Life at Work

mails

2009-09-10T23:40:00.000-07:00

Last month i sent out several mails to lots of people concerning a process flow change. After a week, nobody acknowledges anything and it looks like my mails went into black hole. So I asked people in my department to help me in following up and they got one similar answer – “no time to read mails”.

If you dun have time to read mails, I guess I'll have to ask your bosses to read them to you then.

wednesday

2009-08-04T18:41:00.000-07:00

Yay, it's Wednesday!!

What Wednesday means to me:
- FREE nescafe at day long at work
- it's middle of the week, 2 days from weekend
- cheap movie-day (used to be)

Hubby & i went for company in-house blood test earlier this morning. His still has the silly looking face when the guy injected his arm. This is the second time we did blood test together.

The first time, he was so upset cos i paid for the course without letting him know first. He has this phobia towards needle and had always refused to go for body check-up, just in case the doc might say something that he does not like to hear. His blood test result last Oct was not that good, with high bad cholesterol and high blood glucose level. It was a surprised for both of us, since hubby exercises more often than i do :P According to the doc, hubby might be having hereditary high cholesterol. Me, on the other hand, as fit as a cow, partly becos i was still breastfeeding. Will see whether there is a change on the latest test results two weeks from now.

first encounter with Buono Bread

2009-07-27T19:46:00.001-07:00

There is a newly set up mini bread stall right in front of La Boheme bakery stall at Jusco, QB, selling Buono Bread. I've not heard of this Buono Bread before but it was the price that attracted me to this stall. We got to taste some samples of original bread & oat bread fresh from toaster. The middle-aged lady who was selling this bread was very friendly and humorous too.

Me : How much is the price?
Lady : RMxxxx
Me : Wow, who will buy such expensive bread?
Lady : chinese lar.
Me : Why so expensive?
Lady : Imported fresh from Japan daily, triple the weight of normal loaf of bread..bla bla
Me : If cannot finish then how?
Lady : Export back to country of origin.

We burst into laughter together right after she finished her sentence. She went on to explain why it's expensive - the ingredients are from Japan, equipment from Japan, Japanese baker....and sliced by Penang lady (meaning herself). Again, we all burst into laughter. Suddenly, i found myself reaching out money from my pocket without any persuasion. I must be under some kind of spell just by talking to her. But this will be the first and final time for me to buy such pricey bread.

On the way home, i asked hubby to guess the price of the bread. A series of wrong answer given - RM3, RM5, RM7, RM12. I will keep a slice of Buono bread for those who could guess the price of the bread correctly. Better be fast, this bread will expire in 2 weeks, unless i put them in the freezer (will last for a month).

I tried to slice the bread using my normal kitchen knife, it does not look that bad, rite?

You can eat this bread on its own (sounds like Gardenia). But for those who do not like margarine, you will not like this bread, the strong margarine taste will linger in your mouth after eating. Oh yeah, nobody at home is allowed to touch this bread and it's specially for Khye. I hope he will like the nice margarine taste.

paid posts deleted

2009-07-23T03:02:00.000-07:00

I've spent the last half an hour deleting all paid posts from my blogs. I couldn't believe how many posts i've written between 2007 & 2008 and was paid quite a lot too for them all. Since i've stopped writing ads, i do not want paid posts to be "polluting" my blogs. Let's see when i start writing for money again. Till then, you will not find paid posts in all my blogs.

infamous heroes

2009-07-20T00:05:00.000-07:00

Botak Chin. It sounds so familiar when my colls mentioned it during lunch just now. He was potrayed to be modern Robin Hood, the most notorious and wanted person back in the 80s. After searching for more information on this infamous hero, i suddenly recalled something. Once upon a time, my younger sis joined a school trip to visit Pudu Jail before they close it down forever or something like that. They were then taken to the room where Botak Chin was hanged to death. It was full with eerie sound effect & lightings and suddenly....they saw a white figure staring back to them from the hang place. Tipu lar, i added the last line myself :P Nothing happened in the room, just sound effect & good lightings :P

I only know Kalimuthu case which happened in Ipoh in 199x. Kalimuthu was cornered by a group of policemen and he went amok with his gun. One of the bullets when thru the door of the car and hit the head of her cousin before landed in her chest. Her cousin died on the spot while she went into coma. Her cousin saved her life. My sis's fren told her that said before she went unconscious due to intense pain, she saw the bullet wound on the cousin's head, the size of 50sen coin. Urghh!!!

petai

2009-06-28T18:39:00.000-07:00

I've just recovered from the toilet trip 3mins ago. Someone in one of the toilet cubicle must have eaten tons of "petai" over the weekend. The pungent smell polluted the whole toilet while she is doing her biz. The most embarassing was when the toilet cleaner shouted "Who has eaten buah petai....aiyoo!!!" And there was only 1 cubicle occuppied. Hahahaha...If i were the one in that cubicle, i will hide myself and make sure everybody leaves the toilet to save myself from such embarassment.

Honestly, I really hate it when people take petai especially when the smell lingers when you're talking to the person. And the worst is the smell after that person's toilet visit.

cost saving

2009-06-18T19:01:00.001-07:00

Since there is cost saving everywhere, hubby & i decided to perform some cost saving activities at home. One of them is to ride to work, instead of drive. No doubt, there are few advantages & drawbacks to ride a bike to work.

Good things:
- it takes only 25mins to get to work daily
- save money on toll (RM1.12 compared to RM5.60, daily)
- save money on petrol (RM23 compared to RM70, weekly)
- i'm forced to use sun block everyday, so that my freckles condition will not deteriorate
- i'm forced to wash my face diligently everyday, so that my facial prod will not go to waste
- we can't talk, so less quarrel
- we have to be close to each other physically, so that when he decides to go full speed, i will not end up on the windscreen of the car behind us.

Bad things:
- i have to wash my hair every single day
- i have to prepare plastic bag in case it rains suddenly
- i can't wear my heels to work
- i have to wear perfume everyday to cover the smell of smoke
- i can't wear skirt - but i never wear skirt to work :P
- there is a chance that we will melt under the scorching sun

sigh

2009-06-18T02:51:00.000-07:00

It's a rather tiring and pathetic day for me today. First, we had to endured the haze in the morning while riding to work. Then, it's the time of the month where all girls despise. The icing of the day, i received a rather nasty mail from a counterpart, like usual. Of how this person did something since last evening and had to tell me ALL the hard work tht has been done. Afterall, i was the one who discovered the problem and logged a call. And again i was left out from the circle of mail. Although i have well trained myself to accept nasty mails from this particular person, but i just hate this person all over again.

revenge of the fallen

2009-06-16T00:47:00.001-07:00

I was attracted to this phrase "Revenge of the Fallen". It truly describes what i'm going thru now at work, but i'm not the bad ones. Just that i feel that i need to claim my territory & draw fine lines surrounding it, just in case. Actually, it's rather fun to work around people who fear to be kicked away from this company, especially when they finally have to think twice before stepping on your tail in situation like this. The retrenchment activities that are going on do not affect me at all. I will go when they give me the angpow. Unlike some other people whom i work with, who thinks himself/herself is The Great One. You can be the most important person in a function, but so what? You're not indispensable, esp when you're highly paid. If a fly is paid half your salary and flexible to do multiple jobs at one time, who would the company keep? Do you just hate people who love to claim credit for A-Z work? Or those who need to tell the whole world that he/she has lack of sleeps for god knows who many days just to get something done? Or people whom delete your name from your own mail?

