I'm migrating

Hello everyone,

I've come back to say that if you've somehow found yourself back here, thank you so much for still checking back despite knowing that this blog has pretty much died. I'm here to let you know that I'm no longer on hiatus and I've started anew!

However, I won't be doing it here anymore.

I've upped and moved to Wordpress. I would be pleased if you were to continue being in my life as I continue on my blogging journey. See you guys there!

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Tête-à-tête

#27 - Braiiiiiiiiiiiiiins!

Yesterday, I was helping a friend look for children's book titles to help fill up his school's empty bookshelf. While today's subject wasn't exactly discovered in the Children's section, it caught my attention immediately.

Zombiiiiies!

I'll admit straightaway that I do have a fascination with zombies ever since Dawn of the Dead popped my zombie cherry. XD Now what do I find? Zombies invading great classic works of literature?

This purchase made me quite happy today.

#26 - Oooey Gooey Chocolatey Happinessy

I've been really down lately, which unfortunately led to the dismal stagnancy of this place. I had to take measures in finding my zen, hence this post today. It didn't really cheer me up as good as it was but I think it deserves a second chance. Maybe next Saturday.

#25 - Hummer

This fancy-schmancy car dealership just opened up right in front of my workplace. As I walked on the pathway along it, I saw the usual luxury cars--all shiny and expensive looking--lined up, ready to be bought by people with money to burn. Mercedes, BMWs, sports cars with Italian names I'm too lazy to pronounce...and then, my eye caught something which led me to a screeching halt.

A Hummer.

A beautiful Hummer just sitting there, waiting to be bought. A Hummer I could look at every day while most car enthusiasts only pray they'd get a glimpse of--if they're lucky.

Darren, eat your heart out. ;)

#24 - Twins

Here's an interesting fact;

In the entire stretch of buildings in which my company is located, there are only two people who drive the same car with the exact same color; me and some other dude.

We've never actually crossed paths but I am often amused to see where my car's identical twin would be parked by the time I get to work. I suppose the driver works somewhere near me as his car is frequently spotted in close proximity.

Today, I arrived late at work. Like after lunch sort of late. For those of you who know where I work, you'd know that getting decent parking at that time is virtually impossible and that was true for me. Desperate and very, very late, I parked...illegally. I've never gotten a traffic summon before and don't intend to start a trend but I was simply desperate.

Anyway, there I left my car in the middle of the makeshift parking space. I grabbed a speedy lunch and went indoors to punch my card which would inevitably send alarm bells ringing come paycheck day.

Much later, I decided to take a peek outside the window, full of hope there wouldn't be a long piece of paper stuck under my wind wiper. What did I find instead?

A car ... identical to mine ... of identical color ... parked directly next to mine.

Was this the driver's acknowledgement to me that only we drove the same car on the block? Did he think it was funny? Was it a joke? Well, I sure found it hilarious considering the ample illegal parking space which was available surrounding us plus an actual parking space in front of Old Town.

I found it so amusing that I just had to take a picture.

I should have left a friendly note on his wind shield before I left. Maybe we could have become friends. Maybe another opportunity will prop up and I can finally say hello! Of course, if he turns out to be some creepy dude...well, that's another story for another time.

#23 - Human Sticker Book

Well, obviously this isn't a very well taken shot but some kid at my workplace ran up to me and stuck these three cute stickers on my arm and ran away.

Is that incredibly cute or what? :P

#22 - WTF

"Smile big like me, girls!!"

The picture above is pretty darn self explanatory but, really, you only see things like these on the internet with other people's futzed up photos! Who is that dude?? Was he that bored with his company? Come to think of it, it's pretty funny to discover this.

#21 - New Watch!

I've been needing a new watch for some time now but kept putting off buying one because:

a) I'm extremely picky when it comes to watches. It has to feel good from the moment I pick it up right until I put it on my wrist. If there's even a tiny negative feeling to it, I don't bother with it.

b) My current watch is one of sentimental value, as it is a Christmas gift from P about two years ago.

c) I don't usually like buying watches and don't particularly like owning more than one at any time.

I think those are a fairly good reasons to endure wearing my current watch which is much too tight after two pieces of the metal strap went missing. However, it's not only too tight but now I've been getting hives from all the pressure against my skin and that's what prompted me to start looking for a new watch.

As I've said, I'm picky. I looked at every watch store along Batu Feringghi while I was in Penang but didn't find anything. The next day while at Queensbay Mall however, I finally found what I wanted.

This beeeeeeautiful watch above! Simple yet classy/elegant enough. However, as it was a Tissot, it set me back quite a bit but I do think it was worth it because I'm not going to change watches any time soon.

