Drools..

I really want a piece of this beautiful marshall!

Geez! I need a break!

Just got back from work and now I'm slumping in front of my pc again. Finally the project that I've been busy with for the past two months is done. Yeah, it'll launch in a day or two. I'm proud of it!

Not forget to mention that my grandma passed away peacefully last Monday 17.9.2007 at the ripe age of 93 years. I really can't imagine myself living for almost a century. I'll miss her. All the knitting that she taught me, the bright red cardigan that she knitted for me when I was a kid... maybe that's when my desire for the color of red began. I caught everything on the video, from the mass to the funeral. I didn't feel sad at all, frankly I didn't even cried a tear. Just a little guilt, maybe slightly more than a little, because I don't think that I've done anything remarkable for her. But still, she's grandma and all. She's in a better place now.

I just wanna live for today so that I'll have no regrets tomorrow. And maybe the first step towards that is a shower right now so that I won't blame myself for having rashes tomorrow! Chuckles!

I'm Back

Hi,

I'm back on-line. Just completed the Streamyx self installation. LOL. Now I can continue to download my Tsubasa comics! Yay! Gotta start right away. Tata!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Sense and Sensibility

Went shopping with daddy & mummy yesterday evening at 1 Utama. There's this sinful & tempting event going on - SALE! I saw this "buy me, you know that you wanna" grey cardigan blouse at Padini. Went into the fitting room cubicle with Mummy to try it on along with another few garmets. After putting it on, it won me over completely. I wanted to buy this now "you must buy me" blouse which cost RM 99. But it'll definitely burn one hell of a big hole in my pocket! Mummy, being sensible as always (even when she's naked, said "Don't buy. It's too expensive" while trying on another blouse herself. So I'm in a dilemma. To buy or not to buy? While still pondering, mummy asked,"Where's the camera?" My train of toughts snapped off. Oh, the digicam that I brought long to take pictures of the Christmas trees? Mummy took out the camera and said,"You like the blouse? We can snap a pic of it (in the fitting room cubicle). So you don't have to buy it." I was like uh, um well.. ok.

Say Cheese (or peace)!
SNAP!

The moral of the story, bring your mum with you when you go shopping? Well, not really but at least I'm not a hunred ringgit poorer. Chuckles! ^^

Nichiyoubi

YAWN!! Another lazy Sunday afternoon at home. Just finished reading the Nana scanlations yesterday.. Huh? Oh, I read all the 15 volumes non-stop – for 8 hours straight! Till morning. Slept at 4 a.m. Hmmm… the power of Takumi!? I’m totally used and spent by that charming prince.. Tired! I can’t get up... I wanna sleep... some more... zzzz... It’s all your fault Takumi... you bastard… zzzz…

Hhmmm?

Bored.... really bored.... ^^

Weird Guy!

I just got some verbal assult from my boss yesterday evening, that's 15 minutes before I call it a day. Some luck! He called me into his room and I got those "really" nice words from him - for something beyond my control and fault. Ok - whatever! Jeng! Jeng! Jeng! This's the best part.. While slumping half dead, I dragged myself to the LRT station. I bumped into Mei Kheng! We had a great night together. Luv ya Phi Phi ^^

Oh, back to my boss. He took me out for lunch today and said he's sorry. Weird huh? Since when did bossy bosses knew how to apologize? Just darn weird.. Ok - whatever! Jeng! Jeng! Jeng! This's the best part.. He's on a 2 weeks leave starting next Monday! Hurrah! Hurray! Horray! Long live the boss! ^^

Oh forgive me for these craps.. ^^

Giant Choco

WE LIKE IT LARGE! WE LIKE IT BIG! WE LIKE IT DARK!

Workaholic?

I took up Mei Kheng's advice, that is I should start looking for a job before I graduate. Thanks Mei Kheng. Love you! :) I gave it some thoughts and I think it's a very practical thing to do. Keng Keng thinks that I'm actually nuts! Haha.. She said why hurry. So the workaholic me has strike again! I started looking for jobs from jobstreet.com, the newspaper and even walk into banks asking for a job. I sent out copies of my resume and I'm waiting for their closing date before I can get a response.

