悉，不知道在那儿看过的。
内容大意约是 -“童话”这首歌象是一首说不出有多特别的歌，可是听过这首歌的人都会感受到那份感动，那一份最初的感动。后来想了想之后，我才记起，这不是和我之前些的那篇 blog 有异曲同工之妙吗？想不到，还有那么多人和我有共鸣！那篇访问的结尾还说那位记者后来到了各大书局尝试要找光良最近出版的那一本五线乐谱，可是却找不到，还以为是本地找不到。后来，一问之下，才知道是卖光了，出版商都在赶着加印！
加油噢！

Finally, it's up!

Last Friday I attended a product launching with my colleague at Sunway Hotel. It was actually kinda interesting to me, as it was the first time for me to attend such an event. Unfortunately, I only got to know about it on that morning itself. Can you imagine? It was a Friday where everyone (at least me) would actually dress more casual to work. On that morning, when I was standing in front of my wardrobe, I decided to put on my pink and brown flora skirt and matched it with a plain black top, which actually looks like, no, it’s exactly a baby tee. Luckily, I didn’t allow myself to forgo that pair of pantyhose. Yeah, the idea of just not wearing the pantyhose did come across my mind, but phew~~ I managed to beat the laziness laid in me.

When we reached the place, we realized that we were actually an hour early! In order to ensure the programs run smoothly, the organizer actually allocated ONE HOUR for the media registration. It makes me wonder, if most media people always late for such function. Anyway, the one hour waiting time was just nice for me to have a chat with my colleague. Since I always didn’t get a chance to talk to her in the office, it was a good chance to know her better through the conversation. I guess after all we are just ordinary girls, who like shopping, food and … gossip!!

After the good chat, we were directed to the entrance of the ballroom and ushered to our seats at the few front rows. The whole product launch, plus the press conference later on took up about an hour and a half. I actually started getting bored when reporters asked some technical questions that I had no idea what are all that about.

Finally, the launch came to an end, and we were ushered to another ballroom to have our lunch!! I know I sound greedy, but I was so hungry. When we left the place, we even got product sample as door gift!

This is my 7th day at work, and I finally got a chance to go out for appointment! I went for 2 appointments with my manager. Honestly, I felt myself looked very stupid during the appointment. In the first appointment, my manager did all the talking, and presented all materials prepared to the client. I was just sitting there, looking at both of them. I always think that from one’s eye contact, you can actually determine your importance in that conversation. Since, the client didn’t even bother to look at me throughout the whole conversation after exchanging name cards, so you can tell how important I was during that appointment right. Anyways, it was a good chance to learn from my manager ways to do presentation and to approach clients.

Here goes my 7th day at work, and I believe there are more to share when time comes. Stay tune!

p/s: I actually wrote this few days ago, but just did not get the chance to post it up. Oh right, yeah be more accurate, I was just too lazy to come online to post it up. But anyway, finally now it's here. ;)

mAgaZiNeS... MaGazInEs... maGAzINeS...

Just a quick recap of what happened in the past few days.

Sun:

Had a great time went to the musical –The Sound of Music at Istana Budaya. The musical was incredible! This is only my second time to go for a musical play in Malaysia. Compared to the previous musical, Saturday Night Fever that I went to, I would personally prefer this one. For more details, you may check out Felicia’s blog! Basically, my day ended pretty early on that day. It is a very unusual thing that I would iron my clothes and get everything ready the night before a working day. But the next day isn’t another ordinary day, but my FIRST day at my new work place!

Mon:

Woke up around 7:15am. Left the house at 7:50a.m, and I reached the office at 8:30!! OMG, this is so early! I only start work at 9! After I met up with my manager, few of my colleagues invited me to go for breakfast with them. Since, I already had my breakfast, I just went there to have a drink, and started chit-chatting with them. As what I expected, my first day at work was boring……My manager gave me a few of the magazines to let me read through. So basically, I spent my whole day sitting there to read magazines.

Tues:

Again I arrived the office slightly past 830, went for breakfast with my colleagues after that. Most of my colleagues started packing and gone out for appointment. My manager was still too busy to brief me on some technical details before he could bring me out for any appointments. Went to Kelana Jaya for lunch with colleagues in the afternoon. Another day as gone after reading two, three, or……countless magazines.

Wednesday:

Same as above.

