PIECES OF PUZZLES

Eye Candy

2011-11-08T13:07:00.005+08:00

So last Saturday as we were driving towards the Sunway Hotel lobby, my cousin suddenly noticed a police car following behind us and the siren was turned-on and of course the natural thing to do is to move aside which was what we did but little did we expect that we'd be stuck at that spot for almost 10 mins.

Here's why. After the police car passed us, a fleet of bout at least 50 cars followed behind. Oh and mind you, they were no ordinary cars. Hummer,Ferrari, Lamborghini, Skyline, Fairlady, Merc, BMW and the list goes on. Some of which I don't even know the names. However, the most jaw dropping for us were the Hummers. I have seen Hummers around in KL but not this type. Hummer limousines. Yup. Imagine that.

The convoy caused a traffic congestion. We took the chance to escape after the 20th car or so to look for parking and when we were done, walked back up to the lobby, yup....the cars were still coming in. They were all to park at the hotel lobby & front yard thus, the congestion

Was quite paiseh to take pictures actually but still managed to quickly snap a couple for keepsake =)

L-R: Ferrari, Hummers & some classic-looking car (also the convoy leader)

Haha. Jakun :p

Quite a sight really and as Ivan said, it was definitely a treat =D

Latest Addiction

2011-10-31T17:01:00.001+08:00

Yup =p

Disney-fied

2011-10-12T10:41:00.002+08:00

freaky Thursday

2011-10-06T09:18:00.005+08:00

okay this i have to blog.

ever since i started work here, i have never taken that pedestrian bridge to cross the two busy roads simply because i was lazy :p BUT today of all days i thought "why not? a little exercise wouldn't kill"

so i took the bridge this morning. as i reached the top i saw a foreigner guy either a cambodian or burmese i'm not too sure. they all look the same to me. anyhoo....the minute i saw him i was a little scared cos this bridge is rather quiet actually. he could do anything to me and no one would know. as i was nearing him, he just suddenly hopped on to the railing. these were the first two thoughts i had when i saw that:

1) i dont want to witness a suicide

2) why in the world would someone want to sit on the railing & watch cars pass at this time of the day?

then in a blink of an eye, before i could even open my mouth, he took off. down he went. down to the busy road where cars & bikes and what not are usually all speeding. the immediate thing i did was to close my ears. i have no idea why i do that every time i'm shocked or scared. i didn't even dare to look down after he jumped. i continued walking and kept thinking "oh my goodness i just witnessed a suicide" then as i walked down the bridge i looked over to my left to see what had happened to him & it turned out he wasnt dead! thank goodness. he was just lying there right in the middle of the road, awake & no bleeding whatsoever. fractured or not i dont know.

so i just witnessed a FAILED suicide. it was freaky nonetheless. i was a little shaky for a while.

as usual a crowd gathered after he was carried aside by two motorists. then two traffic police stopped over as well. i told them that guy's bag was in fact still up at the bridge. i left afterwards and i dont know what happened to that fella. my colleague came in not long after me said she saw the commotion too and that the guy was still lying on the ground. i guess waiting everyone's for the ambulance.

after that freaky incident, i came into the office only to find out from fb that steve jobs just passed away. pretty sure he'll be remembered for a very very long time if not forever.

not what i had expected out of an ordinary thursday morning. what a depressing day.

on a lighter note

2011-09-28T17:32:00.003+08:00

Just a lil something to cheer up a mundane day. Hehe. It was shared by someone on FB.

A mother passing by her daughter's bedroom and she saw an envelope on the bed.

It was addressed, "Mom." With the worst premonition, she opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands.

Dear Mom,
It is with great regret and sorrow that I'm writing you. I had to elope with my new boyfriend because I wanted to avoid a scene with Dad and you. I've been finding real passion with bob and he is so nice-even with all his piercings, tattoos and beard. But it's not only the passion Mom, I'm pregnant and bob said that we will be very happy. He already owns a trailer in the woods and has a stack of firewood for the whole winter. He wants to have many more children with me and that's now one of my dreams too. Bob taught me that marijuana doesn't really hurt anyone and we'll be growing it for us and trading it with his friends for all the cocaine and ecstasy we want. In the meantime, we'll pray that science will find a cure for AIDS so bob can get better; he sure deserves it! Don't worry Mom, I'm 15 years old now and I know how to take care of myself. Someday I'm sure we'll be back to visit so you can get to know your grand children.

Your daughter, Jessy... PS: Mom, none of the above is true. I'm over at the neighbor's house. I just wanted to remind you that there are worse things in life than my report card that's in my desk drawer. I love you!
Call me when it is safe for me to come home!

we have come long way

2011-09-24T15:56:00.000+08:00

coming tomorrow CBC will be celebrating her silver jubilee marking the years of His faithfulness & unfailing blessing.

i am very blessed indeed to have been brought up in this church. 16 years and counting! =) it's not merely a church to me, it has become my family, a part of who i am. through the years i have been here i've seen many people come and gone but i thank God for those here today who have served faithfully in this church :) my prayer for this special day is that as we look forward to many many more years to come, we'll continue to stay united and rooted in Christ and that He'll be the reason why we do everything we do. let us continue to run this race together in light of His glory!

To God Be The Glory!!

HAPPY 25th ANNIVERSARY MY DEAR CHURCH !!

♥

little ramblings

2011-09-21T17:23:00.008+08:00

so it seems like forever since i last updated here when it has only been a month plus. well, there wasn't much that happened but will just throw in an update or two anyway :)

1) i'll start with the prominent ones i guess. taking advantage of the long raya break end of august, a bunch of bout 30 of us from church decided to go on a roadtrip to the east coast while visiting a couple of orang asli villages along the way to donate some stuff to them and to get a better insight on the OA ministry there. it was a five-day trip with most of the time spent on the road. we tracked the distance traveled and came up to a thousand km at the end of the trip =O

it was the first time for the majority of us who have not visited east coast first.

as for me, not only did i see east coast for the first time but it also allowed me to experience my first proper camping since my actual first failed when i chicken-ed out from my scouts camping activity in primary school :p lol. at the end of this trip, let me just say i'm not made for the outdoors. period.

nevertheless, i enjoyed the trip a lot! =)

* for a more comprehensive description of our time spent at the OA villages, check out phoebe's posts.

2) on the same day i arrived kl from the east coast trip, i left for singapore with my mum at night. hehe. i was only back home for a couple of hours, just enough for a shower and to stuff in last minute things into my luggage before i was out of the house again. we took a midnight train just to experience it. ktm wasn't so bad really. in fact, i had a pretty good sleep all the way. well, maybe because i was really exhausted as well. anyway, arrived woodlands at 6.30am as scheduled. headed to mcd for breakfast then off to mum's cousin's house where we stayed for the next 3 days.

it's quite funny actually cos by the end of the first day i told my mum i wanted to go back and regretted buying our bus ticket so early cos now we're stuck for another 3 more days. haha. if you're not planning to visit sentosa then there's really nothing much to do in singapore. every thing you can get there you can also get in here so there's really not much to shop there anyways.

we spent most our of time walking in malls after mall. i dont understand why do they have so many anyway. lol. the highlight for me was probably visiting the peranakan museum. i enjoyed it a lot more than my mum though u would think she'd enjoy it more than me since it's bout her roots. haha. met up with my friend on the second last day for lunch. she took us to the merlion before adjourning for lunch at orchard. after my friend left, we headed off to sentosa, just to have a look. arrived there and the first place we went was....the casino! :p what did we do in there? drank chinese tea! LOL. and i secretly snapped some photos too. hehe

all in all, it was a good getaway! Especially for my mum :)

3) bidding farewell to six of our youths who all left for studies =( it's sad really. we actually lost a bunch of young adults who have served faithfully in church & have been of great help in many ministries. among those left were three awesome sunday school teachers, three gifted vocalists, two talented musicians, a great multimedia-ist & a PA expert. we definitely miss their presence but will continue to pray for them as they settle in their respective places =)

4) finally got a pair of glasses for my minimal shortsightedness & astigmatism. feels weird seeing things through the squares :p but does a great deal when i face the computer 8 hours a day everyday.

hmm...that's pretty much about it that i can remember i guess. till then, have a blessed weekend ahead!! =) toodles!

♥

just taggin' along

2011-08-08T11:53:00.002+08:00

mum and aunts decided to take drive down to their hometown last Saturday and i decided to tag along. hehe. our main purpose was to attend a relative's memorial service but did some sidetrack activities anyway :p

1) went to eat a fishball noodle that my mum has been craving for a very long time. alas, she was disappointed. she said she'll ask for it ever again. lol.

2) did some walking along jonker street. wanted to try the supposedly popular cendol but once again was turned off by the queue. oh well....

we did quite a bit of walking that day and it was quite fun. we got to see places that we'd never pass if we were to drive. mum and aunts got to go back to those streets where they used to go as kids. it was nice =)

An nyoung ha seh yo

2011-08-01T10:56:00.005+08:00

we didn't touch the kimchi at all

korean tea that tasted really cinnamon-ish

brought my mum for a korean dinner at hartamas last friday since she hasn't tried korean.

verdict: korean food - not our cup of tea :p

pineapple&orange smoothie + new york cheese cake for dessert made up for the dinner. lol

the past weekend

2011-07-12T11:12:00.004+08:00

Friday

bumper to bumper traffic in subang jaya, thanks to the roadblock and rally

Saturday

phoebe and carmen's school carnival. brought back memories of school days :)

Sunday

looking at old photos in church and reminiscing good l' days =) it was a good laugh. lol

By Your Side

2011-07-05T13:31:00.002+08:00

Why are you striving these days
Why are you trying to earn grace
Why are you crying
Let me lift up your face
Just don't turn away

Why are you looking for love
Why are you still searching as if I'm not enough
To where will you go child
Tell me where will you run
To where will you run

And I'll be by your side
Wherever you fall
In the dead of night
Whenever you call
And please don't fight
These hands that are holding you
My hands are holding you

Look at these hands and my side
They swallowed the grave on that night
When I drank the world's sin
So I could carry you in
And give you life
I want to give you life

Cause I, I love you
I want you to know
That I, I love you
I'll never let you go

By Your Side - Tenth North Avenue

mixed-feeling

2011-07-04T14:56:00.006+08:00

so adrienne and i were all set and prepared for this day. we have been talking bout this since last year and started preparing since beginning this year. finally they day arrived for us to submit our visa applications. i got up at 6am just so i could i meet tim & ad at ampang park on time to reach the high commission at 8.30am. 15mins into the bus i suddenly realised i left my whole file (forms, docs, photos) at home! -_- great. of all times. anyway, had to get down and wait for my mum to send it. ugh. thank God i was only bout 5+ mins late.

