who lives in a pineapple under the sea....

Yes! Mc Donalds is selling spongebob plush toys!!! Am getting my piece tonight....ngek ngek ngek! :P Tomorrow is the last day to buy starry eyes spongebob- the sale of tissue box sponge bob starts on 2 Aug......
I'm Lovin it...lalala....

Tonnes of Gowns

Finally selected all my wedding gowns yesterday! Yoohoo...I was so relieved cause it only took us 2 hours :) Thanks to my sis- she is a true personal shopper! Cat, the lady at the bridal shop commented that my sis knows what fits me and she sure knows my taste. Have to admit, it's difficult to choose gowns for someone as conservative, simple yet fussy like me. Haha. During the fitting, there was another 'bride to be' trying out gowns. She arrived way earlier than me, but we left before her. I think she tried almost all the dresses (including some of mine). Really pity her cause it's very tiring- some of the gowns are heavy :( D got me to try some really tacky ones just for the heck of it (isshh), made me look like some christmas tree ornament! I managed to choose 2 white wedding gowns, 2 evening gowns and a kuah for the photoshoot. The ones I'll be wearing on the actual wedding day is light and comfy (easy to hop and jump around with heee). I really like the kuah...it fits me well (lucky me). My pre-wedding photoshoot will be next week. If u r wondering what's the rush, well when I told Cat that I'll be going to Pangkor Laut at mid August, she freaked out! She insisted I take the pictures before the trip so I won't have uneven skin tone (from tanning). Well, I guess its good in some sense, the faster the better, less things to worry about :P Now to pray for good weather....

Playground

Every evening, Colin waits patiently by the window for Gong Gong to return home from work- so he can take Colin to the playground! I managed to tag along last Friday and took some shots. Colin loves the slide and sea saw.....ma ma is always by his side making sure he doesn't hurt himself :P

Colin's birthday is around the corner, my sis is planning a birthday party for him, do check out my blog for the coverage :P

Weekend Book

First glance of the cover- sexy tanned legs with 'husbands (is one ever enough?) as the title, I thought the storyline is going to be similar to Jackie Collin's. This book is about Bigamy, but far from having slutty characters (ok, women). Two women, best of friends, Bella- married to Philip, a rich and established analyst who gives her the world, love and security, Laura- divorced with a kid and fell in love with Stevie, a music teachers who moonlights as a Elvis impersonator. It started to rain in paradise when Laura introduced the new man in her life (Stevie) to Bella...worst, Laura insisted that Bella and Philip joined them on an all expenses paid trip to Vegas (Stevie was one of the finalist, hoping to be crowned as Europe's King of Elvis impersonator). Bella plans never to reveal her secret (Philip does not know that part of her life and that they are technically not married)..she struggles to bury it deep underground...but found herself struggling with love....


It's a good book to read if you love chit lits/ want to read into the minds of people who tries very hard to bury their past to build a new start

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Work Bullies

There's a lot of talk about school bullies, big boys stealing candies from 4 eyes boys half their size. Little is discussed openly about work bullies. A friend sent me a very good article from BNET- Nipping Workplace Bullying in the Bud. I'm sure most of us encounter bullies at our workplace (whether we are the victim, the outsider watching the act or bullies ourselves). I did, and still do. People bitch about it- at the end of the day, we all live with it. It's sad that bullying is often considered as a 'personal issue' and that many employers feel uncomfortable dealing with it or even discuss about the matter. Here's some things I've gathered from the article, hope it helps us all to be cautious at work.....and for bullies to repent?

1) Why do ppl bully others?
- a feeling of competence in handling his or her own job
- a feeling of having missed out on a promotion
- a feeling that a highly competent and popular collegue might be a treat to his or her position
- a personality clash with a collegue
- a personal problem at home that make the individual feel insecure and inadequate

2) What are acts of bullying?
- spreading malicious rumour
- ridiculing or demeaning someone
- excluding ppl
- micromanaging or overbearing supervision
- unwelcome sexual advances
- making treats
- persistent criticism
- withholding information
- removing responsibilities
- overloading with work

3) How do I detect a bully?
According to the article, bullies have the following characteristics....
- changeable personality- someone who is viciously outspoken in private conversations but is always innocent and charming in front of senior management
- someone who is excessively charming, complimentary, and superficial when in front of the "audience"
- someone who holds prejudicial views and makes regular, inappropriate jokes about issues relating to sex, race,...
- someone who is very controlling of his or her team, display "perfectionist" tendencies and quick to criticise others rather than acknowledging or praising their efforts
- someone who is impatient and irritable when called upon to deal with personal issues or concern of team member
- someone who is called to account for an error, missed deadline or mistake, immediately counter-attacks with lies, criticism and allegations. Bullies often respond to critiscm by appearing very distressed and claiming to be victims themselves, to avoid accountability for their actions

More than meets the eye

I love the movie!!! D and I missed the first 15 minutes of the movie cause we were at the wrong cinema (we had tickets for Cineleisure, not GSC One Utama- ish). Never again, I hope- it's not the first time for me *sigh* Initially I was dissappointed that Bumble Bee was not a Volks, then again, I'm satisfied that they didn't modify him much, he still has that round robotic face- which makes him look cute :P I like Optimus Prime's new look- funky truck. Still think that Megatron's new look is too complicated. After the movie, we spotted The Simpson's family. Jensen's a big big fan of Homer- so we took a picture of him and D...picture is pretty grain-ny, taken with my hp....