Just me

偷窥与被偷窥

2011-02-11T07:10:00.000+08:00

还真的好久没blog了。应该是至从我活跃于Facebook吧。
以前上班时间无聊的时候旧写写blog抒发一下。现在无聊时就上Facebook看照片，看status updates。
前阵子，读过一篇文章，作者说，活跃于Facebook的，有两种人，一是偷窥狂，一是被偷窥狂。换句话说，上Facebook的都是变态。大家都有病呀。想想也是。呵呵呵。

Yet another blog :P

2010-03-17T05:43:00.000+08:00

I'm starting a new blog, again. hahahaha..
Instead of creating a new blogger account like what I did for Lotti's blog, I'm using the same blogger account as this blog
And I've changed my display name too, to make it relevant to both blogs. I'll still be keeping this blog though, and keeping it private, so that I still have a space to rant and b*tch, when I want to.
The new blog is a more public blog for me to keep track of recipes and also a space for me to share my life far away here in the states, with friends and relatives back home when they ask how am I doing. I can't be repeating the same thing over and over to different people.

So, here's my new blog:
http://ellyneverforgets.blogspot.com/

Lotus root

2010-03-09T02:14:00.003+08:00

I have always loved loved loved LOVED lotus root soup. I finally bought lotus root from the asian market last weekend and I'm boiling lotus root soup in the kitchen right now. The smell of the soup has enveloped the entire apartment.

And I already feel like crying just by smelling the soup .

*snifffffff*

Aaahh~~~

Counting down.. 30 days..

2010-01-13T09:56:00.003+08:00

We are like Siamese twins. This is going to be the longest time we spend apart from each other.

1 month!

Late night bark with Lotti

2009-11-26T10:45:00.002+08:00

Not sure what ticked Lotti off last night..

She was barking her head off in the middle of the night. And also triggered other dogs in our neighbourhood to join her. Was awaken by their barks at 3sth in the morning =.= Lotti usually does not bark for no reason in the middle of the night. Habi went down to check out if anything was wrong, but he didn't see anything unusual...

If only Lotti can speak, then we would know what was she barking at.

But then again, would I really wanna know?? :S

vanity...

2009-11-26T08:40:00.003+08:00

Will be collecting my bridal photo album later this evening!!!

Though I don't have much expectation.. since we didn't spend much effort or $$ on this.. but still excited.. to see them in prints..

Did I mention that feedbacks from friends who have seen a few of the photos, said the photos are pretty, but they couldn't recognize me? This is the magical power of makeup, but of course... it's also because I have the potential... MUAHHAHAHAHA....

Bitch mode ON

2009-11-24T13:44:00.002+08:00

Me : Moody and very irritable...

Habi : 1 week from auntie?

Me : hhm.. you are right.. now that explains.

Felt like biting off my boss and my teammate's head just now..

I love our rings!

2009-11-23T14:34:00.003+08:00

We've collected our wedding bands. And I LOVE them :)

They are pretty plain actually. Just a pair of gold rings. Habi's is plain like the ring in LOTR. And mine is about the same, only thinner and has a teeny tiny stone.

It is not TOO expensive, but still way over our initial budget. I was hoping to spend a total of less than 1k for a pair.. but with that price, can't find any that is comfortable and looks good on both me and habi..

I think these rings are money well spent! ;)

Funny creature (most)women are... (part2)

2009-11-13T14:20:00.004+08:00

Yaw said.. you girls.. nothing can satisfy you all lah.. last time complain look kiddish.. now no longer look kiddish.. complain about losing the kiddish look.. what you want lah..

haha.... what can I say... girls, opps, i meant.. women are complicated like that

Back when I was in my early 20s.. I hate hate HATE it when people mistaken me as a high school kid..

But now.. in my late 20s, I am mourning the lost of my girlish look. I now look like a 20sth, which is a good thing I think.. (no?)

I can't believe that I've entered the phase which women start to obsess about preserving their youthful look. oh no~~~!!! @_@

anywayssss.....

Happy birthday to myself~ :)

The engagement

2009-10-12T22:52:00.005+08:00

I've told Yaw before that I do not want to be proposed to while on vacation.. cos that seems to be the 'in' thing right now... and I know me, I dun like to be in the 'in' group.

So this is how Yaw proposed to me, in my room.

I got back from work and found this in my room.

Yaw got the concept from the cartoon UP. We bought a place of our own not too long ago and UP was showing in the cinema. (It took SO LONG for UP to come to our cinemas!!!)

Yaw made the handicraft house himself and left it in my room while I was at work.

Yaw didn't manage to get the house to float, cos the ring is too heavy!!!! :D

HAHAHAHHA..... kidding only ler... without the ring already cannot float, the house itself was too heavy.. haha...

I told Yaw it's even better this way.. just like in the cartoon, the house reached its destination already. That's why it's not floating in the air. ;)

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:) muaks~

Funny creature (most)women are...

2009-10-12T10:03:00.005+08:00

You know... I wasn't very keen on taking pre-wedding photos, still am not actually. We only signed up for the package because it is less hassle and more economical than to rent or tailor made our gowns/coats.

But... I have been obsessing with my photos since we've got ours taken. So it's like this.. even though I am not keen on it, but since we have decided to go on with it, it is only normal that I still would like to look nice right?

Before our photos were taken, the gals have been telling me to think of how I want to look, what kind of style I want for my photos. I couldn't care less then... and now, I'm getting a little uneasy.. worried that I might regret that I didn't do my homework before my photo shoot.

I have these thoughts, should have told the photographer that I want more photos taken at this location, should have told the makeup artist that I prefer a more elegant outlook than the cutesy outlook, should have thought about what kind of style I want BEFORE the photo shoot and not AFTER, should have this, should have that...

And this morning, first thing that I said to Yaw was, "You know, we should have chosen a photo of me in a dinner gown instead of a wedding gown for the table top photo"

I AM GETTING IRRITATED WITH MYSELF!! =.=

We are strong!! :D

2009-10-11T21:48:00.003+08:00

We've taken and chosen our pre-wedding photos. We managed to choose 40+4 out of a total of 166 photos.

It was a breeze to go from 166 to 100. And it took a little effort to go from 100 to 60. From 60 to 50, it's getting a little hard.. And from 50 on, it was a painful journey to 44. haha... more so for Yaw than me surprisingly. But we prevailed and we are proud of ourselves, that we didn't give in, that we are strong, that we were determined enough to keep our target of not choosing more than 44 photos, the original 40 that our package offers plus 4 extra for framed photos.

Each extra photo will be charged RM38. We only have to pay an extra of RM152 for the 4 photos for our framed photos. Most of the people I know ended up topping up hundreds if not thousands of ringgit for choosing extra photos for their album. So you see, it really is an achievement. muahhaha...

Here's a sneak peek, a photo of us in the dressing room:

Yes, that's a tiara..

Save the date!

2009-10-02T14:43:00.003+08:00

Ya. getting married..

Wedding ceremony will be on the 19th of December in Melaka.

Earlier, Mom asked if I'll 出门 from Subang. Sounds like a good idea.. to be able to 出门 from my Subang house. I pondered for half a second. No, cannot. Subang to Melaka is 2 hours away.

To me, travelling in a car for more than 20minutes, is like taking sleeping pills. Last thing I want is to be photographed in my wedding gown, mouth wide open with saliva dripping from the corner of my mouth. That would scar me... forever... and ever... Cannot let that happen. I'll just have to 出门 from a rented service apartment in Melaka.

We will have 2 wedding dinners. One hosted by the bride's family, my family, which will happen on the 12th of December. Another hosted by the groom's family, which will happen on the same day as the wedding ceremony which is on the 19th of December.

Gonna be a mad rush.. only 2 months plus away..

iPod FOUND!!!!

2009-09-04T15:18:00.003+08:00

Mommy is da BESTEST!!!!

Mom called me yesterday to tell me that she found my iPod in my study table drawer.

I must have put it inside together with the rest of the stuff sprawled all over the floor just before I left for PG....

haha... :P

Yea~~~

Mom can be quite persistent... especially when it is related to $..

haha...

Thank you Mommy~~~~~~ :D

5 stages of grief

2009-09-01T13:02:00.003+08:00

I'm still going back and forth between 'acceptance' and 'depression'...

Already gone through 'denial' and 'anger' yesterday in the car on the way back to PG from Subang, skipped 'bargaining' stage though.

I couldn't bring myself to tell anybody(other than yaw and my family) that I have lost my ipod until this morning. Part of me still couldn't believe that I lost it just like that.. not even knowing that it was already gone....

I've gone through the night over and over in my head, and I couldn't identify at which point my ipod was already gone. It drove me nuts....