we arrived the high commission and noticed a bunch of bout 15 odd ppl waiting outside. we panicked a lil as we didn't expect a queue or whatsoever. nvm, tim quickly dropped us off while he went to look for parking. we got down and went to stand among the ppl but were curious why didn't anyone go in. not too long came a lady who seemed a little agitated, she asked if we got the numbers. ad and i looked at each other "numbers? what numbers?" the lady then said that apparently the 100 spots for this visa has already been given out. given out?!! this is impossible we thought, the office just opened at 8.30am and it definitely didn't look like there were 100 ppl then. so we decided to go in to clarify and was told that apparently ppl started queuing since 4.30am! it's insane! we suspect that these ppl were the ones who tried last year and knew the trick of queuing up in the wee hours.

anyway, there was nothing we could do. most of us were dumbfounded. we even heard two girls had just quit their jobs for this and in that sense, we were thankful we didn't but it was definitely disappointing and saddening after all the trouble we had gone through in preparing for this application. if they had at least accepted our application though didn't approve, we'd at least have some hope :(

oh well, we couldn't do anything so we left and headed for Levain for breakfast. then met up with some of the boys for lunch at Village Park followed by dessert at Snowflake. they headed home while tim, ad and i went for our spa appointment at kota damansara. let's just say being a first-timer, the spa session was preeetttty 'interesting' and not to mention maximum awkwardness :p

ended the day with pizzas for dinner at home fellowship =)

see what i meant by 'mixed-feeling'. first half of the day just went all the way down hill while the second half was meant to be enjoyable, we were just going through the motion, numb :p in fact i wanted to document that day with pictures but lost all motivation and only took a few at levain. haha

having said all that, i believe deep down that this is not the end though i feel aimless now :p i know He has some awesome plans installed for us and i'll hold on to that hope! =)

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

flora

2011-06-29T13:58:00.005+08:00

all taken at MARDI, Cameron Highlands :)

apples

my 'favourite'

fruit/vege vandalism

me!! :p

second half of June

2011-06-28T17:14:00.007+08:00

Accompanied Phoebe & Carmen to David Choi's gig here at UCSI. Our two girls were so cute running their 'little business' selling DC's tshirts. haha. We also managed to sneak in towards the end of the performance :p - perks of knowing the manager ;)

Meatballs @ Ikea with mum!

Thick smoke along Old Klang Road

Stepping Stones children so graciously performed a few songs for us during our visit there last Saturday :))

Clear blue sky on a Saturday morning :) I have no idea why I cant rotate this photo :p

interesting weekend

2011-06-08T17:43:00.003+08:00

so a day before church camp as usual you'd expect a lot of last minute preparation and sure enough there was, except this time round it was a lil more interesting for the four of us :p

we stayed up the whole night helping adrienne at her workplace. haha. we arrived at bout 7pm and left there 6am the next morning. besides the 45 minute nap we were literally working the whole night. mind you i have never stayed up the whole night prior to this, not even during assignment and exam days. this was the first and not in a context i'd expected - working for my ex-company on a weekend night which so happened was a public holiday as well -_- interesting? oh definitely. lol.

tired boys

that seemed like the longest sunday ever but with that said, i had lots of fun nonetheless! =)

out of reality into serenity

2011-06-08T14:36:00.013+08:00

it's been almost a year and we're back again on that beautiful mountain. cool breeze, fresh air, company of ppl you love, first bball game, tasteless oatmeal, lotsa photos, great worship, good times of sharing, fun with the young and old and the list goes on...

that was basically how camp went the last three days and oh how i miss it :( see the only thing i don't like bout camp is how it makes me feel after it ends. gloomy :p haha.

anyway i had a superb time spending those days with my church family and as i have mentioned, nothing makes me happier than spending time with them! =) when with the church everything seems possible. somehow i don't know why and i love that feeling =)

okay as promised here are some very few pics of camp from the eyes of my camera and phone. there are more from the other lenses =)

view from the near-death crazy bus ride (as phoebe calls it)

pweety! :)

it was heart warming to see church members of all ages, nationalities and backgrounds come together to bond through a common tie, Jesus Christ. God's presence was definitely there. i know it, see it and feel it.

all in all, i'm glad i went =)

happy happy joy joy!!

2011-06-03T17:09:00.003+08:00

wee....it's friday friday friday, gotta get down on friday! :p

ok i super do not like that song but it's the only lyrics that promotes the excitement of fridays. haha. so anyway...i'm super excited bout the coming long weekend!! =D can't wait for camp! nothing makes me happier than skipping work and spending time with my church family! =)

hope to post some photos here after the camp but till then happy weekend all! ♥

fabulous weekend!

2011-05-23T14:55:00.006+08:00

so after that lazy friday last week, i had a great weekend which could be summarized as follows:

i) learnt a new addictive board game from the Bengs called Apples to Apples. fun and easy =) after all the series of addictions, im starting to think starting a game ministry would be a good idea :p

ii) finally got my passport done on saturday morning. thanks to wilson, adrienne and tim for accompanying. hehe.

iii) visited Royal Selangor Pewter for the first time. interesting :) would love to visit their factory some day.

handprints of RSP employees who served more than 5 years

founder of Selangor Pewter

a KLCC model made out of 6000+ pewter cans

iv) celebrated Ps Daryl's birthday in chinese style i.e the whole embarrassing-birthday-song-played-in-a-chinese restaurant thing. haha.

great food and fellowship - the former also confirms what i meant by chinese style :p

lazy friday

2011-05-20T15:41:00.006+08:00

today feels like the longest day ever since i started work here :p worse still, i have to wait extra 40 mins after work today before my aunt comes -_-

BUT it's friday! anything negative on friday is not negative because it FRIDAY! lol. looking forward to the weekend as usual =) can't wait to get my passport done so that i can quickly proceed with the other stuff for my visa application. i pray nothing goes wrong tmr at immigration or it'll be another week delayed.

this whole visa application process is starting to stress me out. i kept thinking it's gonna be easy peasy. how difficult can it be right? it's not like i have any criminal record or serious illness but i stand corrected :p it's all these little things that cause the headache. like how out of a sudden now we (adrienne and I) found out that there's a possibility that we might have to sit for either IELTS or TOEFL -_- which is gonna cause a bomb and i definitely do not want to take it if there's an alternative! i pray there're alternatives. my English is fine what :p

anyways, happy weekend ppl!! =D

some photo updates

2011-05-09T22:18:00.010+08:00

my silly sister invited me to a 'sleepover'...at MY room -_-

a pretty cross necklace present from my cousin. i thought it was really cute and nice that he actually went to get it himself. searched, chose, bought...all on his own =))

a sunday out with adrienne and wilson while the rest went for switchfoot concert. bisou and starbucks for tea before heading off to victoria station for dinner. yup we had it a lil fancier than usual with the wine ;) thanks wilson for the dinner and wine! :)

adrienne spotted this at cold storage. haha. yes im delicious like that :p

the crazy queue for ipad 2 at midvalley. i still don't understand what's the rush and craze

where oh life have you gone to?

2011-04-26T16:11:00.004+08:00

my gosh. i've 'lost' my life once again :p

my days go like this: wake up at 6.40am, leave home for work around 7am, come home at 8pm earliest, go to bed around 11.30pm.

seriously. this is not what i want to do for the rest of my life. it becomes more bearable as the days pass but i dont enjoy it a tiny bit. i suppose if the job is something you love doing it wont be so bad but still, i wouldn't want this kinda life =p

which....explains why i haven't done a single any of what i posted in my previous post. lol. nope. not even one. sad sad. i hope to do some shopping this coming weekend though. public holiday the following monday....weee....=)

play the music low and sway to the rhythm of love

2011-04-18T00:44:00.014+08:00

to-do list before april ends:

1) set a day for mani and pedi

2) get a new wallet

3) do some long-due shopping

4) research what/which notebook to buy

5) if possible fit in a massage :p

6) renew passport

okaayyy...that sounds a lil too many now that i just realised april ends in 10 days =p

holding back

2011-04-13T15:27:00.007+08:00

it suddenly struck me that maybe i should learn to hold back sometimes. holding back on words and actions. i've always thought that expressing is good and dont get me wrong i still think it is and admire people who are bold enough to express themselves but holding back may actually be just what i need. not all the time but most of the time. kinda had enough of those did-i-sound/look-silly? moments =p

sometimes doing,saying or showing so much may only hurt more. both myself and others around me. so what's the point in expressing if it's only gonna cause more confusion, anger, sadness, dissatisfaction or doubts. this is definitely gonna take lots of self-control, patience and love in which i need a lot of practice in, just like everyone else.

the picture is kinda out of context i know. haha. i just like the view of the sunset that i managed to snap with my phone =)

big breakfast! episode. 2

2011-03-31T14:13:00.005+08:00

since today's the last day for the mcd big breakfast promotion thingy, my mum and i decided to give it another try. so we arrived at the taipan mcd at 7.05am and the crowwdddd...crazzeee. it was worse than last saturday when we were there. from the previous post you can see that the queue was till the outside of the door but today it extended till two more shops away! if only i knew, i could use another hour of sleep :p anyway, we settled for a mee-goreng-teh-limau-ais breakfast instead. haha. i didn't manage to take any photo of the queue though or you'd be even more shocked.

after dropping me off at work, my mum went over to the tesco branch to take away. she texted me and said there were to lines queueing and each line had like 40 ppl lining up -_- her turn only came an hour later!

i call this the BIG (literally) breakfast craze!

big breakfast!

2011-03-29T21:59:00.004+08:00

so finally after hearing all about the mcd big breakfast promotion, i tried it last saturday with my family. we arrived at bout 8am, queued till 8.30am. yup, there were many hungry ppl that morning :p the only reason why didn't mind the queue and all was cause i know i wouldn't buy it if it wasn't for this promotion. with the original price i dont think it's worth-it. so yea...

our God

2011-03-29T09:44:00.004+08:00

Water You turned into wine

Open the eyes of the blind

There’s no one like You

None like You

Into the darkness You shine

Out of the ashes we rise

There’s no one like You

None like You

Our God is greater, our God is stronger

God You are higher than any other

Our God is Healer, awesome in power

Our God, Our God…

Into the darkness you shining

Out of the ashes we Rise

There’s no One like You

None like You.

Our God is greater, our God is stronger

God You are higher than any other

Our God is Healer, awesome in power

Our God, Our God…

And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us

And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?

And if Our God is for us, then who could ever stop us

And if our God is with us, then what can stand against?

What can stand against?

