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How can Betty able to speak so much and so fast even with her braces on? Really salute her for putting up the braces just for filming the series. Or maybe is just some gimmick to make her looks like having one.

Third days into my braces, am still getting use to it. There’s no pain during the 2 hours fix. Pain or rather, numb start occurring the following day, when the top part touches the bottom or while brushing outward on the front rows.

Regret or not, there’s no turning back. What helps is to remember that in two to three years time, a beautiful smile for eternity await. Isn’t that worthy? It’s an endurance beauty. Paying so much for such a pain and comes with many sacrifices to make. No hard food, no more soft drinks, no chewy candy, no more my morning dose of coffee…. aaaaaah… I think I can go mad. These few days, am swallowing soft food… so boring process, feel like want to puke after numerous go. Dare not think the forthcoming days…

Perfect smile, gorgeous smile…. thought that keeps me going. Glad that I’m not alone experiencing this, good to have Chris along as she finally decided to take this challenge together. Meanwhile, family is very supportive on me undergoing this course…, their laughter are really good to forgetting myself with braces. My dear friends; do share me more laughs too okay …

Wish me all the brave, huhuhu…..

Wow! I couldn’t believe it that I made it. Bravo, bravo!!!

Earlier, I was feeling mixed if to go for the run or not Sunday morning. Feeling a bit lazy since got to attend friend’s open house the night before. Like the saying goes, ‘if there’s a will, there’s a way’.

As the date approaching, I finally decided to game for it with an aim to hopefully able to complete the 10km. I got to take this as part of the endurance fit for my Mount K adventure.

Hardly a good sleep on Saturday, although left the party early. Woke up at 3am plus, leaving home at 4 following brother’s car since he’s running for half marathon, which starts an hour earlier than mine.

Waited there for James, Jenny & Pei Li to arrive. Then all of us got into the barricade waiting for the run. Somehow, we got parted in the kandang, leaving me & Pei Li together. At 7 sharp, our race began. And there I ran so semangat-ly from Dataran Merdeka. About 5 minutes later, my short of breath symptom appeared, hahahaha…. (afterall, the lung function test recently revealed that my lung capacity not that fit for strenuous activity… hmm, or probably am asthmatic-prone since it’s in mum’s family, hope not.)

So I walked a bit, ran a bit throughout. When I’m exhausted, I walked and then run again once recharged. It’s a long journey passing along Istana Negara to Dewan Bahasa Pustaka to Jln Imbi to Pavilion to Jln Sultan Ismail to Jln Raja Chulan to Jln TAR and finally back to Merdeka Square. Phew…

About 1km before the finishing line, finally saw Jenny struggling there. Catching up with her, and there we motivated running towards the end. Completed at a duration of 1 hour 35 minutes,…oops extra 5 minutes from the qualifying time. But guess what?!! We still made it being the first 500 women runners completing the race. Jenny’s 495th and me the lucky 499th placing. Indeed a very happy moment for both of us and for Pei Li & James too who also completed the 10km. Well done to all of us!!!!… Also to my brother, his wife & friends.

I’m proud for myself that once again I create a record for it’s my first run and prove to dad & my brothers who had been teasing me for not able to complete the distance, since I hardly do any jogging with them. Hahahaha….

And now, counting down 85 days more to Mount K….. better get the training started - Bkt Tabur @ Melawati hiking next Sunday ya guys!!

… and just 19 days away for a very gutsy change in life. For a better smile…. say cheeseee *wink*

Look!! Finally it’s here, in Bahasa Melayu. The famous ‘Lao Fu Zhi’ a.k.a Old Master Q, who doesn’t know?! I suppose it’s a comic many of us have grown up to.

All I can do back then was just flipping through page by page, looking at the pictures… some of which I could barely understand, on dialogues. Those were the days, for banana people like me.

