post holiday

It’s a horrible feeling to get sick rite after a nice holiday.
Especially, when i can’t stop thinking about the delicious chocolates that i’ve bought.

Thanks to the good sun, good food, cheap alcohol+candy and the lack of sleep, I now have a bad sore throat and cold.

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a candy a day

I made a deal with one of my colleague that we would only take a candy for today.

So far, the candy intake :
2 before reaching office.
2 before lunch.
2 after lunch
2 after dinner


Darn!

So far, a candy a day is not working at all.

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free stuffs

I’ve mention before that I’m a sucker for all these sms contest.
I’ve told my self that I should stop.
But I just couldn’t. kekeke…

It’s like an addiction...

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325 days

Who can resist 'free' airfair and all these promotion fairs going around with airasia and malaysian airline.

Yay! Am going for a holiday...

Unfortunately I would have to wait for another 325 days. *bummer*

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time to change

I realize I’ve been leading a very unhealthy life style.

- the amount of coffee intake
- lack of sleep (weekdays)
- too much of sleep (weekends)
- the amount of candy intake…..

With age catching up… I don’t think it would look to good in the next few years if I don’t do something about it.

I’ve actually bought some exercising gear 5 months ago cos I didn’t want to continue spending RM200++ a month for the gym which I hardly go.

Every time when I make a trip to the gym, the thought of finding a parking space with the jam kills my mood.

6 years ago, I would have continued with my gym routines. My office was just 2 minutes walk from the gym!

Anyway, I told myself that I would utilize what I have bought to the max.
Truly, I was using it everyday!
Only for a month!!
and it’s been sitting there collection dust ever since.

I always tell people that action speaks louder that words… and yet, I don’t practice it..

Sigh..
I kill my self sometimes….

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i call her 'brandy'

i call her 'brandy'

So much has happen ever since I’ve gotten hitch.
I have encounter people asking me when are we going to have kids…
And I was getting tired of that freaking question….

And recently, I tell them that we got a girl!

“ how many months?”
“3 months”
“huh??
*stare with a surprise and start doing mental count just gotten hitch…. Less then 2 months…… cannot be.. shot gun married ar…… *
you sure ar?”

Of course I’m sure…. It’s a girl… and it’s 3 months old… actually 3 months plus….

They try to laugh it off… and change to another topic….
Few minutes later… cannot tahan… they confirm again…..

Yes lar…
We’ve gotten a 3 months old puppy..
And it’s a girl!


Brandy (the puppy) has been keeping us busy.
Priority is Brandy at the moment.

It’s actually like have kids…
Make sure that she eats…. Poo and pee at the right place….
Teaching her the do’s and don’ts….
Play with her…. Do some bonding session….



So the next time when someone ask me when are we planning to have kids…

I’ll just tell them… I just got one.

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skin

I have no idea what has gotten into me….. But all the sudden I feel all girly and am looking at products that can keep my skin looks smoother and healthy.
I guess it hit me during my recent trip to the beauty salon.

“ Your face is a bit dull…” (which I already know…..)
“ Pigmentation on your nose and cheeks”….. (Obviously… Had it ages ago….which I blame my self for not applying sun lotion when I’m go out to get some sun…. I’m a sun freak… )
“Your smile line is starting to sag a well…. “

WHAT!!.....
SAGGING!!….
*I will look like those Ah Mah…*
*Sob….sob…..sob….*

I’ve also notice my sagging smile line some time ago…. kekeke…
I guess it’s all the accumulation of the years for sleeping late, working late, alcohol and candies…

I’ve never been blessed with good skin.
Pimples come and go every month. Sometimes it leave with out any marks… but in other months they leaves a souvenir for me to remember by.
A mark that would scar me for life!

I guess age is catching up and I can no longer relay on my youth’s healing power….
I can no longer be lazy with my face.
I can no longer lie to myself that I’m still 21……
And I really have to quit my candies…


*Sob….sob…..sob….*

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tick tock tick tock

As the clock is ticking, and the calls that came in to ask me to confirm the time for tomorrow morning… my heart is beating fast and faster. And I can’t seem to get ride of it.