Our God - Chris Tomlin

the only person i know that explicitly claims this to be his favourite song is chris abner. well, today this has become one of my favourite songs too and i especially love the bridge! :) i think subconsciously i'm a tomlin fan and never really noticed that i've always enjoyed his work :)

You'll never let go of me =)

2011-03-18T15:22:00.004+08:00

so today finally got the answer from my company that they won't be extending my contract. it's a bummer but then at the time i'm kinda glad as well :) honestly though, if given a choice i'd be more than glad to not work :p but then i have to save enough for my plans mid this year...so yea...by hook or by crook i have to find something to continue to the cash flow. haha. nevertheless, i know i'm not alone in this, i have my Father who is watching over me from above. i'm sure He'll come out with something for me...He always does =) which is awesome!

then again my problem is nothing compared to that of the japanese tsunami victims. heard the news about the 180 heroic nuclear workers who risk their live for the nation in japan and it breaks my heart. it gives me goosebumps to hear that there are still ppl out there who are willing to risk their lives for the sake of others. these ppl are not even forced to, they volunteered. i wonder how does it feel knowing that there's a very very high chance that you'll not survive in 2 weeks. i wonder how do the families feel knowing that they are losing their loved ones and probably for some it wont be the first time since the tsunami hit last friday. it feels like we're so useless at times and the only thing we can do is pray :(

on a brighter note, i'm glad that it's been raining a lot these days which is really a good thing with those crazy hot weather days in kl =) in fact it's actually pouring like crazy now as i'm typing.

poems from 'loved' ones :p

2011-03-17T16:29:00.001+08:00

just a lil something to laugh about:

This is the best and most civil way to have a fight between husband and wife instead of resorting to physical force...Poems written by WIFE and HUSBAND.
WIFE:
I wrote your name on sand it got washed.
I wrote your name in air, it was blown away.
Then I wrote your name on my heart & I got Heart Attack.

HUSBAND:
God saw me hungry, he created pizza.
He saw me thirsty, he created Pepsi.
He saw me in the dark, he created light.
He saw me without problems, he created YOU.

WIFE:
Twinkle twinkle little star
You should know what you are
And once you know what you are
Mental hospital is not so far.

HUSBAND:
The rain makes all things beautiful.
The grass and flowers too.
If rain makes all things beautiful
Why doesn't it rain on you?

WIFE:
Roses are red; Violets are blue
Monkeys like u should be kept in zoo.
Don't feel so angry you will find me there too
Not in cage but outside, laughing at you

it's a beautiful night, we're looking for something dumb to do

2011-03-09T11:14:00.004+08:00

mua current favourites ♥ ♥ !! gonna listen till i get sick of them :p

i must say though i'm really starting to like bruno mars =) and just so anyone's wondering, 'Marry You' has absolutely nothing to do with me wanting to tie the knot whatsoever, somewhere in the future i hope to of course but not anytime soon :p i just enjoy the music and i hope you would too! hehe.

photos speak better than i do

2011-02-12T00:31:00.007+08:00

my week summarized:

ate bak kut teh twice in a week :p

also ate snowflake twice :p

ate with adrienne on monday. this was mine

and this was hers

a few days later 'ta pau-ed' for dessert :p

this thing is cool! it vibrates when your order is ready to be

collected at the counter :)

pretty valentine deco in IOI

lion dance in my office building this morning

can we pretend that airplane in the night sky like shooting star

2011-02-08T15:55:00.009+08:00

i can't seem to understand why do malaysians so often find all ways to condemn the country and everything that is in it. it can be really sickening geram-ing at times to read and hear comments from our fellow citizens who were born and raised here, that brings down this very country that they so don't appreciate. sometimes it's like saying just for the sake of saying. like even though it's not that bad, we still want to say something bad about it, just itchy itchy want to say something :p i agree that it's much much easier to comment on the negatives rather than positives, i'm guilty of that too but why should we keep comparing our country with that of others. those countries we so often think as 'better' than ours may not be as good as you think, you know. that whole 'other lands are greener than here' line is nonsense. yes, there may be certain aspects that we lack in but there are also many that we are better than others. we can't be constantly looking faults in the government.

i believe that God has a reason why He chose this government to run our country. i like the phrase i heard once in either hitz/fly/mix fm can't remember which but it goes along the lines of "Don't only think of the country can do for you but think of what YOU can do for the country" And somehow i think this can be applied to churches as well. As members, one has to think of how we can serve the church rather than vice versa.

i couldn't agree more.

back to the government, i'm not saying we can't comment, we certainly can but what i'm trying to say is that try seeing things from a different perspective. not all's bad sometimes.

i myself am not agreeable to how certain matters/issues are handled in this country and neither do i like all the politicians that are running this country but i try (very hard :p) not to blame every negative things that happen on them because i know i'm not perfect myself. it's VERY easy to just sit there in front of the tv/newspaper/computer/radio and just comment on how this or that can be done this or that way or how he or she is not fit or why this and that never do this or that. sorry for so many 'this' thats' :p lol. but yea, it's so easy to just talk but doing it is a whole new story. i don't know where have i said this, it could probably be in conversations or in one of my previous posts too :p, my mum used to say "we can't even run our own lives and families properly, what more a country"

by now, some of u must be wondering if i'm some pro-government insider who's paid to do all these or some fanatic who loves her country so very much. haha. no no. i'm neither. yes i do love malaysia but till the extend of 'so very much' la :p lol. no doubt i may one day have to eat back my words but i think i'll always love it here cause my family's here (and also food la of course :p)

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side note, i had an inquiry for P1 Wimax and thought i'd just drop them an email or sth but then i discovered an easier way! hehe. i'm so jakun. i chatted with them at their site! how cool's that? haha. it was my first and i like it! it's so convenient and fast. i could get my answer immediately unlike email which would take bout 1 to 2 days or longer.

that's one lengthy post. hehe :p i shall stop

CNY 2011 Day Cuatro

2011-02-06T17:43:00.005+08:00

ok, i bet some of u must be wondering by now what's with the days in spanish. haha. i say: 'i dont know either' =p nah...for fun only la plus it's not like i really know days in spanish. other than uno, i sought help from everyone's good friend, google for the rest of the days =p lol.

well oh well, tomorrow everyone's back to school and work :( even though cny lasts for 15 days, pretty sure after today most ppl would feel like it'a already over since the holiday is over. haha.

today we didn't much really. went to church in the morning and then uncle's place after lunch. church was a little (just a little :p) weird today simply because pastor's family isn't around. i dont ever remember coming to church without seeing at least one of the Lees around. today's my first. haha. i anticipated it to be awkward. it was awkward but not as much as i thought. hehe. everything went well nonetheless which was good =)

i'll leave you with these two photos of ivory's artwork

CNY 2011 Day Tres

2011-02-06T00:28:00.007+08:00

raining cats and dogs in the afternoon

went for dinner at MV with cousins

then bak kut teh for supper. hehe ;)

CNY 2011 Day Dos

2011-02-05T00:34:00.007+08:00

so...we're already into the second day of chinese new year...well, third as i'm writing this :p

as usual on every cny second day, we had lunch at aunt's place in the afternoon and my aunt is no doubt an awesome cook! =) after which we headed out to visit my second grandma in sungai buloh. this year's visit was slightly different as we had additional family members joining for the first time in what seemed like ages and we also had our first ever family (dad's side) photography session! =) never in my 22 coming to 23 :p years of life have i ever taken a family picture with these family members of mine. haha. after my grandma's place, we headed off to my eldest aunt's place and bumped into my cousins and their families there too. had some drinks, collected some ang pows, had some chats...we headed home.

that was pretty much my second day of cny. hehe. didn't manage to take any pictures though, except for one with my phone :p kinda regretted but it's k la since i dont think i would have been brave enough anyway to go around snapping pictures of people i rarely meet :p

i thought this was rather cute. my 70+ yr old aunt makes this 'kok chai' and gives us some every year. this year she put them in a bottle with a heart shape on the lid! haha. she's so cute!

CNY 2011 Day Uno

2011-02-04T01:20:00.003+08:00

you spin my head right round, right round

2011-01-30T21:45:00.002+08:00

what's with the world today? i cannot even come to comprehend how it'll be like years down the road.

a 29 year-old grandfather? read this

i am chinese too

2011-01-25T09:54:00.008+08:00

A Chinese man walks into a bank in New York City and asks for the loan officer. He tells the loan officer that he is going to China on business for two weeks and needs to borrow $5,000.

The bank officer tells him that the bank will need some form of security for the loan, so the Chinese man hands over the keys to a new Ferrari parked on the street in front of the bank. He produces the title and everything checks out.

The Loan officer agrees to accept the car as collateral for the loan. The bank's president and its officers all enjoy a good laugh at the Chinese for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral against a $5,000 loan.

An employee of the bank then drives the Ferrari into the bank's underground garage and parks it there.

Two weeks later, the Chinese returns, repays the $5,000 and the interest, which comes to $15.41.

The loan officer says, 'Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out and found that you are a multi-millionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000? The Chinese replies: 'Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $15.41 and expect it to be there safely when I return.'

*taken from a 'note' in facebook

spring cleaning 2

2011-01-24T13:49:00.001+08:00

removed 63 names! oh wow...which means i've added 63 unknown people! -_- clever ivy

spring cleaning

2011-01-24T13:05:00.003+08:00

today's a pretty relaxing day at work. did some blog reading in the morning and came upon a blog post that made realize of how many unknown people that are on my facebook friends' list, majority of whom i really have no clue how they even got in the list. looking now at the names i dont know why did i even approve their friend request :p

so i decided after lunch i'm gonna do a spring clean of my fb contacts! :) cant wait to see how people have i blindly added. lol

girls at shopping mall

2011-01-20T21:39:00.002+08:00

girls will always be girls =)

yet another new look

2011-01-14T18:50:00.003+08:00

the internet is a really good source to kill time. i have bout 2 hours to pass after office hours before dinner later and i'm 'hanging out' in the office while waiting :p i've just passed 50 minutes. the result? my blog's new look for the new year =)....and a bar of choco rice crispies =p

another half and hour to go!

i know He's watching over me

2011-01-13T16:35:00.003+08:00

so my company has decided to extend my contract till the end of march...wee....i'm glad really. initially it was only till the end of this month but then some changes happened and i manage to stay longer. i wish they could extend it longer but then i'm happy with what i got. i really thank God for this as i was getting tired of job hunting and having to adapt to a new environment in a new company all over again. though i didn't get the extension period that i was hoping for, deep down i believe that He has a great plan for me and i'm eager to find out what is it =)

till then i'm constantly grateful and thankful for all that i'm blessed with! =D

of rings and roses

2011-01-10T17:12:00.007+08:00

last saturday, we had to attend my cousin's wedding ceremony both at home and hotel. honestly, i wasn't too ecstatic bout it simply because besides his name and what he works as, i know nothing else about this cousin of mine! :p but well we had to go anyway for the sake of my aunt. haha. it was fun nevertheless. the tea ceremony was the better part compared to the dinner. my aunt's and cousins 'kan cheong-ness' and 'kelam kabut-ness' was fun to watch. they were so cute running here and there, shouting at each other instructing this and that and at the same time laughing loudly at their own silly acts. i could tell that my aunt was happy though :) i overheard her saying she loves it when all the family are gathered together though it happens very rarely.

it was also my first time attending and witnessing a garden wedding. i love garden weddings! they are so romantic! :)

and boy oh boy, aren't weddings fancy these days. it's like a competition for the fanciest wedding :p my cousin used a porsche as his wedding car wei! haha. for the cocktail at the garden, guests were served with pretty (and yummy :p) cupcakes, shepherds pies and some pinkish-dragon fruit-like drinks by waiters and waitresses walking around with trays. at the dinner, guests were treated to free servings of the Nestle Bliss yogurt drinks, all in bottles in the fridge. we could just go over and take whatever we wanted :) not bad huh? haha. this may not sound like the fanciest wedding but its fancy enough for me so far.

here we go again

2011-01-03T01:43:00.003+08:00

happy new year yo!! :)

i love picnik! go try it!

arios 2010!