I really hate losing stuffs...

my dear ipod wherever you are... I hope you're treated good...

I really enjoyed your company... it's all my fault that we parted this way... I will miss you...

Sorry Pa, that i've lost the ipod so soon.... your $$$ gone just like that..

:( *SOB*

i'm an idiot :(

lost my ipod :(

2009-09-01T10:58:00.001+08:00

Future..

2009-08-27T15:57:00.001+08:00

up and down...

2009-08-25T10:27:00.002+08:00

Some people are just so unprofessional these days!

Remember how we had to wear that very ugly coat, tilt our head, lift our chin, smoothen our hair, drop our left shoulder just so slightly before the uncle would press the shutter and have our passport photo taken??

My passport is expiring soon, and I need to get it renewed since I'll be going to HK for vacation next month. I went to this shop in a mall to have my passport photo taken. That boy showed me the chair and as soon as I sat down, he snapped the photo and that was it, before I can even finish my line thought doubting if this boy knows what he was doing. Then I thought to myself maybe I'm so good at positioning myself now that he didn't have to adjust me at all.

Then this morning at the immigration office counter, the officer was going through my documents before giving me a number. He saw the photo and said, "Ini tak boleh. Mesti nampak 2 telinga. Shirt putih tak boleh juga, perlu pakai kot kalau pakai shirt putih."

=.=.....

How could the photographer missed so many of these obvious details? And it's not like they are small details. These are very obvious and straight forward details. TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL!! He just wants MY MONEY and do not give a fnck about the quality of service he provide!!!

Maybe next time I should just save the trouble and just get an instant photo at the immigration office instead. Though the colour looks weird, at least they know what they are doing and the photo is sure to meet the requirements.

I must compliment our immigration office. The service at immigration office is really efficient these days. Only took me less than half an hour to get my application done. And my new passport is ready to be collected 2 hours later.

This comforts me, at least we did improve somewhere.

Idling..... at work.....

2009-08-24T17:15:00.003+08:00

I really should be working... I've got this presentation slides to prepare.. and a paper to write...

I really should get these done while I have the time.

Unlike my previuos job which we are practically waist deep in sh*t pool ALL THE TIME, I can never tell when sh*t is going to hit. That's the up and also down side of the job. It's nice when you're not hit, but it's not very pleasant to get hit without any notice either.

Which is more nasty? Being waist deep in sh*t pool all the time? Or getting unpredicted sh*t hits every now and then?

Barely containing~~~

2009-08-24T16:59:00.004+08:00

Over the past 2 weeks, many things have happened, and decisions been made.

And we are very excited about it!!!

There are still many loose ends, but we'll be tying one up soon!

SOON!! :)

Do you still remember why?

2009-08-24T16:51:00.004+08:00

abi asked if I remember what was the reason we were so anal about keeping our blogs private.

Back then, every now and then we will have some very emo entires, and also some not so nice entries which we bitched about certain people, and we sometimes announce exciting happennings in our life which we are not ready to announce to the whole world yet, and we sometimes bitch about work/boss, and, and, and, and endless and.

I think that's why.. :p

while waiting

2009-08-14T11:55:00.006+08:00

It's lunch time already, and the office is almost desserted now. Still waiting to be picked up for lunch.. should be here any time now.. hopefully..

anyway, I was browsing through FB while waiting.. and saw a high school classmate posted a note.

aiks.. he's here.. gtg.. continue later..

# Updated

Ok.. so I guess I should finish telling the story right?

That gal, she was complaining about a sucky service that she got. And the people who served her were non-locals. She sounded condescending towards non-locals... and wasn't happy with Singapore's president for encouraging more foreign talents. Then I was thinking.... ermmm.... has she forgotten she's from M'sia? Even if she got a PR or citizenship, she is still not a local. And talents from M'sia considered as foreign talents too right?

I just can't stand it when people thinks that they are a better human being than others.. who are you to judge and belittle anyway?

Introducing...... hokkiendog

2009-08-12T08:57:00.001+08:00

that's Lotti's youtube account username... haha... :P

here's her virgin youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39tH55Dcgew

Sour and Spicy clear soup fish bee hoon

2009-07-15T10:10:00.000+08:00

That is quite a mouth full.. but that's the best that I can do. I can't think of a shorter, catchier name.. Its chinese name is actually quite strange... it is named after a beauty from ancient China - Wang Zhao Jun 王昭君. Maybe the cook that invented this bee hoon soup is infactuated with her. I dunno...

Before my stomach became extremely sensitive to spicy and sour food. I used to frequent a road side food stall that sells sour and spicy clear soup fish bee hoon. Back when it first opened around 3 years ago, the cook is often spotted swatting flies... I am one of his earliest loyal customer. Since 2 years ago, this bee hoon place has finally made its name, and now, if you go during it's peak hour, a 1 hour wait is considered very normal. Since I became sensitive to spicy/sour food, and since the standard of the bee hoon soup has dropped since it gained its fame, I hardly go there anymore. The soup is now SO sour that I think it can burn a hole in my stomach..

I was feeling adventurous, despite failing to find any rescipe online, I decided to go ahead with my attempt to reproduce the bee hoon at home. And it turned out not too bad. ;) Not as nice as the best that I've tasted, but definitely better than the ultra sour ones from that road side stall.

So here's the recipe, bring water to a boil, just agak-agak throw in some lemongrass, cili padi, tomato, cabbage, lemon juice, fish fillet/fish head and you're done! :)

Good luck!

:D I love doing that :P

My mom used to drive me mad with her 'agak-agak' whenver I asked her how much of this and that should I use. Now I that I have logged more than 100 hours of cooking hour, the skill of 'agak-agak'ing is slowly coming to me.

Anyway, here's a more detailed recipe. :) Since this is my first attempt with no recipe to refer to, the ingredients and the portions are based solely on my 'feel and instinct', just agak-agak :P

This recipe makes enough for 2.

5 stalks of lemon grass smashed
10 cili padi smashed(to taste, agak agak lah.. if you like spicier, put more)
5 cloves of garlic
1 tomato
half a lemon, squeezed (i use lemon juice instead of asam, cos lemon is healthier, and not as acidic, i think :P)
Fish meat sliced or fish head chopped (really need to agak-agak here, need enough to make the soup base tasty, I used a medium sized fish head)
bee hoon - soak to soften

1. Bring ~2 bowls of water to a boil (measure using the bowl which you'll be using to serve your bee hoon soup)

2. Add tomato, garlic, lemon grass and cili padi to the pot of boiling water.

3. Turn the heat to medium and let it boil for ~5minuntes.

4. Now add in fish(fillet or chopped head), cabbage and bee hoon which you have prepared earlier. If the bee hoon that you buy takes a longer time to cook, you may want to add bee hoon to the soup earlier as you do not want to over cook your fish.

5. when the fish is cooked, turn off the heat. Now add in lemon juice, and salt to taste. (i used half a lemon and 1/3 tablespoon of salt)

And we're done! :)

first entry using my iPod touch

2009-06-28T23:36:00.002+08:00

Dad bought an iPod Touch a couple of months ago. I was really surprised, because my dad has never showed much interest in gadgets before. I never did expect my dad to know what an iPod is, much less buy one.
Anyway, a couple of months later, after getting tired of watching movies and tv series on his iPod, I am now the new owner. :p

This is funny!! :D

2009-06-11T17:42:00.001+08:00

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

Namo Amitabha...

2009-06-03T14:50:00.004+08:00

My teammate sent out a video file earlier. First few seconds of the video shows an Indian man sitting on top of a stationary train, presumably at a train station. People were crowding around, from their gesture, I think they are trying to persuade him to get down. Instead of getting down, the guy stood up and started to pace around. All of a sudden, "ZAP", "ZAP", sparks flew, the guy staggered and fell, lying on top of the train. I thought maybe he just fainted, then I saw, smoke coming out from his body, and his hair is on fire. His head must have made contact with the power line above him when he stood up.

It is pretty disturbing to witness death, although it's only a recorded one...
Now I kept hearing the "ZAP", and having the visual of the guy staggered and fell playing over and over in my mind.
May you rest in peace...

Some photos from our weekend getaway

2009-05-05T00:11:00.003+08:00

I've created some sort of photo blog for my trip here.
Yes, I'm saying that I'm too lazy to write a proper entry. :p

Weekend getaway

2009-05-04T09:26:00.002+08:00

We were supposed to go somewhere for a vacation last weekend. "Somebody" was supposed to plan it out. I mistook the lack of updates as him wanting the final plan to be a surprise or something. So I kept my nose out of the planning until like 2 weeks before the said weekend. And there was, really. still. no. plan.