I guess it’s hitting me. The day after tomorrow I would not be single anymore.
The thought of signing that piece of paper is starting to scare me. I know it’s just a piece of paper, but that piece of paper symbolizes that I am no longer single and available.

I would be a mrs instead of a miss.
I would have to fill in forms on the married section instead of the single section.
I would have to address someone else’s mother as “mother”
I would have to think twice before I do anything now as I’m no longer in the world as a single. It’s s plural now.
I would not be able to say let’s break up or let’s take time off… it would be I want a divorce.

I’m having cold feet now. Really cold!
I wonder can I postpone tomorrow. Hmmm…

I think I’ll need some alcohol to make me sleep tonight.
ARGH.....

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sms contest

I am officially addicted to all this sms contest!
I started when I saw a promo ad on tv. I was bored, so I started sms-ing,
When I released that it cost RM1 for each sms, I stopped.
Wahl au ehh.... Have to answer 5 questions leh... then another 1 sms to tell you what is your score. About RM7 gone *phoof not including the standard chargers for normal.

I gave up after the 3rd question.
Weeks later, I got a call saying that I’ve won a t-shirt.
Wah….. So easy…. Answer 3 questions and *I think I got 1 answer correctly* and I won a T-Shirt. Kekeke…
But I didn’t bother going to the place to collect the t-shirt.

A month later… I saw another sms contest. 1st prize is a trip to the land down under.
Out of boredem, again I started to sms to the contest.
Mana tau, I tembak all the questions and I got all correct. Wah.. shiok lar…
*can win wor like that… I decided to “invest” RM60 to see if I can win this trip….
I continued to sms, checking my rank now and then…
Next thing I knew, I’ve spent about RM80+ for :
a cap
t-shirt
movie stills
and 4 movie passes that I can only use after 2 weeks from the day they start showing in the cinema.

Now, there’s another contest going on… I thought it’s ok to invest another RM60.
This time it has gone too far… I kept on sms-ing rounds after rounds… topping up my credit… without realizing myself, I’ve been sms-ing 1 round after another…
Knowing that I’m lack of fund this month… and I will have to eat bread until next month…. I still can’t help myself. Telling myself that I will have to stop these sms ing right after the next round. But the next rounds came after another next rounds….
In total I’ve spent about RM200

Conclusion is…..
Unless you are willing to fork out RM500 or more, you might as well forget about the whole idea of winning the 1st prize trip.

I’m just wondering how much did the winner “invested” in that sms contest. Hhmmm……

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tak dapat rock, ada sikit shop & have to recover

Finally the card has arrived after 46days. And less then a week, the 1grand has been used up. *Gone * phoff ** sighhh….

I always wonder what I would do I’ve win 1k and I thought that it would last me quite a while. I guess I was wrong! Our money is so small….!!

I was really bump out cos I was really hoping to win the ‘rock, shop and recovery’ trip.
Just imagine… going to Japan again! This time, it’s not for work but for the FUJI ROCK Festival..!! then shop your heads off in Bangkok!!... On top of that, you get to go Bali for some sun and relaxation!!!!...
Isn’t that a dream vacation? And I really need a vacation!!
Did I mention that it was all paid for!!... arrgghh…

Anyway, there were 5 of us.
We had to go through 3 rounds. I was ‘kinda’ rocking in the 1st round.
We had to get the most points to stay for the next round by guessing some rock songs and playing the electric guitar XBOX thingy.

So there were 4 of us left.
When it came to the 2nd round I had high hopes for making throu…
When we found out what we had to do for the 2nd round. I almost killed myself.
You know why!!??
Cos for the passed few days, my department had to shift places in the office… with all the shifting and moving… my body was aching and my body was trying to recover from the so call ‘intensive work out’.

Next thing I knew, we had to get to the bowling area, ice skating area and Tropicana shop area to locate the Hitz ppl. Answer a question from all those 3 places and write it down.
Who ever that gets back the fastest will go the 3rd and final round.

rock, sikit shop & have to recover

The moment they press the horn, everyone ran as fast as they could.
I ran as fast as I could to the skating area. Before I could reach. My legs were giving up on me. I was cursing the freaking moving and shifting of my new office place. We knew we had to shift way back since months ago. Of all the time to start shifting. It had to be few days before the day when I get to win my dream vacation!!

