Saturday, May 26, 2007

eBooks

My friend, Kok Pin pointed out a v good site to download and share eBooks. To access, click on Scridb. It takes awhile to launch the download page, be patient- it's all worth it :) Tip: It's faster to download in MS Word format.
Just downloaded a recipe book using Campbell soup, currently downloading Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. Let me know what you downloaded ya!

Wee Pin: I know you'll love this site! Have a blast!

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Last Episode of American Idol

It's a blast! Am watching the reruns as I'm blogging right now. So excited cause Beth Miller just sang my fav sound in the whole wide world- Wind beneath my wings :) *gleee* After an amazing performance, I am even more convinced that Melinda Doolittle should be in the finals!!!!!

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The Horror of California Fitness (Midvalley)

Yesterday, me and Kel went for the free trial at Mid Valley, with all intentions to try out the hip hop class (and me forgeting that I have BAD legs and hands coordination). Upon arrival, we was greeted by a consultant, filled in the usual forms and was given a tour of the place. The place is PACKED with people working out and 'walking' about. As we were close to being late for our class, we quickly collected the towels (they provide u a big and small towel, which is nice) and headed to the women's dressing room. Frankly, I hate the lockers! It's built in an odd 'F' shape, meaning the only usable place is the upper part of the locker. What happened to the conventional square lockers? Anyway, we got changed and head straight to the studio. Our hip hop class only lasted 10 minutes (yes we gave up) and decided to try out the stryder machine. There was hardly any unoccupied machines, noticed some of the machines were not 'oiled' as they were squeaking- v annoying. Non the less, we managed to have a good workout- didn't keep the time as we were busy chatting while swinging our legs hee. That's the beauty of having a Gym partner :P. After the fulfilling workout, we head for the shower. The shower cubicle is 5x smaller than the ones in RHB Gym- yes it was v stress to find place to hang my stuff. Got out and change, rush out and met the consultant. He was busy so we were 'entertained' by another of his collegue, which was rather RUDE. We asked about the 7 days free trial and he said it doesn't exist and it's only a 1 time trial (they obviously have not visited their own website). Asked about the RM35 for 6 weeks of workout+ 1 personal trainer session, he got a little impatient and said, if you feel u want to be healthy and work out, then why not sign up for a permanent package? Well, I didn't want to waste my breath to tell him that I've been working out in my office's Gym and was deciding on joining a fitness centre to try out the class exercises. By then, me and Kel were a lil bit pissed off (and hungry too), we gave him the 'we wish to consider further' and walked out. Instead of feeling 'relaxed' after a good workout, I ended up feeling pretty 'stressed' out. Probably caused by the crowd, queuing up for things, the 'red' around the centre and of course, the 'unmotivated' consultants . I'm sticking to RHB Gym- the best so far :)

Friday, May 18, 2007

Changing the World

...begin with yourself. Came across this topic in the Daily Bread yesterday- very meaningful, so wanted to share with everyone . Jesus told a parable about the problems of not seeing our own faults. He said, "How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? First remove the plank from your own eye" (Luke 6:42).
It is easy for us to point out other ppl's fault and it takes a lot of courage to ask ourselves if it'sour own attitude that needs to be changed. Maybe it's ourself that need to apologise. Maybe it's ourself that needs a humble spirit. We can't change others, but with God's help we can change our own behavior. And when our attitude changes, it may seem as if others have changed as well.


To change can be a wonderful prospect,
Though often it's met with resistance,

The transformation begins within us

And will take a lot of persistance - Hess


When God works a change in us, He can change others through us.

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Whoopieee

...I passed the 1st draft!!