But hey! That’s no longer the case. Even the Malays can read them now. All this made possible, thanks to Art Square Group……yes, my company J 

Well, if you want to reminisce those times having a copy of Lao Fu Zhi in hand, get the BM version now and get more satisfaction. Altogether, there are 6 graphic novels… and the first one is already out. Just look out for it at Kinokuniya, MPH, 7 Eleven, myNEWS.com and some other newsstands.

And if you feel like reading more besides the Old Master Q….  just checkout www.gempakstarz.com ‘coz it brings me many good reads of Japan manhwa from time to time.

Happy Reading all!

Hot, hot, hot. Hot maxima!

How can these men not responsible for his actions, causing misery and pain in people lives? One day say this, one day say that. Just because you are the big guy that everyone need to obey? How can be like that, so fickle minded and so not serious in actions done? For sake of protecting your clean ass****, you asked people to lie, to get people be blamed and torn in between?

Where’s the professionalism?

External like that, internal also like that. Both want their ways, when what people only want is to remedy a problem. Why can’t cooperate? Why always the people stuck in between got punched each time?

What’s use of people passion and loyalty when the rest of the people hearts are not on the same wave? What kind of statement to make in front of the young ones that your people are volunteers to help out over the weekend when you all getting paid? Dare say you all are making sacrifice of personal time to be on duty during weekends? If so, does that mean the other team has responsibility to this kind of agenda and that they don’t have personal life themselves? Bullshit!! What a head, who always want the easiest way out. Can’t do this, can’t do that… or is it just to save on the loads?

One like this, another also not much differ. So calculative, so money minded. Every time people need assistance to help on external stuffs, all sort of hindrance come out. Not enough hands, so rushing, this and that, and always with the never-missing-million-dollar-question – ‘getting paid or not?’ Even just to show up weekend for awhile also want to make sure there’s reimbursement. Easy making money, still so many complaints.

Lost on what’s happening in the block of seventeen. One ends want more money, another end not cooperating. One end asks for branding, but another concern on sales. One end gets to expand, another end unable to. And so on. Which way to follow? What direction?

It’s so hard, so pitiful when people just got stuck in the middle.

If you happen to stop by here, this is the voice kept inside the people. Because they know even if you were told….the answer is always merely to coping with it. Constructive not, things will just stay the same.

Heart broken………….

They say life needs to move on after a broken heart.

23rd, the day my baby got hamburgerized, got hit in between cars while stationary at traffic light. Unlucky day. Hardly can believe it ‘coz on the very same morning just before taking my car to service, I had this very gratifying thought that baby is in good condition; minus some minor scratches or patches, never in major injury before. And there he goes… got crashed front and back on the way back from luncheon at Damansara Heights. Sighhhhh……

So, here I am now living days without wheels. Not that we haven’t been separated before… but this time is just different. At least 2 weeks without it. So sad ne, not because accident since me not at fault. Sad coz I realized that life is hard to live without wheels to move around. Some plans made earlier got postponing to a later date…. So f*** up. Luckily going to work not a stressful one, just that need to wake much earlier these couple of days. Thanks to those who is so thoughtful and helpful at times like this. Ar lui too!

Well, through this accident I learnt and experienced things I’ve never done before, which make me a better knowledgeable person when dealing with situation like this. And, thanks ko & his wifey that has been nice escorting me running around then although I strongly dislike your joking phrase ‘as long as…’ hehehe…. Also through this incident, give me a shock on how grey that ‘Department’ is as long as they got feed, problems become peanut. I couldn’t stop smiling seeing the officer who so daringly asking for my magazines to be sent to them regularly. Crazy!!! It’s nothing new isn’t it? All along, they have been like that…. Hahaha…. Malaysia Boleh!!!

Following goong, that cute lil’ princess starring again in Coffee Prince which be hitting the local terrestrial tv very soon, this Friday to be exact. Thanks to Bobo, I’ll be watching the last 2 discs this evening. Been started to watch since last Friday, total episodes available – 17.

