Wednesday, May 31, 2006

rafting, caving .. let's go!!

work was darn hectic today - almost gave up on something that i actually met my boss and told her to accept the worst. even my trainer knew there was something in my mind during the training session. anyways, managed to find the root of the problem but tomorrow will definitely be a day i wish not to come. network was soo slow as well, thanks to all the testing and transferring of data for this project that the IT guys were quite busy as well...

anyway, i just couldn't wait for mid june. finally i'll be doing the activity i've been planning and kept on being postponed with biki and juwi. it's gonna be a pretty pack and tiring weekend but just can't wait for it!!

Day 01
2115hrs Meet at New Park Hotel, Kitchener Road (near Farrer Park MRT)
2200hrs Depart for 2nd LINK for Singapore/Malaysian Checks .Overnight travel by SVIP bus
Day 02
0500hrs Arrive/Drop off at Ipoh Town
0600hrs Hunt for a good place to have some local delights for breakfast (own account)
0800hrs Change into Wet & Wild attire! (Sunblock, T-shirt, Shorts & Sneakers or river sandals – with towel & change of clothes) Get ready for pick up to starting point (35min)
0930hrs Final preparations for a “Roller Coaster” experience. Pre-rafting detailed briefing, checks, paddling skills & commands. Challenge the wild waters of Sungai Kampar (class l – lll rapids)
1130hrs End of Wet & Wild after 2 – 3hrs of roller coaster fun and thrills. Refreshment meal at Kampung Jahang – Transfer to Gua Tempurung (15min)
1430hrs Guided tour of Top of The World & River Adventure – 2½hrs
1700hrs Return drive (24km) back to Ipoh Town. Check in to hotel in Ipoh. Free & Easy for the night.
Overnight in Ipoh hotel (twin/triple sharing)
Day 03
0700hrs Early morning, wake up for buffet breakfast – Check out of hotel
0900hrs Sungai Klah Hot Springs – Free & Easy(Public Natural Swimming Pool, Hot Baths, Eggs Boiling)1700hrs Wash up – Transfer to Ipoh Town. Free to go for your own dinner & shopping!
2115hrs Board SVIP coach for SIN. Overnight travel by SVIP coach

my kind of trip!!!
heart ...

a friend is broken hearted that nothing i could do could ease her feelings. all i could do is just listened to her whenever she called or emailed me. there was another friend who was broken hearted as well before her. i think the short trip really helped here.
all these actually helped me looking at things from different angle. it also kinda made me built the walls higher. it's better right ....
well i know i've been sharing my stories with another friend of mine. i hope she too get something out of it ;)

on another note - today is combat 28 launch!! so you guys definitely know where i'd be.
hell, if i could bring a sleeping bag - i will!!

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

mad ...

i can't believe it - i made someone feel sad. lol .. it's his fault forcing me to voice out my opinion though. how am i supposed to know if you could be a faithful hubby. all i can see now is the playful you and until i see you fall head over heels over someone than i think i can give my opinion. however i did add that judging from your personality and charms, i'm sure you are a romantic one. couldn't believe that he took it to heart or is he pulling my legs by pretending to be angry? hmm...
but still so funny to get that kind of reaction from this friend of mine!!
spill the beans...

do i really want to know? even when the person felt shy in telling the whole story to me? well, at first i thought i do. actually i did get half of the story from the person and could guess the rest. i knew that someone else's knew the whole story which is similar to my guessing. when i started to get the story halfway i decided that i don't want to know about it. i told this person my change of mind. i believe i have a change of heart as well.


ps. juw, hopefully this is the end eh

Monday, May 29, 2006

the best love is the kind that wakes us all and makes us reach for more and plant fire in our hearts and bring peace to our mind - the notebook

hmmm, have you ever wonder what will it be if , due to circumstances, you ended up with someone that is not your first choice; someone who is the best but not your true love?


stranger ...

met one of my gym buddy online that we started chatting. i ended up sharing quite a lot with her and you know sometimes you just feel lighter after sharing with someone else. i don't know why but sometimes it is just so comfortable talking to strangers who doesn't know you well.

on another note, i got the details!!
well not into that specific but it went well and apparently it is still on. ooopss .. but that's the fact i have to accept about people in this modern society. i just wish all this could open my eyes wider.
you can be amongst them but you don't have to be one of them.

Sunday, May 28, 2006

confession ...

okay, i'm a pathetic fool.
here i am against my better judgement *again* simply because i wish i could get the details today. whatever it is, i am perfectly clear on who wins the game but i still want to hear it now.

not getting the details now already give the clear picture that this serious thingy is doing perfectly well. and again we know who's the winner and who's the loser ...

Saturday, May 27, 2006

supergirl

it's saturday and i'm wide awake - thanks to the morning call i received. from the funny accent, i thought it was cin but she was puzzled when i asked her online, now come to think about it, it might be elise??. oh well, so here i am.
was thinking it could be a lovely day - simply visiting the doctor then back home before attending the wedding. but then i got the confirmation that the touring around is on, haiz. a promise is a promise so i gotta play supergirl today doctor-tour-home-wedding-home-tour-dinner.
karaoke anyone?