OK, so I got one marketing consultancy firm asking me to attend their interview (the first job that I applied for). So I went on Monday for a PRE-LIMINARY interview. Which is less than 15 minutes! On the day itself in the evening, I got a phone call asking me to go for a second interview which is the final interview. SO I went today and they say they wanna hire me. Good you say? Nope.. cuz its more like a direct sales company! So here I am ranting about the interview!

Stupid company, waste my time only!

Didn't explain fully, not even trustworthy!

Should have told me, you're like a direct sales company!

Nevermind.. another job will come by. Cuz I really did send out a FEW (ten only) copies of my resume. I'll just have to be persistent and don't give up! While waiting, I should concentrate on my coming exams, which is the very last time I'm gonna be taking them! Wait untill I finish my exams, I'll send out my resumes in mass volume! Haha..

Three cheers for myself - Gambate! Gambate! Gambate! ^^

New Look!

I finally got it straight...ehemm..my hair..lah..

Wonders what Bee Bee will say tomorrow...

All Smiles!

Mood: really (x 100000) HAPPY!

Reason No. 1: thesis is DONE!!

Heehee... ^^ I'm really happy and relieved. Those heavy tonnes of worries are now gone. Well, actually I haven't send the thesis for printing and binding yet but all the typing done and I'm proud of it! Happy happy! I'm in an extremely good mood today. Cracking jokes all day long.. laughing and smiling 'till my facial muscles ache..

Reason No. 2: Yuki-chan is extremely fat!

Now both Bee Bee and me calls her fei-po! Chuckles! We went to the vet for her 2nd vaccination and the vet said that she's a bit too fat. To the point of over-weight. But I thinks that she's very very cute. When she runs around the room, those fatty lumps on her stomach keep on bouncing! Chuckles! I'm not complaining though. The fatter, the rounder, the more cuter she is! Awww... Ain't she cute!

Oh, by the way she's going to be neutered after Chinese New Year. So maybe she'll lose some weight after the operation.

Fetish

I'm going out of my mind! Don't know why I'm always hooked onto manga characters with glasses! I love Hakkai/Tenpou of Saiyuki, Tatsumi and Muraki of Yami No Matsuei, and of course Kichi from the Love Mode manga (tq sango.. luv u muaakkss).

Man with glasses always made me feel that they are cunning, smart, considerate, and caring. And if the glasses would go with a sly casual smirk that just match... awww... they're simply irresistable! (melts..)

Right now I'm clicking through the scanlations of Saiyuki Gaiden and I'm drooling over Tenpou's beautiful face.. He's so sexy with glasses! XD

No wonder Bee Bee wears spectacles too! ^0^

Holiday or not? II

Tired.. headache.. mentally drained.. (the 3 tokens of gratitude you get from the ever grateful examinations!) Now it's the beginning of a long 1 week break before the last idiotic moral paper. Gotta admit I didn't do well in the strategic planning & management paper just now. Aih.. don't wanna think about it anymore. Let's cheer myself up a bit!

Christmas - the best time of the year is just around the corner! I'm already in the festive mood since the end of November. Can't wait to spent the Christmas eve with my buddies. But I'm not sure will they come this year.. I still haven't tell them yet. Yo, nigo, sango, yongo... (waving both hands high in the air) are you guys coming this year? Do come cuz.. it won't be the same without you people. I'm looking foward to the fireflies trip too! ^^

But then again.. my thesis is stil not yet done! (Puts both palms on the face. Holding my own head hard) I gotta finish it as soon as possible. I'll continue to work on the literature review tomorrow. T_T

Yuki-chan!

