Some inspiring music...

One - U2

Is it getting better?

Or do you feel the same?

Will it make it easier on you now?

You got someone to blame

You say One love One life

When it's one need

In the night One love

We get to share it

Leaves you baby if you

Don't care for it

Did I disappoint you?

Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?

You act like you never had love

And you want me to go without

Well it's Too late Tonight

To drag the past out into the light

We're one, but we're not the same

We get to Carry each other

Carry each other

One Have you come here for forgiveness?

Have you come to raise the dead?

Have you come here to play Jesus?

To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much?

More than a lot.

You gave me nothing,

Now it's all I got

We're one But we're not the same

Well we Hurt each other

Then we do it again

You say Love is a temple

Love a higher law

Love is a temple

Love the higher law

You ask me to enter

But then you make me crawl

And I can't be holding on

To what you got

When all you got is hurt

One love One blood One life

You got to do what you should

One life With each other Sisters Brothers

One life But we're not the same

We get to Carry each other

Carry each other

One

One

Happy Things

6 things that truly make me happy (in no particular order):

1. Excited puppies, tongues hanging out, tails wagging uncontrollably. Never fails to put a smile on my face.

2. A perfect sunny day with the sand under my feet and the horizon my vista. Helps if I have a frozen beer in one hand. *Wink*

3. Shopping. As worldy as it sounds. It's therapeutic and I love it.

4. The whole Christmas season. The shopping (oops...more shopping), the excitement, the decorating, the family getting together, the friends, the food, presents, going to mass two hours earlier...ok maybe not the last one.

5. Pampering myself during my alone time. Manicures. Pedicures. Long showers. Scrubs and masks. Flipping through fashion magazines while waiting for my nails to dry.

6. Trips with Bala. To anywhere. I love the packing, the travelling, whether it's in a plane, train, bus, car...so exciting. The hanging out together in a foreign place, the exploring.

Had it up to...

I am so fed up of being stuck in the middle of two people who just cant get along. It's so effing frustrating...

Inspiring...

Today

Before you think of saying an unkind word

Think of someone who can't speak

Before you complain about the taste of your food

Think of someone who has nothing to eat

Before you complain about your husband or wife

Think of someone who's crying out to God for a companion

TodayBefore you complain about life

Think of someone who went too early to heaven

Before you complain about your children

Think of someone who desires children but they're barren

Before you argue about your dirty house; someone didn't clean or sweep

Think of the people who are living in the streets

Before whining about the distance you drive

Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet

And when you are tired and complain about your job

Think of the unemployed, the disabled and those who wished they had your job

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another

Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one maker

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down

Put a smile on your face and thank God you're alive and still around

Life is a giftLive it...Enjoy it...Celebrate it...And fulfill it.

And while you are at it give love to someone today

Love someone with what you do and the words you say

Love is not meant to be kept locked inside of us and hidden

So give it away "Give Love to someone today!"

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Random Pix

Right: KT and me right after Pussy Cat Dolls

concert at Sunway Lagoon wave pool. It was a bit disappointing.





Left: Mummy and daddy dearest with their pride and enjoy, cucu no.1. Taken 2 days ago in a play-house at Ikea. Talk about devotion.






Left: 5 very fine girls about to have a very fine night out in the town...watch out KL, here we come!

You Are 30% Weird

Not enough to scare other people...But sometimes you scare yourself.

How Weird Are You?

You Are 52% Open Minded

You are a very open minded person, but you're also well grounded. Tolerant and flexible, you appreciate most lifestyles and viewpoints. But you also know where you stand firm, and you can draw that line. You're open to considering every possibility - but in the end, you stand true to yourself.

How Open Minded Are You?

Let's Get Quizzical

You Are Cindy Brady

Warm hearted and sweet, you have a childlike innocence that lets you see the good in everyone.But you're also a bit of a baby. You stick your nose where it doesn't belong... and cry when you get caught!

What'>http://www.blogthings.com/whatbradyareyouquiz/">What Brady Are You?

You May Be a Bit Dependent...

You're more than a little preoccupied with being abandoned. You need a lot of support in your life, at all times. It's difficult for you to survive on your own... And you don't reallly think you ever could.