It has been three good days at my new work place. Even though, I was so bored at work, and had nothing to do except reading magazines in these few days. Surprisingly, I have no complaint at all. When looking at my colleagues busy at work everyday, I quite look forward to get into work as soon as possible. I wonder how long I will have to take to pick up these. No matter how, looking at the client account that I will be handling, I start getting excited, and… nah, nothing, but all the best to myself, and everyone’s at work!

Happy working!

p/s: thanks for the few friends who drop me a message or even called me up to wish me luck on my first day at work :)

Bye Bye~~

This gonna be the last time I blog on my workstation in this office. it is now close to 8pm. I'm probably the last one who leave the office today. Maybe quite a short notice was given, most people only know that I'm leaving in this week. No major farewell, and it is the way thayt I like.
Colleagues say goodbye to me and wish me all the best in my future undertakings.
Had a long talk with my manager before she left just now, most of it about the current issues in our company. Before she left, she told me:" all the best to you, and one last word to you: not to be too trusting in your future job". I asked if she thinks I'm like that. She said no, but she thinks that I'm still very innocent. Just few words, but left me with lots of thoughts....
I did my best in handover, and hope I make it a smooth transition. It has been a great learning & working experience in this company.Despite of all the complaints & grieavances, I did learn a lot from my superiors and colleagues.
Coming to the end of my service in this company, I wish every of my colleagues all the best.
I look forward to opening another new chapter in my life soon.

Going to saÿ Bye

I was in the office till quite late today. I wasn’t in the hurry to leave as usual, reason being is because I still have plenty to do, and I know this is my second last day in the office.

I was quite eager to leave this place and couldn’t wait to go to a new environment during days before yesterday. However, I feel slightly different in these 2 days. I start to slow down my pace while walking along the corridor, take a longer time at the pantry while making my morning coffee, and take a few more glances at my room before leaving the office. Even this evening when I was walking out from the gym that is just further down from my office, I felt different. It is a mixture of feeling that I can’t put it down in words.

Yesterday I had a good lunch with another 3 colleagues at Inagiku Japanese Restaurant. It was treated as a farewell lunch for me. When it comes to food, I just can’t help but to write a little bit more on it. When looking at the lunch menu, I was not too impressed. Maybe it was because very little description given on the menu. All the Japanese names just do not help much to decide what to order. Finally, each of us ordered a different set lunch. The sashimi and sushi set lunch that I had is…… YUMMY!! The sashimi are so fresh and sliced in right thickness. I always enjoy eating fish roe sushi, and they served one of the best that I have tried so far. I like their food presentation with food served in those pretty and delicate Japanese plates with different sizes. With the full stomach, I felt very happy, but a little lazy… :”)

I hope tomorrow will be a good day - Handover to be done smoothly and no hard feeling from anyone. :)

p/s: Thought I could have write a more interesting and detailed blog. But I'm just too sleepy.... good night everyone, sweet dream. :)

My Shitty Week ( After all it wasn't that shitty~)

Finally it comes to the end of week. I rarely stay up till so late on a Sunday night, especially for the purpose of updating my blog.

This past week has been very stressful and quite a shitty one.

I tendered my resignation on Monday. Things didn't really go well, but it was kinda expected. However, Monday was just the beginning of this shitty week. In the next few days, I was bombarded by emails from my superior on different issues, mainly on the handover of jobs. I shouldn't word it as "harsh", but I would think all these messages could be conveyed in a nicer manner. I noticed myself ate lesser in that few days, and complained alot. Didn't it reflect that I was quite stress up by this whole thing?

In that few days, I wanted so much to talk a person. However, I had no idea where on earth this person was. Instead of sharing my worries with this person, I got even more upset because of that person. From getting upset, to frustrated, to fed up till now I feel nothing, but feeling myself was a bit silly and think that person is even much more stupider than me. I do not like to play game, but I guess I was part of the game in that few days. I wonder if they had fun with that. I would be happy if they did. At least, in their meaningless life, I did play a role to spice up their life huh.

Did not really spend too much time to think about it anymore after Wednesday. I would be appreciative if I could have some luxury time to relax and unwind in the midst of busy work. On Friday, I decided to go for Body Balance class after work. Maybe a meditation session would be good for me. It did a good job on me, I felt much better with myself after that.

Towards the end of week, everything was getting better. I took a 2-hour lunch on Friday with my sister at KLCC Aseana Café. With the good view facing Mandarin Oriental Hotel and KLCC park, I had a authentic Sumatran chicken rice that tasted quite good. After lunch, I went to KLCC to pick up the CD that I have ordered a week ago at Tower Records. Hooray~!