“why wanna shift before this event. I haven’t recover from my aching and soaring of my muscles lehh… “
“stupid shifting”
At the end, I drag myself from one corner to another.

I was the 3rd to arrive back to the stage and I thought I have made it to the final stage! But noo……..
I guess I was too engross strategizing which area to run first, when they announced the last 2 contestants to arrive back to the stage will be eliminated.

Gone* phoofff** my dream vacation all gone… down the drain.. Together with my legs.
It took me almost 2 weeks to recover from my muscle torn.

me and ean from hitz

But over all….it was an experience.

Thanks to Alliance Credit Card and Hitz!!

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things that i did know

It’s been crazy ever since I came back from the Vietnam business trip.
Yay….. free trip again. But then still have to work…

Spent 1 ½ day in Ho Chi Minh and another 2 days in Hanoi.
The weather in Hanoi was cold.. and I freaked out the minute when I landed there. I tried to trace back if I had brought any cloths that can keep me warm for the few days there.
Thank god as the time goes by, the weather was not as cold when I arrived.

Work is pilling up… I thought I can get it done and over with before the Chinese New year… but due to problems from the other ‘side’ .. I would have to prepare my self to slave throu the week after the CNY.

After all the research, I realize that people have this mind set that certain things have to be in a certain way.

For instance,
A: what kinda car is going to be your wedding car? Mercedez ? a BMW?
B: Does it matter what kinda car?
A: Of course…

What’s the point of converting a ‘luxury’ car to a wedding car when ‘the car’ is not even own by you.
Why even bother to renting it!!.. my gosh… the things that I’ve found out theses couple of weeks….

A: why you don’t want wedding band? Must have a ring…
B: Don’t want mah don want lor.. I want a tattoo instead…

Then they would give the ‘look’

A: You’re not taking your wedding pictures?? Why..? Must take…
B: Cos I don’t want to make a fool out of my self …
A: Hai yar… once in a life time mar… for memories…
B: It’s just not me lar… to pose and pose…

Then they would give the ‘look’ again…

Yes… yes… different ppl has their own different ideas and likings..
I do respect that… but these things are not my cup of tea…

I make a fool of my self everyday and I don’t wish to immortalize it for the rest of my life..
Change here… change there… pose here … pose there…

A: how many dresses are you going to change during dinner?
B : 1 only…
A: (giving the ‘look’ again)Why… ?

My gosh.. Change so many times for what….
Probably it’s a girl thing… or maybe I’m not that girly enough …

I do question my self sometimes…

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all smile

all smile
Originally uploaded by melmok

I realized that I haven’t been blogging lately.
Probably, I’m still recovering from my lost of my dear iBook… my ‘mac mac’

It’s been almost 2 months since I came back from Nihon.
A week after Nihon, before I could recover from one of the most advanced country in Asia, I hopped to another plane.
To Seam Reap….
This trip was planned since January.
Which was my yearly holiday.
Everything there….was not as cheap as I thought.
“1 dollar…… 1 dollar……..”
Is what I’ve been hearing from the little kids from the whole entire trip.

A very huge difference experience from Japan and Seam Reap.

A bunch of children would surround you with shawls, souvenirs and cold drinks after every visit from the temples.
Saying “no thank you’ was our standard answer.
But I gave in a few times at the end cos some of the kids was very persistent…
Following us to our tuk tuk until we were about to ride off.

We were told by our tuk tuk driver not to buy things from the kids.
This would encourage the kids to stop schooling if they think that they can survive by selling or begging from tourists.
It’s sad to see that Khmers lives in such a poor condition. Everyone is doing the same thing to survive. Selling the same stuffs.. talk about competition!

The day before we left, we went to Banteay Srei, which was about 35-45 km away from Angkor Wat. It took us 45 mins to reach Banteay Srei. Along the way, we could see how the Khmers lives. It’s very similar with our kampung style. But the condition was worst.