AL: Woman, sorry missed your call, what's up?
PW: Good news, we passed our 1st draft submission, don't need to submit 2nd draft!
AL: Really?
PW: Ya la, I know u don't check your emails, so called u la
AL: Yippie!!! So straight to presentation?
PW: Yups. Remember CENSORED in my CENSORED class, she has problems with her assignment leh..not included in the presentation list, asked to see supervisor.
AL: Huh? Who la?
PW: CENSORED
AL: Oh, she...ermm poor her. How many ppl didn't make it?
PW: About 15 people, 35 made it.
AL: Wah like that also can.
PW: So when can we meet up to review our presentation?
AL: Erm...I have not started on the slides lerr....
PW: WOMAN! Don't slack k....lets meet up next weekend.
AL: Ok lo... *sweating*

This post is dedicated to you, PW, for pushing me through this and keeping me on track....
Oh yes, thanks for reminding me to pay fees...hehe...will pay tomorrow....

Updates: Just checked my email, it's 32 out of 52 ppl (which makes approx 61%) who passed the 1st draft! Thank goodness I manage to con my way through :p Oppss...I mean all my hardwork finally paid off...lalala....

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

You are what you eat

My collegue sent this to me yesterday. Quite entertaining, give it a try!

This is what it says about my character...


What do you think? Frankly speaking, I'm no angel :P I am sometime prejudice, never is a STRONG word hehehe

'Fake' Apple Guava

Covered in The Star papers today.

My mom bought some at pasar malam a month ago, lucky we didn't consume any of it!

He said artificial colouring was used to fool the people into thinking that the guavas were jambu-apple hybrids.

He claimed that colouring agents brilliant blue and tartrazine were mixed for the light-green effect while carmoisine was used for red colouring.

Mohamed Idris said studies in Britain had linked tartrazine and carmoisine to temper tantrums, poor concentration, hyperactivity and allergic reaction in youngsters.

He said the Food Standards Agency in Britain had been reviewing the safety of such additives since 2000.

“Although the colouring substances are currently permitted under the (Malaysian) Food Act 1983, we need to question why fresh fruits are allowed to be coloured and modified?” he added.

Mohamed Idris said CAP had received complaints from foreign and local tourists who felt cheated after the fruits went bad within a day or two.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Bored so Blogged

I'm almost done and ready to submit my 1st draft tomorrow. Yippieee!!!! Planning to reward myself with 10 straight episodes of Crayon Shinchan after it's completed! (meaning tonight la hehe :P). D bought me 3 DVDs (10 episode in each DVD) with ENGLISH subtitles! I left my collection in Singapore when I was working there. At that time, no one wanted to watch with me cause they have to help me translate. Hehehe...can't believe I'm still missing this cheeky lil' boy after so many years!
For those who don't know Crayon Shinchan, u r missing lots! Trust me, if you like Homer Simpson, you like Shinchan! The story plot is simple- a 5 year old Jap boy, lives in suburb of Tokyo with his parents and small white dog (direct translation of his doggie's name in mandarin). The whole mini episodes is about him being a pesty lil ham sap boy. Sometimes he acts like a grown up, sometimes he is so naive, it's hard to know if he's pretending or really is that innocent. His character is what makes his so laughable :)
Oh almost forget, Happy Mother's Day to all mummysss reading this blog. I gave my mom her Mother's Day pressie yesterday, thinking it's yesterday. I got a valid reason this time- my sis had a bbq on Saturday to celebrate Mother's Day for herself, her sis in laws, mother in law, aunties and my mom, so I got my dates confused. Oh well, she loves the card (said it's nicer than the one I gave her last year) and she loves hip in the kakis capri pants. Yuk! May all mothers remain beautiful and radiant alwaysss!!!

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Happy Beads!

Kel made me fun jewelries for my (belated) birthday! The original bracelets were made with proper hooks (dunno what it's called in beadie jargons), she had to re-string into elastic bands since my wrists are so unpredictably small :P I hope she hasn't gave up on making bracelets for me heee....
Decided to take pictures using Colin's first nursery rhyme book as backdrop. Took these yesterday night- my handphone camera is doing injustice to her work, its looks a zillion times nicer in real life!
Thanks for the lovely lovely surprise *hugs*


Tuesday, May 01, 2007

A good read

This book made me tear (several times). V. touching and heart-warming. I simply adore Tiga and her words are sooo precious. For those planning to read this book, the romance bits can get a lil' bit annoying :P It took me quite some time to finish this book- I think I had it since Nov last year :P Kel, remind me to return to you the next time we meet ya. Going to read a book on a murder investigation.....