Cute Eun-Hye & cutesy lead actor, story about cousins falling for the same girl…. Hehe. Another pop-idol romance Korean drama. Quite a nice story, picking up a lil’ bit on art of brewing coffee. Just that the movie consists of many arguments that make the drama going, which I feel too much, kinda dull. Nevertheless, I started to realize that every drama of this genre have similarity, for instance, couples like to suddenly run to the partner and hug from the back, or they like to lie side by side and playing legs together and so on.  Overall, a pleasant flick, but nothing beat goong still.

Why such a thinking and feeling? Just don’t know. Taking words from JiaDi, “no disappointment when there’s no expectation”, I living in it. At one moment, I thought it is nice…then come the weekend, it changes. Suddenly, and the coffee is no longer brewing. What’s wrong, what’s bothering? Trying to think and feel about it for few days, just can’t figure the picture still. Maybe, I should stop thinking as babe mentioned; follow the flow, like she should too now. It has always been like that, bubbly and sweetie pies fated to cross the same path same time. And at times like this, we become each other pillar of strength and advice.

Hmm, soon chi jer ruan like my fave number rhymes. So, let have the barista master the skill and brew the nicest coffee at the right temperature, completes with aroma, taste and texture. Make me my cup of coffee that I like to have every morning.

Few days into the golden rat year, celebrating CNY. The mood nowadays not as festive or fun anymore, for me at least. Perhaps as one grown up, it just gets bored. Getting new clothes can be anytime, not only for New Year. Probably due to busyness of work upon back from Bangkok, has got me no time for festive thinking. Browsing back my last year blog, this period… I realized I was busy before, for the same client again, this time on a crossover, following up with event next month. Lucky that I got it delegated. A lots been delegated out recently. Just too much in hand to be fixed alone with the overly-increasing-work-demands. Trying to hand off the old scopes gradually, and preparing for upcoming transition later.

Nevertheless, I like CNY for the gatherings. With family, relatives and friends, makan and fun chit-chatting, plus a little bit gambling. This year New Year, unveil the closeness and respect that someone got for me in his heart. I couldn’t believe that he can remembered things I’ve said or done when we were young then, which I could barely remember myself. Never know I have such a deep impact in you. Thank you my dearest nephew, who has left to Melbourne yesterday for study. Keep up your good look & study, take care… definitely missing you.

And while waiting CNY to be over…now, I will eat puas-puas all my favorite food, including crab ‘coz no more biting hard stuffs after this. 2008 is like a year of courage and losing weight. Hahaha…. 2 giant missions is soon to kick off!! Firstly, be braving myself for orthodontic treatment at last. All along, has been very scare of pain,…but it’s still not too late to rectify. I look forward to find my big smile, wondering how it would look like. But meantime, please stand with me with braces ya. Secondly, will be the challenge to conquer Mount Kinabalu. The hike is set end June, everything is booked. Be getting the gears later but for now, need to start off training to build up strength & stamina. Stop procrastination!! Hai, hai, isshoni ganbaryo… oooshh!!

Norm is that New Year, new hairstyle. And I had got mine from Bangkok. I think so far, if there’s no wrong, it’s only me & Jenny has got it covered here, KL & PJ. Just us, with shiny strands tied to our hair.

Friends who were recently been to Bangkok, Chiengmai would have known that these shiny shiny things are now ‘in’ over there. Hmm, not sure if the wind will blow south to our country, maybe yes, another few months wait or maybe no.

I must say, both us catch many public attention ever since we are back, as though we are from another planet. Jenny is happy with lots of people complimenting her cool hair look, so ‘yeah’. Me too, lui. Worthy spent.

Wherever I am, people are asking. Encircle me like a specimen, studying the shiny shiny strands. Flooding me with plenty of questions - “How you did it, is it real hair, coloring or highlighting, where can they get it done here” and the list goes on. Few incidents while shopping at MNG, Jusco, etc., the staffs just couldn’t believe their eye, ask my permission to come for closer look & even touch my hair. Hehehehe… I found it so weird lor.