Had a good workout session on Saturday afternoon. I was suppose to go for the Easter play in Bukit Jalil on that night. But I couldn’t make it at the end due to my gastric. *remember not to skip meal anymore!!* Later at night when I felt better, I went out for drinks with few friends to catch up, and was a good girls’ night out!

I went to watch “Sepet” this afternoon. With a lot of compliments and promises from a award-winning movie, I set quite a high expectation to it. To my surprise, it is even better that I expected! I really highly recommend this movie to everyone. As a Malaysian, you would definitely know how to appreciate this movie more! I will write more about this movie later. When I was walking out from the cinema, I was thinking: I’m so proud to be a Malaysian!”*wink*

After the movie, we went to Green Lotus Café for dinner. This is my first time there, and I quite like the place. With “Siamese” theme of decoration in the restaurant, the place looks cosy and very unique. I had a Thai green curry chicken with rice wrapped in Lotus leaves, and Sambal squid, mango salad served at the side. The food is good, I rated 8 out of 10 for it! The place is just too cosy to leave once after you finish the food on table. We were there for quite some time, had a good chat with my friend, over a nice pot of Peach and Passion tea with dash of honey.

This is the only pic taken - Thai Green Curry chicken, it does look good right?

It’s Monday again tomorrow. Another 5 days at my old job. I have been through the worst in this past week, so I believe nothing worse will happen in this following week. I will get myself ready in this week, and look forward to starting my new job soon!

All my friends, please keep your finger cross for me, and wish me luck, okie? *wink*

听到最初的感动~~

上两个星期， 跑了好几家唱片行要找一张原以为很容易就可以买得到 的唱片。岂知，问过了好几家店都说售完了！当时心里更加觉得非要找到这张唱片不可！ 但时，当时的我心里也暗地里觉得好高兴：真想不到这张专辑的销售这么好！最后，我唯有在最后一间到过的唱片行填下订购单，在唱片到的时候再拨电给我。
昨天再到那家唱片行时，竟发现忘了带订购单， 当时心想：无所谓，就走到货架上随便拿一张吧！既然新货刚到， 一定是很多在架上的。竟然。。。 竟然。。。 竟然在架上一张他的最新唱片也找不到！就只看到旧专辑零散的摆在架上。没有办法，只好硬着头皮走到柜台去碰碰运气了。幸好，店员很友善，不消一阵子就把我之前预定的唱片找到了!
昨晚听着里头一首首的歌，情绪也跟着里头的旋律波动起来。不晓得为什么他的歌曲里的每一个旋律都有着牵动人心的力量。 记得第一次听“童话”时，也是我第一次看他的音乐录影带，从第一个音符开始， 我就像听着一个感人的童话故事一样，随着里头故事情节的变化而高兴，而落泪。每一次听这首歌时，都有一种想哭得感觉， 不是因为伤心想哭，而是里头那一份莫名的感动而令我流泪。
里头有太多的好歌，自己很喜欢，像“天堂”，“少年”， “手机留言”。。。每次听光良的歌，都觉得里头带着淡淡的忧伤，让人的情绪也会跟着里头的旋律波动。虽然这次也有类似的感觉，可是，多听了几次之后， 我却发现这是因为他的音乐里头 除了有动人的旋律及精彩的故事情节之外，每一个用心写出来的音符都带着最初的感动。
*当音乐回到最原始的样子，才能感受到那一份最初的感动。*

DAMMIT~~~!!!

It is now 6:12pm.
Why am I still in the office after 42 minutes past my working hours?......on a day that all my bosses are not in summore~~!!
Dammit~~!! I suppose to leave at 530pm sharp and go to the gym for 545pm class! Why the h*** I am stucked here with that contractor just now for meeting??!! EEeeerrrrr..... feel so fat today......with my 6 dumplings with vermicelli, plus a small glass of coke!!!

It's a sweet birthday - snap shots

hohoho.. my birthday seems like a never ending story...Here are few snapshots at the Cafe Cafe.

First picture taken after I sat down, in my black turtle neck top... can't see the skirt I wore, check out the followings....

Make a wish...... 1. for everyone:hope everyone is happy and healthy always..2.... 3..... will tell you they come true...

do look a bit off... :") but check out the decorative items behind, arent they..... gorgeous??!!

Let's toast for this happy and lovely night at Cafe Cafe

It's a sweet birthday - part 2

Though it was my birthday, I still spare about 2 hours to work out at the gym. Mainly it's because of the heavy meal that I was expecting!!