Blue Day

2009-04-16T00:47:00.000-07:00

With the recent retrenchment package news in our company (1 mth old news), some of them are organizing a special day next week where people will wear blue to show their dissatisfaction or something to do with company no appreciating them anymore. There are a few reason why i choose not to join them:

- i've only worked for 6yrs

- i don't bother if i'm selected for the new retrenchment policy

- i don't have blue shirt/blouse/dress

If i were to join them, i will come in my Donald Duck shirt, together with hubby :D

eat what?

2009-03-18T01:02:00.000-07:00

I was at my coll's place for training since she is going to leave here soon. She was briefing me on her work and the "problematic" people whom she deals with.

Coll : We should process request A followed by request B.
Me : Can accept both request at the same time?
Coll : Do you want to eat? (out of a sudden)
Me : Nope, it's not yet lunch time
Coll : No, i'm asking you if someone asks do you want to eat, you will wash hand before or after eating?
Me : ...........

Get what i mean? I thought she was REALLY asking me whether i want to take lunch or eat anything or not. She didn't start her sentence with for instance or for example.

WFM

2009-03-09T18:27:00.001-07:00

I still remember when i came back from my maternity, i misplaced my drawer keys and needed help urgently as my notebook was in the drawer. Someone helped me to log a high priority call by stating i'm the relative of so & so, so better hurry. I heard all that cos i was just walking behind them, unknown to them.

I really hate those people who always assume that my sis & i are related to so and so in the company, so we have immunity when disaster hits. Says who?? My sis just got her package last Friday. She was informed of the package at 1pm and had to leave by 5pm on the same day. Did i mention that she is 8 mths preg with twins?

thoughts

2009-02-17T01:11:00.000-08:00

I'm the sole survivor in my depart now with about 10+ people under me. Some in their 20s, 30s and 50s. Me in late 20s. I still remember when i first came out from my shell into working life. That time i used most of my time surfing the net cos i only needed to attend to a few requests from US and took only 15mins to complete all the requests? I didn't take the initiative to learn new things cos i was basically enjoying my life earning easy money :P Now i see the this exact patterns in some of younger my subordinates. Some of them are working really hard, some of them think that they're working in cybercafe. You know what i mean. Perhaps they don't even bother whether they get retrenched or not, perhaps they come from not bad family background who can support them financially if they're jobless. Perhaps they are just too young to realise the importance of money. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps..... Who am i to bother so much? As long as job get done & no complaints.

2009 wave

2009-01-06T16:27:00.000-08:00

2009 starts with a series of bad news from different companies:
- 6days off or 3 days of unpaid leave
- 10% pay cut for indirect labor & 5% cut for direct labor
- 6days off every month
- 0 pay increment until further notice.

This is really bad and our government is still saying that we're not hit badly by economy downturn? Our inflation rate is not high? Trying to camouflaged?
Yesterday i was forced to make a difficult decision, to chop off a headcount. I feel sorry for that person but unfortunately, she gets the lowest score in term of performance. Looking at the situation now, if you're not performing well, there are thousands of hungry ghosts out there waiting for your place and i'm not exagerrating. There is no such thing as job security now. 2 choices: Work or leave. I still prefer the first for the time being.

dirty jobs

2008-10-13T02:02:00.001-07:00

That's how i classified jobs being thrown to me left and right, top and bottom. A few weeks ago, i accepted the tasks transferred to me as opportunities to learn things which i think is good. But now, i labelled them as dirty jobs, as in i have to vacumm almost everything at a time from several people. I was told people are going to leave soon and i have to vacumm as much as i can so that nothing is missed out. That was a month ago.
A month later, the people who are supposed to leave are still here
- doing only 5% of the work (95% being distributed across the universe)
- and the plan to kick them out has been postponed
- and no specific date being confirmed so far
- and getting year end bonus
- and getting to enjoy expensive team building
- AND GETTING THE SAME $$$$$

This is so ridiculous!! The moment they "smelled" that they're under the kick-out program, they passed all dirty jobs to me "with immediate effect" which i was conned into accepting them all. Now, there is a change in the schedule, nobody takes back anything. So i'm the only one who has to clean up the mess passed to me by idiots. Do you know how did they pass their work to me? Just throw to you some files, explain in a way that only they understand (which i dun think they understand their work AT ALL) and tell you everything is pretty simple (cos they ignored all the pending problems and wash their hands already), period.

Am i the only human around here? Did i make a mistake by staying? Now i know why my senior left and why she advised me to accept the other offer.

bday blues

2008-09-25T01:03:00.001-07:00

4 incidents happened this morning which make my day blue.

It's my bday and i'm feeling down =(

r.a.c.i.s.m

2008-09-17T22:27:00.000-07:00

This is our country major topic but i'm not going to comment anything on racism in my blog.

However, an incident happened just now. You judge yourself whether can this be called racism or some people are plain stupid.

We went out for lunch at I-Avenue. As you know, it's rather difficult to get a place to park there and worse, the road is just too narrow. A coward like me will definitely skip the idea of driving there alone. So right after lunch, we went to get our car, right outside BHB. There was a white Satria with heavily tinted windows parked right next to our car. The driver was no where to be seen and the car was parked so near the driver side. Aunt even had difficulty even to get into the car. We waited for a while under the scorching sun before aunt decided to honk for the owner of the car. After a while, Mr.Coco appeared from nowhere and unlocked his car. Aunt told him that he shouldn't have parked there. Mr.Coco made a sarcastic remark, "You nasib baik, ada tempat parking." No apology from him. Aunt told him if no parking lot, just make a few more rounds. Mr.Coco got angry and started to raise his voice and mumbling words that we couldn't hear from inside the car. Before Mr.Coco finally drove off, he wound down his window & shouted "Orang Cina memang bodoh!", then sped off.