met jen and sal after gym for dinner, the fun of having friends that work around your office area. we planned on going home straight afterwards though i was keen on doing the friday night thingy. dinner became longer with the chit chat that we decided to stop by the friday thingy to say hi and get home by 10 PM.
so we went to this place where truth is there's only 2 or 3 ppl that i knew. kinda awkward at first as the crowd was different but then i started talking to j, an oz bloke who is quite fun actually. then al, who knew jen and sal, came and we started to talk about all sort of things, from those annoying ppl, asian food, bowling to the ultimate one - karaoke. it was a great conversation with lots of laughter. we have decided to support j in his next 'action' by being an impersonator. can't wait for that!!.
from asking sal to finish her drink 'cos it's almost 10, we then decided to stay back as the conversation get more interesting. almost ended the night doing karaoke but we firmly said no. learned something new as well - never EVER made a short form of that name - noted!
it was surprise to see ally and his colleagues there when we're almost leaving that we decided to stay back and hung out a little bit more. left around 11.30ish but it's definitely a great night with a great bunch of crowd. j is definitely a fun person to talk to - very witty indeed.
i won!!
well at least i look at it that way

decided to take a cab, i waited for one at the taxi stand. couldn't get one i called but couldn't get through citycab or comfort that i then called silvercab. once get connected i was told that my cab would arrive within 5-10 mins time. waited for almost 20 mins that i decided to call and asked again. apparently the taxi driver claimed i wasn't there that he waited for 5 mins and left!! helloooooo ... where the hell would i go. anyway couldn't he just give me a call? i made quite a lot of complaint before ending the call.
i know that i could just crossed the road and take the train. but my ego got the best of me. it was like the world was against me taking a cab and i wanted to proof the world that i could be the winner here. so i kept on calling between comfort and cablink. though several times i got an answer that no cab was available i kept on trying until finally i got one.
to think that i waited almost 2 hours for this - but i still feel like i'm the winner here!!

on another note, we found someone who's also into rock climbing - an advance rock climber that is!

Friday, May 26, 2006

MSN status ...

i really love one of my friend's msn status :-
if i told you my intentions, you'd be flustered and embarrassed ... if i let you hear how my heart pounds, you'd grow anxious :-$

then i started to look at other people status which is quite fun and here they are :-
  • *raining*
  • the only reason i talk to myself is because i'm the only one whose answers i accept
  • you finally found you and i collide -- haha this must be from the mp3 hunting we did during the weekend
  • nah..no need to wait for hurricane..i'm the hurricane LOL -- must be from the enough of hurricane complaint from moi
  • i want to shopppppppppp -- must be the great singapore sale fever
  • javanese puppet master
  • forgive..., but forget?
  • i will find a way -- i know what's this about but i'm not gonna give any advice here
  • wait and wait and wait -- well, for which match now?
  • you're my "main squeeze" -- must be about the little boy in the pic

the rest? no status!!
*including myself*
look into msia's application cinderella
continue to work with the oz's application cinderella
can you update the information in ln cinderella
please find something for x to do cinderella
can you please come out with the workplan cinderella
have you think about automating that process cinderella
please assist her in the dashboard cinderella
*krrriiiing* cinderella, can you come over please
can you do some analysis and generate the report by today cinderella

cinderella wants to die!!

Thursday, May 25, 2006

blurt ...

i am just so happy and proud of myself. i managed to hold on to my own words on not starting it first. so far i always end up responding and i'm just happy that i could control all the eagerness i have. i think everything does take time.

one a side note, i just remember that i promised to assist in guiding few tourists around this weeks. there's also a wedding to attend to. haiz, there goes my plan on having a quiet saturday.

you can't always get what you want, so just be happy with what you have
and the list goes on ....

da vinci code, xmen the last stand, pirates of the caribbean, superman (!!!), the omen, a movie starring jennifer a. and vince v.,

i want to watch all of them!!
the beginning of the madness

today is the 1st day of the local test where all contries in this wave will do everything together, in a sense that your fallback means the fallback of other countries as well. hopefully we can survive this coming 16 weeks. i suspect this will affect the timing of our conference call as well now that those south east europe countries are also in.
hectic .. hectic ..

status on a friend's msn :-
if you want me to fall for you, you've got to give me something worth tripping over
very cheesy but good one, eh?

Wednesday, May 24, 2006

why be capable of feelings if we were not to have them.
why long for things if they are not meant to be ours.
isolde ..
crazy ...

my friends are crazy, crazy in a cute way. all started from jen who is oh so blonde that she didn't know the meaning of kinky. nobody can explained it in words until yesterday sal sent email asking for some suggestion and she said something to my reply that made us said 'ah .. now that's kinky'. then today jen emailed saying something but she started with 'hicks' which was translated by cin to hickies and then it started again with cin and ally being the big star stating their preferences and experiences - from kinky to hickey to god knows what's next ...

on the other note, can't wait for the office movie outing tonight..

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

stress oh stress ...

while walking to a meeting, boss asked me about my workload and whether i was stress or not. i knew she'd asked this eventually as i knew that my colleague called her. i told her that sometimes i felt so stress that i just switched off and took a walk, play game or simply chatting. i didn't mentioned the crying part as i still have some pride in me to show her my weekness. we then talked about this colleague of mine - seems like she thought my colleague is those who couldn't be stress. hmm, i didn't comment here as i don't think i had the right to.
one thing for sure, i openly admitted to my boss that i did lots of chatting during office hours *grin
great start ...

went for pump this morning. while i was walking into the class and greeting a friend of mine there i heard the instructor saying hello to me. so i looked at him and said mooorning as per usual. then he said 'good you're here, i'm playing your favourite song for the shoulder track'. you seeee - how can you not admire this kind of instructor ...