So much for hoping for surprises....... (actually he was really really busy at work for past few weeks...even skipping meals at times... poor guy... so this is understandable... but I just love pulling his leg)

We eventually settled for a short 2D1N Taiping - Ipoh road trip. And even though all the plannings were only made last minute, we had a really great time. Thanks Hunny for still doing this even though you're swamped with tons of work. muaks~~~~ hehe... :P

I'll blog more about the trip later :)

Aging...

2009-04-27T16:49:00.005+08:00

Signs of aging are starting to show… when we were younger, we can afford to be complacent when it comes to eating and living a healthy lifestyle… not sure if you noticed… but keeping our body healthy is becoming an effort… at least that is what I observed from my own body and those around me.

When we were younger, if anything is wrong, short term effort is able to suppress the problem and it will not surface for a long time. But lately, short term efforts will only give short lived results. And it seems to me, those from our generation seems to be more prone to have some form of digestive/bowel problems.

Since a year ago, my stomach couldn't tolerate food that are too sour or too spicy too often anymore. I am not even 30. While my mom on the other hand, who is double my age, and everytime she comes to PG for a visit, she will order Ambra + sourplum drink for every single meal and I have not heard her complain about stomach discomfort afterwards. For me, most of the time my stomach can't even handle more than 1 glass in a week.

I wonder what would be the average life expectancy for our generation? Could we still maintain it at 70++?

Sh*t.....

2009-04-27T09:23:00.001+08:00

deadline for tax filing is only 3 days away... and I have not gotten my EA form from my previuos employer yet....

Papa blogs too

2009-04-09T15:08:00.002+08:00

My Papa has just started a blog:

http://www.lifeofagovernmentservant.blogspot.com/

Never knew my Papa can write........

If you do visit my Papa's blog, and while you're at it, could you just click on the Ad links at the top of his page?

You'll make my not-so-old-yet man happy :)

Just last weekend, Pa was telling me gleefully that he has now generated USD4 from the links.

sugar and blood

2009-04-09T14:31:00.003+08:00

Did you know that some women will suffer from low blood sugar during their menstruation?

Neither did I... until just a while ago.... google says so.... :P

I woke up this morning with a mild headache. It went away after breakfast. Then it's back again a while after lunch.... I retraced my steps to try to figure out what could have relieved my morning episode. And I think I felt better after drinking hot cocoa during breakfast...

I vaguely recall that one of the symptoms of low blood sugar is headache.

So I googled, and ya... it is one of the symptom.

Hmm... 1+1 = 2.

Must be the sugar in my hot cocoa that relieved my headache this morning.

But what caused my low blood sugar??? hhmmm... 'Aunty' just came to visit last night... could it be?

Nevermind.

Let's google. :D

And what do you know? Indeed there are some articles that talk about low blood sugar during menstruation.

My MBTI personality test result

2009-04-06T14:09:00.007+08:00

I'll be attending a 4 hour training on MBTI tomorrow. And we are required to take a online MBTI test to determine our personality type before hand.

I did the test trice.. results I got in the order of earliest to latest : ENTJ, ENFJ, ENTP.

I find my final result - ENTP(Extraversion, iNtuition, Thinking, Perception) most accurate. Those in red fonts are the one that I think is accurate. Some made me smiled to myself sheepishly....

"Clever" is the word that perhaps describes ENTPs best. The professor who juggles half a dozen ideas for research papers and grant proposals in his mind while giving a highly entertaining lecture on an abstruse subject is a classic example of the type. So is the stand-up comedian whose lampoons are not only funny, but incisively accurate.

ENTPs are usually verbally as well as cerebrally quick, and generally love to argue--both for its own sake, and to show off their often-impressive skills. They tend to have a perverse sense of humor as well, and enjoy playing devil's advocate. They sometimes confuse, even inadvertently hurt, those who don't understand or accept the concept of argument as a sport.

ENTPs are as innovative and ingenious at problem-solving as they are at verbal gymnastics; on occasion, however, they manage to outsmart themselves. This can take the form of getting found out at "sharp practice"--ENTPs have been known to cut corners without regard to the rules if it's expedient -- or simply in the collapse of an over-ambitious juggling act. Both at work and at home, ENTPs are very fond of "toys"--physical or intellectual, the more sophisticated the better. They tend to tire of these quickly, however, and move on to new ones.

ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences. (Major setbacks they tend to regard as challenges, and tackle with determin- ation.) ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this. However, they do tend to be extremely genial, if not charming, when not being harassed by life in general.

In terms of their relationships with others, ENTPs are capable of bonding very closely and, initially, suddenly, with their loved ones. Some appear to be deceptively offhand with their nearest and dearest; others are so demonstrative that they succeed in shocking co-workers who've only seen their professional side. ENTPs are also good at acquiring friends who are as clever and entertaining as they are. Aside from those two areas, ENTPs tend to be oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience -- good, bad, or potential.

Note to self

2009-03-07T18:14:00.003+08:00

#1. Never to pick nose with finger that has a cut... It stings... :s
#2. Resist the reflex of sticking your finger into mouth right after, to soothe the stinging.

No.. I did none of the above... Not me...

weekend project - Chawanmushi

2009-03-07T18:11:00.002+08:00

First.. need to get those cups...

Jusco is selling RM15 for a chawanmushi cup :S

With that price.. I can get 3 chawanmushi from Sakae Sushi dy...

Hoping to have better luck at Sunshine tomorrow. Else I'll just settle for any cups that can withstand the steaming....

some thoughts....

2009-03-07T17:13:00.003+08:00

A colleague of mine just got back from Thailand attending a friend's wedding. She was telling us about her trip and we got into the topic of traditional wedding gowns...

Anybody ever wonder, WHY we Malaysian chinese wear ang moh's wedding gown instead of our own very vibrant, classic chinese wedding gown 裙褂 ?? Malaysians from other ethinics eg Malays and Indians would wear their traditional wedding gowns but how did we chinese ended up with ang moh wedding gowns?

One may argue that there aren't much Kua to choose from, bridal houses here have limited choices of Kua. Then comes the chicken and egg problem... Did Chinese wear ang moh wedding gown because bridal house here have more ang moh wedding gowns? Or the bridal house bought more ang moh gowns than Kua because the demand for ang moh gowns are higher? I think it started off with the later...

It's another form of colonisation. If you ask me modernization is actually cultural colonisation. They may have given us our independence decades ago, but they are still colonizing us, only in a different form. Eating their food, wearing their clothes, naming ourselves after them ang mohs. Westerners have successfully colonized the whole world. Cos you see... wearing their clothes, speaking their language, watching their movies, listenning to their songs, have actually become part of our daily lives in most, if not every, part of the world, as our own colourful culture slowly disappears.

Sad to say, but I think I would appreciate "Phantom of the Opera" better than 霸王别姬 chinese opera. And it's ironic that I am writing this piece in English. And in fact, I write mostly in English even though I don't write quite well, but I write even worse in Chinese. hahaha... sigh....

One thing though, I hope to wear a Kua next time when I get married. Though I think it would probably cost me a bomb....

post recipe on blog - checked

2009-02-23T22:46:00.003+08:00

I have FINALLY posted my nasi kerabu recipe entry. I started the entry about a month ago, and just only, I got around to complete it.

I am the queen of procrastination!

I've been telling myself that I should update Tee's blog. But yet....

Tee~ Mommy is sorry la~~

Please excuse my very dirty glass door.

Nasi Kerabu and friends :)

2009-02-23T22:38:00.002+08:00

MY was back in Malaysia for CNY this year and I managed to meet up with her this time.

Her royal highness had cravings for Nasi Kerabu, so on the 2nd day of CNY, we had a small gathering at my place, and I cooked Nasi kerabu for her royal highness. YC came too, and we had a great time. Errm... or at least I had a great time. can't speak for the rest :P

I think MY and YC enjoyed the Nasi Kerabu, so did pa and mi, but I'm not too sure if MY's guai lou lou gong Mr G liked it... :P Though MY did left a comment on my CNY post saying that MrG enjoyed it. But I wonder if the "it" was referring to the meet up or the nasi kerabu specifically. Anyhow, I'm just glad you both enjoyed yourselves :)

And, here's the recipe for you MY. You can now have Nasi Kerabu everyday if you want to. hehe..