I got a new kitten! Little Yuki-chan is so kawaii! Got her from the SPCA at Ampang. Bee Bee insisted that I should get a cat since I drool over one whenever I saw one on the street. Yuki-chan is not staying at my place but at Bee Bee's. Bee Bee gave her the whole master bedroom since his entire house is empty. She's a very cute kitten but it's quite suprising that she doesn't mew much. She's very quiet. She doesn't go meow and meow non-stop like Christmas (my preveious cat). However, she's very playful and energetic. I played with her the entire afternoon today. She's just too adorable! Those round blue eyes and un-even mix of vanilla and chocolate ice-cream fur coat makes her angelic! Exteremely cute! VERY VERY CUTE!! Meow... ^_^

Warning & Ice Cream

Saw this ice cream test from sango's blog.. and tried it out..
Cookies and cream!? One of my favorites! Yum yum!

















Saw another warning label thingy in nigo's blog.. tried it as well..
Radioactive!? Uh! Beware.. I'm leaking gamma rays!
















Just got home.. It's raining again. Gives me the chills! Better hibernate since the weather is nice. Ciao! ZZZzzz...

On Yu Leng's birthday..

Well, she should be studying or maybe still sleeping right now. Haha.. Sleepy head. Wanted so badly to call her, but aih... wished I were richer. Nevermind that. So this little girl's 21 huh? (I think she's gonna rip my head off when she sees this. Little!?) No, no.. sorry. I'll start over. So the tough girl's 21 huh? (Hope I get the right adjective this time) Chomp, chomp.. (Uh! Excuse me.. I'm chewing some apples for breakfast) Did the birthday card arrived on time? It better did or else.. Chomp.. chomp.. (still chewing..)

Since I can't afford to send you a cake in the land far far away, might as well make one - HERE! I won't take long. Just a FEW lines. Now, let's decide what cake. Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm.. Is tiramisu cake ok? Fine, you say? Then fine it is (loosely translated, Tira-mi-su simply means "pick-me-up").

The ingredients:
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 cups chilled whipping cream
2/3 cup powdered sugar
6 tablespoons amaretto (just what the heck is this?)
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon coffee powder
3 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) chocolate, coarsely grated
1 cup sliced almonds & some toasted Chocolate shavings

Hajimemasho!

Using electric mixer, I beat the cream cheese in large bowl until smooth (Yeah! Beat it, baby!). Added 1 cup whipping cream, 2/3 cup powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons amaretto, coffee powder. Beaten until fluffy and smooth. Oww.. my hand ached from holding the handle. Using same beaters, I beat the remaining 1 cup cream in medium bowl until firm peaks form. Then, folded whipped cream into cheese mixture for frosting.

Now cut the cake (oh i cut the cake before you did! Heh heh.. sorry Yu Leng!) horizontally into 3 equal layers. Must be equal eh? Just where did I put my ruler? Wait, just a sec.. I'll go get it now. Some 20 minutes later... Hmph! Now it's equal! Looked down at the half massacared cake.. Smirk! It's perfect!

Placed the bottom cake layer on platter. Sprinkled it with 4 teaspoons of amaretto. Spreaded with 1 cup of frosting. Sprinkled with half of grated chocolate. Put another layer of cake, then repeat amaretto, frosting and grated chocolate. Now onto the third cake layer. Sprinkled with 4 teaspoons amaretto. Spreaded remaining frosting over cake. Pressed almonds onto sides of cake. Topped with chocolate shavings.

IT"S DONE!

Eh, Yu Leng, if you are reading this.. make a wish. I made a cake right? No candles? Ok, ok.. I'll light them now. There you go. Eh? Still complaining? Now what? No birthday song? Ok ok.. I'll sing.. Music start.. On the count of three.. 1.. 2.. 3

"Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday to Yu Leng..

Happy birthday to you!"

Please do not eat your laptop screen, it doesn't taste good.
Happy Birthday, Yu Leng! Love you always..

Dream Tracker

Since I'm very good in dreaming these "pleasant" dreams, I might as well pen them down. I had another weird one last night.

In my dream..