2010-12-30T23:01:00.012+08:00

well oh well, the end of yet another year is here again. i know ppl say this every year but time really flies. i'm starting to feel old :p i'll be 23 next year!! scary....

anyhoo...it's been a great year thus far. God has really been there every step of the way. He has showed me that I can trust Him in the many more years to come. It's really comforting to know that the God of the universe is actually watching over you and leading you step by step whether we know it or not. I'm ashamed of those times when I thought I could rely on teeny weeny self to handle or solve things when my Father, my Creator is there all along ready to help. But im thankful that He is also a loving and forgiving Father cause looking back at those countless times when i've failed Him, i dont think i deserve His grace and mercy yet He never stops loving me =)

to be honest i never really liked ushering in a new year. it's such an anti climax to all the positive feelings we get at the end of each year especially in december with all the holidays and celebrations. haha. it's like you're all happy happy and then come 1st jan bleh.....everything's back to normal and the whole cycle starts all over again and like to look forward to another december is another 11 months to pass. i'm sure many feel the same especially those working. nope. not the best feeling in the world :p but life goes on whether we like it or not. thankfully though we have something to cling on to for hope. Hope that would produce strength, strength that leads to perseverance through the good and bad that would bring us to the End that we're waiting for :)

anyways....here's to a great 2010 that's ending and to a hopefully awesome 2011 that's coming!! wee.... :)

here are some snippets of my 2010...enjoy! (i took quite a while to create and compile these :p)

hello fitflop

2010-12-21T09:58:00.006+08:00

my dear present has taken a long time to get here from the other continent buuttt it's finally here!! :) yup. this is my Christmas present for myself :p

ohmy...it's a super tiny feline!!

2010-11-12T19:47:00.002+08:00

as my mum reversed the car out of the porch this morning, we suddenly spotted some greyish thingy on the porch. my mum stopped the car out of shock. haha. i immediately recognized what that tiny thing was. it was a kitten! most likely only few hours old or the most a day old cause it's super tiny and its eyes weren't opened. first thought that came to my mind was "did we roll over it and kill it???" since ivan was standing near it, we asked him to check if it was alive cause it wasn't moving. to our relieve it was still alive...phew. lol. both my mum and i got down of the car to look at it leaving the car engine running and unattended (not very smart :p). no one dared to carry the kitten since it looked so fragile. i took it up anyway and put it in a shoe box.

my sis looked after it for half a day till its mother came in the afternoon and took her baby away from my sis while she was playing with the kitten at the porch. she said the mother cat was angry. lol. she also then found out from our neighbour that the little kitten has four other siblings, all in my neighbour's house at the shoe rack. haha. i bet the mother cat was counting and counting and wondering why she only has four kittens while she actually gave birth to five :p

we didn't take any pictures of that kitten unfortunately but i'll try see if i can get a shot or two from my neighbour's house. hehe

unemployment bliss....not (2)

2010-11-02T22:24:00.001+08:00

i detest job searching. period.

unemployment bliss....not

2010-10-29T15:34:00.004+08:00

oh how i wish life's as easy and blissful as this. NO WORK. lol. but in order not to have work and at the same time feel at ease about it is if you have the $$ to back-up or else dont ever expect to enjoy unemployment :p i blame the asian culture and mentality.....sigh....

oh well...i shall go take a nap (while i still can) now while waiting for a good night tonight with great food! muahaha

and...happy birthday chepoh (grandma)!! =)

i finally found someone, someone to share my life

2010-10-04T18:43:00.007+08:00

haha. that title doesn't refer to me though :p it's for chris and steph whose wedding we attended last night and saturday morning that turned out to be one of the best i've attended so far with the craziest bunch of people that i love :) isn't that just one awesome weekend!! =D

highlight of the wedding for us, cbc-ians has to be the dinner last night. haha. i'm pretty sure most of those who attended, especially the youths had a blast :) coincidentally, this is also the first time the youths attend a wedding dinner together. oh and our 'yam seng' with the couple had to be the best of the best that night ;)

anyway, to chris and steph once again, congratulations!! you're indeed made for each other! may this journey of marriage be one that would glorify the One who brought you together :)

say cheese!

2010-09-23T13:47:00.005+08:00

cause whatever i do, it's just got to be you

2010-09-20T11:16:00.002+08:00

after the much awaited wedding day...it finally arrived. haha. after all the fuss and worries bout what to wear, where to buy, how to go....the day finally came last saturday. we had to wake up at 6+ am, even 5+ am for some to get ready and leave for melaka for the tea ceremony. arrived on time at the house and even bumped into the groom and his entourage at the toll rest area. haha. apparently they were asked to be slower in arriving.

the whole tea ceremony + lunch lasted bout 3 hours plus after which we headed to our rented apartment to wash up and rest before the dinner at 6.30pm. i took a nap and woke up to the noise outside. went out to see and wa-la! my cousins, sister, aunts and mum were busy curling each other's hair for the dinner. lol. we (including myself :p) all ended up at the dinner with the same hairstyles. hahaha. my curls went off fast though :p

my aunt and i were supposed to help out with the registration at the reception but we were a lil late so when we arrived i had to rush upstairs while my aunt went to park the car. oh my gosh, it was so confusing! :p with all names and the crowd. haha. then, dinner time came and all the usual toasting a.k.a yum-sing(s). almost to the last dish, they announced for the newly weds to have their first dance and then for the guests to join them. the guests went crazier after most ppl had left. most of the indian guests had a great time dancing their heart out. haha.

next morning, with my aunts, mum and grandma, i went to visit my grandma's sis-in-law in the old folks home whom she had not met for 5-6 years followed by breakfast (the reason i went :p). went back packed up and left melaka.

so....that was my weekend. an awesome one i would reckon =))

most of us have not uploaded any pics yet but once we do, i'll post some here if i feel like it :p

why oh why

2010-09-17T13:46:00.001+08:00

can't wait for the weekend!!! whoppeeee....

melaka here i come!! =)

somewhere over the rainbow

2010-09-15T09:56:00.010+08:00

i had a great raya weekend the past week =)

started with the new harmony student house dedication on friday that led to the 'monopoly deal' addiction which kept us awake till 3 in the morning. lol. followed by early morning dim sum on saturday and continued with more monopoly deal :p came night was baby kimberley's fullmoon dinner.

finally, the climax of the weekend came...ta-da, shirley's indian wedding ceremony! :) you see, this is what i love bout my extended family, we're so 1malaysia. my mum has this huge family that consists of almost all the races and religions in malaysia and all these happy occasions bring the best out of this family. it's so heart warming to see how close knitted they are despite the differences. i'll let the pictures do what they do best :)

♥ ♥

no he can't read my poker face

2010-09-06T09:16:00.004+08:00

argh.

just when i thought i saw a light, i switched it off and mess it up.

if only i can read minds

i am one confuse girl.

love & respect

2010-09-01T12:15:00.002+08:00

came across this video shared by someone on fb. dont know how true is this thing but it looks real considering you can't fake slaps like that. when i watched this video, i could not be any angrier and dont understand how the girl can just stand there and not do anything bout it. by doing so, she's actually giving more so-called power to that 'guy'. i would not tolerate such abuse. it's not like he's her parent. no guy should ever treat a girl like this.

i've always believed that a guy does not have any right to disrespect a girl in any way be it physically,mentally or verbally. first of all i think we all have to understand that while courting & dating, both the guy and girl have NO right whatsoever over the other party. even after marriage i still believe that the husband or wife has no 100% right or authority over his/her spouse. so who is it to say that you can control your partner's life when you're married much less dating. we have almost zero power to rule the another person's life according to our ways and make it miserable.

in a relationship of dating, i believe one can only suggest but not impose. if there's a change that you believe your partner should embrace, first suggest then help him/her through it and not trying to demand the change immediately and imposing it on them that it's a must and when they dont, we get angry and blame them for it. most times ppl fail to see that in the end it's still the person's choice, it's their life. there's only so much we can do but the choice is still for them to make and not for us to point the finger at them when they dont change to the person WE want them to be. it could be for the better but we're not in the position to force them rather we should be patient in guiding them through it.

such physical abuse as in the video should never happen in a healthy relationship that's filled with love and respect for one another. dont be mistaken, mental and verbal abuses are as bad. sometimes we think as long as we dont lay a finger on that person but we use harsh and demeaning words, it's not abuse. we're wrong. words can be as sharp as a double edged sword and sometimes it can hurt someone more than the physical abuse.

then you wonder, shouldn't we be building one another up with encouraging and loving words? and where is love in this picture? i thought love is....

patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13

the love mentioned above not only applies to BGR or married relationships but also to all the relationships we're engaged in our lives - parent-child, peer-peer, brother-sister, grandparent-grandchild, teacher-student, senior-junior, boss-employee, etc

haha. so this topic might be another of my random post but when i came across this video and so happened watch the episode of Glee last night where it was about respecting girls, i thought i wanted to blog bout this. hehe. so here it is.

female therapy

2010-08-26T11:29:00.002+08:00

can't wait for tomorrow!!

time for some shopping!

weee.....

2010-08-24T11:01:00.002+08:00

Dearest Father,

Teach me to trust you with everything I have and don't have

Guide me in every step I take that I may not walk in my own path but Yours

Show me how to surrender it all to You

Remind me each day that You are in control of everything

And that Your plans are for the best

Help to me to be patient and to persevere in all circumstances

To wait on You

Most of all give me Your strength, wisdom and understanding

That I may not rely on my own

Amen

acquired taste

2010-08-20T08:36:00.009+08:00

so i came across this article reposted by ashley greig on her facebook wall and though as the years passed and i've slowly lost interest in going gaga over actors, felt this that this list needed some modification :p

so, if i were the editor, i would edit the list to this:

Glamour's top 20 Sexiest Men of 2010

1. Chace Crawford

2. Ian Somerhalder

3. Ed Westwick

4. Josh Duhamel

5. David Beckham

6. Justin Timberlake

7. Brad Pitt

8. Paul Walker

9. Orlando Bloom

10. Ryan Seacrest

11. Robert Pattinson

12. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (only as Arthur in Inception :p)

13. Hugh Jackman

14. Patrick Dempsey

15. Kellan Lutz

16. Kimmi Raikonen

17. Cristiano Ronaldo

18. Hayden Christensen

19. Channing Tatum

20. Will Smith

ok this is really subjective and the above list is probably more like my personal list but if you ask me, there'd actually be only one name in MY list that is Chace Crawford! :) the other names were pretty tough to come up with especially from number ten downwards. haha. justin bieber and chris brown shouldn't have been in the list at all :p

lol. sorry for this yet another random post. i shall stop right here and leave you with these pictures :)

look at him!! swoons......

