'ga yao zham'

This colourful corner is my 'ga yao' stand. It's where I will look for motivation and enthusiasm.
It's where at some other times, I draw my dreams and put my mind to it.
Some time ago, this white board also remind me of the things I need to 'DO'
This is also where I refer to when I'm lost.

If you are wondering why there's so many lucky charm hanging at the side, all these lucky charms are gifts from my friends. I may not know much about feng shui but this place is where I want all the good chi to flow to =)

I'm quite positive that every one of us have our little fave 'corner' in our room. It may be your PC or maybe your desktop or it may just be your bed. But it's this special 'place' that gives us a sense of belonging and something to look forward to.

the only thing I like in The Gardens (Mid Valley)

Honestly, the only thing I like in The Gardens (Mid Valley) is this big billboard on the 2nd floor for one of the yet-to-be-opened shop.

If these 2 pics are not there any more when the shop open, too bad The Gardens (Mid Valley) is just not my type of place ... hehe

Oopss.. I did it again

Oopss... I did it again.
Despite objection from everyone else.

Close friends will know I have had my fair share of fright from cutting short hair
yet I just couldn't stop myself from doing it again.
Just plain foolish repeating the same mistake again and again, right?

However, sometimes when bad things had happened in a row,
good things will eventually come =)
you know, like the rainbow after the rain

Here I am with my new short hair, and growing to like it more and more every minute.
Not that it changed an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan... I've already accepted the fact that this ugly duckling will remain an ugly duckling..
but at least I feel more like a young ugly duckling now ... quakquakquakquak =p

Test 'Positive'

'Don't go clubbing ah'


Whom do you think most likely said the above statement to me?
(a) My dad
(b) My sis
(c) My boyfriend
(d) My close friend(s)
(e) My doctor


What about this statement 'Don't drink and drive ah'?

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Doc say one ah ... don't play play ah.
Exactly word for word some more.
I also had my fair share of SHOCK!!!


Wah!!! my liver so bad that he know I go clubbing and drinking every night ah?
Wah!!! so terror just by stetoscope and thermometer, he know I drink and drive ah?
Wah!!! I got such serious amnesia that I forgot I ever did what he mentioned ah?
SHOCKING !!! Eyes open big big in disbelief

Seeing my reaction, doc open his eyes even bigger... then he laughed.
He stood up, walked over to the medicine cabinet and grab a bottle with a label
that read 'Jauhi daripada kanak kanak'.

He put it in front of me and say "Try this over weekend"
"Huh?" was my only reaction.

Doc then explained that the cough syrup contains codeine.
It is a kind of opiate and will make people 'high' and highly drowsy and addictive if overdosed.
If I were to get caught while clubbing and undergo urine test, will surely be tested positive.

And oh... when he say 'Don't drink and drive' ... he meant 'don't drink this cough mixture and drive' as it is very dangerous (expecially for people who can fall asleep anytime anywhere like me ... I add myself one lah)

I've been coughing non-stop the whole day especially in the office with air cond.
Cough till the lung like coming out. All the 'tulang rusuk' pain already.

I was thinking if I earn RM1 each time I cough, I would have earned at least RM1000 for the last 24 hours.

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Excerpt below from wikipedia, sounds scary.

While the combination of codeine with paracetamol at higher-than-recommended doses can possibly cause hepatotoxicity (liver damage), combination with ibuprofen can result in kidney problems/failure and additional stomach pain and nausea, and combination with aspirin can lead to internal hemorrhaging, particularly gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

I hate being SICK

today is the 3rd day I'm down with fever, non-stop coughing and runny nose.
This morning even had a short spell of faint ... it felt like going to space and coming back in a matter of 30 seconds.
I was about to leave for work when the spell came. Really don't want to think what if I had the spell when driving to work.
Dad (who's also sick) have to carry me to the sofa.
I feel so useless.
I'm supposed to be healthy and take care of dad.. not the other way round.

I just want to get well SOON.
And I'm SERIOUSLY gonna build up my weak body.
I can't afford to be weak... i just can't be.

Goodbye, Uncle Lim

My sis told me from the chinese night newspapers that Uncle Lim has passed away today.

We suddenly felt a tinge of sadness. I'm sure Malaysians from all walks of lives do.

This is a man of great honour and I have very high respect for him.

Borned in the year of 1918, he leave behind a legacy at age 90.

Uncle Lim is a ambitious man with sheer determination. This can be seen from his very famous 'Genting Highland' besides venturing and exceling in many different industries.

While we grieve the lost of a great Malaysian, let's keep his spirit and determination burning.