Who is more bodoh? A person who parked at the allocated parking lot is bodoh or a person who blocked people’s car from leaving the parking lot.

sep16

2008-09-15T17:29:00.001-07:00

Today is 16 September and something amazing just happened to me.

There is no new mails in my Outlook inbox!!!! I have a strong feeling that something big is coming later. It's a bad omen to not have any new mails in your inbox. Life is too peaceful too, way too peaceful.

twist

2008-08-11T02:20:00.000-07:00

Fickle minded or greedy? Who can resist temptation? Here i am again, growing old with the place i first stepped in several years ago. Win-win situation, who cares?

selfish?

2008-08-10T02:54:00.000-07:00

The decision i'm going to make is going to cost a person losing lots of money. I feel bad about it but it's for my own good. Another word to tell the whole world, i'm selfish.

I weighed all the pros and cons before i finally decided. There are several cons & one big pro. I'll not be as comfortable as i am now, or have the freedom i'm having. Let's put the work challenges aside. I need to be independant & learn how to do side parking as well. Driving is not a problem for me, but i just can't get a car into a parking lot. That explains why i hardly drive when my colls and i go out for lunch, unless one of them volunteers to help me park :D

Back to the story on why it's going to cost a lot of money. There is a possibility that one's life maybe affected by my decision which i pray not. Unless miracle happens, i'll stay where i am now.

yawn

2008-04-30T00:35:00.000-07:00

My senior is leaving and i'm supposed to ask her more questions since i'm her successor. But what i'm doing now? Sitting at my place feeling lousy & sleepy. And why is that so? Cos Baby Khye decided that he had had enough sleep so he woke us all up at 12.30am to play with him. "Ang-go-go...chak chak chak". Pardon me, i have to yawn now.

story of the safety belt

2008-01-29T17:34:00.000-08:00

We stopped at the traffic lights before turning into our office, hubby decided to loosen his seat belt.

Me : Why do you do that?
Hubby : Just taking time off from the belt.
Me : Put it back on. Sure will get summon buta-ly.

Hubby then started to talk to himself.
Hubby as policeman : Encik, kenapa tak pakai tali kelendar?
Hubby : Sebab tali ni buat badan aku gatal you tau tak??

Hubby as policeman : Encik, kenapa tak pakai tali kelendar?
Hubby : Sebab kereta aku ada airbag.

Me: *slapped forehead and shut up all the way to the office car park*

Astro333 HHD

2008-01-07T23:02:00.002-08:00

Remember i was making such a big fuss when hubby wanted to subsribe Hua Hee Dai on Astro? Hehehe...now i'm addicted to a few series in that channel. First of all, The Amazing Strategiest, Liu Bo Wen which is shown every Mon-Fri from 9.30-10.30pm. My coll then introduced me to 2 horror movies which are Blue Crystal and First Theater. No wonder i was feeling extremely sleepy yesterday morning, i watched First Theater until 11.30pm on Sunday night :D I want to rephrase my statement made earlier. I like HHD afterall :P

riot?

2007-12-09T17:18:00.000-08:00

Have you noticed there are more road blocks than usual in your neighbourhood? And the policemen are there 24/7 with 3 patrol cars. We saw 2 road blocks on the way home from Penang. One at the main road junction and the other block at the road we usually take to go home. At first, we thought they would only be there for half a day or so, but we still saw them this morning on the way to work. There is going to be a riot again? Should we start stocking up food in the house?

mama zombie

2007-12-05T18:59:00.000-08:00

Like what i told MMK, i'm turning into a mama zombie. I cannot move much on bed anymore, turning to my sides will trigger the baby to kick in my tummy.

"My dearest baby, your mama have to turn while sleeping. If now, arm and ear will go numb. I promise i will try to turn gently and not disturb your sleep too."

Too bad he never listen, the kicks wake me up on and off, so no choice, have to sleep on my side or on my back whole night. Once i move, he kicks. Not only i get insomia, i have pimples all over my face and bad hair day every morning.

See how swollen are my legs:

never punctual

2007-11-28T17:14:00.000-08:00

Want to know what time i left workplace yesterday? 5.20PM! Hubby always tells me he will try to leave early everyday but his early is always at 6.30pm+. So when he IM me about going home at 5pm+, i was very shocked. Will we be going home as early today? I can only hope.

my VIP car park was taken again

2007-11-28T17:07:00.000-08:00

Somebody took my VIP car park again. I went for half day MC for my monthly checkup and when i returned in the afternoon, a car was stationed so nicely in my parking lot. I recognise that particular car. It always parks beside my car park every single day and i'm guessing the driver thought i'm on leave so he/she parked at my parking space happily. Seeing no other available parking lot at the time, i drove back to the guard house to file a complaint. And since i'm heavy, i told them i'll be parking my car at the visitor car park. At about 3pm, the guard called me. The driver is not registered with my company and there is no car sticker issued for this car. So there is no way for them to contact the culprit and they cannot clamp the car. Fine with me since i know i have another option now.

i just drank detergent

2007-11-25T18:47:00.000-08:00

Eww...i just took a sip from my water tumbler and the water tasted like detergent. I think i didn't rinse it properly when i washed it last week. Hubby hasn't sent me any message to complain about his yet =P Will I get diarrhea again like last week? Oh yeah, I just took decaffeinated coffee this morning too. 5 months more before I can take another cup of coffee.

10% more to go

2007-11-22T22:24:00.002-08:00

It's so crazy!! My sis and i went to Jusco cos it's Card Member Day Sale. Carpark was FULL at 11.30am, can you imagine the crowd? Parents were there at 10.30am and surprisingly dad managed to get himself a few shirts and pants. We met mum at the groceries section and they were lining up to get cooking oils. It must be real cheap cos the line was so long and mostly all are aunties :P So we started our shopping by hunting for some daily use stuff like hair cream, milk powder, honey stars (hubby's special request) & a lot others. Hehe..bought him 2 XL box of honey stars. Erm...let me rephrase, i helped him to buy 2 XL box since i'm going to claim all the money spent from him later :D My banker.

The next section we went to was baby section. You know lar, i'm so obsessed with baby items now. So dad left us to take a break near the waiting area, while mum followed me around the place. I told her, it was going to be just a while cos will not do much shopping. Again, i couldn't resist it. In the end, i bought baby bath tub, pacifier, brush, nappy, clothes, etc...which totaled up to another hundred dollars, all within an hour :P Completed 90% from my shopping list.
Was very happy with all the things bought but still unable to decide which brand of breast pump to get. TollyJoy, Pureen or Avent?