Fish flakes

Ingredients:

~3 ikan kembung aka mackerel (~2"x6") or any kind of fish(preferably fishes that have a stronger fishy taste like mackerel)
3 pieces of assam keping

Instructions:

boil fish with assam keping until fish is cooked.
drained, remove bones.
heat up the wok, coat it lightly with cooking oil so that the fish won't stick to the wok.
flake fish with your wok chan aka spatula
stir it around until fish flake is dry

Kuah (gravy)

ingredients :

shallots 5-6 biji
garlic 3 cloves
ginger ~1cm
dried chillies to taste (for me, I put ~4)
coconut milk(thick) ~300ml (i think.... :D )
lemon grass 2 batang
assam keping 1 piece
fresh chili 1

Steps to prepare the kuah:

Blend ingredients #1 to #4. Add some cooking oil if necessary to ease the blending.
Heat up your wok/pan, which ever that makes your day. When it's dry, lower the flame and pour in 4/5 of the coconut milk you prepared. Kept stirring until it becomes lumpy.. this is call pecah minyak..
add in the blended ingredients, kept stirring until fragrant
add equal amount of water to the remaining coconut milk
add in the diluted coconut milk, lemon grass and chili, kept stirring until pecah minyak.
add in asam keping, then cook till desired thickness.

Ulam

ingredients:

long beans ~ 5
cucumber ~ 4 inches
bunga kantan ~ 2
lemon grass ~ 5 (only the bottom part, ~3-4 inches from the root)
daun kesom - just grab a bunch, ~20cents diameter bunch (no need to pluck the leaves off the stem. Wash and drain the whole thing, leaves and stem intact. When cutting, fold and lightly twist to form a bundle to ease cutting)
taugeh aka bean sprouts

instructions:

Cut all ingredients (except for taugeh) finely. You may curse away while doing this.

Budu sauce

ingredients:

Budu (fish sauce, the brownish, murky kind. Not "yu lou" mind you)
cili padi ~ 3 or more...
lime ~ 2-3
sugar

instructions:

Pour budu into a bowl, as much as you need (i suggest ~4 tablespoon). Add as much cili padi, lime and sugar as you like.

That's all.

Oh ya... remember to cook rice.

To serve, scoop at little of everything (fish flake, ulam, kuah, budu sauce) onto your plate of white rice. Budu sauce is very salty, so go easy on the sauce.

Mix well and bon appetit! :)

Starting from bottom right, and ignoring empty bowls, anti-clockwise :

Kuah,

Nasi Kerabu mixed well and ready to be eaten,

fish flakes,

ulam,

budu sauce.

And ya... tastes better when you eat with your hand :D

Don't try if you have a cut on your finger though... ;)

Weeeeeeeee

2009-02-18T15:07:00.003+08:00

I think I may have had just a little too much of coke for lunch...

I can't seem to sit still, so is my mind, it's going all places but the excel sheet that I should really be digesting.

It really doesn't take much to get me high, coke/coffee/milk tea. Just force one glass down my throat.

just give me any reason...

2009-02-16T15:12:00.004+08:00

Do you know how agonizing it can be to have a nice little black dress bought when it is NOT on sale, cost me over RM200, sitting in my drawers for almost 2 months since I brought it back from the mall???

I WANT AN OCCASION SO THAT I CAN WEAR THAT DRESS!!!!

Happy New Year~

2009-01-29T16:51:00.002+08:00

Today is only the 4th day of Lunar New Year.. and I'm already back in office.

Received a big 'ang pow' from boss first thing in the morning, got 2 requests assigned to me already.

Luckily, nothing that I couldn't handle.. :P

Anyways... just to wish everybody a happy and prosperous Ox year ahead! :)

morningzzzzz....

2009-01-22T09:24:00.002+08:00

I slept pretty early yesterday. By 11.30pm, lights were out already.

But this morning, I woke up feeling like a zombie.

zzz

zzzzz

zzzzzzzz

-.-zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

all I want to do now is to curl up in my bed

exactly what i was trying to say...

2009-01-19T15:33:00.003+08:00

A ex-colleague sent out a wedding e-invitation today, and there's a link to their wedding blog. I read about their proposal and I must say, it's the best proposal that I've heard of so far.

Here's an excerpt of what the soon to be groom wrote, and I simply must put it on my blog because I have the exact same thinking too, only I was not able to put them in words so nicely like he did.

I am not big on extravagant proposals and how to impress with money. I am not rich and I don’t believe that even if I am, flashing it around has no significant meaning. So the important thing for me is that it truly meant something to the both of us.

He proposed with flowers and bacon. Yes, BACON.

flawless not...

2009-01-15T13:41:00.003+08:00

My Hunny bought me a makeup set a year ago and to my horror, the bottle of foundation is starting to get a little dry already!

In order for it to not go to waste, I've been applying a thin later of foundation on my face every morning to work for the past couple of weeks.

But instead of making my skin look flawless, I now have a huge pimple on my nose. So big that when I look down my nose... I can see the big red bump!

And there's a 2nd one hidden in my brow too! pain la... they've been there on my face for a few days already, when are they going away?? if only I can wrap them in newspaper, like how we wrap the fruits, so that they will ripen sooner....

siggghhh

Names..

2009-01-14T13:16:00.005+08:00

Have you ever wondered if the guai lous find it weird that some Asians don't have Asian names and instead adopt a ang moh names instead?
Imagine a ang moh guy calling himself 安德鲁思润发 . Andrews Run Fah. Andrews being the family name and Run Fah being the first name.

I must admit I did go thru the phase of wanting a 'nama glamor' when I was much younger, like 20 years younger. I can't remember when did I learn to appreciate my name, and decided that if we Asians can remember and pronounce their Ang Moh name, I don't see how those Ang Moh can't learn to remember ours. I've been working closely with Ang Moh's since I started work, and I still have not found the need to adopt a nama glamor. Sure they have mispronounced my name and taken a longer time to remember my name (can't really blame them.. most of the time I can't remember the Chinese names of ppl whom I just met either), but eventually they will remember.

A US counterpart called me 'Faye' yesterday in a meeting.. =_=... can't blame him for that though.. corrected him that the 'ph' in my name is pronounce as a 'p'. But he still haven't got my name totally right.. cos he's now calling me Pei only.. haha... but that's alright, tolerable.

Can you imagine the horror if I had been given the Ang Moh name "Diana". I would have been scarred my whole life by the rough childhood I were bound to have...

Just in case you still have not got it... Diana + Saw.

Maybe Faye isn't too bad afterall.

2009-01-12T11:01:00.001+08:00

I miss working with just text files... when all I need is just a simple vim....

I am a geek!!

2009-01-06T15:41:00.003+08:00

Feeling content... that I can now do my work in linux environment instead of windows.

On my first week into my new job, I was shocked to find that people here work in windows by default.

O.O.....

erm...

so how do i do tkdiff? or grep? or :g/xxx/s//yyy/??

can i do all those in windows??

I'll be so handicapped!!!!!! HOW??????????????

Thank goodness my boss has a linux machine which we can login to...

Real engineers only work with linux! :P

Well said..

2008-12-30T17:31:00.006+08:00

There's this thing that bugs me from time to time. I can be on the plane; or waiting at the traffic light; or dishing up a nice meal; It's totally random. Snipets will just creep up on me sporadically and it'll be like having sand in my slippers for the rest of the day.

I was visitting MY's blog earlier, she has a link to our high school english teacher's blog. I saw this quote from my teacher's blog:

No one can go back to change a bad beginning;

But anyone can start now and create a successful ending.

I think I'll write this down on a post-it and stick it on my office desktop.

Data corruption

2008-12-30T15:34:00.000+08:00

hhhmmm ok... seems like I got my facts wrong...

I think... the flower in the story is not a tulip...

As I was typing out the previuos entry about my first encounter with tulip. I have this vivid image in my mind of the picture in the storybook. A small little white flower, with droopy bulb (like a street lamp) standing tall in the snowy ground. But something is not right... tulip bulbs don't droop, not when it's blooming at least...

So I tried to google... and among my search result is this: Snowdrop.

This sparked some neuron activity deep inside my brain, which has not been accessed for a long long time...

I think.... in the story, it says snowdrops, not tulips...

Data recovery mechanism (me the electronics engineer talking :p ) was not working when retrieving the data from memory earlier.... :p

ok.. this looks more like it. Look a bit like tulip ma right? it's confusing for a kid loh....

Anyway, now I know, the flower in the story is not a tulip.

But I still love tulips, and now I love snowdrops too :D

Tulips

2008-12-30T14:17:00.006+08:00

My first encounter with tulips is from a storybook. I can't remember the name of the book, can't even recall the whole story, but I remember a small piece of the story which a little girl made a wish on a cold winter night. And the next morning, she woke up to find tulips bulbs breaking through the snow. White tulips.