YBhg Tan Sri Dato Seri Lim Goh Tong, may you rest in peace.

God bless you and your loved ones.

this look more like it...

As mentioned in earlier post, this is how I shall keep my desktop. So far so good ... fingers crossed =p

Have you seen something like this before?

I bet you will never think this is a gal's room.
Even if I tell you this is a gal's room, you'll think 'hopeless gal'
Devastating state, isn't it?
Oh, did I mentioned this is just one section of the room...and this is the tidy'est part =p
I can imagine everyone's mouth agape =O

My room used to be in a devastating state ... it still is.

However with the help of 'someone' my room look more like a room.

This challenge I've taken up needs a lot of courage and determination.

I'm to ensure that my room remain as in the next post picture for as long as possible ... which is not an easy task for me.

Nevertheless, still wish me luck =D please... *wink wink*

Do you?

I used to have my own filing system at home.
It is where I file up all my statements, bills and important documents.
However, for the last 2 to 3 months, I've been lagging in keeping track.

I got a real scolding from dad the other day for being so unorganised ...
all because I forgot to pay the utilities bills and ended up receiving reminders from the service providers.
I do take part of the blame but sometimes things slipped off our mind when we are occupied or busy.

Now, I'm trying (read TRYING VERY HARD) to be organised at least in the things I do.
I found it's really more effective, time and cost saving when we plan what we want to do properly beforehand and do it in an organised manner.
Here I'm sitting at my desk at home, soting and filing my statements diligently =p

Do you have any filing system? How do you usually organised your things around?
Please do share with me =)
so that I won't forget to pay bills again and get scolded for no reason =p

love this idea, support this cause

I love this idea.

My respect to the copywriter who conceive this idea.

Very powerful and meaningful message that touches our heart effectively.

I support this cause ..... all the way.

In this blank page of a newspaper, there's a little coupon with message

Every year, companies spend ten of thousands on full page, full colour newspaper advertisement celebrating Hari Raya. This year we pledge our allocated budget to charity.

In the spirit of giving, we hope you'll join to make this time a mean a little more to the less fortunate.

Salam Aidilfitri.

Name _____________________

Address __________________________________

Phone no. : _________________

Amount : __________________

Name & address of charity : _____________________

Please attached this coupon with your crossed cheque and mail it to a charity of your choice. Or you may drop it off at any Al-Rajhi Bank branch from now till 13 November, and we will deliver it for you.

Just Values. Al-Rajhi Bank

last year's guide

I found this while cleaning my room. Every time I look at it, there's this unexplainable feeling.
You may want to have a look although it may be abit outdated.
Anything you want to say?

Malaysia salary guide 2006

The 2006 economy is very buoyant leading to increased job demand in all positions and sectors. In the banking & finance sector, diversifying products and expanding service will be very important resulting in competitive and increasing sales force as well as a focus on retaining high net worth customers.
Meanwhile, the human resouirce sector is driven by companies' continued focus on reducing costs, increasing their competitive advantages and preparing for shortage of skilled/professional labour.
The sales, marketing & advertising professionals will continue to be in demand, especially those with the capacity to project the company's image while meeting the business plan objectives.

Position Salary Range (RM)
Bank Teller 950 - 1100
Credit & Loan officer 1900 - 2400
Internal Auditor 2500 - 3000
Credit Manager 3000 - 4500
Assistant Branch Manager 3500 - 5000
Branch Manager 3500 - 5500
Credit Control Officer 2000 - 2800
Accounts Supervisor 2400 - 3500
Financial Analyst 3000 - 5000
Auditor 3000 - 5000
Accountant 4500 - 6000
Credit Control Manager 4000 - 6000
HR Clerk/ assistant 1100 - 1500
Training executive 2200 - 3500
HR Officer / Executive 2800 - 3500
Recruitment Manager 3500 - 4500
HR Manager 4500 - 6500
Marketing Executive 2200 - 2800
Sales Manager 4500 - 6500
Copywriter 2200 - 2800
Advertising account exec 2400 - 3000

** Salary varies based on years of experience. Range for placement in central Klang Valley, WP, Selangor & Cyberjaya.

SOURCE : Kelly Services Salary Guide 2006

I'm tagged, therefore... I tagged along

Rules:
Repeat subject header “I’M TAGGED, THEREFORE…”
Copy + paste these rules in your entry.
Complete these 15 totally useless statements & questions.
Mention who you were tagged by, followed by 8 people who you’ll be tagging

WARNING!