#20 - Just another day at work

I was a bit bored sometime after lunch at work today and seeing I also had a wee bit of free time to spare, I started doodling. First, it was just a bunch of cartoonish animals but then it started to evolve to me drawing cartoons of the lot in my office.

As you can see, my colleague Naela is as usual glued in front of the telly with her notorious obsession for American Idol (along with her school girl crush of Anoop Desai) while her shaven-headed nemesis,Daniel, crawls to make yet another day more interesting for her.

And of course, the two usual innocent bystanders Jessica and yours truly watch all the drama...that's about to happen. O_o

At the time of typing this, I have already gifted this doodling to Naela who loved it! :D

#19 - Too Damn Early

Yes, I wasn't the only one who heard aaaaaaallll the commotion about Krispy Kreme opening up here in Malaysia. Hearing something about a launch that already took place, I decided to head down to Times Square and lo and behold...

I was one day too damn early.

Sigh.

#18 - Twenty Six

Stupid blotch...eggh...

Happy 26th Birthday, my darling P.

#17 - Impulse shopping

I dropped two pant sizes!! Woot woot!! Well okay, that's not entirely true since I could squeeze myself into a size 29 but well, that was just barely comfortable. While browsing around in F21, I came across some rather cheap white jeans.

White jeans.

Ooooh.

Seeing how they only had sizes 28 and 30 left, I naturally picked the latter but when it was too baggy, I sighed and took my chances with 28. As I slid the jeans up my arse, I chanted...

"Please let it fit! Please let it fit!!"

And with one easy hook of the button, it fiiiiiiiiiit!!

I literally jumped up and down in my little dressing room with joy.

I'm pretty sure my successful treadmill runs (yep, twice today babeh!) didn't cause this instantaneous reduction. I have hope!! Woot!

It looks like a good restart. :D

I'm such a slacker.

This is yet another post about my ongoing battle against the bulge. If you do not wish to hear me rant, whine, complain and bitch about it, better you move on. The rest of you may stay on while I provide you with vacuum bubbles to hopefully drown out my incessant ramblings.

I think I've been really slacking off.

I've been less than vigilant with what I've been stuffing into my mouth since Chinese New Year and more importantly, I've been allowing myself to indulge in daily guilty pleasures (i.e Starbucks, dim sum) with my colleagues at lunch time (shaddap Jessica!).

I think my Willpower has taken a long--too long--holiday and put its replacement, Laziness, in charge. I think Laziness needs to be fired. After all, we are facing an economic downturn and we need to cut the fat. (Haha I'm beginning to be quite good at this pun thing....)

I only have 12 more pounds to lose. Just twelve! For you metric system lot, that's 5kg. If you think about it, after losing 56 pounds (25kg) so far, 12 more shouldn't be that hard. Or take that much work.

The worst bit is that it's not like there hasn't been any signs which were constantly yelling at me to get my butt off the chair and jump on the treadmill. In fact, there's been plenty! I've been following The Biggest Loser religiously on tv and each episode reminds me how 12 pounds is nothing! Heck, one guy lost thirty-freakin-one pounds in one week!

Watching The Biggest Loser basically tells me that I have no excuse for putting off losing those last 12 pounds. I like feeling the guilt, because it makes me want to do something. Or at least think about it.

But you know, I work all day with kids which tires me out completely. Heck, I get all my exercise there! Jaw exercises from all the screaming, the aerobic exercises from my hands and arms flying about while blasting out all kinds of instructions and doing lots of squats since I can barely ever sit down--because hey, since when do you really sit down when you teach kids?

I'm just making excuses...and a whole lot of them.

I wanted to wait until Monday to start my regime again but I realize that I could easily start tomorrow. I know I've said it before--actually, more than I can count--that I'll wake up to exercise before starting my dailies but I never get round to it.

I'll try my best tomorrow.

Not only do I want to do it for me, but also because J seems to have started doing something about her situation and I admire that, thus reminding me yet again that there's just NO excuse for me to be slacking off!

And also, I want to show a dear colleague of mine, who has been relying on me for advice on nutritionals (though I'm frustrated she rarely listens to me!) that I can do it and will do it, proving that I can help her! Maybe then she'll start listening to me -_-"

As a painful reminder to myself, I dug out an old photo (one which I'm particularly ashamed of) and reminded myself yet again how much I need to finish the damn job.

So I like that yellow t-shirt a lot! So sue me! :P

#16 - Three Reasons

...that is causing that rotund fuglyness >_<

Still, nothing like something expensively sweet to end a stressful week.