Monday, May 22, 2006

mood: sentimental ..

until 4? UNTIL 4? what the hell happened there? with the red one i reckon ...
but it's true that you willl know a person from the conversation you have with them..
big walk ...

woke up ard 5ish AM just to felt back asleep. luckily cin called at almost 6.30 AM and i started to get ready 'cos we're supposed to meet at 7. reached kallang to see a sea of people all going for the big walk. met jen, and 2 of cin's colleagues then all of us walked down to the stadium. once we were there we started the walk. i was still feeling very sleepy as i only had what? 4 hours sleep but the show must go on. quite fun walking though i felt so very weak. reaching km 8 i finally got my doze of coke light and felt so very energised afterwards. finished the 10 km walk in around 2 hours - not bad for a fun walking on sunday morning.
went to suntec for lunch before heading home - too tired for the cycling or for something else

Sunday, May 21, 2006

sinfully heavenly night ...

met jen for dinner before meeting ally for this sinful indulgence thingy that sal organised. met sal while we're waiting for the bus so the 4 of us went to the place
together. cin was already there. surprisingly it was a great turned out.
the dessert was great but the companion makes it better. as usual with a big gathering, we ended up sticking to our own group which was great for me. i was so having fun, haven't laughed like this for so long. from l'amour that was twisted to sound like lembu to the masala tea to ease constipation.

dessert was great and we acted like a barbarian exchanging it so that we could test all of it. so funny that when we saw how cute the b'day cake was, someone ordered for nobody. we then asked for the chef so that we could praised him personally. even the staff was extra nice to us, saying that they hoped we truly enjoyed our time day. on our way out, one of the staff told jen that she would always be remembered as miss l'amour
*lol*

nice dessert, nice chat home with ally, and of course nice night out with the gang...


dealing with stress ..

my workmate texted me saying how stress she was with the project and asked me to give her some tips on how did i cope with it. little did she know about this blog of mine, else she would not ask me that question.
well i told her truthfully that i too cried often and sometimes when i just had it, i would either blog, went down for a walk, or spent time chatting, browsing or playing game. she called me afterwards CRYING! i really didn't know what to do but apparently my response kinda made her feel at ease as all this while she thought i was so good, being able to handle all the stress.
truth is boss kinda depends a lot on both of us that sometimes i too feel a little unfair how many jobs are on our hand when the rest of the team is simply doing a handful of stuff. i asked her to consult boss on this, actually she did once few months back when she broke down in tears in front of everyone else. but boss being boss, we kinda lost hope in talking. i hope this time around boss do listen to her else it would be bad for the project in the long run, and i can see clearly that it could mean dooms day for me as well.

this project is like a domino effect, dropping us down one at a time ...

Saturday, May 20, 2006

a can of diet coke and 2 glasses of coke later, and here i am ... *bloody hell*
Bridal Show

just came back from the female bride's bridal show. why did i go? firstly, a friend asked me to accompany her. secondly, i looove vera wang's gown and would love to see it first hand. so there we are attending the show sans partner at this hotel. it's quite a nice event - especially the food tasting. you name the dessert available in that hotel - i've tasted it! you name the food there - i've tasted it (well not all though). by the time the fashion show going to start, we were already feeling famished from all the food we had. lingered around the pool area for dessert, headed to the lobby for dinner before going to the ballroom for the fashion show.
show was great, the gown was awesome. love one of the bridesmaid dress which is in grecian style (later we found out it costs $1000ish). love the last bride gown which costs more than $20K *crazy*. after the show we went to the room and view all the gowns up close and personal. got some idea from how she accesories her dress with the ribbons hehe.

music : drops of jupiter - awesome song!!
oh nooo...

multitasking can be very dangerous at times. was having a discussion with my workmate in another country and at the same time i was responding to some post. was too engross in writing the respond that after hitting the enter button, i realised i posted at the wrong window. imagine my workmate's face when he read what i wrote in his window when he's supposed to receive an answer to his question ..

me: you forget to include bonbon, scorps .. duh
him: ???
me: ooopss .. sorry wrong window
him: did you get my earlier messages?
me: yes i did *re write all his comment to confirm i got it*

continued our discussion 'til we got the conclusion then he sent me another message :-

him: so - " you forget to include bonbon, scorps .. duh" ???
me: sorry, i was having a sametime with another work mate of mine here
him: haha, it happens to me all the time aida!
him: i mean !
me: hahaha

i was sooooo embarass!! lucky he is not those nasty guy
mummy dearest ...

64 years ago an angel was born- my angel - my mummy dearest HAPPY BIRTHDAY mom!!
may God give you a long, healthy and happy life.

though we complain a lot and *i have to admit* sometimes rude, you should know that we never mean any of it and i know that you know we can't live a day without thinking of you ..

i know there's 1 gift that could make you happy - too bad i couldn't furfill that dream of yours now - one day hopefully
lifestyle of the rich and the famous

went to the coach party last night. reached earlier and texted cin saying that i think i was overdressed. she was cursing as she was overdressed as well. but then i was waiting at the wrong side of the building kekeke.. cin called saying that she's there in front of the red carpet thingy that i went to the other side of the building and felt a bit relaxed.
apparently it was the launch of coach new collection, those cocktail and fashion show thingy. met crisp n al then we went in together where we met crys who was there with her sis. the event was great though i still couldn't believe seeing the finger food there - potato, tomato, mushroom all in teeny weeny size - no wonder those rich people are slim!.
so me, cin, crys, her sis kinda form a circle chit chatting amongst ourselves as we didn't know anyone there. kinda checked out the crowd as well with cin as the tallest being the observant. one thing for sure - local guys are short!! well there's some eye candies as well - a french guy and antonio - the italiano! *hehe*. then came vin who is oh so gay but he kinda make the night fun. we laughed to his jokes especially when he helped us checking out the guys. he even told us where is the place to see lots of eye candies...
we then went into the tunnel to another room where the runaway was and spent time there. met few more familiar faces there but crys n cin were absorbed with some other activities, when finally FINALLY they saw 2 chinese guys that are good looking and well groomed *definitely not local*.
fashion show was good though me&cin spent more times admiring the models instead of the products being shown. lots of local celebrities and saw the twin mtv vjs - gorgeous!!
went back to the 1st room after the show was over where we sat and continue chit chatting. vin was sooo funny when he approached the guy crys was eyeing so as to make conversation. he ended up talking to the girl as the guy moved to another group later on.