He is jealous for me

2010-08-19T13:49:00.002+08:00

i guess you might be wondering what's with the frequent posts recently. guess what? i'm wondering too :p lol

so i was reading my previous posts and went all the way back to when i first started blogging. haha. i dont know what to feel when reading what i wrote. i guess its a mixture of feelings. there were some that i was embarrassed by, some impressed with, some got me thinking, some reminded about stuff and some made me laugh. as i read certain posts, i wondered could things be any different if i acted or reacted differently. im sure it could but i would not be the person i am today if things were different. when you allow God to work in and take control of your life, you'd be surprise at the outcome. i thank God for all that has happened be it good or bad. it has allowed me to grow both mentally and spiritually.

i was kinda embarrassed at the fact that i can be emotional at times and i cant believe i actually shared those emo times in the public. lol. though it wasn't like public public kinda thing, still...you wouldn't know who actually reads your blog :p anyway...the past is past. i think at those times i just needed to vent. haha. another thing i realised is that i seem to write better last time, my writing skills have gotten worse...yikes! i think that implies time for more reading :p

on another note, i've been going and getting out of bed with a song in my head. i dont know if it has been this way all along and i didn't realise or is it a new thing. haha. like this morning, i got up with How He Loves Us by david crowder and it's been in my head till now :p the funny thing is the songs that're in my head keeps repeating a certain line/phrase/paragraph. i never 'sing' the whole song in my head. why ah? lol.

the one artist that i absolutely try to prevent from getting his songs stuck in my head is justin bieber/beaver whichever sounds better :p cannot tahan him. i dont know what do girls see in him. thank God my sister is not one of them or i'd make her sleep outside. lol

random note: next friday's public holiday for me!! wee..... go jalan-jalan!! =)

that spiky and smelly thing

2010-08-17T09:08:00.007+08:00

so for all you durian lovers (that includes me!) out there, here're some info about the fruit that might you be interested to know and may be happy to learn that it's not all that bad :)

a) durians have no cholesterol

b) more recently, nutritionists have claimed that durians can even help to lower cholesterol, cleanse blood, cure jaundice and alleviate fever

c) they are also packed with amino acid, vitamin B, E, a whole lot of vitamin C and contains high level of anti-oxidant which decreases the effect of aging

d) durians make us happy! - they contain tryptophan that is essential for making and maintaining serotonin levels in our body. the serotonin hormone functions to regulate our happiness

e) concoctions made from the leaves of a durian tree can help reduce swelling and cure skin diseases

f) rich source of potassium that helps to control heart rate and blood pressure

g) also rich in dietary fiber - eases defecation

now we know, as unhealthy as durians look and sound, behind those stinky-spiky-weird-looking fruit is a whole lot of goodness that most of us aren't aware of =D

ps: it's the peak of the durian season now. go get a durian!

God has such a sense of humor

2010-08-11T10:27:00.001+08:00

check this out and you'll know why the above statement was quoted. lol

the dream is real

2010-08-09T14:57:00.005+08:00

Inception was brilliant! I can't recall when was the last time I actually said a movie was good much less brilliant but boy, was this worth the $$ =)) And personally I think it beats Avatar hands down. Leonardo is the perfect guy for role and Gordon-Levitt = lurveee

come fly with me, let's fly let's fly away

2010-08-03T10:06:00.003+08:00

this post marks my 101th!! wee.... =) plus, this would be somewhat a random post as well since i have nothing to do now :p so what better way to pass your free time in the office than to scribble down random, non-relevant, uninteresting and point-less thoughts. hehe.

ps: i can hear my colleague outside giggling to herself watching a video/clip online.

note: boss not around

Random #1

so we had dinner at bumbu bali last night to celebrate bryan's farewell before he leaves for the States next week. it was quite a nice dinner i would say. great atmosphere for fellowship and dinner. we got the whole of 2nd floor to ourselves for almost half the time we were there. hehe. food wasn't too bad only a little pricey. i dont think i'd go there for no special reason simply because i didn't think the food was that special for that sort of pricing. oh well...that's just my personal thought don't know bout others :)

Random #2

i can't find my clincher!! my one and only clincher!! :( in case you're wondering what a clincher looks like, here it is. now i have to get a new one and it's not easy shopping for a suitable waist clincher! but if i don't, i can't wear some of my loose dresses without looking like a pregnant woman -_-

Random #3

i got myself my first ever fits-me-well pumps last week! yay! after a couple pairs of 'failed' pumps, i was thinking hard whether should i give it another shot. some must be wondering what's the big deal bout buying a pair of shoes. you see, the past few times i bout a pair of pumps, they always ended up to tight and gave me blisters. BUT i really would love to have a pair of pumps as i can't seem to wear heels too long anymore and the only flats that i have are my flip flops and sandals which are not really appropriate for certain occasions. so yea...

anyway...i'm glad i finally got one that fits me well though it does give me a lil blister, other than that the size is just nice :)

oh...it's purple! mua favourite color =) hehe

Random #4

i need a punjabi suit soon! it's for my grandcousin's wedding next month. still contemplating whether i should just call up my friend whom i last saw on my birthday last year :p to borrow one of hers or should i just buy one myself. hmm....

Random #5

there's a big bag of hershey's in the office kitchen right now and it makes me very happy! :)) i think there's at least one month's supply of chocos in there! i would be eating most of it i think, dont think the adults would appreciate them as much as i would :p kekeke

Random #6

there's this annoying photobucket sign/notice/pop-up/virus or whatever you call it that's in the way of my blog when you read it. i dont know how to get rid of it. so annoying its right in the middle of the page. if anyone knows how to take it away, let me know please.

Random #7

i have nothing more else to say, i'll just stop here. toodles

what we do when the boss in not around

2010-07-26T14:30:00.004+08:00

here's the thing, my office only consists of four people including me. i'm seated in a room on my own, my boss (so called la but i dont report to him) is seated in the room next to mine while my two other colleagues are seated just outside the boss' room where he can clearly see every move they make. lol. so whenever the boss is around there's an awkward silence in the office except for the sound of the photocopy/printing machine making noise each time something is photocopied or printed. but then as soon as you hear my lady colleague talking in a louder tone, you'll know for sure that the boss has gone out. her voice is like my indicator since i can't see when the boss leaves. haha

so usually he'll be around in the morning till bout 11/12pm then he goes out till bout 3/4pm. ahh...this is the time we have the most fun in the office :p my colleague and i (mostly her actually) will talk and talk and talk till she runs out of breath. lemme just show a list of what we did just a while ago before i sat down to write this post. lol

1) talked bout I/C (she couldn't find hers and thought it was lost when it's in one of compartments of her wallet)
2) talked bout how we spend money like its water
3) went on to credit cards
4) then came to her fav topic: her son
4.1 read his blog together (he asked her to)
4.2 talked bout how teenagers these days
4.3 she introduced to me 'Gloomy Sunday'
4.4 talked bout his friends

so yea, basically that was what we did the pass an hour and half :p but dont be mistaken, we only this when we have nothing to do. haha

speaking of Gloomy Sunday, apparently it's called The Suicide Song. it seems that many suicide cases amongst young people were associated to this song saying that those who listened to this song over and over again eventually committed suicide. when i heard that i became scared :p so when she asked me whether i wanted to hear it, i was like "No thanks" haha. and it didnt help that i watched the case of the assassination of senator aquino (one of philippines' most influential leaders)on History channel last night. it's weird. somehow i get scared after listening to such stories. haha. it was quite funny actually, i was so scared that i didn't even dare to go to bed by myself so i waited for my sister to finish bathing and rushed her to bed so we could go upstairs together :p

anyway, if anyone's curious how Gloomy Sunday sounds like, listen to it here.

in Him I place my trust

2010-06-28T23:33:00.002+08:00

sigh...

this month has been somewhat depressing with all the unfortunate events that happened to people i know. deaths, accidents, break-in....
it's times like these that tell us that our life is so fragile and that anything can happen at anytime. we just have to learn to trust in the Lord. it's definitely easier said than done but i guess we just have to stand firm in our faith in Him and trusting that He knows what's best for us.

to those going through hard times at this moment, i pray that you'll find strength in Him to not lose heart. know that you're not alone. persevere. stand firm. have faith.

it's all about the timing people

2010-06-25T13:37:00.005+08:00

a lil update from the writer :p

so finally results are out! but it wasn't like i was eagerly waiting for it or anything :p they're not too bad really :) it's really God's blessing seriously! imagine, my highest score is for the subject i struggled most. at one point in the exam i didnt know what else to write after writing all that i knew and it was very sure it wasnt sufficient..can u believe it?! haha

ok so that's that. then, there's M3TA camp which was last week. it was awesome! i told my mum that our youth camp gets better each time. i bet Meta 4 will be a bom! =D nevertheless, the glory is all His to give! no Jesus no camps. 'nuf said =)

then came the not so good news. just the morning right after camp, i received a call from my aunt saying that we had to cancel the surprise farewell party that we planned to happen on that coming saturday. reason, this would definitely have not crossed my mind, my relatives died in a car crash just hours earlier. well, i dont know them really, only met once or twice but here's how we're sort of related: the dad is my granduncle's brother and the son who died, Joash is my cousin's church friend. so naturally you can guess that my cousin wouldn't have wanted a party. my family and i were saying that never in our wildest dreams would we have thought that such a tragic thing could happen to people we know. that day was kinda depressing really and we kept receiving updates from my granduncle which made it a gloomier day. im quite sure that Joash was one of those that was supposed to come for the party but too bad he couldn't make it. anyway, i heard the remaining family that are still alive are slowly recuperating but continue to pray for them.

i'm actually thinking how should i continue this post after what was written above. so i shall just continue with then.... :)

i've just started work this monday and in my fifth day at work :p first couple of days were such a dread. why? firstly, i had no idea real accounting is this complicated! before i started work, my aunt said it's kacang putih only (i'm actually replacing her friend's place when she goes for maternity leave in less than a month's time)...aiyo...what kacang putih, kacang hitam ah! :p lol. spm and college accounting is nth compared to the real one. haha. secondly, i simply dont like office jobs. this whole 9-5 thing doesnt appeal to me. thirdly, filing and numbers makes my head spin :p

anyway, it has gotten better by the day. by His grace and mercy that is =)

ps: my senior (the one im replacing) just woke up from her nap :p and is now on the phone with my aunt. lol

my cousin's leaving to australia this sunday!!! :( first among our cousins to go out of the country to study. haha. i'll definitely miss her!! :( BUT...i hope to join her next year (if God willings) =))

i love this pic!! <3

you want it all but you can't get it all

2010-04-16T23:00:00.002+08:00

1) done with another chapter of my life. well, almost. when the results are out then im officially done with degree =)

2) 'so you think you can dance' is officially my favourite reality show! beats AI hands down :p

3) my sister and i googled the whole cast of 'the nanny' last nigt. weird huh. haha

4) can't wait to get hold of Glee's latest season!