Monday, April 30, 2007

Bye bye exams...forever! muahahaa....

No more exams for meee! Sat for 2 papers today, my right arm and fingers hurt from writing too much. Which is a good sign right- at least I have 'stories' to write :P Plus, tomorrow and day after is HOLIDAY! Yippie!!!!!!! *grin*
I'm feeling on top of the world right now...am going to laze in front of the TV while waiting for D to take me out for dinner....tralala...


Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Happy Food

No, it doesn't jump around and make funny faces. It's the first thing that came across my mind :P Got this from a link in yahoo.com:

Top Ten Happy Foods - bon apetit!
1. Wild salmon (rich in omega 3 fats and vitamin D)
2. Spinach - (rich in folic acid and soluble fiber)
3. Skim milk - (rich in Vitamin D and B12)
4. Ground flaxseeds (rich soluble fiber, omega 3 fats and folic acid)
5. Blackberries (rich in soluble fiber and folic acid)
6. Omega 3 fortified eggs - (rich in omega 3 fats, Vitamin D and B12)
7. Sardines ( rich in omega 3 fats and Vitamin D)
8. Soybeans - (rich in soluble fiber, folic acid and omega 3 fats)
9. Beans (rich in soluble fiber and folic acid)
10. Brussels sprouts (soluble fiber and folic acid)
Plus an extra for good luck!
11. Sunflower seeds - (rich in soluble fiber and folic acid)

Going downstairs to make myself a large glass of ribena berry juice...yip!

* Yes yes back to studying....

Study Week

I'm off today till next Thurday, preparing and sitting for my last 2 papers. In the month of May and June, I will be busy wrapping up my dissertation and presenting my findings to a panel of lecturers for grading. My dad's comment was 'Wah so easy, told you it's going to be breeze'. I'm taking he's JOKING. Hee...yes the past 2 years odd of studying required a few major sacrifices (e.g. Friday after work drinks with my buddies (on semesters that I had no choice but to attend Friday night classes issh), friends having to adjust our gathering time to suit my class schedules, less girlie dinners, taking annual leave to study (lucky my company gives me 6 examination days off, else its even more miserable to take leave to sit exams) and torturing Kel's ears with my complains (on days when it's a bit too much to handle). I'm going to miss classes, not lectures per sa, but the time spent listening to interesting presentations (I feel we learn more from each other than the course syllabus), laughing at each other's boo boos, sharing latest happenings in town during dinner breaks and sitting together in class and gossiping about our work and the course :P Like in undergrad days, we still keep seats for our friends (I really appreciate this cause I'm always late heee). The few weeks before the end of lectures, our key topic was what we should do after completing our MBA. Many inspiring and interesting ideas- can't wait!

Until then, I will need as many hugs as I can get to keep me going till the end :) Have a great week everyone!

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Must watch!

Just saw it in Cineleisure last night. Couldn't stop laughing! William Macy at his best! The synopsis:

A group of middle-aged friends decide to rev up their routine suburban lives with a freewheeling motorcycle trip. Taking a long awaited break from their stressful jobs and family responsibilities, they can't wait to feel the freedom of the open road. When this mis-matched foursome - who have grown far more used to the couch than the saddle - set out for this once-in-a-lifetime experience, they encounter a world that holds far more than they ever bargained for.