Around 7:30p.m, I have already dressed up nicely in my new topshop miniskirt, and my black halter top. Needless to say, I definitely have to accesorise myself on this special occasion :) I put on my blue crystal butterfly hair clip (*lovely gift from fei fei*), a bracelet (*21st bday gift from my housemates n others*), and.. yeah.. something is lacking... I couldn't find a matching necklace! Forget about it, I still look good without it :P

Finally, at about 815pm, we were right in front of this restaurant - Cafe Cafe. This is so scary! " Felicia, I knew that you made a booking at 830pm, and I expected to see you there too , but not right in front of the restaurant, and reached the door at the SAME time!! we turned into the corner at the exact same time from both opposite direction!!"

Back to my birthday dinner. The ambience and deco in the restaurant is so lovely!! After we got a table for 3, we started looking at the menu and placed order. After that..... omg!! 3 of us just couldn't stop taking pictures, from sitting at dining table, standing at almost every corner in the restaurant, taking first sip of the white wine, appreciating the presentation of every single dish served........ almost everything!!!

Anyways, I had a 3 course dinner started from sliced toasted multigrain bread with goose liver pate, then here came my main course: yummy spaghetti with mussels n pesto sauce... n lastly my dessert: vanilla ice cream. We basically shared all food that we ordered, and we all agree they serve very good dessert. I like their tiramisu *yum yum* (this is even better the one from Alexis - the best I had in KL so far) The cake with strong rum and coffee taste mixed with smooth cream just melt in your mouth..... I feel myself in heaven! ;) The chocolate mousse is good too, not too sweet, but it tastes a bit bitter, just the way I like. Even the vanilla ice cream, yes, that ordinary one scoop of vanilla ice cream tastes so"vanilla"ish and more delicious than what we had before... hahhaha..

oh.... I'm just too indulged in the delicate french cuisine. Here comes the most important part of the night: sam n xiu, together with huoy and anne got me a present, which is.....oh man... it's the topshop mini skirt that I tried on the other day!!

* girls, thanks for the lovely present from you all, I really like it a lot. But I guess I still don't have that guts to wear it out during day time :") Before losing more weights, I will wear it out at night, ok? ;) Feel a bit sentimental here, this is my 23rd birthday..... thanks for all the things you all have done for me all these while, I'm really blessed to have you all by my side all the time*

I am yet to post up all our lovely photos once I get it from sam. Not only the Paris-alike restaurant that you have to look forward to, but the pretty girls in it too!

p/s: feli, thanks for your "teh tarik" cake and your effort to make us look pretty in that few shots! It's soon your turn to turn 23rd!

It's a sweet birthday - Part 1

It's my birthday again! Yes, this is the 23rd birthday!!

The celebration started from yesterday at the office. Myself and another 3 colleagues whose birthday in March celebrated together. My 1st birthday cake - a tiramisu.

Later at night, I went out with some college mates. I had my 2nd birthday cake - a cappucino cake. Notice the similarity between both cakes? - both with caffein! Yeah, that's what I like! *winks*

This is my cappucino cake - with only one candle on top after my special request :)

After I made a wish, waiting for them to take out all their advanced camera phone to take photo.

Cutting my cake, instead I was looking at another camera....phone..

Ai Ee and myself

Apart from the birthday celebration, I was happy to catch up with everyone ever since the time we met last year! It's all about work again while we were busy updating each other. Everyone has been working really hard. At least, I can tell from everyone's exhausted face :P

*Thanks for doing all these for me guys, I know it's kinda tiring to drag you all out after a long day. I save one of my birthday wishes for everyone: wish all family and friends are happy and healthy everyday*

Now, I'm sitting in my office, look forward to having more fun on my birthday. This is something unexpected though, I wasn't this looking forward to my birthday days before yesterday - it's my 23rd! After all, why bother how old I am, but let's just have some fun!

More oomph~~

Oh man! My arms and tighs are aching when I woke up this morning~~ Especially the bisep muscles on both arms are.... ouch~~

This is what I got from the Body Combat class attended yesterday. I never attended any before. Yesterday after the Body Jam, instead of taking a rest while waiting for the next Body Step class, I sneaked into Body Combat class without registered (oops!)