What Personality Disorder Are You?

You Are 42% Evil

You are evil, but you haven't yet mastered the dark side. Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination.

How Evil Are You?

Party Time

left to right: Big, small, koochirat.

At Chili's on my birthday. A real treat having dinner with the B, my wonderful sister's, Shannon baby and of course The Nanny.

As tradition goes, the birthday girl/boy gets the birthday song and free mud pie with ice-cream. There were 3 other people celebrating their birthday that night. Shannon celebrated them all! Did you know that Chili's makes the best mashed potatoes? Yum!

My surprise birthday party at Pantai Panorama organized by my darling Allessandro. Well, there were three other people celebrating too...

Back row left to right: Sumathi (Bala's sis-in-law), Eyasmin, Myself and Pu Nie

Front row: Shannon the cutie

Sumathi's birthday is on the 25th (same year) and Eyasmin & Pu Nie share the same birthday ( 3 years apart)

1) Name someone with the same birthday as you.
Puan Leong
2) Where was your first date?
Center Point or Poring Cinema. Or both. I forget.
3) Have you ever seriously vandalised someone else's property?
If making fake poop with mud+water and dumping it in front of our neighbours doorsteps,
right next to the milk bottles counts, YES!
4) Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
All the time. They actually listen when you do.
5) Have you ever sang infront of a large number of people?
Negara Ku in front of an audience of roughly 15. Not a large crowd, I know. I was doing
fine till i panicked at the end and i went totally off-track. That is why I was a reserve in
our school choir, sama si Cheryl Goh.
7) What do you usually order from starbucks?
Cappuccino
8) What is your biggest mistake?
Not saving money since I started working
9) Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
Nope
10 ) Say something totally random about you?
I have a light birthmark on my upper belly
11) Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Yes. Michelle Pfiffer
12) Do you still watch kiddy movies or tv shows?
Only bits of Barney when I'm babysitting the niece
13) Did you have braces?
No.
14) Are you comfortable with your height?
Yeah.
15) What is the most romantic thing someone of the opposite sex has said to you?
I oso shy
16) When do you know it's love?
When you cherish every moment together, be it in the middle of an argument or a romantic evening out
17) Do you speak any other languages?
BM. I wish I could speak some other language, Italian maybe
18) Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Why go to a salon when you can lie down under the glorious Malaysian sun
19) What magazines do you read?
Home & Garden, any housy magazines
20) Have you ridden in a limo?
No
21) Has anyone you were really close with passed away?
Nope
22) Do you watch mtv?
On occassion. Channel surfing
23) What's something that really annoys you?
In-your-face people especially during PMS
24) What's something you really like?
My notebook
25) Do you like michael jackson?
Before he got too freaky - ditto Yo
26) Can you dance?
I love to dance
27) What's the latest you have ever stayed up?
Does not sleeping the night count?
28) Have you ever thought that you were honestly going to die?
Yes. First time drinking at home with rol
29) Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
Nope
30) What do you wish for?
I wish for pure joy

FURY

"Yes I think he deserves to die, and I hope he burns in hell!"

Samuel L. Jackson in the famous courtroom scene from A Time To Kill.

Isn't this song just da bomb?

"Ironic"

An old man turned ninety-eight

He won the lottery and died the next day

It's a black fly in your Chardonnay

It's a death row pardon two minutes too late

And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

It's like rain on your wedding day

It's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

Who would've thought...it figuresMr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly

He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye

He waited his whole damn life to take that flight

And as the plane crashed down he thought"Well isn't this nice..."

And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

It's like rain on your wedding day

It's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

Who would've thought...it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

When you think everything's okay and everything's going right

And life has a funny way of helping you out when

You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up

In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late

A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

It's meeting the man of my dreams

And then meeting his beautiful wife

And isn't it ironic...dontcha think

A little too ironic...and yeah I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day

It's a free ride when you've already paid

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

Who would've thought...it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you

Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out

Helping you out

Shannon's a Genius

Her wide vocab includes:

"I farted. Pooot!" (while tapping her little bottom)

"Twain, twain. Look! Wowwww... " (while pointing at the LRT speeding by)

" I cook." (while main masak-masak with her 'kalitong')

Offers you her 'cooked' plastic chicken thigh and says, "Hott, hott. Blow" (blows on the 'chicken')

When Ots mentions the big waves in Bali, Shannon goes, "Daddy come, waves. Come daddy. Bigck."