definitely a great night out - should find more friends who's working in this kind of line so that we could get more invitation in the future!!

i think its true that having a gay friend is great - we truly enjoyed the time spent with vin. soo happy that i met someone like vin. will definitely keep in touch with him

Friday, May 19, 2006

you know when you are amaze at something your short memory tends to fail you? yesterday, while i was waiting for a cab i saw this handsome cool guy walking. from a far he kinda caught my attention with his built and way of walking. come nearer he is cool and look so very familiar. of course i kept looking at him in a discreet manner. come closer he is handsome but look oh so familiar until it hit me 'shxt, that's my cousin!!'
girls will always be girls...

there's a coach party tonight at this place and the dress code is party chic. alas, when the organiser said 'a simple black dress will do' i went for a black dress hunting yesterday. so frustrated and embarass that i always have to do this whenever there's an event going on. my wardrobe is bursting yet there is nothing i find suitable for today's event. went home and chatted with a friend for a while. she too was confused on what to wear today, mostly about the footwear. almost using this excuse to buy herself a pair of sandals, little did she know i too used this excuse to get myself a new black dress. haha..

i know my mum's gonna kill me when she found out that tomorrow i'll be heading for a vera wang bridal show!! i'll be going with a friend as "my partner" couldn't make it and another friend will also do the same thing. oh well, i'll think about what to wear tomorrow after i'm done with the party tonight.

Wednesday, May 17, 2006

who would you pick?
this might be a strange posting but who cares - read with an open mind

a friend just wrote me a testimonial and even before i read it i knew what she'd write there as she has been saying that for oh so many times. met her and some others during lunch that i brought it up and she said that she really meant it. well truth is if were a guy, she'd be the one i pick as well - what's not to like from her, i really do mean what i wrote in my testimonial for her as well.

hmm .. now my imagination got the best of me

back home, if i were a guy i'd pick biki (sorry juw, get yourself a rebonding 1st and i'll pick u! hehe)

so if you were your opposite sex, who would you pick?
an email conversation

me: soo not in the mood of working - any rich guy for me? hehehe
she: we should go to those high class places more often to check the guys out not the prata place then :p

LOL

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

FINALLY

my body clock failed me! i wind my alarm so that i could attend morning pump. already thinking of skipping the monday running session. this morning i only heard a knock on my door and when i woke up i heard my alarm clock was ringing mad. hehe, apparently it woke yolli instead of me. and to think i set it up at 6 AM! *sorry yol*
so i decided that today is a free exercise day - will be going for a facial instead. was wondering if i could ask for a time off since i've been coming to office during weekends and public holidays...
haven't have facial for ages and my face is getting worst with each day - i guess all these late night out doesn't help either. really gotta get back on track diet wise too.
met kat online - she's going back to the states for an undertemined time, spending time with his step dad who had cancer and doctor said he has 3-4 mths time. poor kat, i hope she's fine and surely she will treasure the last few months she has with her dad.

Monday, May 15, 2006

my 2nd wakeboarding

what can i say apart from AWESOME! though i still couldn't stand i managed to squad for quite sometime before falling down and to top that up, i did it on the rope! no longer at the side of the boat like what i did during the workshop.

went to sengkang to meet the organiser before heading to punggol marina country club for the wakeboarding. it was my 1st time meeting the organiser but he was nice and fun to be with. there was once when i was still being briefed on how to pull myself up that when i was standing he asked me to smile to the camera and when i did he simply pushed me to the water. ended up drinking lots of salty water .. yuks!
too bad i still couldn't make myself stand that i ended up being asked to simply squad and get my balance first. even twice kervin had to go into the water as i couldn't flip myself back after falling down. my small ankle didn't help at all that i have to made a lot of effort to push my heels down so that i can get the board balance.
but it was fun fun fun .. ended up the day with early dinner. will surely do it again but i won't be joining them for a weekly session - quite a costly sports i have to say.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

i can't sleep! darn darn darn ...

just came back from watching the FA Cup final with friends. well i was not really into the game but it's just that a friend of us is going off tomorrow and we haven't meet since he's back from his last trip.
met renata at the bar - he was there with his bunch of friends to watch the match as well.
game was good - gotta see the other side of ally that we haven't see before .. lol
went for supper afterwards - same place we went to yesterday *prata again*. took a taxi ride home with ally and his work mate, alice. seems like a nice girl this alice is that we asked her to join our outings while she's in singapore 'til next august. well, provided ally join the outing as well - knowing how many girls are lining out there for a nite out with him, he's been having problem joining us .. he's been breaking our hearts more often now hehe - wonder who's this oz girl who broke his heart though *if he meant what he said*.
as usual nice night out with the gang and 2 of ally's work mates. and as usual, can't sleep when i'm suppose to be having a good rest prior to wakeboarding tomorrow.