Don't leave the cinema until you finish the song. The last part is rather corny :P

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Fa Tat


Yes, D's family dog name is 'Get Rich' (direct transaction from Cantonese). I took this picture last weekend, he came into the house when he smelled fried yam and 'tee kuih'. Eats practically anything, likes to be scratched and enjoys chasing after cars. He reminds me of Bart Simpson's dog- Santa's little helper. I think both are the same species. Very cheeky and silly at times ;)

random office pic

Was taken an hour ago by my collegue, using my hp. Didn't realise my phone has the function to take multiple pictures with one click. Here's 2 of the picture taken- the rest were blur. The guy in the picture is one of our section head, who's currently scouting for a new hp- was asking me about my phone, I wasn't much of help:P

Too much stuff on my work desk, time to clean up (again).....

* Just completed my work- I'll be relaxing till it's time to head home...aahh....

Monday, April 16, 2007

Our first deposit

We signed up our wedding package with 'Touch' bridal house (Jln Imbi) last Saturday. Quite spontaneous, since we only took 2.5 days to consider before we signed on the dotted line (after much haggering on the price and freebies heee). It started on Friday night- we took Jensen to One Utama for rock climbing and we came across the advert on this bridal fair so we thought no harm to 'look see'. Touch was the first booth we approached as their gowns looks simple, from browsing pictures in a friend's blog. The quotation for only renting the gowns is expensive, it's far more cheaper to sign the package with studio pictures, car deco, hand bouquet, large photo frame and other things I can't recall right now. Unlike Ivory Romance, whom couldn't understand why I want to look like myself in the pictures and not some super babe, Touch pictures are quite natural and candid. On Saturday, we did a quick survey in LV and Vogue Collection. They have some simple white gowns but their evening gowns are so gordy. eek! Fairytale dresses, bow motive dresses and dresses with shiny beads- not my cup of tea. Packages are so so only, relatively more expensive. On Sunday, we went to Touch and to my relieve, the gowns are simple and nice (of course they have some that is kuah cheong). Rushed home to meet up with 2 event photographers then rushed to One Utama to check out Touch again. We signed our package at 9pm, in time for the 9:30pm lucky draw. Of the 18 prizes, we won consolation prize 11! It will be a lot nicer if we won the free trip to Hong Kong, hee..shouldn't ask for too much- it's lucky enough for someone who usually don't win anything:)

Friday, April 13, 2007

Apple Guava- what a con job!

My mom bought some 'apple guava' from pasar malam yesterday and this morning we realised it's merely guava cutted in the shape of an apple and dyed with apple essence! The fruit seller told her it is a new breed of 'guava and apple' fruit, and gave them a slice to taste. The slice they had was seedless and the guy sold them 3 'apple guava' for RM7. The plastic bag is now filled with fluorescent green liquid *eek*.
Looks like an apple?

Skinless guava stained with apple flavoured essence!.Product from Thailand.
Beware of what you buy in pasar malam.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Now 29...

next year the big 30. Believe it or not, I'm actually looking forward to reach my 30s. My coursemate mentioned that she had the best time of her life when she was 30- 35. Time will pass so fast that I won't know what hit me! Hmm...that I have to experience to see.
I spent my birthday at home, doing my dissertation. My sister had to work that Saturday, so we postponed the cake blowing and lam mee lunch (It's a Hokkien tradition to eat this during celebration- at times it's called Birthday Mee) to Sunday. D took my car when he went for morning hill walk and returned it with a new cd player! What a nice surprise :) I'm actually quite used to my trusty radio cassettee player but it sure is a bonus to listen to my favourite cds while stuck in traffic. D gave me one of his old cds which he had during secondary school, it's a compilation of some of my forgetten favourites- songs by SWV, Soul Asylum, Take That..and more (not to forget,the theme song of Beverly Hills 91210 hahaha) sure was refreshing listen to these songs again. Kel, Yvonne, Teng and Chia Hui- thanks for the birthday wishes! I'm so glad we are good friends, it sure is lovely to receive your greetings each year- I'm never sick of it! Heee.

Friday, April 06, 2007

The rugged cross...


We may not know, we cannot tell
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.
—Alexander

(quoted from the Our Daily Bread)

Picture: flickr (by Cieleke)