Monday, May 28, 2007

mandarin

who want to take mandarin lessons? level must be zero. pls call me. ASAP. want to start in july. teng kiu...

no nice pix...

was looking through the photos i took in barcelona... looking for some nice ones to upload to me blog.... NONE! i couldn't find one which i thought was good. i suppose it's the competitive side of me. after having looked at hobbes' pix... i thought the ones i took were definitely not uploadable!! super kiasu right...

but i suppose we all can't help comparing ourselves with another person all the time. and THAT is the cause of our misery. i suppose i should be able to live quite happily in kuala kangsar, in a small house, working as a barrista in the town's kopitiam, earning enough to feed myself and perhaps fund the occassional trip to KL to buy naf nafs :)

...provided, i don't run into anybody from my school or anybody who's of the same age, doing better than myself! (which i'm sure there are truckloads out there... thank goodness i don't know them!)

we do tend to compare ourselves with people we know, who started of at the same time as ourselves.... and also with people we don't know who are of the same age or younger. sigh. so the secret of happiness : don't compare. but can it be done?





Sunday, May 27, 2007

ola!!!

loved barcelona!! loved barri gothic area, loved paella, loved gelato (though i guess that more italian), loved ratafia and avellana liqueur, loved the weather, loved the people, loved the chocolates, loved museu picasso, loved gaudi's work, loved the vineyards, loved the tapas, loved the coffee (... which wasn't really spanish - but loved the quaint little shop that served it!), loved the clothes, love it all!!!

next stop, china... let's hope i don't roast there....

Thursday, May 17, 2007

why?

your boss calls you into his room. tells you you have been promoted. you come out of the room. what do you do next?

you've just baked a tray of the most fantastic pre-mixed cookies ever! what do you do next?

your tortoises have finally laid eggs!! what would you do when you find out?

your cactus died due to overdose of tlc.... what do you do?


i suppose most of us will call somebody and share the news. imagine if there is nobody to share the news with... what does that feel like? i suppose it makes the event less meaningful... more empty.


so i suppose our "existence" depends very much on whether or not we are surrounded by people who matters to us, ... or rather people to whom we matter (is that a grammatical crime?? well, too bad! :) )... telling or sharing news or events with people who care is what makes those news or events special.

i suppose that is why so many people are afraid of being lonely. it makes life a little bit more empty... but sometimes, you just need to look around a little bit more, and you'll find somebody who matters and who thinks you matter. unfortunately, very often, those are the ones we take for granted.

a or b?

we'll never ever ever know if a decision made is right or wrong... guess we should just go with what feels right at that very moment.

somebody said that we would know... after some time, in hindsight, whether a decision is right or wrong... but would we really? for instance, when whether we should take up a particular job offer... after 6 months, we are stressed out, working like a dog, for an increase in salary that does not commensurate with the additional number of wrinkles acquired... then taking up the job offer was a wrong decision made. but what if you got fed up, quit your job, set up your own business and make millions subsequently?? then would it still be a mistake taking up that job offer?

we would only be able to know whether a decision was right or wrong if we can clone ourselves at every juncture where a decision is made and this is done until all the clones are dead... we see which clone is the happiest?!! and then there is the issue of measuring happiness. by amount of wealth acquired by each clone??

so.... no, we'll never know which was the right or wrong decision ever... so, just do it! make the decision, stick to it, make the best of it... and believe that it's the best decision made. and i guess it will be!

boots

i think every little girl dream of having a pair of white knee length boots... but i didn't get one... until about two years back. it's not quite knee length, not very white either. but i love it! :) unfortuntely, if i'm to wear it in malaysia, my legs would protest and so would my friends... have to go somewhere during autumn and wear them...





Wednesday, May 16, 2007

the smarter species

there are certain species made to conquer. they have many many not so smart ones, and very very few smart ones to lead. the smart ones laid the foundation by telling the population to go forth and multiply. and multiply they did. capacity of some are 4 times the norm! when there are sufficient numbers to conquer the basic running of the mill, they produce middle management. how? by sending some of the not so smart species for further training... at the expense of smart but apathetic species. they monitor their progress, hold meetings and networking sessions on a daily basis. sometimes, even 5 times a day! the smart (that's what they think) species have characteristics of sand. sticking together only when there is water. this species is found everywhere. why? because they run and hide everytime there are difficulties. never daring to stay and fight because they believe non from the species would stand by them. proud that they are able to survive everywhere. but is that really something to be proud of?

so which species is really the smarter one? i suppose in a big picture kinda way, it must be the one that was made to conquer.

i can't use this bank

coz it doesn't have enuf smart ppl working in there... if i am to use a bank, it should be headed by at least 3 smart people.

let's not be apathetic. let's close our accounts. we can make a difference.