My friend and I are first timer. I was standing somewhere towards the back in the studio, couldn't really see my own reflection from the mirror. Wondered how do I look like with all those movements. =P

The class started off with some slower pace warm-up steps, like jabs, hook and some jumps. The whole studio got heated up after the first track. The following tracks involved a lot of kicking, punching and shouting, yes, it's shouting "ha! ha!" ho!" Everone looked so into it, as if aiming to punch and kick their enemy!! I like the "Skataer Boy"track. We were split into 2 groups, facing each other. Along the music, we moved forward to punch and kick, then moved backward to go back to position. The interactions in the class made everyone so excited and worked real hard too! The shouting in room got louder and louder!!

I like this class, not only the sweat-a-lot part, but it is a good stress and inhibition buster~!

Imagine the annoying people you meet at the office: side kick, back kick, with 2 punches, add in another front kick, 4 jabs~~~ wahahaha.... Ooops... no, no, no, I will never do that.

蓝色蝴蝶带来的喜悦

昨天收到了一份意外的惊喜。不把它写作礼物是因为，它不只是一件物品，而是一份心意，一份坚固友谊的结成品。
（不想把它写得文驺驺，可是除了这之外，却也想不到正确的词句去表达。=P）

fei说要在这个星期六才能把它打开。我摸了摸手中的浅绿色礼物纸，里头凹凸不平,形状像一对翅膀。。。“嘿！我知道里头是什么东西！”我对fei 说。他终于说我可以打开来看。打开一看，果然如我所料！

好友就是如此吧！记得去年的这个时候，fei 和 xiu也为我的生日作了类似的事情。打开袋子一看，是一个我在逛街时相中好久的包包！我真的好喜欢，可是也更加为了好朋友的这份心意而感到高兴和感动。

这次的是一个铜色发夹，上面镶了一个蓝色水晶蝴蝶。上次我们三人一起到 mon't kiara ABC market 时，我看到其中一个摊子的老板娘夹在头发，实在是美呆了！ 后来，在其中一个摊子发现了它，我就像是发现新大陆似的。可是，还是恨不下心肠，这么贵买个发夹。昨晚在fei面前打开礼物时，看到里头的蓝蝴蝶，又提醒了我去年的感动。

ryoji 也给我买了一个巧克力Famous Amos Muffin。 对他说了谢谢（Arigato)之后，我还沉浸在意外+感动的情绪里，忘了对他说：“你真是太客气了，实在不需要如此破费。” fei,可以帮我翻译并转告吗？

人生得一知己，死而无憾。（好像言重了？） 更何况，我现在拥有不止一个。

谢谢你们。

1+1=2?

Weather: Hazy day
Mood: Moderately bad

I just came back from lunch with a colleague. We went to this small store that always pack with lunch crowd from people work nearby. The food aren't very delicious, the price is just accpetable for city centre standard, range from RM4.50-RM6 for a regular fried noodles or fried rice, the environment is bad, with a small space try so hard to accomodate so many people. Lastly, the service is terrible as they always scolded you for not giving small change or take up too many space! You must think that all patrons must be crazy. Emm....I suppose so, as so many of us still go back to that place regularly.

To introduce this crap place is not the main topic in this blog. Here you go, I bumped into a friend while I was walking there to get my lunch. I was to hungry to catch up, but just to say hi and rush to stuff my face. When I walked out from the store with my full stomach and heading to the fruit stall, I heard someone called my name. It's him again sitting there eating fruits with 2 colleagues.

We did talk a bit, started with a topic that nreally got on my nerves. I got pretty annoyed throughout the whole conversation, feeling very uneasy to continue it, and almost on the verge of telling them off. Not to be rude, I excused myself and ended the conversation with lots of frustration in myself.

When I was walking back to the office, I wondered if it was the stupid jokes, nonsense talk, or the person himself that annoyed me so much. I wonder the reason I was once so close with this person, and all of sudden, he feels like a stranger to me. Is tat him that has changed so much? Or I'm the one who change?

This is probably a problem that I will never figure out the solution.... How I wish this is just another mathematics problem, like 1+1=2.

Life just ain't like this right?

Mei's empty soul

It has been almost a month since my last blog! Despite the fact that not many people actually care about how often I update my blog, I still feel bad for not writing anything. Maybe it is because " gone out too often + had too much fun + excessive level of alcohol + read too little -> makes mei a lazy bum with empty soul....
The most remarkable thing happened in the past few weeks was: my dearest fren- fei fei is back in KL! I guess she is part of the reason, why I have been going out so much.. hehehe.. It is always good to hang out with friend that you know each other so well, that you don't even have to take long to decide the next destination after one. Another week, she will back to the place with sakura blossom everywhere.
Maybe it is good in a way that we take these few weeks as a long break to recharge and get back to the real world and work/study hard! Gambade, all my dear friends!