I vaguely remember hoping that someday I will get to see real tulips or maybe grow some in my own garden. Didn't know back then that with our weather, we can never grow tulips in our garden. Then I grew up and I forgot about my little wish...

Until a couple of years ago, a friend showed me photos of tulips which he took during his biz trip in Oregon..

And just today, I found out that, there's a tulip farm here in Malaysia!!! And it's near!!! It's in Maxwell Hill!!!

Holidayssss!!!!

2008-12-24T14:48:00.004+08:00

I'm having a hard time at work today, it's really hard to focus on my reading material when holidays is just around the corner, but I must finish this document!!

I felt as though a 9 year old kid and the mother is trapped inside me. The kid kept wanting to sneak off to play, while the mother kept dragging the kid back to study.

this 'dual personality' is confusing me....

I can't wait for 5pm when the holiday weekend will start. I'll be home tomorrow! :)

Merry Christmas and happy holiday to everyone~~ o<<:O)

No, that's not my Tee, got this picture off the net from some website called golfingsanta..

nerd

2008-12-23T14:09:00.002+08:00

I was lazy to put on my contacts this morning so I came to work with my specs.

My cube neighbour commented that I look more intellegent.

haha...

2008-12-18T15:22:00.003+08:00

Trying to get into the habit of regular blogging again...

And need to post some for Lotti in her blog too...

Mustn't be too ambitiuos... I'll start with this..

We'll see....

off the chart

2008-12-18T14:47:00.003+08:00

Girls' outings are evil... I had 2 in just one week... As a result, my expenses are off the chart...

Last Saturday's outing we went karaoke-ing, had hi-tea, and did some shopping.

Yesterday night Hunny was attending his department's annual dinner. I went out with CH for dinner and then we were supposed to shop for a Xmas present her present exchange in the office.. We ended up at L'Occitane, spending couple of hundreds on ourselves each instead... But I memang wanted to get a eye cream and a makeup remover... so... it's not really a splurge... you know.

It's not!!!

Gone are the days.......

2008-12-15T12:17:00.000+08:00

when I didn't have to worry if my face will look like a full moon in photos when taken at unflattering angles....

This morning I put on the jacket I bought couple of months back, it's so tight around my waist... and I have problem moving my arms around freely too... I should have gotten that S instead of XS...

The fats just know where to grow... I hate you too Fats!

If only we can control where the fats will grow....

Day 1 as a fulltime housewife

2008-11-24T22:51:00.002+08:00

Morning - woke up at 8.30, called up mom to ask her how to cook the pork ribs + bitter gourd dish. Went to the wet market and back in an hour. Played with Lotti a bit then start to clean and store the raw materials I just bought. When that's done, it's time to prepare for lunch, Hunny would be back for lunch. Mom said to tumbuk bean paste with garlic... takra tumbuk... nemind... got blender.. would work too... done cooking just before noon... Hunny said would be late.. good also... can go bathe first...

Afternoon - by the time Hunny came back for lunch.. the fishes were no longer garing... nemind... can eat too :p the pork ribs + bitter gourd turn out quite good, only it was a little on the salty side... too much bean paste... after lunch, on his way back to office, Hunny dropped me at QB to window shop until it's time for my facial treatment appoinment.

Evening - Enjoyed my facial treatment, met up with Hunny for dinner, go home, chill......

so far so good...... :P

Last Day

2008-11-21T21:42:00.002+08:00

What can I say... it was a mad rush since morning.
I didn't have much time to be melancholic until I returned my badge, walked out of the building and was walking with Hunny towards the car. Then it hit me, I won't be seeing the familiar faces that I see everyday for the past 5 years as often anymore. For a moment, tears were welling, and I am glad that my teammates left the office before me. If they had been there to see me out, I think I might not be able to hold back the tears.
Leaving the job is easy, leaving the people is hard. I will definitely miss them.

new room and damaged ego

2008-10-27T22:40:00.005+08:00

I love my 'new' room. Especially THIS corner :

I moved my TV and DVD player to my room from the living hall since nobody actually uses them. And I converted my bed frame into my reading chair. I broke one of the leg though when i jumped onto the chair to test my new reading place... was too excited...

Luckily the broken leg doesn't affect the functionality much... Nothing much that was damaged other than my ego...

Greeting cards..

2008-10-27T22:29:00.004+08:00

Found some greeting cards I received from various friends years ago while cleaning up my room... it was fun to read, remembering the good times... but it's also sad to realise that we have grown apart since.... It's always sad when you realise that chats can barely go beyond "Hi, how are you?" "I'm fine, you?" "I'm fine too" Silence...

Is this part of growing up? Or I am just bad at keeping friendships? I think... Saying that it's part of growing up is just giving ourselves a convenient excuse.

balance...

2008-08-28T16:24:00.003+08:00

I am not a fan of the opposition, neither am I a supporter of the ruling party. I am only a fan of Malaysia. Until we have a strong opposition, I will continue to vote for the opposition. I think many are voting for the opposition for the same reason too.

It's unhealthy when one party is too dominant, with no challenger, they become arrogant, they become lazy. And look at the state of our country now.

The ex DPM, do I think he's a good guy? Is he all in just for the country, the rakyat, with no personal interest involved? BS..... if you ask me, he is just as bad as the rest, only maybe he is not as stupid and lazy as those in the ruling party. But if he can provide the balance of power that our country needs, he has my support, for now. And when 2 parties are on even grounds, then it's all about who is doing a better job.

Only thing is, what if he did not just manage to defeat the current ruling party, snatching away the power from them, but crumbles it all together as well? Then we are back to square one, only, it's a different party in dominance now.

No mood to work.....

2008-08-28T16:22:00.002+08:00

I just wanna go home and curl up and do nothing....

looking into the mirror

2008-08-26T18:30:00.004+08:00

It has been 3 months since I got this hair, and I have yet to have a photo of me with this new hair that I don't actually look like an aunty.
The auntiness is further accentuated by my recent months of sloppiness. I've gotten way TOO comfortable. Nobody should ever be TOO comfortable, you'll get lazy, and this laziness will cause a ripple effect which will eventually take a toll on our self-confidence.
It is true, I've been avoiding looking at myself in the mirror for the past couple of months. I don't like what I see. It actually even affects my confidence at work. I'm glad I realise what I have been doing to myself and I am now good. I can look at myself in the mirrorw now.

Looking good ;)

gals and hags

2008-08-25T18:26:00.006+08:00

I remember how I used to wear skirts which are 2-inches above my knees, sleeveless blouse completed with a pair open-toed sandals to office. Fast forward to the present, jeans + t-shirt (with sleeves) + old worn boots with thick socks, that's how I normally dress to office, if that can even be considered as 'dressing'. And the very moment I reach my cube, I would immediately put on my old worn ugly jacket. Is the office getting colder every year??

It has been raining a lot lately, I feel like I'm working inside a refrigerator even with my boots, jackets and all. But YET, I see younger female engineers wearing short skirts and sleeveless to office. I cannot understand... Does our cold tolerance decreases with age?? Or when we are younger, we are so vain that we'd rather risk getting frostbites than to look like a hag??

Hmmm....

Forgiving

2008-08-25T18:16:00.002+08:00

A little something I learned from a book which I happened to read at the bookstore last weekend.

By forgiving somebody, we are not letting the person off the hook, instead we are doing ourselves a favour, to be free from the pain and grieve inflicted.

Most of the time, we felt so hurt that we want the person who caused us the pain to suffer as well. We hold on to the grudge believing that it will hurt the culprit, but the truth is, it always hurt us more than it hurts the culprit. Becoming so obsessed with making the culprit pay that we did not notice we are cornering ourselves and pulling ourselves deeper into that black hole of emotional instability. Going round and around, dwelling on the same issue over and over.

Feel the pain, and then let it go. When you let it go, it doesn’t mean you are condoning the wrong doings, neither were they justified. By letting it go, we have taken the first step to take control of our own emotions, moving forward with our lives, and no longer being victimized by the wrong doings of others. We should not punish ourselves for somebody else’s wrongdoings.

Learn to love our self more, and learn to forgive, it makes us a happier person. Do it for nobody by ourselves and maybe for the people who love and care about us.

Brand new laptop!