Now, maybe so many encounters already, we started to get a lil’ bit bored being in the limelight. Guess what Jenny been doing to her hair? She clipped and temporary hide them underneath. But then, we must agree that these shiny shiny hairs really look awesome when we were at Bar Club last Friday. They glitter when the lightings shine on us. Really ‘yeng’ hehehehe…. So, when’s next partying lui?

15 strands total, fallen out 3. As day goes by, they fall. Wonder if they could last until CNY? Maybe not so much left by then, but will still once again be interviewed by relatives & long-time-no-see friends. So, if y’all have read it here… try ask no more when we meet ok

And so here I wish everyone a very happy & prosperous Chinese New Year. Gong Hei Fatt Choy!!

Am back! Back to here, back from Bangkok!

Have been away for shopping holiday with the chimuis for the past few days. It was a fun trip that had gotten me forgotten the wishy dreamy thought earlier.

Out for shopping from morning until night, everyday. From Suan Lum to Jatujak to Siam Paragon to Jatujak again to Platinum Mall to Siam Square to MBK to Pratunam, and back to Platinum Mall again in the very early morning on the last day before flying back. We got a lot, very a lot of stuffs back with clothes being the most, follow by shoes, etc. Things that are same same found in KL are way too cheap cheap over there. How are we not tempted leh…

Food wise, Bangkok is a porky city. Pork delicacies is found anywhere on street from satay stick to sausages to McD burger. And we gals got to agree that the pork knuckles rice is so so so yummy!!! Yes! It’s so fattening yet so irresistable lah… can’t find in KL. And am lucky and happy to find back T&K seafood in Chinatown… for the sweet sweet ‘ho-ho-mei’ orange juice… can’t get in KL too. Oh the so ‘hang-fook’ feelings. Also, the new deep fried sushi roll from KFC…oooh…bite, bite, so crunchy… wish KFC here will sell that, hmm.

Yup! The trip is so shopping & food driven. We also went for massages, and to saloon to get our hair wash. Me & Jenny got shining strands onto our hairs… so cool and caught everyone’s attention when we touch down KL, wondering how did these 2 gals hair so glamorous hahaha…

There goes our trip, back to working world tomorrow. But, no worry Bangkok, we will be back!!! For more shopping and food of course… muaaahaaahaaaa

For most, holidays had just over. For me, it hasn’t stop right here. Can’t wait, 9 more days from now ‘we are flying on a jet plane’. Didadidi…dadidadi.

Forget the past, it is 2008 now. It was quite unpleasant for last few weeks, thus I hope 2008 will bring peace to home and a guardian angel for the lucky star glow even when the sky fall dark.

Ushering in 2008, the whole family went countdown at Wynners concert except me. Not my cup of tea. Just feel like running away, rather being alone.

For every choice made, there’s consequence. As if things are preset to occur in such way. I enter into a world of fantasy, role-playing as one of those people from my faves.

It’s so mesmerizing, so ‘pride’ fireworks moment. As if, reunited after a long wait, ‘maybe’, enjoying the beautiful sparks blossom way up in the skies. Complete with all the gestures of care.

Little buddy, although not as cute as Yul, but walking in between gave ‘goong’ like feel. Surely it’s charming to let gaze into beautiful sparking eyes as if they can express words. Hmmm, the world is so nice to be wrapped in all these gentleness.

And with recent addition, isn’t it a spoilt for choice. ‘why why love’ is about picking up among choices. Desiring one, hope being with another. Who’s the one that will sweep your heart away?

….… after a while…. “Hey!” Wakey wakey. It’s the second day into 2008, still not have enough of daydreaming? Hahahaha….. too much dramas.

Well, it has been long since I write short love notes. Almost a decade now. Back then, I thought I’ll become a writer/novelist someday, but now I’m writing junks.

Anyway, thank you for a wonderful ending the year… or the beginning J