(–adjective
1. having or showing little or no emotion: apathetic behavior.
2. not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive)


Saturday, May 12, 2007

like a "pau"

so hot here.... feel like i'm inside the pau steamer... only the pau steamer would be too small to get into in the first place... but it's safe to say i know how a "pau" feels like... if it has any feelings in the first place..

i'm crapping again... it happens every saturday morning!

maybe today it's worse, coz i played very badly in yesterday's tennis game. that totally spoilt my mood.... sigh... kenot... must have higher EQ, must not let small little things bug me....

why nobody tell me where to get nice Ochiens one??? nobody eat Ochiens anymore????

ok... i guess that's enuf whining for the morning.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

If it's your first time...

... visiting Malaysia! then the have-to-dos are :

1) visit the pasar malam - night markets found in suburbs... where you'll find lots of yummy local food, where you can munch and walk around, and blend in with the locals! If you are in KL/ Selangor : Wednesdays - Cheras, Fridays - Puchong, Sundays - Subang Jaya.

2) Eat durian - seasonal, it's an acquired taste...

3) have a mamak session - al fresco cafe... we malaysians love sitting out in the open air... order limau ais, satay, roti tisu

4) Perhentian/ Redang (east coast of Peninsular Malaysia) - lots of sun, sea and sky and everything nice! nice tan, nice food, nice dive, nice sitting by the beach doing absolutely nothing ... 3 days would do...

5) go karaoke? - not sure if that's a fav past time where you are from... but here, we have many aspiring malaysian idols!!

6) go clubbing - for nice sarong party girls, i heard Beach club is good... for fun, Laundry, Savahn, Poppy

7) go fishing in RM5 per hour man made ponds - at wee hours in the morning... a fav past time amongst some provided you catch something.

8) white water rafting? - only if it was raining for the past 4 days or so... otherwise, it would be a quiet cruise down the river...

9) go stay in a long house - if you are visiting east malaysia

10) caving - if you are visiting east malaysia

11) mountain climbing - if you are visiting kota kinabalu (east malaysia)

12) golf paradise, a friend said - so, go golfing... apparently there is a nice place in awana genting for golfing...

13) genting - gamble the nite/day away!!! contribute to the malaysian economy... nice air cond like temperature....






any other suggestions from my beloved friends?


wish somebody would write me a list for Barcelona...


this should probably get me some hits :) ... if somebody who is about to visit malaysia google for things to do in malaysia, nice food in malaysia, fun, sights, interesting places... did i forget any other key words?... kakakakaakakaaka... i'm cheating!! :) but i did provide a pretty good list... so.




O chiens??

anybody know where got good Ochiens? what are Ochiens?? it's small oysters omelette...which looks kinda scrambly and has starchy kinda stuff in it too!!!

so, anybody know where got good Ochiens?

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

1.25 litres??!!!

i was at a yum cha session yesterday. don't know how the conversation came to this... but a friend said "i heard a guy's sperm production is limited to 1.25 litres a lifetime!! do you think it's true??"...

ar... i'm no doctor. but 1.25 litres = one large bottle of coke. if there is an output of 2ml (very very little rite?) every time, and assuming it's a twice weekly affair (which is not alot rite?) ... then the fella will run out after 6 years plus abit.. if he practises the after marriage mantra, then he might get kids. 4 wives? run out after 1 year plus....

no lor... don't think it's true... if u are really curious, then google it! or any medical ppl out there care to enlighten us??