::complete::

got my big walk
got my kacang phool
got my balance on the wheel
got my 1st big screen FA Cup Final
got a chance wishing bon voyage in person

if only tomorrow's wakeboarding is confirmed - my life is complete for this week...
YAWN

i should be sleepy.. i should be in bed - but as usual my body clock works perfectly fine and here i am.
back from KL my schedule was pretty arranged - thanks to my friends who made the plannings while i was away. went to watch MI:3 then went for dinner. this is the 1st time we hung out with sean, quite a great guy to be around especially that he too enjoys outdoor activities. hmm, hopefully he will hang out with us in the future, so that there's additional guys in the group for outdoor activities. all along we only depend on ally and sometimes seb. nice person to talk too - a little bit like ally. and i think he is interested with cin hehehe though cin said no. picky cin with her long list! let's see ..
poor ally, as usual we didn't join him and had our own plan and as usual he couldn't joined us as he were with the other group. we simply texting each other updating our location and he kept asking us to join as we kept on saying no. i felt bad but the group didn't feel the eagerness so what can we do eh. sean decided to go to this club that we actually talked about during one of the running session. spent quite sometime there freezing that we gave in and asked for jackets. surprisingly few ppl from the network session me&cin went to was there when we were planning to leave. well, actually it's not a surprise knowing one of them is after cin & they were kinda texting her asking her whereabout and hoping that cin would join them. Poor cin, always attract the wrong fish - that's her word.
ended the day with late night supper - prata!!. i am quite happy to find friends that enjoy indian foods as well. another round of chit chat but then we decided to leave when cin came out with the idea of watching sunrise. no way! but hmm, the idea is good...

so here i am, lack of sleep but going out again soon. going to collect tshirt for this big walk thingy. not sure where is the place as cin is the one taking care of it while i was in training. adios!

Friday, May 12, 2006

KL .. day 3

had a group dinner last night. few more people from the central team had arrived for the next training as well. dinner was good - had a chat with few of my work mates from all offices. dinner was great WAY TO GREAT that i couldn't resist the temptation of all the dessert. prior to dinner i had a piece of tiramisu as i was so tempted with the description written in the room service menu. really ate a lot a lot - took all types of the cheesecake available and of course the apricot tiramisu as well. went out around 10.30 PM to the nearby pub to meet seb. few of my work mates joined as they wanted to experience night life in KL. it's been quite a while since the last time i met seb so we talked about all the things he missed and of course about the girl we've been trying to hook him up with. i think he does have feeling for jen - it's so obvious from the way he responded to my questions and from his body language. back to hotel just half an hour past midnight.

went for a 1/2 day training though i spent most of the time talking to ppl at the office solving all sorts of problems. actually i've been doing that since training day 1. its good that me & hp were away at the same time that people back at the office realised that they too need to understand things as a whole not just relying on me or hp when i am not around. oh and today is the 3rd day i saw the korean bloke wearing the same polo tees - geeezz so much for him being cool!! today's training was quite fun - finally there is a cute instructor after all! hehe .. cheeky me, i checked the internal phonebook and apparently he was simply a contract stuff - contracted for this project i reckon .. geepers!
the functional lead was asking if i could extend my stay and attended the training 'til tomorrow for the HR part. was quite afraid that my boss would agree with this but lucky lucky me i could explained to them during the break so that i can still go home. still need to go back to office to settle some HR and conversion thingy though.
went back to hotel for late checkout than went to midvalley for last minute shopping before heading home. met seb there and together with hp we walked around the mall. went back to hotel to collect our belongings and off to the airport.
reached singapore and it was so funny that once i on my mobile, there's an incoming message. i knew it was singtel so while opening it i said 'welcome back'. i read welcome back and confirmed it was singtel but then i was puzzled reading 'your boss said you will go to office tomorrow'. how the hell did singtel knew about this. that is when i realised it was from the project consultant. haha ..
got a call from jenny - apparently everything is planned for tomorrow. went home and get online straightaway as i know i'd meet cin online. had a chat with her and ally - quite a fun chat though i was bullied once! darn cin trying to play cupid eh..
guess i'll be meeting her, sal, jen tomorrow - not sure if we'd accept ally's invitation though. planning to accompany cin to a tattoo place on sat then probably do the football thingy together. but surely can't wait for sunday where i'm going to have another try on wakeboarding with i dunno who are joining this event ..

signing off now!!

Thursday, May 11, 2006

KL .. day 3

nothing much to write - just that it's break time and I had a too heavy breakfast (nasi lemak!!) so here i am. went to bukit bintang again last night to get more DVDs. i felt like a criminal buying these but who cares eh?.
parted ways during dinner as boss wanted to go to another chinese restaurant and i didn't want to. luckily hp is with me that we ended up looking for place to eat that still within the budget since we kinda overblown the budget the night before. ended up eating at planet hollywood with a very sinful dessert. walked back to the hotel just so that we feel a little less guilty.
ah ya, the korean bloke i was promoting to my friends - no wonder why he looks so familiar, he's like a korean version of heath ledger!! hahaha ...
training will be done today but since tonight is the group dinner we decided to stay as per the usual plan and attended the local test session for 1/2 day tomorrow

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

murphy's law

yesterday was the lis server - stupid emails was sent to central team when the problem lies on our side .. was totally annoyed that ended up sorting things out from afar
today is the database server - it happened during my oz trip as well, but back then hp was there to assist k.
now that 2 of us are here i really really hope k learnt a lesson that she too must understand all this things - not just rely everything to us..
i guess i do need to leave my picture the next time i am away.
KL .. day 2

ended the 1st day of training around 4 PM, went back to the hotel for a workout and went out with the whole s'pore team for dinner. haiz, everywhere we go always look for chinese food - typical aunties (hehe.. sorry boss!!). went back to hotel afterwards but i was kinda missing my chatting session that i asked my colleagues to hang out at a nearby cafe. luckily some of them wanted to and we had quite a great time there, gotta know one of my new work mate better as well. went back to hotel at half past midnight..
this morning during breakfast i started a conversation with my korean work mate. haha .. we kinda talked about him when we were in singapore, based on his voice we always hear during the conf. call we knew that he would be those pretty cool dude with the cute american korean accent. yesterday when i saw him for the first time i was like 'this guy is pretty cool - in jeans, shirt n sneakers' then during the training when he asked question is when i know he's the guy we've been talking about. he was also working out when i worked out yesterday and seemed that he enjoyed outdoor/extreme sports as well. dunno why but my mind went to cin straightaway that i messaged her saying that i know she's gonna like this guy. so back to the morning talk - he was sitting just at the other table alone that when i started the conversation we ended up introducing ourselves and talking about food around town. he did his prayer before breakfast - totally cin's type!! told her about this in the email and she could only cursed that this person is not in singapore hahaha...
even promoted him to my flatmate - dunno why but he seems pretty cool to be missed .... haha who know's he's actually attached eh.
well this guys is definitely a "listen to the voice only - don't see his face" type!