Failing to do so and you’ll be cursed eternally with a 3-holed golf course and a low-cost apartment

I kena tagged by the anehoic

1. If I was an opposite gender, what would my party clothes be like? Bermuda pants and white shirt

2. At 10am this morning, I was… … talking about work on the phone while thinking how best allocate my limited fund to yield the best returns =p hehe

3. At 10pm tonight, I will be… … actually I was playing with 2 kiddies - Mun Wai & Nicole at a birthday dinner.

4. Who should be the next Malaysian Prime Minister? The person who should be the next Malaysian Prime Minister loh... who else?? tell me.

5. If my spouse told me to do without sex for a year, I would… say "why not make it 2 or 3 years darling? " =p keke... (please don't take this so seriously ah)

6. If I was a piece of a car, I would be the… … airbag... not seen at all times but saves life when it's needed most

7. If I was told one day that I would have to give up either 1) anything chocolate OR 2) ever seeing the beach again, for the rest of my life, which one will I give up? chocolates... I love chocolates but I love the beach more. I can make chocolate from coco but I can never create a beach (read beach..NOT BITCH)

8. Singapore is good for… ... measuring how fast the sea water is rising due to global warming.. No offence intended. Is also good for educating us what the 'man in yellow boots' can achieve.


9. If I could only say 3 words before I die, what would those last words be? Take my organs

10. Who would I like to be left on a deserted island with? I'm tempted to bring my loved ones but then I'm thinking again, why would I want to put any one of them on a deserted island?

11. Die by drowning or by fire? It doesn't matter. I'm dying anyhow.

12. What one single thing would you buy with your last RM9.95? perhaps some papers and pen and write a will.

13. If I opened a night club, what would I call it? One Night (Stand) Club

14. Don’t cheat: what’s “bulbous”? i think it's how children spell 'bubbles'

15. I think my ass is…my ass.


I’m tagging
1. no one ( they say birds of a feather flock together. And rules are meant to be broken)
2. no two
3. no three
4. no four
5. no five
6. no six
7. no seven
8. no eight

S.H.O.R.T holidays

S Sacrificed
H Hours
O Of
R Rest
T Time

This S.H.O.R.T holiday, I think (read THINK) I spent it fruitfully.

13/10/07
Early Raya morning, I woke up 4am ... beria ia nak RAYA
no ler... have to go back to office to do testing ah.... grrr
Travelling from home to office about 10 - 15 minutes only leh =p syiok

Lucky everything went well except for one case which need to be solved.
'sau kong' around 8am+ after a pack of fried meehon with fried chicken =)

Go to The Curve & Ikano Power Centre ...
We had the whole parking to ourselves ..besides the IKEA lorries that are loading for delivery.
We also had the whole shopping centre to ourselves =p keke...
We sat at the sofas on display, tested all the beds on display
until the guard approached us... wakaka...
Wanted to enjoy some coffee but all not yet open...
Wanted to cross to opposite building but found no way out ... all the doors are locked.
Even the guard when asked, just smile and shook his head... wah lau, if got fire, how to escape oh?

Finally when we manage to get across, we realised TESCO does not open as early as we expected.
It was a beautiful morning with dear sitting next to me at the fountain and both of us attempting some quiz in the CLEO magazine.
We were shocked to see people actually queing up to enter IKEA and TESCO about an hour before they open ... either they have nothing better to do or IKEA and TESCO really give great discount for the first few shoppers =p

Shopping at TESCO again despite had been to TESCO EXTRA the night before... I think I'm crazy over TESCO.
Bought myself 2 working blouse from comma for RM26 ... buying only great deals eh =p
Walked over to IKEA
sorry dear I spoilt our shopping trip at IKEA ... maybe I should have just tahan sakit till we finish shopping =(

I took the longest afternoon nap ever ... adding up to 6 hours of sleep.
Didn't know why I felt this tired ... and yet still feel tired after sleeping for so long.

14/10/07
Tried to make sago with gula melaka with dear... didn't come out to well. Got ourselves a bowl of starch-like sago =p
Ended up going to TESCO EXTRA again (read 3 DAYS in a ROW) to get more sago for experiments.
Walked the night market in drizzle ... ate some 'lok lok' ... bought some 'apam balik' for our dads =) yah, both of them love apam baliks =)

15/10/07
Today was supposed to be a 'spring clean' day.
Helping my dad clean his room in the morning.. cleaned my room in the afternoon with the help of efficient dear. Now my desk looks as good as new =)
But I've yet to complete cleaning my room... why? because the mess is just too big to be cleaned in a day..really.


ps. I just drank a tablespoon of DOME and now I'm burning and I can hear thump in my head. My alcohol intolerance level is this low??