Being in two difference country, back to back….. made me think that we are blessed.
As an Asian country, we are not the worst in living condition and could be the best in future. :D


Next stop, DUBAI….

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Nihon

After talking about it for a year.
The day has arrived.
Am going to Japan soon.
Woo hoo!!…
Under business trip and market research expenses…

Am going to 3 places in a week and it’s all about presenting to the people there about what we do here.

I am expecting myself to drop dead when I check into the hotel at night from all the traveling around…. Jumping from 1 place to another in less then 48 hours. I can’t wait for the last 2 days when I’ll be free from all the smiling and presentation…
My last stop would be at TOKYO… so little time and so many places to explore!!!
Hmm… I haven’t even do a proper research on the traveling around the city yet.. arrgghh…

Time is ticking and yet I still have time to blog.. muhahahah…
Okay.. back to work… have to finish it up before Monday.

3hree

I got a call from my dad.
He calmly asked if I had place my ibook at the same old place that I’ve always put it.

I said yes and asked why?

He confirm with me again to find out whether I’ve taken it to work.
And from there I knew something must have happed.

He then calmly said that our house has been broke in.
The first thing that popped in my mind was my camera that was still under the installment plan payment.
“Is both my cameras still there?”

He couldn’t tell as the place was in a mess and the moment that I hung up. I couldn’t stop swearing.
Surely they/he must have taken the 2 cameras with all the cash and jewelries.

My brand new bag pack that was placed nicely on top of the closet!
My laptop and camera bag which cost me some $$$ would be gone.
My mom’s jewelries.. my jewelries…. Currency notes… cash… credit cards…

I had prepared the worst scenario.

I went back straight in spite of the rain that was pouring down. As I was waiting for the rain to subside..
My imagination went wild on me. The tv, hi-fi, compute…. Everything must have surely been gone. The house would be in a totally mess!!

When I went back home.
Everything in the living room was in place. Went to my parents room, the cloths was all on the floor and bed.
Went to my room, the same thing… Confirm that my iBook was gone.
Surprisingly, both my cameras were still there.
My GOSH! They/he did not take the cameras…

My iBook, my mom’s jewelries, currency notes and cash all gone with the wind.

Apparently my dad left the house at 12.15pm for lunch and came back at 1.00pm
Within 45 mins, the house was broken in.

It’s been 3 days since…
I miss my iBook that has served me well and good for the past 3 years.
The jewelries, that was with the family for 30 over years….
The currency notes, that was suppose to be utilize next year and
the cash, for the household utilities…

May it ‘all’ rest in peace and may the Bl**DY B*S*ARD burn in H*LL!!!

interview

interview
Originally uploaded by melmok

It is confirm that I can’t be in reality show!

I can’t be that backstabbing ‘B**CH” nor the nice girl who could be stabbed behind.
I would rather keep any comments to my self and not blunt it out to the nation wide .
Am regretting for what I’ve said.. and I hope that you guys won’t hunt me down when you see it on TV…

Okay.. my 5 minutes of fame.

F1-Sepang-K2

F1-Sepang-K2
Originally uploaded by melmok.

Ian got some free tics to the F1 and I took the opportunity to practice my photo snapping.
All hype up to snap people pics but ended up taking more car pics, even thou I know that my lens is not up to that standard. By the time I gave up on the car pics… I realize that my back was heating up and started to soar. Then I realize that I’ve forgotten to put on sun screen lotion on my back! After 2 hours under the direct sun…!!!

Came back with really red back… and it’s freaking hurting rite now….


I realize that people are afraid of change.
More so after having a chat with a coll today.
People tend to want more in life and not do anything about it.
They/Humans/Us/People ‘…loves…' to complain about their life’s…. not earning enough…. not happy with this and that....and yet they do nothing to improve it.

If you don’t like it, then do something about it!!

I guess we are all so comfortable with our daily ‘schedules’ and life’s that makes us afraid to take ‘THAT’ step to change.

Taking a chance, making the first step and going out of the box is always daunting.
This is what you have to do if you want to change.
Change you life.
Change your career.
Change everything.