5) going penang, prob next week or the week after...wee....

6) looking for someone that i can borrow from 'the notebook'. hehe

7) excited bout M3ta camp!!! :))

ilovefood

2010-04-16T17:32:00.000+08:00

cooking dinner tonight!! =))

every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

2010-03-04T11:37:00.004+08:00

check out this clip of Christian the lion.

it's a true story and by just watching this short clip, i was touched to tears. it was a sweet reunion =) the story of this reunion has many versions to it on youtube but i personally like this version the best. the background song gives it more impact. just listen to the words of the song and watch the video and i'm quite sure if it doesn't make you cry, it'll at least make you wanna cry.

new year, new look

2010-02-18T01:30:00.002+08:00

yup.

just as the title suggests, i've just changed my blog's look =)

wanted to keep it simple this time round

and can't seem to find anything

related to puzzles but came across

this banner and thought it looks

pretty =)

so there you go!

new look for the year!

an adventure to remember

2010-02-02T10:59:00.007+08:00

yesterday was federal territory day and the whole of KL got public holiday so we decided to go for a roadtrip. cut long story short..there we were at broga hill, semenyih. honestly, i really didnt expect climbing it was gonna be that tough. somehow from the pictures i see from friends who have climbed it i thought it was gonna be easy...sap sap sui la i thought :p
we reached there around 10am (i think cause none of us checked the time we arrived) which was not a very good time cause the sun was already up and ppl usually hike up to watch sunrise. ok, nvm that it was sunny and we were all sweating like crazy by 10mins, it was the terrain that was the challenge. now that im typing this only i realised that yesterday was my first time ever hiking...woohoo!! haha.

so for a first timer like me, the hike up was a great challenged. i'd never dared climb anything that's steep and by that i mean like 70-75% steep. basically your butt is showing straight to the person behind you as you try to push your body forward as much possible so you wont fall back :p

anyway, we did made it up the hill (kinda). a few went all the way up to the peek but the rest went three quarter and one (which was me) stopped at slightly below three quarter. lol. i still consider that an achievement ok :p coming down was rather easy and somewhat fun-er that going up.

after broga we headed for lunch at the town for pan mee, cendol and ice kacang (recommended by kai seng, the semenyih-ian).

after which, we decided to head for sungai gabai waterfall, which we all thought was not too far. we were all proven wrong when it finally took us one solid hour to get there from semenyih! the place was pretty nice. we had a good time there :) cold chilly water was what we needed from the burn we got from climbing the hill. haha

all in all, it was an awesome day with awesome ppl :)) as i said in my twitter, no matter where the destination is the company you have is what matters most to make a memorable time.

p/s: thanks a bunch to our drivers, tim and wilson for driving us! we know how tough it is to manoeuver a van loaded with 11 ppl under the hot and humid weather. so thank you! :)

hola! :)

2010-01-15T21:34:00.005+08:00

my gosh...finally!! i've not been able to access blogspot ever since my last post due to i dont know what. in fact, i've not been able to access google or any google related sites. so when ivan said he fixed something yesterday and he could access his gmail, i thought i'd just give blogspot a shot and...wa la! here i am. lol

so...it's 2010 already (i know i'm kinda slow, blame google :p). yup, yet another year. so sad :( you look back and go "oh my, i cant believe that that was last year!" i have this love-hate thing bout moving into a new year. a new year first of all reminds me that i'm another year older and trust me, i do feel it, now that this would be the third year my age starts with a 2. i've never really thought of it until i suddenly realized that i've only got so much time left to do things that you'd only enjoy doing in your 20s...if you get what i mean :p
and then there're all these uncertain things ahead of you as each new year unfolds. i for one, dislike changes. i know of many who just cant wait to see what awaits them but unfortunately i'm not of one them. i've always thought changes to be 'ma fan' and depressing. although i've been proven wrong many times, i still dont like changes :p

ok so new years are not so bad after all. this is when things you've planned or looked forward to last year could take place right? =) there're probably as many if not more positive stuff that we normally look forward to as each new year arrives.

oh well, bottom line is, God is in control of every thing and all we little people of this earth have to do is very simple, trust. i know it's easier said than done. i myself fall short of this all the time and have to be constantly reminded.
Note to myself: He knows what's He doing ok, He's God after all! so learn to let go and let the driver take control of the wheel! :)

phew...that's a whole chunk of words. lol

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check this sound out! it's my song for the week though not like i have song for each week :p haha but yea..it got me singing (in my head) the whole week :)

Vanilla Twilight - Owl City

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going Genting with cousins this sunday!! yup, genting again -_- but but this would be our first time without our parents!! weee...hehe =)

here comes the weekend!

my way of showing love ♥

2009-10-30T15:59:00.009+08:00

the names i give and call her:

fatty, fei por, montel (chubby in malay), budak, small mechanic,

perempuan, girl, granny pants

...latest one (as at last night) rafflesia

she is.......

IVORY!! :p

yes, i do TRY to steal her food...occasionally and call her those mean-but-cute names....

but....

i love her to bitss!! ♥ ♥ =)

they call it the City of Entertainment

2009-10-22T18:00:00.008+08:00

this is probably the 10th-15th time i've been up there and though it was only two days and a bit, i enjoyed it nonethelss. yup, Genting Highlands is the place im talking bout. went there on monday and back yesterday. it was kinda like a love-hate thing for me to go there. it was really fun to be able to get away from the city for awhile and just have fun without really bothering bout anything else but where to eat and what to do next. haha. but at the same time, going there made me wish i could just continue there and not bother bout school and the future.

if you had been up to first world hotel, you would notice the whole place is decorated in a way that makes you feel like you're in some fantasy land. all the colorful lights, music, hustle of people and little buildings that consist of shops. there's even a little bar that has a band playing and singing at night so loud that the whole of first world can hear them. haha. i especially love the night life there and the view is pretty at night =)

took this in the evening though

the point is holidays and retreats, be it far or near, are essential in a sense that they help us to get our minds off the reality for a moment. to just relax and have fun. i believe everyone needs it at some point of another or at least i know i do :p haha.

i'll post some photos here soon. facebook ones will have to wait cause i just deleted my java :p

watch what's in front of you

2009-10-14T01:28:00.002+08:00

i never realized i'm that clumsy until recently :p

i've been knocking, hurting and not to mention burning myself quite frequent recently. i dont know why but i guess clumsiness is the only answer. so far my right side wins for the most burns and left side for knocks. so lets see what are they:

a) several little burns on my fingers from cooking.

b) two scratches on my right hand that i have no idea where from

c) a blue-black mark on my left thigh that i no clue from where too

d) a dented bone near the ankle from slipping in a toilet

and...two new ones, got them just less than an hour ago...

e) a bruise on my left knee - hit it at the edge of the computer table

f) a knock near the right eyebrow when trying to take sth from under the bed

yup. i am clumsy. but somehow i'm only clumsy when at home. it's either i dont realize it or that i'm just not clumsy when outside. heh. that's strange.

my life is a blessing! =)

2009-10-01T02:14:00.019+08:00

i cant believe time flies so fast. we're in october already! can you believe it? another 3 months and we're done with 2009! wow...

anyhoo...just a lil update on what's been happening in my life:

my first time witnessing a proposal =)

*p/s: this is not an advert, it was really taken when the proposal took place. hehe

road trip to melaka during the raya holidays =)

sekinchan and kuala selangor day-trip in early sept =)

my first fish spa that drove me insane! =)

some catching up with dearly missed friends =)

outings in the name of photography =) *i like*

baptist choral festival =)

church's 23rd anniversary! =)

there's a reason for everything but He is with me

2009-09-10T15:46:00.004+08:00

There's a time to live

And a time to die

There's a time to laugh

And a time to cry

There's a time for war

And a time for peace

There's a hand to hold

In the worst of these

He is with you when your faith is dead

And you can't even get out of bed

Or your husband doesn't kiss you anymore

He is with you when your baby's gone

And your house is still,

And your hearts a stone

Cryin' God, what'd You do that for

He is with you

There's a time for yes

And a time for no

There's a time to be angry

And a time to let it go

There is a time to run

And a time to face it

There is love to see you

Through all of this

He is with you in the conference room

When the world is coming down on you

And your wife and kids don't know you anymore

He is with you in the ICU

When the doctors don't know what to do

And it scares you to the core

He is with you

We may weep for a time

But joy will come in the morning

The morning light

He is with you when your kids are grown

When there's too much space

And you feel alone

And you're worried if you

got it right or wrong

Yes He is with you

when you've given up on ever finding your true love

Someone who feels like home

He is with you

When nothing else is left

And you take your final breath

He is with you

Mandisa

You are the reason I sing

2009-09-07T22:48:00.004+08:00

yup that's right. i have been on a long break since july :p oh well. last post july 13? oops...on a loong break huh u must be wondering. hahaha. well..to my defence, there's nothing much that i felt like blogging bout that's why and of course there's the main reason..LAZY =P i'm pretty much enjoying the 'holidays' before my degree starts in october =) speaking of that, i really thank God for this programme that i'm enrolling. as of mid last month, i still had not much clues on which programme i should be taking. the one-year or two-year and it kinda got a lil depressing mainly because i really want the one-year but the two-year option seem more possible. haha. so like "er...which to choose?" but He is amazing! i later found out that it's possible for me to take the one-year programme. wee...!! i really thought i would have to reluctantly settle for the two-year but God made it all possible =)

a BIG THANK YOU to my heavenly Father!!