Waiting for my holiday.....

I'm counting the days to Chinese New Year. I don't really look forward to celebrating cny, but I do look forward to my holiday. With the extra 2 days leave I have applied for, 1, 2 , 3...... I have 7 days off!! hahaha!! I think this is the longest holiday that I ever had since I started working!
I'm already in holiday mood now, and I guess I'm not the only one like this in the office: sit in ront of the desk, look like working hard, in fact, mind is wandering, planning for holiday!
I actually have nothing much to write here, but just feel the need of dropping a few lines here (yeah, though I think maybe no one reads it!)
Wait for my next blog, about my - BIG CAREER! (actually not that big, but I guess that's the only exciting and challenging thing happened to me lately) Stay tune!

Carnegie's

Finally it's Friday! I have been so busy this whole day. As usual, my manager who has no time managment only started asking me to prepare whatever proposal she needs for the meeting in the afternoon. But luckily I still managed to sneak out in the midst of busy work to have lunch.
We had lunch at this Bistro that is newly opened at the ground floor of our building called "Carnegie's". They have been in the market for quite some time in Singapore, Perth, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The place looks pretty cool with all 70's & 80's posters on the wall and plays good music.
We are the first group of persons went in for lunch (3 persons count as a group right?) I ordered a set lunch that came with a salad, grilled snapper and a drink with the options of soft drinks, coffee, tea, draught beer or wine. Can you imagine? Alcohol over the lunch! It really reminds me of aussie! But at the end, I had only a ice leomn tea.
Overall the food are nice, but the service is slow. In order to beat the lunch crowd, I think they need to increase their efficiency. Buy anyway, besides the food, there are always more interesting things to talk about, like the patrons. hehe....
A lot of "yummy" (a description quoted from a friend) people actually went there for lunch this afternoon. I guess they all work around here, probably just the building next door. It makes me think: why all these interesting and yummy people only exist in other company but not mine??!!! I doubt this is the "grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" thinking. This is really true!
Anyway, overall today's lunch is good, a relaxing one to help me to de-stress abit to continue my second half of the day.

In the state of anti-social

When I got up this morning, I feel sick. Today suppose to be a day that I look forward to coming to work. Before I left the office yesterday, they said we will get to know how much bonus and increment we will be getting this year - and it suppose to be a good one! But somehow, I just feel indifferent with 1 or 2 mths bonus( If I ever get so much!) Something is lacking in this job - job satisfaction.
Maybe I'm pmsing + feeling sick (sorethroat & headache) + a little bit grumpy due to lack of sleep. I'm sitting in front of my desk, pretending I'm working hard, in fact, I'm blogging. A bit anti-social since I came in, feel too bored to talk to any of the boring colleagues here. (Am I very mean?) I think I did the same thing when I was at the gym yesterday. I pretended I didn't see those familiar faces and be anti-social to sit at one corner to read newspapers. I stepped into the studio once the body step class started, when the class ended, I go straight into changing room to bathe. I'm so anti-social! I can't believe that I pretended I didn't my friend when I was on my way out from the gym. I think I saw the confused look on my friend's face when he saw me just walked past as if I don't know him.
Maybe another gym class is needed, preferably bodyjam class to uplift my spirit. Or maybe a glass of Chadonnay will do (since it does help Bridget huh)?

"He is just not that into you"

I was flipping through this book named"He is just not that into you"this afternoon when I was at Times Bookstore. Normally, this kind of book is just not my cup of tea, but something attract my attention on the book cover : "Sex & The City relationship consultant - Greg something". Yes, those are the magic words that made me opened up the book and started reading it.
Greg says we are all dating the same men. That's why whatever in the book are applicable to all men.
Chapter 1:
"he is just not that into you, if he is not asking you out"
"he is probably in the midst of busy work, he is probably too shy to call, he is probably does not want to mess up our friendship.....", all these are only excuses to tell you that - He is not that into you.