Tuesday, May 08, 2007

it's a small world...

was talking to a friend... who spoke about her sister, who has this friend, whose ex girlfriend turns out to be an ex girlfriend of a new friend of mine, who is kind of dating a friend of mine! isn't it a small world..

my talented friends :)

my dear friends are a talented bunch...their many abstract pieces are displayed as follows :




star wars - hsin yee


shooting stars - hsin yee


bubble bath - hsin yee/ dede?


eiffel tower - terence?



microphone - yew joon

i love my friends~

it was about a week back when i tried to get a bunch of friends together for a game of pictionary... and last saturday morning, i sent an sms out to the invitees, saying "due to the overwhelming response, the pictionary game would have to be postponed... next time i receive a boardgame as a bday present, i demand it comes with players!" ... or something to that effect.

anyways, rite after sending that sms, may called! chuckling, she tried to emphatise (she just learnt that in her sales training a couple of days ago) ... and that afternoon itself, may and hsin yee managed to get 5 other friends together and we played pictionary! woohoooooo~

how can u not love these ppl??







Wednesday, May 02, 2007

rain

it smells of rain.

what do u feel like doing when it's raining heavily and u are at home? what makes a perfect rainy day?

(p/s : do comment before reading other ppl's comment...)

is everybody out there busy?

i can't believe i did nothing for half a day.

was tempted to call a million ppl... but tot they were probably busy. were u? were u ppl busy? but i suppose i am not very good company when i'm bored. i'll probably sulk. and my gloominess will be contagious.

but it's sometimes nice to just sit around, doing nothing with company. but then again, there are very few ppl you can feel comfortable being silent with... like the nice kinda silent... more often than not, it's ackward. like if nobody talks there is sometime wrong.

entertain me? i think i'm quite easy to entertain. actually, maybe not when i'm in this mood. it'll be a test of your skills?! :) a challenge?! :)

aaaaaarrrrrggghhh



empty

it's a holiday today. feels like a sunday... woke up super early for tennis. did some work. and then did nothing for the rest of the day. that's half a day of doing nothing! read a chick lit... which is really like doing nothing...

doing nothing for half a day have a really weird impact. not that i have not felt it before... (re: symtomatic relieft only...) ie. i felt like a piece of chinese taufoo...again...

boredom sets in. i guess when schedule is tight and you are running around, it sort of keeps everything together. keeps one sane. like everything is running on auto pilot. there is just so much to do and so little time to think. i suppose doing nothing just allow too much thinking time. and somehow, thinking magnifies emptiness. if one is feeling empty at the moment.

empty is like when u are doing truckload of things and yet, you feel like nothing is really happening. it's when u feel like it doesn't really matter whether you exist... and that whatever you have done is not going to have a real impact on anything or anybody.

i guess readers, if there are any out there, would be wondering why the postings seem to gloomy lately. i have no idea. maybe i'm just in a mood to be sad. i suppose to fully enjoy the sadness, one has to feel empty as well. what is sadness without emptiness?

somebody has once commented that i seem to have alot of energy. always wanting to do more than time would allow. always interested in too many things at the same time. i don't think i have a lot of energy. but it sometimes really feel like i just want to spend every last drop of energy doing something with every second i've got. maybe it's not a good idea. it might be good to just chill and reflect and feel sad sometimes. it's kinda alien... but it's a human thing to do.



Tuesday, May 01, 2007

i am sooooooooo impressed!

my friends are punctual!!! proven twice!!!! (i hope i am not speaking too soon...)

today we met up for lunch. venue : vietnamese kitchen (USJ). time : 1:30 pm. Claudine. De. Jenn. BK. May. Me. everybody was there at 1:30 pm... except for May. but she told me she would be late.

on 22 Apr, we met up for a movie. venue : cathay. time : 11:00 am. Came. Came's hubby. Claudine. Teik Lee. Lena. Terence. Jameson. Hsin Yee. everybody was there by 11:00 am... except for hsin yee who was about 15 mins late. and this was the morning after partying at laundry the night/ morning before!

i am soooooooooooo impressed!!!

i used to be late all the time. excuse : my job. ppl were quite forgiving coz i worked like a dog then. Claudine used to be very irritated by this coz she is always punctual.... early as a matter of fact! i improved after entering sales. and now i understand how she feels. a person who is not punctual is just being blantantly disrespectful of other ppl's time! as though what everybody else is doing or can be doing is less important than what the person is doing! so, it's ok for others to wait???!!!!!!

anyways, the point is, i'm so proud of my friends! teng kiu darlings... for not ffk-ing... and not only that... but being on time!~ love u ppl!!