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so i think i've found a new online hobby. searching for places to eat, recipes and more places to eat :p lol. i seem to have a thing for food these days. dont know why. my facebook pics can testify. i know some of you may be grinning if not laughing right now XD but yes food makes me happy! :)

i guess that's all for now. toodles!

i like things to stay the way they are

2009-07-13T10:18:00.003+08:00

pre-warning: if this whole post doesnt make any sense to you, dont worry, it just cause i felt like crapping that's why :p lol.

yup. just as my title suggests...i do like when things/situations are familiar. for those who know me well enough will know that i dont like new environment. its depressing :p

just like our lives, there are some things we just wish would remain the way they are. sometimes changes are not all that beneficial especially when it's not really a change after all, it's just some silly past that decides to come back and haunt you. when there are some things that you wish would stay away till you decide that you're ready to face them again, suddenly reappears. what to do? how do you overcome it when all it does is to take up all of yourself most of the time? it occupies most of your time and you loose focus a lot. it's as if it's stuck to you. you've been trying so hard to get rid of it but now it's back! you did not ask for it but it just came...back! :p and it makes you wonder, is this some kind of test from God?

ok i think i better stop here or i'll cause more confusion and curiosity :p this is what happens when you have nothing to do and suddenly you feel like ranting bout the things you thought bout in your FREE time. bad bad. haha. moral of the day from ivy mak: keep yourself busy -_- lol

the joy ride of all times

2009-06-25T10:14:00.006+08:00

recognise these images? i'm sure most of you do. haha. who wouldn't? yup. it's our beloved and famous KTM :p

with ktm...you don't know what to expect. everyday is a mystery and a surprise somewhat. this morning, no different from other mornings, was yet another mystery. the limited-stop shuttle train was supposed to be ferrying us today. the limited-stop shuttle train are those that only stop at certain stations..'popular' station i would say, those that have tons of people. ok so...back to my story, yup, the train arrived...packed (like im surprised) and of all days, today the station where i wait was filled extra many people. so i assumed that the previously scheduled train hadn't make its appearance. as usual, when you have tons of eager and anxious people who are scared that they wouldn't make it into the already packed train and be late for work, started pushing their way in. at this point, the best spot to place yourself in is in the middle of the crowd..wee...that way you dont have to walk or push yourself in, others will do it for you :p ok so i was in but quarter of the crowd at the platform had no choice but to stay back to wait for the next train that's coming in 20 mins (20mins!!!).

now, the situation in that train is not what you'd like to experience on a working morning..well actually even every other morning. the air conditioning system was down! can you believe it? hundreds of human sardines stuck and cramped in a air cond-less train for half and hour!! given my oh-so-tall heighti got the best of both worlds : odours and air(less). everyone was sweating like pig. make-ups ruined, suits soaked, hair tousled, arms sticky with sweat...get the picture? it was so humid in there that the windows were covered with mist. i had a hard time telling what station it was each time the train stopped. i could hardly hear the driver's announcement of stations which sounded more like a whisper to me than an announcement and the windows were blur so i cant see the signs outside -_- so i just stood there the whole journey guessing each station we stopped and hoping to reach KL Sentral asap before passing out because it was getting harder to breath.

i've never appreciated air conditioning or rather just air more than when i stepped out of that sardine can :p so there you go...my 30-minute-train-ride story

my stomach growls at the sight of these :)

2009-06-24T13:33:00.005+08:00

looking for recipes online sure makes you hungry even if you've just eaten a packet of hearty nasi lemak a few hours ago. these delicious looking food sure does make one's stomach growl...if it doesn't then that person must be either an aneroxic or bulimic :p mind you these are only a few of the countless and it's already making me hungry.

i love food.

You're the Marvelous Light

2009-06-22T15:59:00.005+08:00

I once was fatherless,
a stranger with no hope;
Your kindness wakened me,
Awakened me, from my sleep

Your love it beckons deeply,
a call to come and die.
By grace now I will come
And take this life, take your life.

Sin has lost it's power,
death has lost it's sting.
From the grave you've risen
VICTORIOUSLY!

Into marvelous light I'm running,
Out of darkness, out of shame.
By the cross you are the truth,
You are the life, you are the way

My dead heart now is beating,
My deepest stains now clean.
Your breath fills up my lungs.
Now I'm free. now I'm free!

Lift my hands and spin around,
See the light that i have found.
Oh the marvelous light
Marvelous light

how this song speaks of who we are is so true and the way it speaks of who God is is beautiful.

they speak a thousand words..pictures!! =)

2009-06-11T13:35:00.016+08:00

happenings the past one month plus...enjoy!

Matt's recent visit

Kuching trip in May

My 21st Bday

Church camp (4/6 - 6-6)

** photos courtesy of carmen,michelle, adrienne, elicia and wilson :)

lunch is nearing

2009-06-10T12:35:00.002+08:00

it's been quite a while since i last posted.

i'm sitting here at my colleague's desk, waiting for the IT guy to finish downloading the anti-virus thingy. it's so quite here, i can clearly hear the clock ticking and i'm bored -_-

oh well...let's do some updating then :p hmm...let's see...

1) church camp just ended. i wasn't all that excited at first but then it turned out to be pretty awesome i must say. haha. long story cut short - bonds were strengthen, fellowship was good, speaker was great, beach was close to beautiful except some smell that i cant stand :p, banana boat was painful, kids were preciously cute :) and games were exhausting. 'nuf said

2) matt came back for a visit!! it's so heart warming to see how much the church esspecially the youths love him and boy, how much we missed him. had some good time catching up with him before he left yesterday.

3) i'm ending work this month!! wee....
well...it's kinda like a love-hate thing for me. love, cause i get a break after what seemed like a long long time. hate, cause that means i have to start back studying soon and meeting new ppl (yes, i'm antisocial :p)..no la its not that im completely antisocial, it's just that i dont like new environment...it freaks me out. lol. hate also cause i still cant decide whether to take the one-yr or the two-yr programme. ugh...

4) my family and friends threw me a surprise 21st brithday party one month plus back. i have nothing much to say except YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!! I LOVE YOU!! =)

5) went to kuching beginging of May. it was ivan, adrienne, robert and mua. had a good time there eating, laughing (mostly at robert..hahaha), screaming :p, clay-ing and more eating. highlight of the trip : santubong

that's all i can think of and oh the guy is done with com, i can go back to my seat now.

time for lunch. toodles

mickey mouse thinks it's funny too

2009-04-22T15:17:00.003+08:00

i just remembered something at my convo that i forgot to share in the previous post. haha. at my diploma convo two weeks back, i don't know why i got nervous at the wrong time. the whole time i was fine, didn't feel the slightest panic at all until my coursemate who was in front of me went to get his scroll and as i was standing at the marked spot waiting for my turn, i suddenly became gelabah :p then my name was called and as i walked towards the guest of honor my shoe strap came off. that made me more nervous that i just shook the guy's hand and wanted to leave straight until he said "ambik ini (take this)", handing me the scroll. my goodness can u believe it? i went for my convo but didnt take the scroll - the symbol of graduation! haha. i was like "oh sorry sorry" then embarassingly took the scroll :p i doubt i even looked into the camera. let's just hope the photo wont turned out with me looking some where else whereas the guest looked straight into the camera. that'd look really weird and funny. lol

i'd post up some pics but i'm still waiting for the pics from robert. see this was what happened...
ivan stored all the pics in his laptop and then that afternoon his laptop just couldn't be turned on. so we asked robert to check it and he 'diagnosed' it 'dead' :p yea...the laptop has finally ended it's life but thankfully we still can retrieve the datas. so we passed it to the IT expert, robert to help us with that :) i'll post the pics up when i get them back.

on another note, the HELP convocation that I was supposed to work for last sunday turned out pretty interesting for me. getting to see and experience the behind-the-scenes parts was indeed something. being in back stage was also an experience in itself. to see that even the deans and overseas representatives fell asleep proves that convos ARE boring :p there was this australian (if im not mistaken) guy who dozed off right until a short while before his turn to present the certs and as if he knew that it was close to his turn, he automatically woke up. haha.
man were the trays heavy! and it didnt help that each student's name was called rather slowly. each of us were to rotate do three times each. in my second round, i could feel my hands shivering and it was scary. i was afraid that i might drop the tray and unintentionally cause a scene for myself :p except for the tan sri's speech, everything else ended pretty fast, just as scheduled.

i ended up having hand ache on my left hand the next day. ivan was saying that it shows how unfit i am that even carrying a tray can cause my hand to ache. haha. so true :p

echoes off the sky

2009-04-18T02:20:00.004+08:00

oh well...it's 2.09am now and i'm waiting for the downloading of the new msn (yes yes i'm outdated :p) and i have nothing else better to do so i thought i'd just write a little. hehe

just a brief update on what's happening..pretty much nothing interesting really besides work. sorry la..work's taking most of my time so i can't avoid talking bout it don't i? eh even i find msyself boring ok :p so yea...work's been rather a lot lately with the exams coming up in may and june and my senior being on maternity leave for the next one month, leaving me and another staff who's also new at this with all the timetabling, name listings and seating plans to complete by end of this month. quite a challenge i must say but it's not too bad and since i'm quiting end of june, this workload would make time pass much faster :)

other than that..hmm...my degree? i dont know. i hate coming back to this crossrod where i have to choose and decide what i want to do again. that's not all, it's what, where and when. ugh...pening. haha. well...i'd most likely continue in business which will help narrow down my options :)

mm..what else? let's see...
oh i've just had my convo last saturday. my diploma convo. initially i didn't want to go cause i was thinkin it's so silly to have a covo for diploma. it's not like it's that big a deal (to me la) and why waste money. but then when i found out the price and all about a month earlier, i was like "ok la not too bad" plus my friend really wanted it so i thought why not. anyways...it all turned out pretty well i'd say. i had a fairly good time :) it's just fun to meet those you dont meet or talk that often in college before and find out that they're really nice and funny actually. except some whom have turned out to be 'i'm-too-cool-to-be-your-friend' type really turned me off. i guess that's just life. you meet all sorts of people, they come and they go.

now that i've had my convo, this sunday i have to WORK at people's convo :p haha. adrienne, tim and i are working this sunday at HELP's convo. adrienne and i are dutied on the stage and tim..i forgot :p i find it really interesting that i get to experience two convos in two weeks from two different perspectives, one as the graduand and one as a staff. one week i was seating down the stage waiting for my name to be called and the next week i'll be standing on stage to help hand out the 'certs'. interesting huh? :)

k la that's it for now...nothing else interesting to talk bout =p till then have a great weekend ahead!

ivy mak signing out. lol

the people you meet in your life

2009-04-13T14:09:00.003+08:00

what a way to start the week.

the train reaches at 6.36am every morning and this morning i reached the station at 6.33am..not too bad still. there's a possibility i can catch it if i ran fast enough and normally i would be able to catch it. this morning was the same case. i bought the ticket and saw that everyone at the opposite track got up from their seats which was a sign of the arrival of the train. so i ran the fastest i could which is normally really not that fast actually :p as i was running down the stairs the train was still there and i was thinking.."ok good i can make it then i wouldn't have to wait for another 20 minutes"...down to the last two steps to my disbelieve the doors closed and the train began moving! can you imagine it...last two steps!! i was that close! argh... i mean if it was the putra or star lrt then i wouldn't be so mad...this is ktm, the old fashioned, manually controlled doors train we're talking bout. the mean driver could have been a lil kind-er seeing this lady running like there's no tmr and waited for five more seconds! compared to the hours (collectively from all the times i took the train) i waited for their delayed trains, this five seconds is almost invisible in their "on-time schedules". in the end i waited there for 30 minutes instead of 20 for the next train because it was DELAYED. geramnya...

fine that was that. i reached my workplace and decided to buy breakfast at the food court nearby. i took nasi lemak with fried egg and proceeded to pay at the counter. a guy beside me took the exact same thing as me. we stood there for like five minutes like dungu waiting for either the boss or worker to come collect our money. can u imagine it's like we're begging them to take our money. i tell u people these days....i dont know what to say. ok fine. the worker came and she collected from the guy first. came my turn, she opened my box and charged me 2.50. i was like "itu orang punya pun sama dengan saya kenapa saya you charge lebih?" she replied "oh..nasi dia sikit." -_- she didnt even open the box how sure was she that his took little and i'm quite sure i saw the guy took almost the same quantity as me. i think i paid almost 1.50 more than that guy. i mean it's not like i can't pay 2.50 but only if it's the same for others as well la and this is the second time this lady overcharged me. ugh...dah la made me wait then overcharge me some more. i'm never going back there again.

the Famous One

2009-04-10T11:23:00.003+08:00

yup we're celebrating the death of the Famous One today. note: Celebrating!

i guess i'll just let the lyrics of one of my favourite songs speak.