#15 - Decadence

Nothing like a midnight snack of something sugary and low calorie :D

#14 - Good things to come home to

A tray of freshly baked scones waiting on the kitchen table, waiting for you to eat them and say...mm mm good! ;)

#13 - Alive

Is...it...breathing...?

*shudders*

#12 - Weekends

Because teachers need 'em to protect their sanity after five full days of staring at agonizingly bad English grammar.

#11 - Thundercats

Warm bed, 100 Plus and 2 seasons of Thundercats - the best combination for the person down with food poisoning. :(

#10 - Four

Because one just ain't enough O_o

#9 - Homework

June's homework.

A ginger soy sauce chicken which I haven't tasted, unfortunately, but of which I heard was good!

#8 - Freebies!

Redeemed on the last day of Starbucks' Buy 8 Get 1 Free .

The ever yummy Mocha Frappucino and a Caramel Macchiato!

#7 - Merchandise Fail

You think Kitty's trying to tell us something here?

B is for Bored

I woke up bored.

I ate my lunch bored.

I ran errands half bored.

I was groomed. Was not so bored.

I ran errands again, bored.

I drove to the mall bored.

I walked around bored.

I drove home bored.

I got home bored.

I'm typing this, bored.

I'm bored of being bored.

And, I'm lonely.

#6 - The Best Spaghetti Ever

Look at that sinful plate of carbs!!

I've had a lot of spaghetti in my pasta-dining-life. Bolognese, Marinara, Pomodoro, Carbonara, Squid Ink, Seafood, Instant...the list goes on.

But nothing, not even in Italy, compares to the mouthwatering culinary orgasm Ms. Reed's Mama's Beef Bolognese Spaghettini induces. It gets my vote as #1 on top of my must-have pasta list. It's sooo good that I can't resist having it each and every time I visit the restaurant.

I wonder if Ms. Reed's will pay me for advertising this..

#5 - Peekaboo!

Today's entry was taken a little just an hour before this post. Imagine that, spending two hundred bucks on these crocs only to have them tear open a couple of months later. :(

#4 - Resident cat

This black cat is always spotted loafing around this very spot. I don't think he ever leaves. I shall call him Phat Cat. ;)

I don't want to, I NEED to.

First, let me tell you a story.

There's this war, right.

On one hand we've got Sgt. Green Vegetable, Cor. Lean Meat and Lt. Fruit.

On the other, we have Heil Fat and his minions; Starbucks, Coco "nut" Milk and Agent Oil who has been ruling the dominion for awhile now.

So, they fight. Hard. Thorns were swashbuckled. But most of all, bad puns were exchanged.

"Orange you going to get the hell out?!"

"Olive you alone if you make yourself sparse!"

"Dis nacho land, get-aoouuwwt!!"

And an unfortunate Coco "nut" Milk who, born with a mouth defect, mispronounced all her Gs and ended up yelling her own name multiple times when telling the troops to charge.

"Cocococococo!!"

...

Eventually, the good guys won and the land was a better place. For awhile.

Over a year since their defeat, Heil Fat was still displeased. For days, he would sit in his potato couch reeling and pondering his revenge. And then...a knock came at the door. It was the person he had been waiting for. He looked at the slick, cool dude with his shiny black sunglasses who was petting his pet cat, Cheetos.

"Mr. Andersens."

Mr. A put up a hand.

"Please, call me Ice Cream."

They conspired. They schemed...and at last, they found the Secret Recipe.

SET LUNCHES!!

The battle continues.

Taking a cue from Ms.Sampat's most recent blog post, I decided to come up with a list of my own.

1. Eat healthily for a day.

2. Eat healthily for more than one day.

3. Eat healthily for a week.

4. Eat healthily for more than one week.

5. Eat healthily for a month.

6. Lose weight.

As you can see, mine's somewhat of a shorter list than hers. My goal is simple;

Stop pigging the fuck out.

#3 - A date with a (really) white guy

Come on Ronald hunney...lick it, babeh.

#2 - Lunch

#2 Subway's Turkey Breast and Ham on Hearty Italian bread with a mountain of slivered black olives. Mmmmm...!

Today's entry is my lunch today at Subway. I'm quite proud of myself (and my smidgen of willpower) to have something healthy after pigging out on all kinds of sinful, local delectables. Sigh...oh the nasi lemak/campur/dagang/cheese naan/char koey teow/KFC/Starbucks/xi mut tea/shanghainese noodles/fried carrot cake/tandoori!

Sigh. I'm going to be so fat again. Siiiiiigh.

Project 365 - #1

My blog is dead--has been dead--and Project 365 is yet another attempt in resurrecting it.