Sometimes we just have to do what NIKE says..
“Just Do It’

family of 2 and family of 4

Can someone out there tell me how does marriage works?

Man marries women. They stay together alone, build a family.
Man use to pay everything back in the days during our parent’s time.
But these days, everything is equal… rite.
Fine. Split the bills….


Now…
Man marries women, they don’t live together.. they live with man’s family.
Does that means that the women have to bare a bit of the cost of living of 'the family'?

Or does she have to contribute the expenses of the family in terms of bills or food or the maid?

Or she does not have to cos, he has made a vow, when he made her his wife…. to take care of the women. And love the women, and blah blah blah….

Does the man have to pay the women monthly allowance when he marries the women or he does not have to since she’s working as well?
And on top of that they are staying with his family.

I wish thare’s a dummies for these things..

sayonara

I knew this day would happen.( I was hoping that it will not….but…)
The day when I find out that I would not be able to go the japan and I had to figure out should I stay or should go. I thought that I could think about it ‘when’ I get back from Japan. But I guess, that day would not happen.

Dang!.. now I can hear my ex coll/ex schoolmate telling me to stop being in denial.
Occasionally, he would ask me when am I going to leave and I would tell him that I’m hoping and wishing that my japan trip would happen and I would think about it when I get back….

The boss has been telling me not to worry and he would be sending me there since last year… but just a few hours ago, the story changed.
I guess things don’t always go as you’ve planned. What a BUMMER!

It’s killing me just trying to figure out should I stay or should I go.
And which line should I be heading to…


Bl**dy h*ll…!…
While writing this…I realize that there’s a lot of these little red ants IN my ibook.
They were ‘attacking’ my bed few months back and now it’s the iBook!
Arrgghhh….
Why ar??

2007

Yet again, it’s been a while.. …

Been freaking busy since before the new years till now. And finally I had time to breath and think. New year came by like a flash of lighting … While everyone was busy enjoying them self with the new years and holidays… I on the other hand had to work!!
Blame it on the desperations of the extra money.
Now that the project is over and out of my hands… I can relax and continue with practicing my photography.
On top of that…. I can’t stop thinking 2006 is over and gone.,,,
WHAT HAPPEN TO 2006!!?? Bugger!!

Well, I did manage to do some practicing on new years eve at the track of Sepang. But it did not turn out well at all.
Being on the track, watching people drift was an experience!

What’ve learn :

1. You need the extra cash to fix up your car after all the stunts that you would/could pull.
2. You really need a lot of extra cash for this ‘hobby’

Saw rims dangling out from the tires, bumps all over the bumpers, tires all torn out…..
smoke bursting out from the hood … (okay I might be blowing it out of proportion…kekeke) but you get my drift ..rite?

That would be the first and the last unless that Japanese dude (Which I can’t recall his name….) decides to come again to perform some stunts. … Apparently he’s a pro and famous for drifting. It would be more interesting to see him do those stunts…..

I do not have any personal resolutions this year… but I do hope that my friends and a certain friend would find himself and do what he wants to do and not regret his actions when the time comes in future…


Dang… another call… do I need to more extra extra cash…. ?????

mid life crisis?

I hope that when ‘mid life crisis’ occurs to any of my close friends from now onwards…. They would not change or gives us a cold shoulder.

If they would like to take time off from hanging with us.. that’s fine.
But don’t cut us off directly (it’s debatable). Depending on how you look at it.
I suppose that the idea of this situation did not come across my mind at all.
Never in a million years….
I never thought that it would turn out like this. Probably we’ve know each other for so long and when we talk, we talk crap.
And after one and half months of not meeting up, being presented with an iPod Nano and talking cautiously and politely from a dear old friend is really weird. Really …. really weird.

It’s sad that this is happening. Who would have thought that being friends for 14 years… our friendship is over… ended with an iPod Nano.
I really do hope that this is not the end of our friendship.

And I do hope that this just a temporary thingy and when the ‘mid life crisis’ has ends, the whole situation would be back to the good old days.

I think I would be able to get back to the good old days… but it would be a whole different story for JT.