We came back to office just in time and luckily i have a VIP car park, otherwise we'll surely melt like butter under the scorching sun. I feel vomitish now, must be due to all the rushing and walking :P

sad memory

2007-11-22T01:28:00.000-08:00

It just struck me. My friend told me about her grandma's condition which is getting from bad to worse. A small cut on her leg turned into a big wound and it's getting bigger. Her heart is not strong enough and the blood could not flow to her leg and therefore the wound couldn't be healed after so long. She has to go for a bypass in KL. Now the condition worsens after she is forced to take lots of medicine for heart & wound. Body is getting weaker each day and she is getting very blur and temperamental. My friend and her family members could only stand and watch her suffer cos there is really nothing much they can do except giving her medicine & vitamins. They have to hide the truth that if needed, she will have to lose her leg. I think that will most probably make her gives up hope on life. Depression then ....

This reminds me of my paternal ah kong who had just passed away a few months ago. Good for him that he didn’t suffer much when he battled with cancer, he had Alzheimer. But the worst thing is he died alone in the hospital without any family members beside him. Sad huh. I’m crying when I’m typing this in office. Oh dear, have to rush to the toilet now, tears cannot stop flowing out now.

penang bridge at risk?

2007-11-21T17:07:00.000-08:00

Is the Penang Bridge really safe for us to use now? Or should be start moving to the island in the meantime while waiting for the 3rd link to be ready in 2009?

Read for yourself: Penang Bridge safe to use, says Samy (The Star, 22Nov07)

change?

2007-11-21T16:40:00.000-08:00

Took breakfast on the way to work, 2 slices of bread with peanut butter & grape jam. After finishing the bread, i could hardly breathe properly. I loosened my pants thinking that was the cause but it didn't help either. So just put the seat back and lied now and focus on breathing. Going to ask the doc what is happening to me next week.

MARS

2007-11-20T21:35:00.001-08:00

Am enjoying a bar of MARS now. It is actually true that chocolate and sweet stuff calm your mood. Since i dun like sweets but can still take chocolates, i treated myself with a bar of MARS, soft nougat and creamy caramel covered in thick milk chocolate. Heaven.....

quick one

2007-11-20T20:02:00.000-08:00

It's lunch time and i'm getting so many posts now. Thinking of giving up my lunch? No way! I dun want to end up getting gassy tummy all over again. Perhaps, i should just grab 1-2 opps and just go for a quick lunch :)

Jusco member day on 23 Nov

2007-11-20T18:15:00.000-08:00

Jusco is having its member day this Friday and i'm planning to go there with hubby during lunch time. Unfortunately, sis & mum are also planning to go but at different time and not able to pass me the card. Iskh! Thought of grabbing some milk bottles & more baby stuff if they are having promotion. Have to pester either one of them to pass me card.

gender confusion

2007-11-20T00:34:00.000-08:00

My colleague told me this news today. Her sis-in-law went to Specialist A to have her tummy scanned & the doc told her it's a boy. Happily, she went to the GH for her routine checkup and scanned the second time & the doc said the same thing, it's a boy.

However, when it was near her due date, she switched to Specialist B and the doc told her that she will be getting a girl. She was so shocked and upset cos she already told the whole world that she will be getting a boy. Addition, the couple already bought all the things to welcome a baby boy. Imagine how devastated she was. Finally, she gave birth to a girl.

I am confident in my doc and there will not be any mistaken identity case.

names

2007-11-19T00:41:00.000-08:00

I told my frens i will be having a Mickey next year (it's going to be a baby boy). So right now, we're supposed to start thinking a name for him. The name will then be sent to a Master to check whether it's suitable with his BaZi or not. Since i dunno mandarin characters, i dun have any contribution to this task.

So, i joked with hubby. Let's name the baby Jacob Tee, since i like Jacob's Weetameal so much. Or maybe name him Greene Tee (green tea) :P He ignored me this time...humphhhh :P

heal the rank

2007-11-19T00:33:00.000-08:00

My blog PR has not "healed" yet. There is no opps for me from PPP but luckily i still have another faithful sponsor such as Blogitive. The opps in Blogivite are running out very quickly too lately. Making money online does not come as easily as last time anymore and worse, if your blog is only PR1.

mummy-to-be list

2007-11-18T05:12:00.001-08:00

At last some things for myself. Maternity pads, washable nursing pads and stretch mark cream. More things to come. I'm using stretch mark cream since a few weeks ago. My colls & frens have been warning me that the mark will come when i reach 6 months pregnant. I'm already 24weeks pregnant and i have not seen any stretch mark on my tummy *touch wood*. I think my tummy ain't big enough kua. Hubby too lending me hands to massage my tummy 2-3 times a week and during every weekends. I guess he is starting to enjoy putting his ears against my tummy to listen for the baby's movement & talking to the baby on and off =)

the list goes on

2007-11-18T05:00:00.002-08:00

We bought this when we went to Baby Fair at Sunshine Square. Avent's milk bottles has fixed price be it in Jusco or anywhere else. So when we saw the price slashed to 20% in Sunshine, we grabbed it without giving it a second thought. The salesgirl was quite annoying and kept recommending us to buy a few boxes of milk bottle and buy a set of breast pump at the price of RM1800. Crazy!!! We have so many other things to buy including baby bath tub, baby cot mattress, diapers, stroller, walker..........such a long list. I better list down what else is there to buy some more.

baby's first clothes

2007-11-18T04:54:00.000-08:00

This is the first pair of clothes hubby bought for our baby. Simple, white, pure and it's so mini. Look at the size of hubby's shirt compare to our baby's. In another 10-20 years, the baby is going to wear the same size of shirt as hubby :)

look Ma, i can somersault

2007-11-16T00:52:00.000-08:00

My baby is doing somersault in my tummy, moving non-stop and i can see my tummy moving. Maybe it's just as excited as am i cos i just can't wait for tomorrow. Hopefully the baby is no shy anymore this time. Don't be too shy, just open up and let us know ler. Your mummy has to buy new clothes and start thinking of suitable names now.

6-days off

2007-11-12T23:59:00.000-08:00

And my page rank went from 3 to 1. It took me dunno how long to be in rank 3 and it took only 6 days to drop to rank 1. So unfair. Bloggers also need days off rite? We cannot be blogging every single day wat.