Chapter 2:
"he is not that into you, if he is not calling you"

Chapter 3:
"he is not that into you, if he is not dating you"

Chapter 4:
"he is not that into you, if he only call you when he is drunk"

Chapter 5:
"he is not that into you, if he is not having sex with you"

There are still whole long list reasons to go.... I have no idea how true are these to reflect on our Malaysian men. But I guess at the end of the day, men are men, regardless of their nationality, skin colour and education level.
From a woman's perspective, I will always ask a guy out, even I'm not into him; I will call up a guy and talk for an hour, even I'm not into him. But I would neither date nor have sex with a guy that I'm not into him at all. I called a guy on the night I got drunk, I wasn't into him, but definitely he is someone special than the others to me.
What do you all think , especially guys?

我的茨场街 “二”游

继上一篇的blog 之后， 心有点不甘，总是在想着很想到茨场街去。终于， 上个周末完了我的心愿。

日期：2005年的第8 天

时间：晚餐时间

上个周末， 和三个老朋友到椰子屋去享用晚餐。 尽管，我们到达目的地时都已经是大约九点了， 可是， 我们都还是满怀期待的要去一尝这闻名已旧， 可是却一再没机会尝试的地方。这是我第一次来到椰子屋，没有抱太大的期望。可是，朋友中尝过它的食物的，都有些许的失望。我们点了两个不同风味的中型Pizza。 蛮有口感， 因为他们的pizza是薄薄的那种，吃起来脆脆的，很过瘾！只可惜，我是嫌它的味道不够浓， cheese 不够多（也真是要感激老板的用心良苦，看到我们的样子，或许知道我们应该要少吃了！）其中我们也点了一道名为Rice Ball stuffed with cheese 的前菜。伺应生告诉我们这道菜很不错，（单看名字也真的忍不住要留口水了！）他形容说：“当你切开那很大的饭团时，里头都是cheese!”听了之后，又怎么能不试呢？只可惜，"name" can be deceived。。。当这道前菜来到时：1. 饭团并没有如他所形容的如此大！2. 切开来之后，根本看不到cheese 的踪迹。3. 把所谓的cheese饭团放入口中也真的尝不到cheese 的味道。4. 饭团的周遭还淋了一些类似奶油的东西，甜甜的，味道和饭团竟一点也不相称。整顿晚餐，就只有名为coconut blended 的饮料还不错， 里头还可以吃到已被打得碎碎的椰肉干，喝在口里还带有香甜的椰肉味！可是，据我的那一位食家朋友， sam 说，还是马六甲的比较好。对于我来说，没有比较，这已经是不错了。在结账之后，大家都觉得价钱公道， 就在这做个小总结。

食物：6.5/10

服务：4/10

环境：7/10

价格：7/10

其实，椰子屋里头的装潢并没有特别的impressive， 只是胜在我们都很享受他们播放的歌。应该都是一些70-80 年代的oldies吧!所以，当一些歌曲我们可以朗朗上口地唱着时，我们都被吓着了，我们是那个年代的吗？服务是真的有待改善，虽然态度还蛮亲切，可是， 确真是让饿坏的我们久等了. 或许还有一点必须一提的是， 椰子屋有点像是城市里的一股清流，坐落在繁忙的Jln Pudu 可是，里头却很幽静，且不让我觉得很商业化，这或许就是它的特别之处吧！

日期：2005年的第8 天
时间：晚餐之后

终于晚餐之后，我们来到了茨场街。虽然，并没有机会真正走到里头去逛，可时，我们也算是在车上饶了茨场街一圈，真是辛苦你了，anne。后来，我们去了民歌餐厅，一个我们很久没去，而且近来有点抗拒要去的地方，哈！里头并没有什么特别之处值得多写，唯一重点也只是：我到茨场街一游。:)

日期：2005年的第9天

时间：电影Bridget Jones Diary 2: The Edge of Reason 之后，晚餐时间

看了一部好电影，我们就开始觅食了。老远从Bandar Utama 驾车到茨场街， 为的就是要吃瓦煲老鼠粉。把车停在老远，我们好不容易才挤进了茨场街， 走在人群里，我紧紧地捉着自己的小提袋，心里超没安全感，可是，却也蛮享受走在人群，看着热闹的夜市，琳琅满目的摊子。终于， 走到了我们要去的地方，放眼一看，不得了，这以前简陋的路边摊，现在竟变成了冷气化的店铺。虽然，他们也保留了原有的路边摊在外，可是，我们还是选择了坐在店铺里。 食物来了，老鼠粉还是很美味！热腾腾的一煲，往煲里望， 看到一粒生荷包蛋漂亮地躺在上面。 朋友动手把蛋捣碎，将蛋和热腾腾的面混合在一起。我暗地里叫了“哎唷”一声。朋友看到我的表情，问我是不是不吃蛋。我说不是， 只是刚才的画面太漂亮了，觉得就这么捣碎有点可惜。朋友听了， 竟然笑起来。结账时，肚子胀胀的，心里也是超满足。虽然，价格是比一般的路边摊贵了一些，可是，付的应该是那一份感觉吧！