2008-08-21T17:59:00.003+08:00

This is my 4th laptop in just one day.
My original one, which I have been using for the past couple of months, its keyboard has been giving static shocks. Imagine that.
Luckily, the problematic area is localized at the bottom left, Ctrl and Fn key, which thank god, I do not use very often, only when I need to hibernate or lock my laptop.
The guys at the PC service center seemed to be surprised to hear of my complaint, probably I'm the first one to get static shocks from a laptop keyboard. Anyhow, they are not authorized to take apart this brand of laptop, so they can only give me a brand new one.
Then 2nd one... it made it back to my cube, almost loaded my outlook, then the screen died. Blank. =_=.... so I had to walk all the way back to our PC service center again, which again thank god.... is in the same building as my office.
The 3rd one... it did not even made it to the service center work bench.... again it's the screen problem... I should have gotten T61 instead... why why....
So this is the 4th one... so far so good...
I was telling my teammate... if this laptop dies on my again.... I'm gonna request to have my original one back. Rather get static shocks everyday then to have to run to the PC service center every other hour. My teammate said... ya.. the guys would first request you to sign on a indemnity form, just in case....

Lotti blogsssssss...

2008-08-13T21:30:00.003+08:00

Harlo~~~ Mommy kicked me out from her blog, so I have to move here...

You can find the link on Mommy's sidebar too~

Ah woooooooooooo~~~~~

i forgot.....

2008-07-30T23:05:00.000+08:00

Conversation with a friend.......

bluemoon says:
you guys... one year how many proj?
Ng says:
giv me a break
Ng says:
u stay in XXXX too long dy
bluemoon says:
what?
bluemoon says:
one year one proj?
Ng says:
2-3 years one project
Ng says:
haha
bluemoon says:
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHA
bluemoon says:
my question IS SO FUNNY
bluemoon says:
=_=
bluemoon says:
my gosh
Ng says:
now u know

SIGH..... I forgot, not all people have to deal with a few projects in a year.

new look

2008-07-15T22:41:00.002+08:00

I've removed my blog archive and introduced labels instead. The labels are all listed under "Blue Moon's....."
I have only managed to label the recent posts which is only 10% of my total blog postings though, no plans to label all the older posts. :p

Weekend Mission Accomplished

2008-07-14T22:05:00.009+08:00

It's one of the rare long weekends that I did not travel back to Subang. Since my hunny will be busy with himself and won't have much time to entertain me, and my housemate will not be around(which translate to I do not have to fight for the kitchen),I decided to make this weekend a culinary fiesta.

Saturday : Shrimp Penne Alfredo (YUMMY!!) We were too hungry, and I forgot to take a picture of it until the plate was too unpresentable. Anyway, here's what it sort of looked like, only mine has a few overcooked shrimp scattered around. This is what happens when you don't thaw the raw ingredients. I forgot to take the shrimps out from the freezer, I think the middle was still frozen when I threw them into the pool of melted butter. The texture of the sauce was a little 'grainy', can't call it lumpy cos the particles are too small to be called a lump, but big enough to unsmoothen the texture, it was almost unnoticable, mainly because we were too hungry. It must be I didn't whisk the sauce thorough enough after adding in the cheese before turning off the fire.

Did I mention that this was my first time dishing up a non tomato based pasta? I wouldn't have even made the effort of looking up for this recipe if not for Hunny. Hunny loves white creamy sauce pasta, I did not use to fancy it until THIS. Muahaha... and it's really easy to make too! :)

Sunday : Assam Laksa
The camera's battery went dead before I could take a photo of my masterpiece after 2 hour plus of cooking. This was taken the day after, not the same bowl of course. I cooked enough for 4 and there were only 2 of us, so we had it as our lunch the next day. And it actually tasted better on the 2nd day. I would cut down on the kunyit the next time I make this, kunyit has a very strong smell, and this smell dominated the rest, not even laksa leaves or bunga kantan were able to fight with it. Just a mere 2cm piece of it. I may even skip it all together the next time, some of the recipes doesn't have kunyit in it. They say early birds get the worm, the same applies, early si lai gets the fish. I woke up too late, it was a very nice morning to sleep through, I was lucky to even manage to wake up at 9am. By the time I got to the market, the ikan kembung left are so small that I strongly believe I would just risk choking on a fish bone than to thoroughly deboned the fish. Sardines are gone as well... gosh... these Penang si lais... don't they sleep?? I ended up buying some 'wood fish', the fish seller told me it's call ikan kayu and people do use it to make laksa too. I may want to try to fry the blended spice the next time I cook, may be that's what was missing.

Monday : Nasi Kerabu
It's SO MUCH WORK!!! Rewarding though, Hunny loves it, he had second helpings!!! 2nd picture: (from top left clockwise): ulam, dried fish flakes, kuah, budu
After going through the deboning/flaking the day before, I had decided to be a lazy si lai, nevermind if the recipe says to use another kind of fish. Fishes are all the same, we should not discriminate. Again, I woke up too late, fish fillet were sold out. =_=... I never learn... Lucky for me, the fish mongers do provide deboning service, but part of the meat will be wasted as they are deboning the fishes raw. Lazy si lai with eyes closed: "Nevermind lah, once in a while nia.. not that much waste also." Even without the deboning process, the fish was still a lot of work. First boil it, flake it then fry it dry. Frying the fish dry without oil, because we want it dry and not oily. So you can imagine the HORROR. 20 cents, 40 cents, 60 cents... ARRRGHHH... stupid fish.. stop sticking to the pan, you're wasting my hard earn money!!!! Next, the kuah, most time consuming. Heat up santan, wait for it to pecah minyak, add in blended spices, wait for it to pecah minyak, add in lemon grass, chilli, assam and more santan, wait for it to pecah minyak. So many minyak to pecah!! Again, it was worth it. Hunny helped with me the ulam, which involves a lot of cutting, while I was busy pecahing the minyak. It was either he do the cutting or eat at 9pm. Mainly it was because my Hunny loves me la. Hor, Hunny? :P Lastly, Budu sauce. This was easy to make, just pour some budu into a bowl, throw in some cili padi, squeeze in some lime juice, add sugar to taste, and we are done. PHEW...

And this concludes my weekend culinary fiesta!

Clingy

2008-06-20T21:01:00.003+08:00

I just got back from the airport after sending Hunny off for his weekend biz trip.
I'll be having this weekend all to myself, just me and myself.
I'm sure I'll be enjoying this rare occassion of spending time with just myself, but right now, even while driving back, I am already missing my Hunny.
It's alright Hunny, don't worry about me, I'll overcome this minor seperation anxiety before you even touch down in JB. :P
Love you all the same~ muaks~
(I'm off to yam cha now~ *hugs*)

Facebook

2008-06-18T22:48:00.004+08:00

I have finally succumbed to the pressure and joined facebook.
If not because of a friend who faked her ID as a "Melissa Soh" to pry on some other people's profile. =_=
No, I am no Melissa, but there are not many, in fact, I am the only one with that surname, though with different spelling, in that circle.
So to prevent people from thinking that I am the wu liao one that creates a fake account to pry on others, I've decided to sign up and create an account. Just what I need, yet ANOTHER online account.

here fishy fishy

2008-06-15T22:15:00.012+08:00

I went fish feeding at Pavillion 2 weekends ago when I was back in KL. I have to pay to feed the fishes!

And this is how we fe d the fishes.. hehe.. It was VERY ticklish at first, really... I was giggling while trying to keep my feet submerged, takes a while to get use to the sensation.

This is my poor Hunny having this huge fish that kept pulling at his leg hair :D

Initially there were only the 2 of us on that row, the whole school of fishes rushed to our feet like piranhas. There were more fishes around my feet than Hunny's. High heels and strapy sandals does take a toll on my feet ok? Then came 3 ah bengs, so came our competition, and we lost, terribly.

After 30minutes of intense nibbling and sucking, I thought the skin on my feet would look like how they were when I was only a baby. Right.... they look perfectly same to me, the thick dead skin on both my big toes are still there, together with the patch of peeling skin on the side of my left foot. But it was really quite fun, looking at the fishes frantically nibbling at my feet, though not very effective at all. Maybe the thick harden dead skin on my feet make it quite impossible for their tiny mouth, maybe I should scrub the super thick area with that stone used for pedicure before I go next time, give the little fellas a hand, you know. It's bad enough having to kiss at people's feet and survive on dead skin, last thing they need is a broken tooth.

I wonder where I can buy these fishes, Gurra Ruffa. Low maintenance, don't have to buy them any fish feeds, just stick any part of the body which needs some exfoliation into the aquarium, and I can save on body scrubs too, cos who needs body scrubs when I have Gurra Ruffa?

Another

2008-06-05T12:29:00.003+08:00

Was meaning to post this earlier in the week. Made these last weekend.

Points to take note of:
1. need to work on getting both side as symetrical as possible
2. need real jewelery making tools instead of plyers from my dad's toolbox, to minimize the 'bite marks' on the wire.
3. need to improve my photography skills

Made a pair today

2008-05-25T21:47:00.007+08:00

From another angle...