By His Wounds - Mac Powell

He was pierced for our transgressions
He was crushed for our sins
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him
And by His wounds, by His wounds we are healed

We are healed by Your sacrifice
And the life that You gave
We are healed for You paid the price
By Your grace we are saved
We are saved

He was pierced for our transgressions
And crushed for our sins
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him
And by His wounds, by His wounds we are healed

We are healed by Your sacrifice
And the life that You gave
We are healed for You paid the price
By Your grace we are saved
We are saved

He was pierced for our transgressions
He was crushed for our sins
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him
And by His wounds, by His wounds we are healed
And by His wounds, by His wounds

What can wash away my sin?
Nothing but the blood of Jesus

hear it =)

nothing that we did or will do that made Him chose to die for you and me. it was love. pure and holy love. we didn't choose Him, He chose us. so it's now up to you and me to decide whether we want to accept this gift. this gift of life. this gift represented by the blood of Jesus Christ. this gift that if it weren't for Him, we instead would be the ones dying on that cross for our own transgressions.

2009-02-16T16:55:00.002+08:00

told ya i'm gonna be back =p hahaha

BUT...i'm back for a good cause :) i'm helping my cousin to promote her new blog (you better thank me, mich :p kiddin la).

so for those of you who play the guitar or piano or both, log on here for music sheets of latest songs!! =)

it is going no where

2009-02-16T10:59:00.002+08:00

i've been down with a stuck-nose (sort of flu) and sore throat since saturday and work is the last place i wanna be today :p i just wanna stay home, cuddle my smelly bolster and sleep the whole day. breathing only through one nostril makes it even worse but thank God the pizzas yesterday didn't aggravate my sore throat or else i'd be suffering right now. haha.

except for a few exam entries, i've not had anything else to do since morning and that explains today's post. killing time = reason-less post = nonsense. my sincere apologies if this has anyhow wasted your time :p haha.

signing out for now :)

p/s: if the boredom continues, you may see another nonsense post =p

effect of extreme boredom

2009-02-11T16:43:00.004+08:00

since i cant afford the real ipod, a virtual one is as good :p

i'm SO bored that i've decided to steal/copy my bro's idea. haha. enjoy! :)

btw...if you're thinkin that all the songs come with a video clip, i'm sorry they're not except for "tear drops on my guitar" and a couple others i think. brian litrell's clip doesn't make any sense so dont try bother figuring out why they put pic of cd(s) when the title is "in Christ alone" and casting crown's clips is just...funny. haha.

in memory of Jingle

2009-02-11T14:26:00.005+08:00

ok this seem like a delayed one since he is no longer with me. who is he? well..here are some pics to intro him :)

no...not ivan la :p

yup. the he i'm refering to is a cat :p

this little kitten was found in a box left by someone (obviously) outside my aunt's house, at the gate about two months back. my aunt wanted to keep him but apparently her two other cats were afraid/jealous of this cutie that they would 'run from home'. haha. so she decided to give it to us.
we looked after him for about a month then we decided to let him go since all of us felt it was to 'ma fan' to look after him...pfft pfft. my mum let him go at the shops that are bout 5 minutes drive from our house.

so that's the story of Jingle, our ex-kitten.

ps: you wanted pictures right elicia...here you go! now...visit my blog more! :p haha

i hope im on the right track

2009-02-03T11:00:00.003+08:00

after the CNY long hols (10 days to be exact), im back to work feeling a tad disconnected. my mind was almost blank as i sat or rather stood in the train and bus this morning. it felt like my mind still couldnt register that holidays are over and work's back. it could be that i only had 3 hours of sleep last night or that i just refuse to switch off my holiday mode :p
after the much look forwarded and awaited holidays, everything and everyone's back to normal. routine begin its cycle once more. rigidity takes it place like before and people joining back the rat race that im not so fond of, sadly.

i feel that i'm not caught up for the 9-to-5-stuck-in-the-office kinda thing. i think i'd prefer something that takes me out to the field. something more practical rather than just paper work...papers make me dizzy :p haha. not to say i hate this job or anything but i think maybe this is just not the field that im interested in. so what am i interested in? i dont know. we'll slowly discover. hehe
but...as at now, i cant wait to go back to college! lol. unbelievable right? coming from someone who claims to anti education =p. and how ironic? i cant wait to go back to college when im actually in one...just not studying. haha

oh well...all i can do now is continue praying and see what God has installed for me :) and i just heard a song which goes along the lines..."just call upon His name and nothing is impossible"

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food food food!! yup. that's basically the summary of my cny this year. lol

however, i must say i had an enjoyable cny actually...catching up with friends that i've never had the time to meet up with since our last meeting months back. to see that many of us still hadn't changed gave me a sense of gladness and joy. they are the same people whom i spent my whole high school life with and still the same four years later. these are the people i want to keep forever :)

hey hey hey

2009-01-15T14:37:00.003+08:00

ello :) first post of the year. hehe. have been really busy since the beginning of the year. attending to students non stop. i wonder was i that 'ma fan' when i was in college. you know...enquire bout this and that, ask this ask that, change this change that...i dont think i was lor and neither were my friends :p haha but i tell you..the students here. haiyo....

anyways...im currently not at my office but at the exam centre, waiting for the students to finish their paper in 1/2 hours time, then have collect the papers, count them, make sure everything's ok then send it off to uk. my colleague saw that i have nothing to do, sit there like 'dong-dong', she allowed me to use the unused, dusty computer. well...at least something. haha

wow chinese new year is just around the corner and i havent even done any shopping yet! this problem repeats every year. we (my family and i) always wait till last minute to shop and by then we'll be too panicked we'll just roughly pick the clothes. however, i find it rather strange, why are the clothes for cny season arent that pretty? eh it doesnt help at all in our last minute shopping lor :p haha. what makes it worse is that i dont really like red-ish stuff especially clothes and most of them are in red! i mean a lil bit of red here and there it's fine but the whole outfit? err...

im so bored and cold right now, i wanna sleep :p

what does tomorrow promise?

2008-12-31T12:13:00.004+08:00

"it's the last day of the year." i heard a girl saying that to her friends when i was on board the bus just now and it suddenly dawned on me that IT'S THE LAST DAY of 2008!! it struck me that after today, there's no way we can come back to 2008. it's like what's happened is permanently passed. all that's left are memories.

this new year, i hope to draw closer to God. i realised i've been slacking in my walk with Him and it doesn't feel good at all. i pray that He's door is still open for me and i have faith that it is :)
as for us all, lets hope 2009 brings us to greater heights in understanding His love and grace. to be grateful for the grace that allows us to be where we are today. it's amazing what a forgiving and loving God we have. no matter how far or how long we've strayed away, He's always there waiting with arms open wide for us to return to Him. in Him there's always hope and light. amazing.

anyway...here's wishing all of you a very Happy New Year!!

He is the reason for this season

2008-12-25T15:22:00.003+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS people!! :)

ps: for those who wished me through text...sorry i couldn't reply cuz my line is currently in the process of switching to maxis. thanks for the wishes and hope that you all have a blessed christmas!
ya ya...for those maxis ppl out there, you can now msg me more :p haha.

passing by another year

2008-12-23T10:00:00.004+08:00

Christmas is just TWO days away! wow! and that means the year is nearing to its end too. wow! another year. time indeed flies. i can still vividly remember last Christmas and now one year has passed.

Christmas sends a simple yet significant message that is still not known to many i believe. it's not about Santa (i dont know where that white-beard guy came from anyway), neither is it bout gifts nor parties. it all about a simple story with profound message.
it's about JESUS CHRIST. this was the day that He was born and sent down to earth for both you and me, a day of rejoice. this little baby born in a manger was sent to earth for a mission - to die for the sins of you and me that we would be reconciled with God. without this baby boy we're heading hell.
so Christmas is a day to rejoice and be glad in it, for this is the day that our Saviour was born :)

of course parties and gifts and fun are not wrong, it's just that make sure this day is celebrated for it's real reason-Jesus. so go!! be merry and celebrate :)

being the girl i am

2008-12-17T13:45:00.003+08:00

guess what i've been doing since yesterday? ;) i've been window shopping online!! i didnt know how fun and interesting it could be! haha. i've heard of local online boutiques that operates through blogs but have not actually took the time to see them. now that i have, i'm so hooked on it :p it's really fun i tell you! screening through pretty clothes, shoes and bags at reasonable prices. these stuff seem to look more affordable online...i dont know why. oh oh!! i just ordered a mini handbag. hehe. i've enquired on a number of things and am waiting for their replies to decide which one to buy. they're my christmas presents la c'mon...more accurately, self-given presents :p haha

here are some of the sites:
Ultimate Dazzle
The Luxurious Fashionista
Elegant Extravaganza
Clothes Bucket

work has been rather dull and boring. to prove it...my boss just yawned...loudly.

man...the year is ending very soon. how time flies....sigh....

i know my God is real and nothing will change how i feel

2008-12-15T12:47:00.005+08:00

today's my first day back to work after two days on sick leave. the sore throat was no fun. i woke up on thursday to a hoarse voice which eventually became worse that i could barely speak :p and the pills...eeww...never liked them. why cant all pills be teeny-weeny shapes. why must there be some gigantic pills that are so hard to swallow. ee....

the sleep-in(s) and afternoon naps were good though :) hehe

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vbs was great! the kids were awesome! the teachers and volunteers were the best but God was amazing throughout the three days!!

this year adrienne and i took the preschool class. the kids range from age three to five. man...they are so adorable and cute!! every single one of them are so special. no wonder they are precious in God's eyes ;)

check them out:
the songs were addictive. seriously. i was even singing it in my sleep :p