If she doesn't want you to leave, "You. Sit here." (points to the sofa)

If she wants something and can't reach it, "Hugck. Hucgk." This is to get you to carry her. She knows there will be many volunteers coz free hugs are rare.

" Ah-pi-yu" (means I LOVE YOU - influenced by her filipina nanny)

Answer to, whats your name? "Hannen"

Answer to, how old are you? "One"

Barney is, "Mah-nee"

Sara her 'bantal busuk' is, "Ra-Ra"

Where's Allen? Points at her daddy

Where's Otta? Points at her mummy

Where's Mila? Points at her nanny

If her daddy asks her to show everyone how she sleeps, she will lie down on the bed, close her eyes (curi-curi tengok oso got la) and make snoring noises.

She is so damn cute la. Such a proud aunty oh me. *sigh*

The things we do under the influence...

"Y' is for Yolanda

My Fren Sel...

Wishing you a very...

With Lots of...

And...

But most of all, I wish you...

And ...


HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Bali - May 2006

Planning a holiday? I highly recommend Bali. It was nothing like I expected. It was so much more than I expected. The people are wonderful except when they're in your face trying to get you to buy bangles at 'morning price' or 'lucky price just for you' or get a manicure (which costs only RM8). When you wave your hand to refuse, they repeat their name several times so that when (not if) you change your mind, you'll know who to look for. We (Bala and I) arrived at Ngurah Rai airport around 2pm on Monday. Paid RM60 for the airport-hotel transfer. Checked into Casa Padma Hotel (above) in Legian, freshened-up and set out to explore Kuta Town. The architecture is beautiful, unique to Bali alone. Their culture is very different and so interesting. There are little altars in every store, restaurant, pub and home. Every morning, the Balinese make offerings to their Gods in the form of small square trays weaved from coconut leaves. The trays are filled with flowers, food offerings like biscuits or rice. They burn insense and pray over the trays. You have to be wary not to step on one as they are littered all over town. There are quaint restaurants and hotels everywhere. One thing Bala and I were determined to do was have a traditional Balinese massage. While walking through town, we stumbled upon Roses Spa. They offer a 4 hour couple spa treatment for Rm240. That's not an offer you can resist. So we kicked off our shoes, well more than just our shoes and there we were, in bliss.... The spa includes whole body massage, body mask and scrub, facial and a head massage plus a dip in their jacuzzi, which was beautiful but freezing cold, no hot water unfortunately. Traditional Balinese music is very soothing but after a while it can get very hypnotizing. Four hours later we found ourselves in a trance-like state and hungry as hell. Several meters away from Roses Spa is Ketupat, an authentic Indonesian restaurant. Bali is famous for two dishes, Babi Guling and Bebek (duck), both of which we didn't try. Ketupat is an impressive restaurant lit up by candles and decorated with traditional Balinese art and crafts. Tables are either located within the main restaurant building, which is off-set by a tempting swimming pool or tucked in little romantic corners around the shady compound. The food is expensive and not extraordinary. I believe the dishes we ordered were not their specialty dishes. I prefer to give them the benefit of the doubt, because the place is worth visiting just to indulge in the lush atmosphere. The next morning, we rented a car and driver to bring us to Ubud. A small market town to the east of Kuta, an hour drive away. On the way, we stopped by a batik factory and silver work shop. Small privately owned art galleries are everywhere. The works are beautiful but not cheap. You can bargain on most items down to 30-40% of the starting price. When you buy stuff from the ladies, they wave your money over their stuff. This they believe, will bring them good luck. Superstitious lot. After getting all the goodies we were in search for, we left Ubud and made our way to Tanah Lot; a temple built within rock just off the coast line, North of Kuta. When the tide is low (as it is in the picture), it is possible to walk to across the rocky sea bed to the temple. No entry is allowed. If you look closely to the bottom left corner of the picture, you can see an indent to the rock. Within the walls runs a stream of fresh water. To receive a blessing, you drink water from the stream and a priest from the temple will recite a short prayer and adorn you with rice on the forehead and a single jasmine behind your ear. Quite interesting. From Tanah Lot we planned to make our way to Uluwatu, another temple. This place is famous for its magnificent sunsets and the 'Kecak', a traditional Balinese dance. As bad luck would have it, we didn't get to enjoy the sunset and 'Kecak' because our driver got the timing wrong and we could not get to Uluwatu in time. Oh well, there's always a next time. So we headed back to the hotel to chill at the bar and whack some balls. I do believe my game has improved. My first drink at the bar was Bintang Beer, Bali's locally brewed beer. It was light and bitter. Not one of my favorites. However, they make a damn good Bloody Mary. Dinner was at an Australian owned restaurant down the road from the Casa. I got the impression that before the bombings, this place was wild with diners and not somewhat deserted like it is now. Other bars and restaurants suffer a similar fate, just surviving. On the brighter side, Indonesians make a killer nasi goreng. They serve it with a bulls-eye, two sticks of satay in sweet peanut sauce and their famous keropok ikan. De-licious!