And another....

p.s just as i'm too lazy to blog, i think i'll just stick with this old blog, save me the fuss of thinking of new blog name.

I'm on vacation!

2008-05-09T23:52:00.004+08:00

On my way to Shanghai. Blogging from Changi Airport. I remember blogging here in this aiport in 2004? 2005? during my first biz trip to the US.
Boy.. has it changed since I was last here in Dec 2006. So Classy! Gosh.. I can even sleep in their toilet. A big contrast to where I just left - Penang International Airport. Their toilet is worse than those in QueensBay. Well.. at the very least they provided toilet papers.

This very blog, I have not been updating much. I was thinking, could it be that it's always been a habit for me to only blog when I'm unhappy? So I want a brand new blog, one which is motivated by happy thoughts, happy blogs... We'll see.. Maybe I was just lazy...

Obsession

2008-05-02T10:11:00.005+08:00

I am obsessed with BEAGLES...

Their puppies are SO SO SO cute~~~

So tempted to get a beagle puppy, but my hands are already full with my Lotti.

Lucky for Lotti that she is too old for breeding now, else, goodness know what her crazy mommy will do to her when her obsession gets out of control.

Darling Lotti~ my old bitch..

I hate it when she does tat...

2008-03-31T21:55:00.008+08:00

I have never done that when I was a kid. She is no longer a kid in her world. By dog years, she's an aunty.... Nevertheless young or old, still a bitch...

BEAGLES, I read it from somewhere, cannot stand loneliness. They like company, to be among people. Some of their kind will sometimes resort to poo-eating when they are bored or depressed. And people, unfortunately, MY beagle is one of those. =_=

When she first came to live with us, we would everyday, for almost 2 full months, come home to patch of what used to be a pile of dog shit. If we were lucky, she would remember to lick her lips clean. It drove us mad, helpless not knowing what to do to make her stop. That habit went away for many months now after I read the article and made a point to spend more time with her everyday.

Every single day, since she came, we would walk her for at least 10-15mins after her meal without fail, unless it's raining la. Most of the time, both of us would walk her together. And after reading the article on poo-eating-beagles, despite being feasted by mosquiteos, we would sit outside on the porch with her for at least 15-30mins after her walk. However, being engineers, there are times when time for pang sai becomes a luxury. During those days, only one of us will bring her out. She doesn't like it when only one of us play with her, she will be noticably quiet. Usually, busy days like these doesn't occur on everyday of the week. However, I was in one of THOSE days for the past whole week and will still be for many weeks to come. HunnyB has been taking her out alone for the past week.

The bitch however will hear nothing of that, for 2 consecutive days now, we come home to find half eaten dog shit on the porch. I surrender, you win bitch.

OK lah , Lotti, Mummy will sacrifice my pang sai time to play with you la!! Tomorrow cannot eat your shit already okay???

+_+.....

Can you tell ORANGE is my new fav colour?

2008-03-31T21:42:00.002+08:00

Drama...

2008-03-30T11:29:00.003+08:00

Since the night of 8th March 2008, non-stop drama all the way.
Crossing my fingers, hoping the best for our country.
Let there be more check and balance.
Let there be fair competition between the ruling and the opposition.
Let there be a day when we will all be Malaysians, not Bumis or Non-Bumis.
Let there be a future....

Massage and Waterfall

2008-03-30T10:58:00.004+08:00

HunnyB said we should reward ourselves even though the increment was not much, for the hard work done over the year. So, we indulged ourselves again, at Danai Spa.

This time around, we only went for massage, since we already tried their spa package. The wrap, scrub and bath was okay, but not worth the splurge for this occasion, maybe next time when there's a special special occasion like the last time.

For my massage, a heated hearbal pouch was dabbed all over my body. The heat was a little too much at first, but once I got used to the heat, it was really enjoyable. I even dozed off a few times, waking up just in time to stop my saliva from dripping. Yes, HunnyB says that I'm like a waterfall when I sleep. =_=...

Clit what??

2008-03-24T00:06:00.006+08:00

A friend forwarded an article talking about clitoris from theStar online today. It claims that clitoris is the key (or pea for that matter), to female orgasm. Hmm.. will keep that in mind, a tip or 2 for my husband, when I'm married... :P

A snippet from the article:
All foetuses start out in the womb with female genitals.
At about eight weeks into the pregnancy, the male foetuses begin to produce testosterone that causes the genitals to be rearranged to form the penis.

I showed Hunny B, he said that I have a retarded lan jiao (penis).
I told him that he has a overgrown clitoris.
We've been arguing about that since.

VOTE VOTE VOTE

2008-03-06T22:01:00.002+08:00

Must VOTE. Every single vote counts!!!
Sikit sikit, lama-lama jadi bukit!!

Can't take this sh*t anymore...

2008-03-04T23:20:00.006+08:00

I previously thought that I can't be more disappointed with our gomen than I already am, until I saw this news. I cannot believe they would come up with this sh*t. Unbelievable.

What will become of our country?

updated: NOW they created this to back their earlier decision.

TOO MANY~~!!

2008-03-04T12:59:00.006+08:00

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Too many ppl around me are getting married. Every other day, I will definitely have to engage in some wedding preparation related topics.
Too much!! Too much!!! :
It's making my immagination run wild, picturing how my own wedding would be.
Must STOP!! Must STOP!!
:

And I am NOT 'haan ka' OKAY?
Just picturing my future wedding nia la......

One of the things that I do not understand..

2008-02-19T23:27:00.004+08:00

I was coming out from a toilet cubicle when I saw a girl standing at the mirror arranging her bangs. What's so special about that you may ask. How would you arrange your bangs? I can think of a few ways, flick it to a side, center part it, all done with a few swift strokes, or may be mess it up a bit with a few shuffles, or tuck it behind your ears, or secure it in place with pin(s). But never would I try arranging my bangs, strands by strands, aligning them to specific areas on my forehead. THAT was exactly what I saw the girl doing. I have nothing against vanity, but this is absurd. Does she expect her bangs to stay in place where she just placed them for more than a minute? Well, maybe she has double sided tape taped on her forehead.

Prayer for my niece

2008-02-18T00:52:00.004+08:00

We went to visit my san-gu this evening. Her twin grandchildren, a boy and a girl, were at her place as my cousin sis was busy giving tuitions. The baby girl is spastic, san-gu has been busy bringing the baby for physio and other alternative traditional treatments, in hope to improve the baby's condition. I googled for "spastic" and "cerebral palsy" after I got back home later after the visit. I got a little upset after looking at some photos of spastic children, knowing that my little niece may grew up to be like that if the treatments do not improve her condition. The websites said that babies that are diagnosed and treated early stand a chance of getting better, but not totally cured, they cannot be cured from spastic, they can only be less severe.

I pray that my little niece's condition will improve with her treatments, hopefully she can be at the very least able to see...

婕琳，要加油！！

Hunny is sweet!

2008-02-15T08:49:00.005+08:00

I got a gold pendant and my car windows tinted!

I was just trying to make my point on buying flowers on Valentines Day is a waste of money when I said, if there's going to be any flowers for Valentines Day, they have got to be made of gold. On the eve of Valentines Day, Hunny tricked me into believing that despite me telling him that I DO NOT want flowers, he still ordered a bouquet of flowers from the florist. That got me started on what I am best at, nagging. 30minutes to 1 hour of nagging later, only he cheekily gave me the 'flowers' that he bought, flowers made of gold -- a gold pendant.

On Vday, I unknowingly helped Hunny in his 2nd mission. I suggested to Hunny to leave his car at his office carpark for the night since it's bai-tian-gong day and use my car instead. When he came to pick me up from my office after work, I noticed an envolop on my dash board, with Air Cool logo on it. Hunny just got his new car tinted last week, they gave him a similar envelop, I was thinking why did he took it out from his car to put in mine. I knew something was going on when I saw my Hunny trying to stifle a grin. He secretly brought my car to a tinting shop to get the windows tinted during lunch!!! I feel sorry for his US boss, cos I cursed the boss for being an inconsiderate b@st@rd when Hunny told me that his boss scheduled a meeting with him during lunch time. Hunny framed his boss. -_- Poor guy, kena cursed for nothing... Sorry ya.. :P Now I will get less UV exposure when I drive out in the afternoon.

Hunny loves me. ^-^ muakkkss~

blogging from Cambodia~~ :D

2008-01-20T10:45:00.002+08:00

The guesthouse that I'm staying in Siem Riep, Cambodia provides free internet service. Connection speed is not to bad, the pages loaded faster than it did in PG. (streamyx sucks...)
I think I may have figure out what I am allergic to, -- Dust. Cambodia in very dusty, more so in Siem Riep. We uses tuk-tuk a lot to get around, while ít's fun to be get around like a Cambodian, my eczema is aggravated by the dust that Í'm exposed to. Itchy... :(
Today is my last day in Cambodia, I'll be heading back home early tomorrow morning. We won't be doing much today, mostly shopping and lazing around.
hehe.. ;)

7 hours before I start my journey to Cambodia~!