Honestly, until today i have no idea how it became rank 3 in the first place :P I bet my page rank is going down when i go on leave again in Dec.

home without income

2007-11-08T05:51:00.000-08:00

Off from work is so much fun but unfortunately, i only get to go online at night when hubby brings back his notebook as i have no idea why my laptop cannot detect any wireless at home. Will also take time off from writing paid post too, means less income for this month :P Oh well, it's fine for me. Get more rest and sleep....hibernate and eat :P

i have big tummy, get lost from my car park

2007-11-04T18:47:00.000-08:00

I thought my VIP car park is already reserved for me until i go on maternity. Manatau, when i reached this morning, an absent-minded fella parked at my place happily, a green MyVi. Hey, last week, CW's place was taken. Today's my turn. Lodged a complaint at our main guard house and they got me the car owner after 2hours. Apparently, the car owner was late and conveniently parked at my place cos she thought that the car park was still reserved under her friend's name. How wonderful. The next time if my VIP car park is taken by aliens, i should just park my car next to our main guard house and wait till the guard informs me that my car park is vacant. Good idea huh?

my favourite blogs

2007-10-31T02:18:00.000-07:00

I have developed a very bad habit now. Before i start to work, i just have to browse the blogs in my Favourite folder, even before i on my Outlook :P I'm paid to work, not to read blog but i just couldn't resist it. Some blogs are interesting and some motivate me to continue writing paid posts. Although some blogs are full of craps, yet they never failed to amuse me with their creativity in writing.

i belong here

2007-10-31T01:46:00.000-07:00

There are so many people saying good bye to each other. I guess they've all received a big ang pow each now. If i was given a choice, i would rather not take it. I'm so comfortable with my job now unless they really kick me out. As long as i'm still useful in here, nobody is going to kick me out from here.

VIP car park

2007-10-31T01:33:00.003-07:00

I'm determined to go home early again today. Couldn't seem to concentrate at work today eventhough i just came in to work at 1pm. My car was parked quite a distance away and i've to ask the doc to write a referral letter tomorrow morning. I want my own parking lot, even for just 3 months.

2.5kg

2007-10-31T01:33:00.001-07:00

My weight increased again this month. The nurse was alarmed and kept asking me whether i have diabetes or not. How am i supposed to know whether i have or not, you should be the one doing the test on me. Crazy isn't? This is what you get when you go for free checkup :P

perfume

2007-10-29T23:40:00.003-07:00

I saw a few posts from other bloggers about perfume giveaway. I'm not a great fan of perfume and i do not have any specific perfume that i like. A friend gave me an Estee Lauder perfume & this reminds me that i bought an Issey Miyake perfume for myself last year and i still haven't got any chance to use it. But for now, all i want is the medicated oil made in Thailand.

ranting non-stop

2007-10-29T23:40:00.001-07:00

When i have no opp to write, i rant. When i have to many opps to write, i rant. Now i have about 10 opps on hand but what am i doing now? I go read other blogs and leave comments. Will be taking half day off again tomorrow for my monthly routine check-up. Going to waste half a day waiting for the doc to attend to me and telling me to take balance diet meals and exercise more. So boring.

under sleeping spell

2007-10-29T22:42:00.000-07:00

And i thought going to bed as 10pm will cure my sleepiness. My legs ached so much yesterday that i couldn't sleep well. I forgot to reduce the fan speed and it was like tornado in the middle of the night. It is so difficult to not able to sleep on my tummy anymore. Oh yeah, the baby kicks me on and off at night. Although it's not that noticeable yet, but i'm a light sleeper at night only. Try waking me up when i'm having my afternoon nap. You sure fail miserably.

no thanks

2007-10-29T17:22:00.001-07:00

Hubby asked whether i want to drive to work today or he drives. Was he joking? I've never driven to work from mainland before due to the crazy traffic after the toll booths. I dun want to go in between gigantic lorries and mad drivers. Some of them just couldn't give ways to drivers like me. I would rather sleep all the way to office, and thanks for the offer.

cook for hire

2007-10-29T17:13:00.001-07:00

Mum called us up again for dinner last night at 5pm+. Hubby was too tired to drive all the way to her place for dinner but he did that for my sake. After all, we do not have any appointment last night. Dinner was good and i just love the prawn curry & chicken soup. We stayed until 9pm before deciding to call it a day. If only mum stays next door, then we don't have to have headache on what to eat everyday :P

poor eyes

2007-10-29T01:10:00.001-07:00

I need to take a break now. My eyes are killing me again. I've just switched to a new pair of specs last week to replace my 6 years old specs. My vision has not deteriorated eventhough i've not changed my specs regularly. Let's see what am i going to do with the RM250 for next year. A pair of new sunglasses perhaps.

$10 gone just like that

2007-10-28T23:38:00.001-07:00

Oh dear, i was busy posting PPP opps until i forgot to enter a non-paid post in between the opps earlier. Argh!!! Does my carelessness going to cause me $10? Iskh!!! Someone please wake me up. Nevermind, my blog is at Rank 3 now, i can still afford to earn back my $10 tomorrow, hopefully.

sleep mode

2007-10-28T23:29:00.000-07:00

I was in sleep mode until CW triggered me to look out for opp in PPP. Believe it or not, i actually confused myself between entering URL & post title. No wonder i kept getting stupid error messages when i hit Post button. Stupid me. Sleep mode has its drawback. I'm going to fall asleep again as soon as i hit Publish Post button.

my blog rank increased

2007-10-28T23:25:00.001-07:00

Oh my! Oh my! I saw a lot of opp in PPP today. And silly me thought that PPP is having some kind of bugs. Anyway, i was writing happily and keep posting the opps before i found out that 2 of my blogs are now in different ranks.

Stories To Share - Rank 1
Life at Work - Rank 3

No wonder i'm seeing so many opps in PPP now. And i thought my mind is playing tricks on me.

i'm leaking

2007-10-28T23:22:00.001-07:00

First, I'm too heavy for my feet, and now i'm "leaking". I visit the toilet so often that i'm so fed up already. Nowadays, i get thirsty very easily so i have to consume a lot of water. The moment i drink water, i need to visit the toilet about 10-15mins later, that fast! Drink - toilet - drink - toilet, non-stop. And our company toilet isn't exactly a nice place to go to. If you're lucky, you may even find worms squirming on the cubicle wall and floor, yucky! To add wound to salt, my friend told me that this "leaking" condition will get worse until right before my labor. Aiyooo..... Wait...i have to stop complaining. At least this is better than having tummy discomfort :P

i'm too heavy for my feet

2007-10-25T00:43:00.001-07:00

In our company, you can only apply for a reserved car park lot if you're 6 months pregnant. And since the size of our company is diminishing, the number of reserved car park lots have been reduced, thus, limited. I walked to the clinic to confirm and was told this fact. Not wanting to be put on waiting list when i reach my 6th month, i went over to our guard house to check for any available car park. Luck was on my side when i was told, there is one vacancy near lobby and so i asked the kind girl to book for me first before i get the medical prove from my doc next week. Hopefully no one will go to labour before or at the same time as i am.