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

KL .. day 1

reached KL yesterday afternoon and went to hotel straightaway. from there together with hp and sn we walked around town .. i mean really walk! from hotel to hard rock to KLCC to bukit bintang. saw california here, too bad it's not around our hotel area.
got myself a pair of slippers (yay!!) and 3 dvds. almost 7 hours of walking around town - hope that some calories are burned there. gonna head back to sungei wang later for more dvds.
training was okay - still doing engagement reporting now but i guess tomorrow will be much more interesting, business objects. but there is no handsome trainers eh.
too many breaks that i'm afraid i'll gain lotsa weight huh ..
no way to get online at the hotel without paying a heaps amount.. imagine RM 60 even if you need to be online for 5 mins!!

alas .. using break and lunch time to get online (though still do some chattings in between training *evil*)

Monday, May 08, 2006

wait for me ...

i should actually be getting ready to go to airport but instead here i am online and blogging. i can't believe this but i actually miss the gang already. i'll definitely miss the daily emails and chatting for next week - definitely. though i can still access email i wouldn't be able to give a prompt reply. probably a way to start getting use to missing jen's daily greeting i guess
when jen couldn't attend my b'day celebration she said that she missed us already.
when cin went back to taipei she wanted to have dinner so that she could meet us beforehand.
when sal went home she texted us during her journey saying that she missed us already.
cin emailed me last week saying that she would miss our daily email chatting.
ally just admitted yesterday that he missed us during his trip to taipei.
and now i can't wait for my return so that i can meet up with them - when i'm not away yet

well sal, i hope you do come up with something when i return
sounds cheesy? well i find this cheesy as well - but i couldn't help it!!

well i better get ready, should be at the airport in an hours time ..

Sunday, May 07, 2006

'lil brother

just had a very personal chat with a dear friend of mine for 2 hours!! quite surprised with all the personal things he shared with me - i guess he really felt close to me that he even admitted he probably wouldn't share all these with someone else. hmm, i guess i have to be thankful being given that priviledge and trust. sorry, i couldn't do the same, one day maybe ...

one thing for sure, its purely friendship i felt - nothing more nothing less ..
distance does make the mind thinks clearly
they said distance makes the heart grows fonder ..
for me distance makes your mind thinks clearer!

drench yourself in words unspoken, live your life with arms wide open
unwritten, natasha bedingfield
mission accomplished

so i finally did all!! - office, gym, salon, dessert, and dinner with additional shopping. wow - couldn't even believe that i managed to cover all when last night i was still unsure what to gave up.
went to the office way early in the morning. done with work i went home and changed my gym class from bugis to raffles place, attending the 1.50 pm class. managed to get an hour sleep (i think) prior to gym. went for combat, had shower afterwards, and went to orchard to buy my moisturiser. headed back to esplanade to meet sally for dessert. waited for jenny to come and left them, walked to salon. was quite annoyed that i have to wait almost an hour before being taken care of - there goes my plan on joining sally and jenny before meeting switch. hair done almost around 7 pm, instead of meeting switch straightaway i took a detour to city hall to meet sally and jenny as jen needed my robinson card. after she found the shoes and i did the payment, i took a cab to meet switch. was quite surprised to see so many of her friends there but it was fun and when scorps and his friend (sorry girl, still didn't get your name) turned up i spent most of the time talking to her. decided to leave early as i haven't pack for tomorrow's trip.
see ... i myself couldn't even believe i managed to please everyone by turning up - and to top that i did several detours as well - ahh the wonderous of taxi!!

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Election Day *and here I am*

it's saturday and it's not even 8 AM here and I'm at the office. to top that all - it's election day, hence it's a public holiday! *DANG* totally forgotten about that until the taxi driver brought it up. there goes my plan of getting breakfast from this place near my office.
couldn't sleep the whole night thinking of the schema thingy that i felt like going to office straightaway this morning when i found out about it. luckily my better judgement took control of me. so here i am waiting for the tranmission to be done before calling a cab home *haven't had my shower yet!!*
since i'm already here, might as well i finish some other stuff so that i can leave tomorrow without a long to do once i'm back list. opened my email and received one email from the central team's coordinator that said "Well done to the Singapore team. This is a great achievement to complete LIT 2 weeks ahead of schedule". am i proud of it? OF COURSE I AM. i am the interface lead and i've been busting my ass like crazy handling everything alone though i got assistance in developing the application but still everything else was on me. i learnt a lot of finance thingy though so i guess i did gained something useful too. if only i could get the oz's application up and running soon. kinda stress there especially that the functional lead said she has full confidence the application will be ready before may 19th if it's me handling it when i myself have no such confidence. now that the lt starts next week - i hope we can achieve the same here like what we did in lit - hopefully i have time to really concentrate on this one of this day.

ah .. time to change my voice mail then call mr. taxi driver and go home ...
which one ...