The sky was dark, and the long road was congested with many many cars. A kind of terrible traffic jam, I would say. I was on the side of the road, my feet on the road, not the pavement. I walk and walk, ignoring those cars and the people in it. My path was carpeted with many many blades and it's only about two feet wide. I'm stuck between the pavement and the cars on the both of my sides, pavement on my left and cars on my right. I'm glad that the blades did not cut my feet. I couldn't remember if I wore shoes. Ignoring the heat from the car engines and the constant honking of impatient drivers, I was picking up blades on the road. Those blades that we normally use to cut paper, but without the plastic body, only the cold metal blades. Along the road, there were many many blades. I picked up each thin blade, patiently, with my right hand, with my right thumb and index finger, don't know why and for what purpose. Then I placed them on my left palm, which was already holding some pieces of blades. Each time after I placed a newly picked up blade on top of other blades on my palm. I clenched my palm tightly, causing pain and drawing blood with each clench I made. The whole dream was just me picking up blades, clenching my palm to make blood drip, leaving a trail of blood behind while I continued my persuit on the never ending blade path. I couldn't remember how did it end.

Or maybe, like always, my dreams never had endings. It's just me alone persuing the never ending..

Getting Dark..

Another day, another icy morning. When will it stop raining? My two blankets aren't even enough to keep me warm. I could send shivers to every part of my skin with just one slight brush of my icy palm against the surface of my skin. It seems that my holy grey sweater ain't as good as it was before.

Recently I've been having some terrible (or horrible is the better word? Can't decide..) dreams. For two nights in a row, I dreamed that I died. One on in a car crash and one from blood loss.. I guess (cuz the only thing that I saw was blood trickling down my nose when I looked into the mirror). Yeah, so much for the good nite, sweet dreams! I managed to pull myself out of the dream (don't ask how but that's what I do whenever I dreamt these horrible and dark dreams). I woke up panting, heart pumping like crazy and my good for nothing head was spinning! Anyway I was thankful for not waking my brother. As if that some divine forces knew that the two nights did scare the hell out of me, next night's dream got SLIGHTLY better. I didn't die, but I was driving my little yellow car on the highway and I ran over a dead body (forced a smile). Although I always dreamt of children killing each other (I had one where a little girl hang another child on the tree! Lasted for about a week or so), I'm not at all used to these horrible dreams. I always had this yeah-will-sleep-later-not-sleeping-yet-cuz-can't-sleep shitty lie that I told mostly to my parents and Bee Bee almost everynight. The truth was I'm afraid of going to sleep. Was it meant to be this way? I've been growing up listening to my mum, relatives and some god-know-how-8-women that my life is short. OK! Note taken! I'll die early if that's what they want me to know! But then, is my end really crawling in, inch by inch, this soon?

Didn't I torment myself enough already by not having some normal appetite for food (where all my friends, realtives, family and anyone who knew me are saying that I weigh too little). I know that my staple food - milk, is barely enough to keep me alive but heck i don't even feel like sucking that liquid into my mouth. But then again, thanks to Dutch Lady that came up with a new banana flavored milk recently, my staple food now tasted much better. I am actually relieved that I can still find bliss in food! And someone mentioned that eating is an art?

Endless school work and assignments and not forgeting my dissertation pile is inversely related to the amout of time that I have for completing them (Ya know how this relationship thingy work right? Where in an negative relationship, the increase in this will result in a dercrease in that). There's also some mean midterm tests filling in the most tiniest gap they can find in my schedule. Yeah, I'm living in a beautiful hell (err.. heaven, thank you dear lord! Don't strike me please.. Amen). Oh, mentioned that this is what I do to torture myself before? Sorry.. Count your blessings while you still can, pal!

Aquaria

Bee Bee and I went to Aquaria at KL Convention Center today. It's beautiful. But it's not as interesting as the one in Langkawi, where they really have lots of species. I had fun anyway. Nothing much to say other than I took quite a lot of pictures. Awww.. they are all so cute! From the cute clown fishes to some giant fishes (dunno what they are called), I personally adore the lion fish. The black and white catfishes are way cool! Their color resemble some kind of cow. LOL. The tuna fishes are huge. From its tail to the mouth, its length is about 2 ft each. Wonders how many pieces of tuna sandwiches can be made using just one fish! Chuckles! And of course there are also quite a number of sharks. Mr. Sharky looked awesomely smart in his black and white tux! ^^