Walking is slowly getting more difficult for me, not becos of the weight cos i've reached 64kg before, a few years back. The more i walk now, the more i could feel the pressure of my tummy on my legs. I envy those slim ones who are on high heels and low waist jeans.

music for prenatal babies

2007-10-23T01:02:00.000-07:00

Soft music is good for prenatal babies and pregnant ladies. I couldn't agree more. We bought a box of prenatal music containing 4 cds from QB. Three of them contain classical music while the 4th one is about parenting tips. So hubby decided to put each cd at different places. One at home, one in the car and one at my workplace. At first it was nice to listen to something different, soothing music to calm yourself and the baby. But the more i listen to it, the more boring it gets. You could just practically fall asleep listening to the cds. I know why i'm so sleepy all of a sudden. But the truth is, my baby is moving in my tummy when i played the first song. Strange huh?

bad rat, bad bad rat

2007-10-09T17:25:00.003-07:00

Someone just shrieked. It must be the bad bad rat again. One was found dead near our dept and smell stink big time. A few of us had to be relocated to another section temporarily while waiting for the facility folks to settle the dead rat. Rats in our office have bad taste. They should have attacked the kitchen instead of straying around underground and get electrocuted. How stupid.

how do you laugh

2007-10-09T00:15:00.000-07:00

People do laugh differently.

Some laugh like they're choking: "haha...*gasp*...haha...*gasp*...haha".
Some laugh like a woody wood pecker: "heh heh heh heh...heh heh heh heh...heh heh heh heh".
Some laugh like a sex maniac: "heeheehee...heeheehee...heeheehee".
Some laugh like when you try to turn on the car engine: "kekekekekekekekeke"

I throw back my head and go "hahahahahahaha".

So, how do you laugh?

how to type with protruding tummy

2007-10-08T01:55:00.001-07:00

Although my tummy is still not that visible yet, but i'm having difficulty sitting in my own place. Tummy is preventing me from going nearer to the table so i have to drag my notebook nearer to the edge of the table. I wonder how near must i pull the notebook towards me when i'm 7 months pregnant. Just leave it on my lap?? :P How did the rest of the pregnant ladies manage to type comfortably?

i need food

2007-10-01T18:55:00.002-07:00

I just took my home-made burger this morning and i'm still feeling hungry. Is the cold weather making go hunger faster? I think i'll just ask sis to join me for early lunch again. But will all my sponsors offer opps during lunch? Aiya, eat first then think later :P

good start

2007-09-30T20:31:00.001-07:00

The moment i went online, CW pinged me about opps in PPP. So kind of him, i managed to grab USD10 so early in the morning on the first day of the month. He had helped me to grab another USD5 last month too. But too bad for him to not able to grab any from Blogitive. Blogitive always offers opps around 11am to lunch time, i wonder why. I have yet to grab any opp yet today. Hope my luck will be better for the rest of this month.

stupid Monday jam again

2007-09-30T17:41:00.000-07:00

Today i took about 1.5 hours to reach office due to stupid Monday jam. To add salt to wound, it's raining so heavily all the way from home. Cars were overtaking each other dangerously while motorcyclists were showing off their stunts in the rain. I slept right after we passed the toll booths. Woken up by hubby upon reaching office. Everybody better stay out of my way. I'm sleepy today.

so many y's

2007-09-27T17:39:00.000-07:00

Izzit me or does this happen to all mama-to-be?

Why am i feeling sleepy during the first week of 2nd trisem even when i have work to do?
Why do i feel sleepy at 9pm when i used to go to bed much later than that?
Why do i wake up at 3.30-3.45am and stay wide awake for some time before i finally go back to sleep?
Why i always have the urge to visit the toilet every morning (big biz)?

Am i becoming a grumpy pot + Sleeping Beauty. What a combination! =P

why like that

2007-09-25T21:07:00.001-07:00

I just can't believe it. Two USD50 opps were right in front of me & i couldn't grab them in time. It's so frustrating. It was the first time i saw 2 opps in white but i was just too late. Haiyooooo...

*i'm in lazy mood this whole week..hehehe :P

twins

2007-09-20T01:38:00.000-07:00

You may think i'm crazy but i'm hoping for twins. Of cos it's not possible as doc has just detected 1 heart beat few weeks ago. Having twins are great but my fren has been telling me the things she has to put up with her twins. From what i heard from her, her twins are very mischievous and they are driving her up the wall. Pity her only.

enough is enough

2007-09-20T01:36:00.000-07:00

My eyes are really killing me. They are too tired and i can't stand any longer. I guess i'm going to give up another 2 opps as i have no strength to write any longer. Just want to complete the last one and be done with it. I'm refusing money, so unlike me.

turning into a giant

2007-09-19T00:31:00.000-07:00

My colleague has just commented that my tummy & lower part of my body is getting bigger and bigger. Hips are expanding and my thighs are like turkey drumsticks according to hubby. Oh dear, i'm really afraid i'll turn into giants like some of the people here after giving birth. Will i be able to lose enough weight to get back to my normal size?

pure luck?

2007-09-19T00:29:00.000-07:00

First day of the week, i received 3 roses from my colleague who has just came back from Cameron Highlands. Yesterday i received 3 chocolates from another colleague. And today i received more than 10 opps from Blogivite. Am i just lucky? Oh dear, my tummy is making noises again now. It's feeding time.

my one and only piano

2007-09-19T00:17:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not, we learnt piano when we were staying in Ipoh last time. But unfortunately, i didn't want to complete the lesson and left stranded at Grade 5. Sad isn't? Learning piano is not cheap. Mum bought a C. Steinbert piano for us when we decided to learn piano. I still remember coming home one day to find a black piano in our living room. It was so elegant and the wood was so shining. At first we wanted ivory instead of black but i have no idea why it was black in the end. Well, although nobody is playing the piano now, parents still decided to move the piano to Penang when they moved here.

piano pieces

2007-09-19T00:13:00.000-07:00

I'm listening to La Cumparsita played by Richard Clayderman. He is my all time favourite when it comes to piano pieces. All the while, i thought he looks cool & attractive. However, I saw him once on Discovery Channel where they interviewed him. He doesn't look as good looking as he does on CDs cover also. He looked older and more haggard. And i thought he was very young :P He really spent a fortune on buying good quality pianos. I couldn't remember much details from the discovery channel but i like the way he plays the piano & his pieces.

noise

2007-09-19T00:04:00.000-07:00

Many people are talking very loudly near my cubicle now. Luckily i have my headphone with me to listen to songs. If only i have Sony headphones which will eliminate all the noise around me. Hubby is thinking of asking his friend to bring back one pair when the friend returns from business trip from US. I bet it's not cheap but wouldn't mind if he gives me as my birthday present :D

fingers turning into ice

2007-09-19T00:01:00.000-07:00

My fingers are freezing now. I have no idea why my cubicle is especially cold compared to my colleagues'. I don't freeze that much when i'm standing near their cubicle talking to them. My finger nails are turning into purplish blue and it's hard to type in such condition. I have to keep rubbing my hands on and off. How to complete my opps in such condition??