a million shxt!! - luckily i went online and checked my office email. need to go back to office tomorrow and reload the cost rate interface as the schema is now in a different location. and to think that i have brought my machine home today so that i don't have to come back tomorrow. what's the point of remote access when you're still forbidden to connect to certain machines eh ...

sally was asking me to join her for a sinful dessert at esplanade this evening (gosh its morning already!!). received offline messages from jun confirming this as well. already promised switch to turn up awhile for the dinner she's having with her friends. not sure if jen still needs my robinson card for shoes as well..

alas, i have few scenarios:
  1. my initial plan - combat @bugis, salon, office (now that i have to go back) while waiting for evening to meet switch awhile
  2. salon (must change the timing AGAIN), office, meet sally (& jun), chit chat killing time before meeting switch - no gym but might be able to pass the card to jun!!
  3. gym, office, meet sally & jun then meet switch - no salon!!
  4. the perfect one - my own cardio (no combat :(), salon, office, meet sal & jun then meet switch - can i wake up early? - also provided the 11 am slot is still available for me to choose.
which one to choose? i know june will kill me if i skip gym AGAIN that i'll be missing it during my training next week. but i haven't meet sally for almost 2 weeks now .. *which one* - let's see what i end up with later!

have you ever

  • try to understand the hr process and explaining the business process to a new hr person in an online discussion
  • having another online discussion with people about some vendor files that need to be cleared before end of the day (sorry guys, can't really concentrate on this as i have so many other things to settle)
  • teaching a new contract staff on things she has to cover while i'm away
  • looking into all the important stuff need to be cleared as next week is the crucial week for the project yet we have to be away for training - running here and there to confirm things that need to be done
  • downloading material for next week's training
  • transferring binary files which needs to be check every few minutes
  • having a chat with 2 friends which never come to a conclusion when you're supposed to fax the form and change your appointment before end of the day
  • keep on receiving emails of people requesting access to system and all must be done before you leave (sorry guys, some of you must wait 'til my return)
  • feeling so very anxious that you have to rush for a movie in an hour time yet you're not done with everything
  • lots of complain that you can't access this and that and have to be settle NOW (hello.. server is busy transferring files okay)
all at the same time? talking about multitasking!!
help!! i need a break (hence the reason i am here)
just came back from lunch with switch and ellyn - we had lunch at this place that looks darn mysterious and exotic at the same time. i've been eyeing for ages to dine at this place - finally! food was great love the naan to bits but as usual .. another sinful day :). they had ras malai as well!! i'm definitely coming back there for the ras malai. ah well...
today is jun's last day at her current office. i know she's going to a better place, gonna be neighbours with me and colleague with cin actually. but i'm so very sure that i'll miss our daily routines - from the morning greets to what her daily horoscope says to her telling me that she is going to bash someone to some of her (and of course mine as well) personal matters to all the impromptu plan to me opening link she sent of some guys from a certain website to laughing at each others joke (or curse) to discussion of the tree, leaf, and wind to finding the exact words to discussing what's for lunch and/or dinner to the mood we're in at the moment to letting each other know that we have reply/respond to a certain email/post and asking the other person to reply to it know to almost everyhting.. - i surely gonna miss this!!
however busy i am i will definitely respond to all her messages .. though sometimes it was too much but i will definitely respond to it - as i know thinking of her sitting there and writing it up makes me smile already ...
Jun ... will surely miss chatting with you!!

Thursday, May 04, 2006

one blurry momma ...

was doing my work when boss came in saying 'okay, let's go' and walk away. i was quite confused but found out that apparently there's a meeting and i need to attend the meeting. quite panic i don't know what to bring so i just went up with my diary and pen. another meeting, another chance of gaining weight - had 7 candies is total !!
back to my desk, got a call from someone asking for confirmation of my attendance on this coming friday's seminar at IBM. i was confused and could only said, 'i didn't register for any seminar, why must i confirm my attendance'. the lady was confused and said 'but miss xx registered you for this seminar' - MY BOSS!!. i ended up asking this lady to emailed me agenda of the seminar, approached my boss and asked her what was this about.
well, it's not really related to me actually, some virtual server thingy, but it started at 9 am and it's around bugis area. so what the heck .. i can wake up late and try wong solo chicken on that day!!
Tamally Ma'ak
sorry can't help it - the words are too good to be missed

Whether you speak or not, your eyes say it all,
o darling, o darling, o my darling.
In the journey of love, this is my support,this is the shore of fidelity.
Whether you speak or not, your eyes say it all,
o darling, o darling, o my darling.
In the journey of love, this is my support,this is the shore of fidelity.

(Those eyes) whose flight soars above the clouds,
whose powers of discrimination are like no other's,
are destined for a story of love,destined to breathe of love.

(Those eyes) whose flight soars above the clouds,
whose powers of discrimination are like no other's,
are destined for a story of love,destined to breathe of love.

I'm always with you, even when you're far from me.
In my heart is your love.I'm always with you.
You're in my mind and in my heart; I can't forget you.
I always miss you,even when I'm with you.

Whether you speak or not, your eyes speak for you.
o darling, o darling, o my darling;
in this journey of love, you are mine;
on dark paths, you are my guiding star.

You are my support in life,the shore on which I break.
For me, you are the whole world;
it is you whom my heart has called.

Whether you speak or not, your breath speaks for you,
o darling, o darling, o my darling;
on your lips is my name alone.
Your heart knows too that you are mine.

Whether you speak or not, your eyes speak for you,
o darling, o darling, o my darling;
they are my encouragement in this journey of love,they show me the far shores of fidelity.
In dreams, I adorn you;my fantasies are all of you.

Wherever my eyes look,I see only your face.
In dreams, I adorn you;my fantasies are all of you.
Wherever my eyes look,I see only your face.
In dreams, I adorn you;my fantasies are all of you.