What is Project 365, I asked my happening cousin which inevitably, showed how much I was living under a rock. >_<

"You post a picture each day for a year so I won't be so disappointed whenever I visit your blog lah!"

*sweat*

Smart aleck remarks aside, I've decided to jump on this bandwagon. I've been complaining about having nothing remotely interesting to blog about after refusing to blog about work. Now I'll be able to blog about totally random things without having to actually rummage through my mundane days looking for a morsel of something remotely interesting to talk about. phew!

This will also give me incentive to put some use into my quite neglected new Sony camera (wait, what? new yet neglected already?) other than to take camwhorish pictures of yours truly. In addition, I'll be using my iPhone camera to take pictures of utter randomness to once again bring joy into your exciting lives ;)

Oooh, speaking of iPhones! Did I tell you I finally finally finally got myself one?

No?

That's right! I didn't blog about it *pouts* but wahahaha I blew my entire March paycheck on that ultra cool gadget which I've been waiting feverishly for for two years. In fact, this news is so overdue that it shall be #1 of my Project 365 er, project.

Cole being charged after two long days of mega texting, mega surfing and mega obsessing by its owner.

Purity that should remain as is

There are a lot of movies I can handle. 

While gore isn't exactly my forte at withstanding, I can normally manage those depicted in war, horror and zombie movies. If you have watched Kill Bill or something along the lines of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, you'll know where my level of appreciation is at when I say I can't stomach those. 

Although...watching Linda Blair walk upside down down a flight of stairs was plain fucking scary.

Tonight, I discovered that I can't watch movies where babies are possessed by spirits. Or babies being evil. Or anything bad about babies in general. I did not want to watch it in the first place but somehow did--and I simply could not sit through it.

Babies to me are something so pure and beautiful and now that I've been working with young children, it sickens me to watch them portrayed as demonic or satanic beings. I think it's just revolting to think of them as anything but pure. Watching a zombie baby in Dawn of the Dead was one thing, but to take a perfectly healthy baby and stick an evil spirit in it is just...blerrgh.

Evil angels, I can handle. Give me evil babies and I'll start begging for rainbows and ponies.

Red

I got my surprise Valentine's Day gift today in the mail.

The box was squashed from handling.

Some of the chocolates melted into disfigured gloop.

But I still LOVED it!!

It was the longest 13 hour work day ever! :D

Thank you, darling!

Fun Weekend in Melaka

I just got home from having quite a fun weekend with a friend in Melaka.

We spent just overnight in the tourist trap Jonker Street but it was enough to get our fill of some delicious chicken rice balls and cheap kaya balls! We did some shopping--although one of us more than the other *wink*. The weather was simply gorgeous and was very conducive for walking about looking at all there are to see.

In short, we had fun!

Here are pictures for you to look at.

Happy Birthday June!!

Through looking glasses

I did what I said I'd do and today I got it.

In just one day--infact, if calculated precisely, less than 24 hours after I went to get new glasses at Focus Point in Tropicana City, my new pair was ready.

Nice?

They were having a sale where a range of glasses were selling for RM159 inclusive of frame and lenses. My discount coupon as previously mentioned, was only eligible if my purchase rang up to a minimum of RM200. The best part of this tale was that I was asked to upgrade to better lenses for a flat sum of RM50 thus enabling my coupon to be used! 

So I got new glasses with upgraded lenses for only RM159!

Kudos to Focus Point for the extremely speedy service and discounts :P

At long last, now I can finally retire my beat up glasses.

See the cellophane tape?

It's fate and I can't fight it

I've been needing new glasses for awhile now. Not just because my glasses have been unmercifully trod on and is now held in place with cellophane tape but also due to the fact that I'm becoming blinder as of late...which is kind of ironic since last year I had enjoyed improving vision. Meh.

I've been putting off getting new glasses because of one very simple fact; glasses are expensive. Very expensive. I could wait for a sales promotion to get one, but then all they'd have would be fugly frames. So I put it off for as long as I can, even though I could feel my eyesight slowly deteriorating more and more.

Then today, I had a close shave with a motorcycle which I almost hit because I didn't see him right smack in front of me. To make matters more eerie, I came home today and found the above in the mail addressed to me.

It's fate, and I can't fight it. :(

It's time for me to get new glasses.

Puddles

Joining in the fun in our patio!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Here's hoping you guys have a prosperous new year!

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...and treat the cows nicely. It's their year ;)

Happy Birthday Ian!

Here he is visibly upset about dropping his half eaten crab pincer...

Ian turns 11 today!

I hope you enjoyed your day out with us :D