The third day we took it free and easy. We walked around Legian, down to Kuta, stepped into Hard Rock Bali, bought some t-shirts. It was drizzling. Once the sun decided to reveal itself again we slapped on some sun-block and headed to the beach. Kuta beach is nothing like I expected. It was quiet and and relaxing. Beach umbrellas and deck chairs can be rented. People were surfing and sunbathing, some getting massages or manicures and pedicures but other than that there was very little activity. I could sense that there was a time when this beach was bustling with people and alive with activity but after the bombings, no more. Bali has not healed, its so sad. Look at how clear and blue the sky is, its amazing.

The memorial built at the bombing site in honor of the bombing victims.

Our last morning in Bali was spent hanging out at the beach. Taking it all in, keeping the memories. We left for the airport at noon for a 2.30pm flight. We got ourselves checked in, had a quick McDonald's lunch which sucked by the way and boarded the plane. As it was about to take off, the pilot tells us they have some technical problems with the engine. Get me out of here! We end up stranded at the airport for 9 hours. Dinner was in a box, Garuda Airlines inflight food. Thanks to Air Asia, now everyone can fly, LATE!

Free Time?

For the past month, I have been dying at work. Caged in a bloody meeting room from 9am - 7pm. A half hour lunch break in between. Today is the first day in so long I have some free time and guess what? I am so fucking bored. What to do? I feel the onset of a headache. My body is hot and achy, my throat is sore. I feel sick and exhausted. On top of that, none of my projects seem to be going smoothly, road blocks at every corner, hiccups popping up everywhere. I have two huge, million-dollar projects going on simultaneously and there is this bitch (co-ordinating a itty-bitty project) who is bugging me about the location of a printer. A bloody printer! Do I look like I give a rats ass? People can be so damn difficult. Hey, wait a minute, I thought I had PMS for May already. I realize that I just got back from a holiday but I would really appreciate another one soon (updates on my Bali trip on the way ok). The more permanent kind. Damn you money! Why'd you have to be such a necessity? Work=Suffering. Why is it some colleagues choose to bug you about non-urgent matters on non-working days? Can't you talk to me tomorrow first thing in the morning? Don't these working people realize weekends are sacred? The two days of the week when your mind is allowed to escape from the grip of work. One phone call from the office and my day is ruined. It pisses me off you know.

Napkin

I was attending a friend's wedding at a seafood restaurant 2 Saturday's ago. Hilarious!

Some quotes of the alcoholic kind...

"He who laughs last, hasn't passed out yet." - Anonymous

"Everybody should believe in something, I believe I should have another drink." - Anonymous

"A drunk man's words, are a sober man's thoughts." - Anonymous

"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder." - Anonymous

"Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may not be able to afford it." - anonymous

And my personal favorite,

"I drink to make other people more interesting." - George Jean Nathan