hurry berry

2007-09-18T23:49:00.000-07:00

I'm going to rant and whine and ramble a lot today. Why? Cos i have too many opps to write before the dateline tomorrow. And guess what, i'm taking Friday off again to go for serious checkup at LWE. So i better complete all the posts today or else i'll have to reject some of them :(

blogitive has not forgotten me yet

2007-09-18T23:47:00.001-07:00

I have no idea how and why but i managed to grab more than 4 opps per blog from Blogitive today. This is insane. I've been refreshing the page so frequently for the past few weeks to no avail. I just have to keep writing and posting today. It's a good thing i have lesser assignments today. And i thought of giving up on Blogitive like i did with 3Ps.

a norm or a must

2007-09-18T23:25:00.000-07:00

Is it a must to buy back souvenirs for your colleagues when you're back from business trips or vacation? The answer is vague. Well, as for me, it depends on my mood. When i feel like bringing back some souvenirs, i would. If not, i will not even bother to think about it. Therefore i dun rant whenever i don't see any souvenirs from other people. As for hubby, he never fail to bring something back for me each time he returns from somewhere. So, my conclusion is, it's not a must, it's just a norm.

toilets

2007-09-18T23:16:00.000-07:00

The toilets in our company is very very disgusting and dirty. I mean some of the toilets here. Used toilet papers are all over the floor and it's really an eye sore. I guess the people who create such mess deserve a spank on their buttocks each time before they step out from the toilet cubicle.

Oh yeah, if you're lucky, you may even spot a few rubber band like worms on the floor or wall of the cubicle. Yeap, it's that disgusting. Worms & wet toilet papers, what more do we need to ask for?

food crave

2007-09-18T23:05:00.000-07:00

I went hungry early again today. All of a sudden, i have this crave to eat grilled crab meat. So i messaged hubby about that, just to disturb him. Manatau, he asked me to dial pizza hut delivery service for seafood pizza. Iskh!!! How could he deny my request? Nevermind, i'll make sure he takes me for pizza after work today.

hunger

2007-09-18T23:02:00.001-07:00

I was down with gastric yesterday after attending an almost 2 hours talk by one of our company VIPs. It started an hour after lunch and finished about 4pm. I underestimated the duration and forgot to bring my tupperware of biscuits with me. My tummy was gassy and i hard difficulty in consuming food after that. Damn.

bribe me with food

2007-09-14T02:30:00.000-07:00

He promised today will not too late. He said we'll be leaving at 5pm sharp for once today. He said dun disturb him cos he is rushing his work to keep his promise. So i waited patiently.

5.30pm now, the traffic is piling up all the way to bridge. It's pouring cats & dogs, fish & frogs. I'm still sitting comfortably at my place with no complaints. Why? Cos he just brought me out for lunch just now when i craved for kuey teow th'ng with pig liver. All the way from Bayan Lepas to Batu Lanchang for kuey teow th'ng & pasembor =)

drooling yet?

2007-09-12T19:47:00.000-07:00

Want to know where i had my dinner yesterday?

Main Dishes

After the sumptuous meals, we attacked the dessert corner

Below are random pics which i took around Spice Market.

It's not cheap but definitely worth it =)

i love pig liver

2007-09-11T20:46:00.001-07:00

Right after posting the post below, i called up my mum and i almost cried when complaining to her all the "sufferings" i've been thru. Of cos i didn't break down in office cos there were still a lot of people here at that time. Felt better after talking to mum and hubby IM me to ask me to wait a little longer. Humphh!!!

When we finally got to go home, traffic was surprisingly smooth all the way to our dinner place. Since i'm lack of red blood cells, hubby decided to order a bowl of pig liver for me to try. Mum says pig liver is rich with red blood cells, so no choice, i had to finished the whole bowl after finishing my bowl of porridge. It didn't taste as yucky as i thought it would be. Dip in soya sauce & eat it with red chillies. Tasted good and no bloody smell.

Didn't know that a bowl of pig liver could do wonders. This morning, no headache, no gassy tummy, no feeling vomitish!! I could even finish a packet of nasi kandar for breakfast. I should have taken pig liver sooner to avoid all the unnecessary headache!!! So happy today and just hope that headache will not come back so soon *touch wood*.

just arghhHHHHH!!!!!

2007-09-11T02:17:00.001-07:00

I feel like puking now. I eat regularly, i drink enough water, i put enough oilment and i still feel like puking now. Some say nutmeg will help, some say take more assam, some say eat less but more frequent - i've done tried all of them but how come i still feel vomitish? Not enough rest? Bullshit. Not enough food? Bullshit. Not enough water? Lagi bullshit. People say all this will be over after 12weeks. I thought so too but why am i still having all this nonsense?!?!?!?! It's already 5.20pm and i'm still stuck in the stupid office typing this stupid post. I want a car of my own!!!!! I dun want to be stuck in the jam at 7pm!?!?! Not in this condition. I want to bite his head off now. I want to go home at 5pm sharp everyday. I WANT TO SHOUT!!!

can't work in peace

2007-09-09T18:25:00.000-07:00

My morning started great. Breakfast as usual, took vitamins and with a little bit of headache we left the house for work. Headache gradually became a little bit serious but could still take it without oilment and pao sim. By the time hubby drove passed the guard house, i vomitted everything out all of a sudden. It's the 6th time. Although i usually feel much better after vomiting, but it usually follows by severe headache which makes me frustrated. I just feel like pulling my head off, give it a shake and re-attach it back to my neck. Need more oilment now. I hope i dun have to take half day leave again today.

irritating

2007-09-06T18:04:00.000-07:00

The world was spinning around me when i woke up yesterday morning. I sat on the bed for while after switching off the alarm, trying to gather myself together. Thinking that maybe i was just hungry, went downstairs to make myself a glass of hot milk. Soon after finished, my condition got worse and the moment hubby came out from the bathroom, i rushed in and vomitted the glass of hot milk i took less than 5mins ago. That was the 5th time i vomitted since started pregnant. Can you imagine, the milk was still warm when it flowed out from my tummy :p Geli huh? No choice, crawled back to bed, called my boss for an emergency leave while covering myself with blanket and trying to sleep. Head was still spinning. Hubby called mil over in case i pengsan in my room or bathroom :p

Today, the world is spinning again but at least better than yesterday. I have no idea why i can't escape from gassy tummy & headache after so long. Geram only.

faking it

2007-09-03T01:15:00.001-07:00

Was supposed to go out for lunch with hubby and to grab something from the shop before he messaged me about meeting his friends for lunch instead. Oh well, no choice but to shop after work later. I hate to reach home late actually but with his tight work schedule, we usually leave work after 6pm or 6.30pm. Sometimes, i just would like to have a car of my own but that will add to our expenses unnecessarily. I think i'm gonna fake a headache again at 5pm :P It works quite well a few weeks back :D

Hawaii real estate

2007-09-03T00:36:00.000-07:00

I just love to travel and i guess everybody enjoys it too, unfortunately the dream of travelling non-stop won't come true so soon yet. Unless i strike a lottery or find a treasure chest buried in my house garden. Otherwise, let me just go on dreaming for now.