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri
Maaf Zahir & Batin

4am

I'll need to be up tomorrow at 4am ...because I need to reach office by 5am.
This will be the 1st time in history I'm this early to work... some more on a public holiday.
It's time to sleep... more updates tomorrow. Nites everyone

Balloonary

It was after work on Monday... with all the monday blues and .. I'm tempted to go home but instead I force myself to attend 'Balloonary'.

I'm very glad I went because it was just too good to be missed. We were so immensed that we refused to go home even after way past 9pm.

I took home with me a pack of colourful balloons, a pump, a simple guide and most precious of all.. the skills for a lifetime plus happiness to myself and people around me as bonus =)

Enough of talking, let the picture do the saying =p

Balloonary

There are just so many many things we can make out of balloons.

No wonder people can get rich playing around with balloons all day long =p

I made one of the figure among these pics, can you figure out which? =p hehe

Think...think ...think...

What do I like?

You don't see anything this beautiful and creative coming from me right? =p wakaka....

I know it may be hard but please keep trying...

Somethings may look difficult ... but they only looked difficult... you may not realised how easy it is =)

Still looking???

Still looking ah???

Still looking kah??

Voila... you've got it spot on =p

Yah, it's embarassing putting this picture here with the rest =p

but what's the worry? there are still many balloons for me to try.. hehe

In case you really can't figure out what's that thing?

The purple is suppose to be a heart shape (I know it's not like a love shape...but please hold your laughter...kaka.... )

The orange supposed to be 2 birds / parrots kissing.

This ballon was taken today after gas lepas thus it explain why it's a bit kemek already =p

If you want to learn some 'tips' on how to 'tham' kiddies or your girlfriend... just buy me a whole month supply of balloons =p keke....

Did you see?

Did you see the girl turning
clockwise? or anti-clockwise?

Most of the time I see her turning clockwise but sometimes I see her turning anti-clockwise.
I can see her anti-clockwise when I force myself to =p
I'm more of a right brainer, I think..

It's strange how our brain look at things ho =)

If you see the girl turning clockwise, you are a right brainer.
If you see the girl turning anti-clockwise, you are a left brainer.
The description below may best describe you =)

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
believes
appreciates
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
impetuous
risk taking

please help me see

Click on the picture above. I need your help to see if the girl is turning clockwise or anti clockwise. Thank you =)

What a girl who cannot sleep does?

What a girl who cannot sleep does?

" Who cares, she'll sleep anyway and anywhere for that matter" =p

She wakes up … no, she hasn’t even slept yet. She just get away from the bed.
She do herself a full facial … something she had never done for months =p
While listening to her favourite songs in the dimly tea light candle lit room.

She knows nothing compensate a beauty sleep but she still tries.

She then read her 1 year back Reader Digest which she only had time to read now.
She looked through some items for presentation to her customer tomorrow … at the same time listing ‘things to do’ tomorrow in and out of office.

She seems to be slowly enjoying her life and appreciating small little things in life =)
May be she missed the yoga part … but then again … there’s still tomorrow for yoga.

Now it’s time for bed after she updates her blog.
Good night, sleep tight, sweet dreams =)

She shall be snoring loudly in no time =p

domestic helper

I personally is grateful to them for they help to take care of my mum when we are not around.
I’ve been through various stages of my life with them.
Each of them I can still remember clearly.
Some whom I’m very close with,
some whom offer me a shoulder to cry on,
some always make me very ‘kek sim’,
some is ‘more like boss’ than me,
some spend more time being beautiful than on household chores

Evangeline, Elizabeth, Vilma, Ani, Luluk, Yati ….
A million thanks from the bottom of my heart.
Thanks for being part of my life .. for growing up with me. Thanks for taking care of my loved ones.
I believe if mummy is around, she would be very grateful to all of you too.

I remember my parents always say “They are here far far away from their family to earn a living, why make it difficult for others when we can live like a family?”

May God Bless you all…

Bali puppies

One thing I didn't expect to see in Bali is the numbers of roaming puppies. These puppies are only a small portion of many other doggies we crossed path in Bali...mostly with 'mata sepet'.

Noah's ARK

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to watch 'Evan Almighty'.
I watched the movie without knowing about Noah's Ark at all. That's just how 'katak bawah tempurung' I was.
I didn't really know why GOD (in the movie) asked Evan Baxter to build a big SAMPAN =p
Now I know the Noah's ARK story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah's_Ark
and I know why the story goes the way it went =p

However, there's one very clear message I've got from this movie
How does one change the world?
by A Random act of Kindness (ARK) at a time