Wherever my eyes look,I see only your face.
In dreams, I adorn you;my fantasies are all of you.
Wherever my eyes look,I see only your face.
its confirmed that the training in KL starts next week. Thank God that I only need to attend it 'til thursday and we chose the evening flight home. Good thing that the one arranging everything is fine w/ me requesting to be in the same room with hp - thanks mich!!
i don't feel any excitement at all for this up coming training though we're going to be trained about this business object thingy. probably its because the location of the training, had it been held in meadowlands again hmmm, i should be more excited ;p
anyway no shopping plan for this trip, probably just shoes and thats it! i do plan on going to the shop where i bought my sandal few years back at it has great quality shoes with great design.

thanks to a dear friend of mine, i am now hooked with one arabic song!! from me asking the meaning of his status to him sending me the remake version of that song in hindi, i tried to search the net 'til i got the original arabic version (listen to tamalyy ma'ak). such a sweet song with a very sweet and romantic meaning. thanks to my lovely sister, i will be getting the mp3 soon. still can't believe that i'll be this in love with an indian/arabic song - well, when it's in the blood it's in the blood!

tamally ma'ak tamally fe baly we fe alby wala bansak..
(you're in my mind and in my heart, i can't forget you - i always miss you)

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

somebody need to be killed - enough said!!
mood: damn annoyed!!
talk talk and talk ...

that's me, hence I'm not surprise if this is gonna be yet another long post - just me being me. loooong weekend, somehow I still wish it's not over yet! though i came back to work on saturday and monday, i still feel like it's a brand new day at the office ..

had dinner with switch on friday night as I kinda bailed out on her several times and since I finished my gym ard 8ish and couldn't join my flatmate seeing her friends' gig I have nothing else to do. Went to oosters (again)for dinner and chitchatting. being friday and no reservation made in advance we didn't get a table and was asked to hang out around the bar waiting for a table to be available. instead we walked around and met diane who's having dinner with her ex-colleagues. went back to ooster, still need to wait for a table that we hung out around the bar. diane said ally was there with his work mates but when we texted him he said he was on his way to china one (yesterday i found out that he was actually at hooters, not oosters). went straight home afterwards, i know switch really wants to go to the friday nite thingy but i felt uncomfortable my comfort blankie (i.e cindy, jenny, sally, ally) was not around & switch will definitely mingle with her group once we're there and i'm not that close with her group yet - not planning on being close actually *grin ..
met diane who has moved to ooster and she asked me to join the games nite - kinda lazy to go there but rather than saying no i just said that i'd try to make it heeee...

met jenny on saturday then we went for lunch at little india - my kinda girl, ever willing to try new stuff. from there we went for some shopping, as the program of that day is me accompanying jenny shopping for her new office attire. so much for work, she ended up getting 1 tops and searching for clubbing tops haha. everytime i go out with her i am reminded with my high school days, laughter and craziness all the way - don't care of all the looks we got. we ended up taking few lbd's and trying it out .. went out from the fitting room, looking at each other and laughed then went back in again to try another clothes. i pity those people queueing for the fitting room - they simply couldn't say or do anything but stared annoyingly at us. went to bugis where jenny picked the movie as i did pick lunch earlier. was a bit sceptical when she chose a korean movie but then again it's her call. thank god the movie was good and i really truly enjoyed it. from there we walked to orchard for dinner and supposedly another round of shopping. instead we ended up with dinner, heart to heart talk and watching another movie. i was quite curious to watch this korean movie that ally talked about so we then decided to watch that movie. it was a very very VERY funny movie - haven't laughed that much for so long. though we ended up in the 1st row I really have fun. You guys must go and watch it!!

went to kantin aneka on sunday with my flatmate as there's this indo-sing gathering. crowd was okay though people tend to chit chat with their own group that we didn't really interact. but almost when we're done everyone managed to say hi to everyone else, had a picture taken then both of us went to watch a movie. from movie we went for some window shopping and trying few clothes - yolli's looking for some formal dress for wedding that we ended up trying all those bustiers. after having fun window shopping, we went for dinner where few of her friend joined including one of my senior back in indonesia who's now working in here. 4 of us then walked to the cathay for a movie. since the movie only started at almost midnight, we then went to coffee club just killing time. movie wise? it has no story line at all!! enough said

went to office on monday - supposed to meet cindy for lunch. found out that anna is organising some lunch thingy that we decided to join her and parted way afterwards. met ally online and 3 of us chatted - since ally's flying to taiwan today (he should reach there by now) that we decided to meet and do something together. lunch was great - scorp, bob & scorp's gf joined anna's lunch that we spent quite some time there but parted ways afterwards. me n cindy decided to go to this outdoor shop looking for some outdoor thingy but it was closed that we ended up just walking around killing our time waiting for ally to text us. she then decided to chill at east coast so off we went. ally then text saying he's going to orchard haiz. couldn't persuade him to go to east coast instead so i asked him to organise everything and let us know afterwards. ended up heading back to orchard for takeaway dinner and another round of movie. 1st time in my life watching a movie and wishing the person stop talking - he's really a good actor as he managed to make me feel like screaming 'SHUT UP'!!

come to think of all these, its so cute actually that whenever any one of us go for a short break, biz trip or something else - we decided on having a meet up thingy first. Im going to KL next week and we're planning on a meet up. ally's going to HK in 2 wks time and we're planning on another meet ups.. too many meet ups too many food - been slacking big time with my workout. everytime i complained that i'm getting old my trainer would respond 'and you're slacking big time in working out heh'

this week's resolution : BACK TO MY OLD ROUTINE (well .. try to make it once a day at least...)