我们几时再一起去茨场街呢？

熟悉的China Town

今天下午和老板娘去茨场街做sourcing。当我踏足茨场街时，才惊觉这地方实在是和以前有太大的不同了。我的样子就像是个初次到访的游客似的， 对周遭的事物都情不自禁贪婪地多望几眼。看着身边的一景一物，都让我回想起很多中学时的回忆，例如Hong Leong Bank 前的龙眼水摊子， 坐落在角落的Popular Book Store，有好好吃Nasi Lemak的King's Cafe，或再远一些的紫藤茶坊，Nando's，Burger King 还有好多好多。 虽然刚才所提到的每个地方都还在旧址，可是，外貌全都被翻新了。而且，在那一带也多了很多新式的店铺，如Coffee Bean, McDonald's, 好多家摩登的脚底按摩， 还有最近新兴的港式甜品店-口甜舌滑等等。 虽然翻新后的茨场街比以前更加的整齐，干净了。可是，同时那曾经熟悉的感觉却也随着时间的消逝，变得淡淡的。
尽管如此，我想人总是要随着时代的变迁而调适的。除了缅怀过去之外，我想未来还有更多的未知数值得我们创造及期待的。突发奇想：好想和我所有的旧朋友一起再去这曾经熟悉的地方逛。 这会是什么时候呢？

Compliments

My colleague told me yesterday:" hey mei, I like your shoes, very nice!" I replied her:" thank you. I like this shoes too!" If it was the Mei in years back, I would say:" nolah, this is just a regular pair of shoes". I didn't know how to accept someone's compliment until I start realising that it is a pleasure to have someone to praise you! Instead of denying it, I start accepting it and thank the person as well.
Many people (maybe especially chinese?) might think that it shows that you are humble if you deny compliments from others. But why? Why not accept it if you really deserved it? There is a funny part of it, if I praise a friend, ( yes, you know who you are) she would say:" I know ah!" Emm..... maybe this is a little over confident? hehehe....
It is a real happy to get compliment from someone. So, do the same to people who you think deserve some sincere compliments from you too!

My new year eve - part 2

This new year eve is really unusual. Last year this time, I was at Darling Harbour anxiously waiting for the fireworks. I really miss the fireworks in Sydney so much. I think the fireworks at Sydney Harbour is the most gorgeous one that i have seen so far.
I was at a friend's place to have steamboat on this new year eve. It was .....something different. Anyway, I was home earlier than I expected. At least, this is the only year that i managed to write down my 2005 new year resolution before 2005 came! hehehe...
May year 2005 is a better year for everyone!
*Health makes most things possible, Wealth makes most things work, Love makes all things beautiful. May everyone has all in year 2005!*

My new year eve - part 1

This year new year eve wasn't the same for many people. With the cancellation of most major new year celebration, everyone could probably take this chance to have a quiet new year eve to look back everything happened and plan fot the coming year.
I was truly in deep sorrow when reading every single word on the newspaper regarding the tsunami disaster. I was once thought that we are so lucky to be born in M'sia, a land that free of major disaster. But after this incident, I no longer have the same thinking. At the end of the day, we are all under one "sky".
Some friends spent their new year eve helping up to sort out donated items at a temple overnight. I was there on the Friday afternoon too. I was once quite hesitate to step in, thinking that it might be too awkward to go in to offer help. When I saw the crowd heading to the temple to show their generosity, I know I made the right decision. Everyone was there to help whatever they could. I never seen a scene like this. I'm so proud with our nation. There are some scene which are quite touching. A mid 40s lady drove to the temple alone. On the back seat of the old car, there was a packet of rice, and few bags of old clothes to be donated to the tsunami victims. She was dressed in her working clothes, with stain and dirt on her own clothes. I realised that the financial status does not reflect the generosity of an individual. Some friends of mine who are quite well off don't even give a damn to all the call of donation. Maybe it takes them soem time to realise the "need of givng out the helping hands". The evening when i stepped out from the temple, another question arises in my mind: will all these items reach the victims soon? Dragging my tired and smelly(with sweat) body went into the car, i refused to think further, and wish all these will reach the people in need soon.