I'm do not have knowledge in real estate investments. But if i have a lot of money, i would invest in Hawaii vacation rentals. Imagine hubby & i get to Hawaii once a year to stay at our vacation home there. We could even rent it out to tourists during peak seasons. Would we be getting more profit investing in Florida vacation rentals ? There are houses or condos for sale at affordable prices and not to mention their locality. All these can be done easily by going Goin2Travel site. All you need to do is to browse and select the location according to your need and preference.

out of office

2007-08-27T19:29:00.000-07:00

What is the use of "Out of Office" mail?
It's set when you're away from office or on leave or etc.

What is written in the Out of Office mail?
It usually indicates the period of time you'll be away and who is your backup in case of urgent issues.

However, not many people know how to utilise Out of Office mail. They set the date, they set the backup person. Unfortunately, the backup person will only know she/he is the backup after receving that person's Out of Office mail. How wonderful.

stupid me

2007-08-26T17:44:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, after dinner, mil passed me a bottle of "pao sam" for us in order to avoid sleepiness during working hours. But stupid me, i took one piece as i like pao sam a lot and without realising it's already 9pm. So the after effect, i stared at the ceiling of the room until i have no idea what time. All i know now, my head is heavy today and i'm having terrible headache again. Couldn't sleep in the car on the way to work due to traffic jam & hubby stepped on the brake so often until we reached office. Help me...

dun bless me in the toilet

2007-08-21T00:12:00.000-07:00

Just a min ago, i was doing my own business in the toilet when suddenly i was blessed with "holy" water from another person in the next toilet. I think she must have confused whether to turn the water tap clockwise or anticlockwise. With me partially soaked with water, i guessed she must be damn wet herself. Next time, test the direction before turning the water tap, please...I dun want to be blessed again.

I used to do that at home as i have the habit of washing my feet whenever i reach home. Instead of turning on the tap to wash my feet, i always ter-turned on the tap of the shower and ended up soaked. I think whoever was in the toilet next to me has learnt her lesson well today.

i'm lovin' it

2007-08-20T20:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday i went missing in action during the second half as i needed to run some errands with hubby. Grabbed lunch at McD. Did you know that the McD in QB is not really up to the normal standard as other McDs? The renovation is different, the placing of menu is totally out. Imagine there is a part of the menu hidden behind the wall separating the counters & sink? The fries are not salty enough. I love McD eversince i was younger. Aunt used to take us all to McD at Komtar on Saturday when we went to visit grandpa. Fillet-O-Fish + large fries + large Coke, my usual order. At that time, I didn't know how to enjoy double cheeseburger & Big Mac yet, but Fillet-O-Fish still remains my all time favourite.

ah kong has left us

2007-08-19T18:04:00.001-07:00

I'm supposed to be on leave and be in SP today until Thurs. However, mil says i cannot overnight for so many days in SP due to some reasons. It's my ah kong's funeral. He finally rests in peace on Sunday, 19 Aug 2008 after battling his 3rd stage lung cancer for 2 years++. The cancer cells attacked his lungs again 3 weeks ago which landed him under special care in SP Private Hospital. You may wonder why SP and not Penang? SP is where his home is. Ah ma was brought back to SP when she passed away 2 years ago. I'll be on compassionate leave this Wed & Thurs to send him off.

sunshine going away

2007-08-16T23:43:00.000-07:00

You're my sunshine, my only Sunshine,
You make me happy, when skies are blue,
A'll never know dear, how much i love,
Please dun take my Sunshine away....

Our Sunshine convenience store will no longer be operating effective next month. The business used to be better before the company decided to change the location of the store. Imagine an oblong store where you can't even see the other side of the store from cashier. People curi things also you won't know. And no doubt the things sold are cheaper than the tidbits stall in our cafeteria. Haih....what else is going to be stripped from us?

close encounter

2007-08-16T19:23:00.000-07:00

My morning started off very nicely this morning. Woke up at 7.05am since i stayed overnight at mum's place cos hubby was outstation. Slowly freshen up myself & mum made breakfast & prepared chicken essence too. I was thinking of taking half day off today but with the chicken essence, i think i can stay till 5pm. While driving near QB, i saw a motorcyclist parked his bike near the road divider, so i swerved slightly to the left to avoid the bike. However, the car in front of me stopped all of a sudden, which made me stepped on the break as hard as i could & swerved all the way to the left to avoid kissing into his butt. Luckily no cars behind me, or else i'll be kissing the butt of the car in front of me & risking my butt being kissed too. I guess the Kenari in front of me must have been dreaming while driving. It’s drizzling and he’s not paying attention to his surrounding. Not kiasi ar?

i can't cook

2007-08-15T17:27:00.000-07:00

I was treated the most delicious porridge today from ah kim. She is such a good cook. Her porridge is always just nice, not too thick, not too watery and with lots of ingredients : chicken meat, chicken skin, scallops, fish something (i dunno wat izzit called) & ABALONE!!! Now you know why her porridge is the best. She is always generous when it comes to putting in ingredients. I can never know how to cook a proper pot of porridge. It always turns into a pot of starch. No matter how much/little water i put, it becomes starchy in the end. That's it, not going to cook porridge anymore. I've tried to learn from ah kim on how to cook a nice pot of porridge. Instead of teaching me, she is going to ta pao the ingredients for me instead and let me try at home....alamak...such a waste. It's going to be starch + abalone..blekkkk... If only i can cook well. Hubby never complains whenever i cook. Sometimes pity him too cos usually when i cook badly, i myself will not touch the particular dish & poor him has to finish them all :p He's a better cook than me, no doubt about that but yet he never complains :P

is it a norm?

2007-08-12T18:41:00.000-07:00

Imagine this: Your partner & you are hungry and both of you wanted to pack lunch to eat at home since the weather is hot. However, your in-laws are also at home at the same time. Will you pack some food back for them even though they've taken their lunch or will you just buy 2 packets of food just enough for you and your partner? You will be surprised how many people i know who would just pack food for themselves and not for the whole house. Takkan 10 pieces of pisang goreng can cause a lot of money???