2008-01-16T00:55:00.001+08:00

Took me 3 hours to pack!!
I'll be back in 6 days! :)

Mommy luuuuvss me

2008-01-12T10:41:00.002+08:00

geram.... so cute~
Bought this bone chewy for Lotti. It's supposed to help clean her teeth. She loves it, until the flavouring on the bone is gone that is...
Nobody can take that bone away from her unless she lets go of it herself. Even growled at Hunny when Hunny tried to remove the bone from her mouth... haha.... bitch...
Vet says she probably 7-8 years old. We've read in beagle books that beagles on average live up to 10 - 12 years old. Lotti does look like her age, but she doesn't behave like her age... too playful and active for a 7-8 year old doggie.
Both Hunny and me, we are both spellbound by her now.
Lotti, because of you, staying in a condo is no longer an option for mommy and daddy, and landed properties are so damn expensive here leh~! But it's ok, we don't mind darling. Just have to work harder to earn more $$..
HUUUGGGSSSSSS

Peeping Tom

2007-12-31T14:32:00.001+08:00

Saw this while walking back from dim sum back to uncle's house along Gurney Drive.
haha...

2007-12-11T12:10:00.001+08:00

WE made these!! :P
Was at Sunshine Market when we saw this sushi making set, it comes with bamboo mat, rice vinegar, soy sause and wasabi. It's a perfect little project for our anniversary, something to do together. :)

sushi roll

making salmon sushi...

It's acutally quite easy and fun to make.
Maybe we'll do it again for V-Day :D
Next time I'll try making sushi with non-conventional ingredients.... hehe..

Cambodia - Final stage of planning

2007-12-10T14:14:00.001+08:00

Less a month to my Cambodia trip. I've drafted the itinerary for Phnom Pehn and booked our room in Siem Riep, have yet to book for a room at Phnom Pehn and draft itinerary for Siem Riep.
Decided to take the bus from PP to SR, it's much cheaper and I've read reviews about the boat trip from PP to SR saying that there's nothing much to see and it's over priced.
Will be heading to Borders at QB this weekend again, they have a Starbucks in Borders where I can read and take notes comfortably. I know it's not a library but the travel books are so expensive!!!

Indulgence....

2007-12-10T10:57:00.001+08:00

I was more at ease this time. The last time I went to spa, which was my first, it was not entirely enjoyable. I was nervous and self conscious, not very comfortable being almost fully naked. Now that I know nobody will come barging in while I shower, I was more at ease to undress and shower in the bath room which has no doors, only a curtain.

Baby enjoyed himself too. He loves massages, so this is a perfect gift for our anniversary.

They have a outdoor jacuzzi at the spa which we get to enjoy and relax before our massage. I finally get to wear that super cheap swim suit I bought last year while I was in FM. :P

Outdoor jacuzzi

Massage room

A baby step..

2007-11-11T21:48:00.001+08:00

For those who were not aware, there was a street protest in KL yesterday, to demand for a clean election. A memorandum was delivered by a few opposition party leaders to Istana Negara to the King. Original plan was to have the protestors march from Dataran Merdeka to the Istana, but that didn't happen because police were there to block their way. They also tried to disperse the crowd, but in vain, I'm glad to say. Although the crowd did not manage to march all the way to the Istana, at least the memorandum did get delivered to the King. Not sure if that's going to do anything to improve how things are right now, but, at least it's a baby step towards a reform, someday, maybe.

I asked myself, would I have joined the protest if I were in KL. I would like to, but, I don't think I will go, because I am afraid of what might happen if I do get caught. Will I stand a chance of getting a fair trail on whatever charges that they decide to accuse? What many say about Chinese in Malaysia is correct, we are kiasi, we would try to keep away from trouble, especially if it involves going against the government. But can we be blamed? We have been living in a system which discriminate against us for our skin colour almost as long as Malaysia found independence. We were told to be grateful because the so called Bumis are so generous to share their land with us. And thus, we should just shut up, keep out of trouble and be happy for what we have been given. Nevermind if we do not have equal chance of getting into a local U, nevermind if we do not get to buy properties at 5% discount, nevermind if it's a comman knowledge that 'partnering' with a Bumi in our business will open many doors which are else mostly closed. The Bumi politicians (from the ruling party especially) can throw any racist insult at us anytime as they like, but us non-bumis will be accused of being unpatriotic and racist at any slightest criticism at them. So, really, how can we feel comfortable publicly showing our discontent?

Btw, did I mentioned that this protest which ~40k rakyat participated did not get a full coverage by any Malaysian mainstream media? It was only briefly mentioned as some side news that's all... So much for transparency and democracy in Malaysia. I got most of the information off blogs.

sipek cute~

2007-11-02T15:05:00.001+08:00

these are my brother's grandchildren, the 2nd litter now, almost 2 week old.
That pink container is about 3cm x 6cm. So adorable lah.. so tiny... nearly squashed one of them underneath my lap when my bro let them out while he changed the bedding and cleaned the cage.

I am still on holiday!

2007-10-18T11:01:00.000+08:00

It's a Thursday and I am now sitting in a Starbucks in Melaka, that is now playing some Jazzy music, sipping Latte with my honey sitting just right beside me. It would be perfect... if the mall is not blasting Raya songs so loudly. No, I do not hate Raya songs, in fact I sometimes sing a long when I am out shopping and the mall is playing that. But... Jazz + Raya song = noise -_-......

Oh well.. Selamat Hari Raya!

who pays?

2007-10-12T11:25:00.000+08:00

Comments taken from one of aBi's blog entry..

MY said...
Hey girl, I am curious - when you go out with your guy, who pays?
aBi said...
We take turns but mostly him. I'm still a student and he has a full time job. Haha... I am using him, that's what he always say. Why?
MY said...
I curious mah. Cos someone told me about the term "dinner ho"." I not saying you are la! I just saying that if two people make about the same, I somehow assumed then dates usually mean going Dutch. Feminism and all that kinda thing.*shrug*
aBi said...
I guess if both of you works full time and makes about the same then I guess you can take turn paying for things. Somehow going dutch on everything when you two are already in a long term commited relationship seemed a little.... what's the word... you know what I am trying to say?

Going dutch... I don't know... :D seems a little too 'calculative' if couple does that. Actually I did that in my first relationship, or should I call it a fling, wasn't much of a 'relationship' really, but that is another story. I paid for almost all of my meals, movie tickets and heck.. even for traveling costs when we car pooled back to our hometown. It didn't feel right back then, but I was inexperienced and ignorant, wasn't sure what exactly is a relationship.

Oppss, diverted, back to the topic, who pays. I think most would take turns to pay if not the guy pays most of the time, voluntarily that is. I do not know about other girls, but I do not expect the guy to pay, and if he does that, that is only because he wants to, not because he has to, or I wanted him to. And why does he want to do that? Because he sayang his gf maybe? Because he feels happy providing for the gf maybe? I can't be 100% sure but it is definitely not because of peer pressure, or didn't want to appear to be a cheapo or just because he wants to look like a gentleman. If you ask me, I think that one cannot BE a gentleman, if you are, you are, you know what I mean? Undoubtedly, there are girls out there, who are all out just to take advantage of the guys. But who can the guys blame but themselves? That's the price that they have to pay for wanting the 'face', the guy could have thicken their skin and request to split the bill equally if he thinks that the girl is just trying to take advantage of him. Calling the girl a dinner-whor3 after is just almost if not equally as ‘un-classy’......

I should not be blogging at work..

2007-10-12T11:05:00.000+08:00

Today is my last day before my a week's break from work. Raya hols starting tomorrow until next Tuesday, and I am taking extra 3 days off!! Already in holiday mood. Do not have much 'real work' - codings to do anyway, just a lot of documentations, and I HATE HATE HATE doing documentations...

My poor doggie will be left in PG. :( Although Lilian has agreed to come over to feed Lotti until we come back, I still feel bad about leaving her behind. If only she is smaller and easier to transport, then probably her daddy would have agreed to bring her back together.

I wonder if she will miss us while we are gone.... hhhmm.... quite likely she will be happy enough as long as she's fed, which in a way is good I think. It's better if she won't miss us, then it'll make it easier for us for the next couple of months because we seem to have a lot of travels from December to February....

Here's Floppy ear Lotti and her daddy: