Plain Jane

A summary of what's going on

2011-12-21T13:46:00.003+08:00

Geez, when it comes to blog posting.. I for one, am a very lazy person. LOL

I didn't do it on purpose tho. I might be lazy, but I do have reasons WHY. But let's not dwell on the WHYs. Here's a summary of what I've been doing. Well, sort of. (like anyone would care to read, anyway..)

* Bunny got a job offer and was transferred. To Sabah.

* We moved to Sabah and got busy setting up our office and new home.

* I started doing Yoga and Jillian Michael's 30-Days Shred. I am on Day-2

* We got a puppy!!

..so my life got even busier with all the new walls to be painted and a new puppy to feed and play with. Life is gonna be so much better now! (except for the few bite marks on my legs and arms by that lil monster!) :P

Happy Birthday, me! :D

2011-08-03T17:15:00.004+08:00

A few... no, many years back, my mother gave birth to a healthy baby girl, and she named her, Cinderella. (well I don't know whose idea was it to name the baby 'Cinderella'. It could be my mother, it could also be my father) Cinderella was born with a mole on her upper right lid and unlike most people with dimples, she was born with a single dimple. Still cute, nonetheless. Ha ha ha :P

To make stories short, her name has been shortened to 'Cindy' but everyone at home called her with another name (that I won't mention here). Due to privacy reason lah bah.

One Saturday morning, while she was in her bedroom, jumping on the bed with her friends, Lu Ting and Ah Wei, she noticed a figure standing in front of her. She couldn't tell whether it's a boy or a girl, but what's obvious was that the figure, dressed in white with golden linings was smiling at her. And when she noticed that big, beautiful pair of white wings... she jumped out of the bed and ran towards her nina (grandmother). Upon telling what she saw to both her nina and mother, her mother ran into the room and touched the bed where Cinderella saw the figure. It was cold and smelled of sweet scents.

She never saw the figure again.

People said that if you've seen an angel, your life will be blessed abundantly. I'd like to believe that. I believe that God has blessed (and is still blessing) me and my family with abundance of grace, peace, love and happiness. Tho there are times when I feel like I am the most unlucky person in the world, He will send someone or something to prove that I'm wrong. :)

It's my birthday today. My family is not around to celebrate it with me like when I was a child, but I can still feel the love like the first birthday I could remember celebrating. There might not be surprises waiting at the door, but their love is ALWAYS around me, birthday or no birthday.

Happy Birthday, me! ^_______^

here comes the weekend (again)

2011-07-31T17:18:00.005+08:00

So my last post was made last Sunday. Exactly a week ago. Eww.. I am getting lazier by day when it comes to blog posting. Or blog hopping. I guess the blog mojo has left the building. However, in order to provide my future generation some reading pleasure, I vow to make at least one post per week.

So I just did yoga this morning. My mind wasn't really focusing at the "eye point" and the Ujjayi breathing was made short. Instead of 5, I think I was breathing like once or twice per pose. Well blame it on the movie Bunny's watching! He was watching the stupid but funny movie - Your Highness - so I was in between folding myself and watching at the same time.

Yes, I am practicing my yoga once again..after soooooo many years. I can hardly do some of the poses nowadays.. but for ~~slimming~~ health purpose, I am willing to start all over again. I am taking very less carb nowadays too. Yay for me! :D

However (didn't I just used that word not so long ago??) I am still fat lah... And you know why?

Coz I am always hungry..... :(

P/S We just got some new pets in the form of a cat and 3 kittens!!! :D But I'm gonna talk about it some other time. Too lazy to post lah.. I wanna go out and get me some breakfast/lunch/dinner!

my weekend is finally here!

2011-07-24T06:03:00.002+08:00

For some, their weekend started yesterday (Saturday), but for a person who works on Saturdays as well, my weekend just started. So.. yay! :D

I watched my long abandoned Desperate Housewives show while the fiance watches some Russian movie (God knows what that movie is about..). I also took some time to go through my Facebook and left some birthday wishes for my friends.

And then I went though my old posts in this blog.....

:-(

I realized that I have a few emotional posts. Posts that could either humor me or just make me wonder if I was really that sad/emotional before? Of course, I understand that I was being so emotional about the passing of my dear dog, BonBon (I still couldn't utter his name without having that hurtful feeling in my chest to this day) but being sad about going back to Sabah for Christmas??!! Man, I'd slap myself if I could go back to that day and see myself posting that! If you ask me now, I'd trade ANYTHING just to get a chance to move back to Sabah to be close to my family.

Oh shit, just talking about my family gives me the emotional feeling once again. lol. So before I start saying things that I will regret in the future (for posting it over here, I mean).. I better get to bed. In fact, the fiance is not even watching the movie anymore. The TV is watching him instead!

Good morning everyone. I'm gonna hit the sack! (literally)

Sweating it out

2011-07-21T16:34:00.002+08:00

Gonna do the lunges today. Hopefully it'll burn some calories off.. :D

Howdy!

2011-07-16T17:25:00.003+08:00

My last post was dated sometime in September last year. Good gracious me, LAST YEAR! And of course, I have no other excuses for the delayed or abandoning of blog posts but to say that I have been really busy.

I got a job, I quit a job, and then I got another job... I work at night now. So it's only fair to say that I needed all the mornings for my rest, to sleep and gain my strength again. And like most people who works at night, I gained weight. Like lots of weight from late night supper with my friends and lack of exercise in the day. Sucks, I'd say. Just yesterday, a friend whom I've never seen for about 5 months came over for a visit asked if I was pregnant!

So here I am, again. Back to starting my daily exercise. I did a few rounds of cardio this afternoon followed by some weight lifting. Sweat like a pig I did. Hopefully I'd shed a lot of weight soon because I am so tired of people reminding me of how fat I've grown!

But on the bright side, I finally got myself a Coach Poppy! :D

Happy! Happy! Happy!

My new pink candle

2010-09-21T22:41:00.004+08:00

New resident (as my boss likes to call it) for my office desk!

Cute kan? Heheheheh..

OK la. That's all my post for today. Need to get some sleep. Sooooooooooo tired..

PS: When will the stuff that I ordered from Korea arrive?? I SO cannot wait!

Can I sleep longer, please?

2010-09-19T01:15:00.007+08:00

Wow, it's been over 2 weeks since I post something over here. It's been over 2 weeks too since I started working at my new working place.

What can I say? Hmmm..

The office is beautiful. The lightings are dim - which is perfect because bright lights are a pain to the eyes. My LCD monitor is super-huge (perfect for my design works) and my cubicle is not really a cubicle at all. It's beautiful. A desk with no cubicle walls. :)

My workmates are quite friendly. We have a small radio for the creative team and we play Fly FM radio all the time! lol.

Eh, maybe I should just take a photo of my workspace and post it over here for you to see. But not today lah. I'm back home and it's a weekend - I don't work on weekends.

But I only have 1 word for my new job: super tiring and exhausting. (oops, that's 4 words) If it wasn't for the money........ heh

Anyway, I gotta go to bed now. Have to wake up early for church tomorrow. Didn't want to miss it again this week!

PS: Oh.. forgot to showoff a bit. :P Here's my not-so-latest design for a friend's blog header. :D

Thank you, God

2010-09-03T20:09:00.007+08:00

I'd like to dedicate this post to thank the good Lord, dearest Mother Mary and all the angels and Saints for their love to me.

I received a phone call late afternoon today (2PM) from a company that I had previously applied a job for (like 2 months ago?) asking me for a job interview at 4PM. With only 2 hours of preparation, (what should I wear???????) I quickly took my shower, changed, packed my documents into my bag and walked as quick as I can - the office is situated so nearby my apartment!

After a quick, fun interview... the company's owner gave me the nod and said, "You can start work on Monday and sign the offer letter."

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!

And the best part, they're paying me waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than me previous workplace.

Praise the Lord!!! I prayed for a job last Sunday during mass and He gave me a job on Friday! And the cherry on top of the cake? I've been putting my hope on this job on this particular workplace because their office is SOOOOOOOOOO creatively designed and decorated! LOL

So, thank you, Lord, Jesus. Thank you Mother Mary. Thank you, Saint Jane. Thank you, Saint Rita of Cascia. Thank you all the angels and Saints. Thank you for keeping me in your prayers as well.

:D

To my readers out there, God is good. He listens if you ask nicely. :)

P/S: Why is the date on this post not on it's usual place?? Eeeee..buduhnya!! >:(

Can I have a moment of silence, please?

2010-08-30T11:27:00.007+08:00

I need to mourn for all the things I have lost.

God, if this is Your way of communicating to me after all that I have prayed for...
I am listening!

Update

(2 hours later)

I feel slightly better after saying a prayer and singing along with the radio right after.
Currently working on a custom blog request for a client:

Fun! Fun! Fun! :D

Short Sunday Report :P

2010-08-29T21:18:00.005+08:00

We managed to rise early just in time for the 11am mass at the Church of Divine Mercy today. For the first time (in many months), Bunny did not fall asleep during the sermon. lol. Well today's sermon was about pride and humility. Twas a very good sermon, I'd say!

Right after church, we went for lunch at one of the restaurant in Shah Alam. Too crowded! I queued for about 15 mins just to get my nasi ayam - but it was sooo worth it. Sangat sedap oh rasa dia! By the way, my bestie, Tess joined us later on. She was at the church as well. Hmm. A change for the good is happening? I hope...

We also went for a movie at Times Square today (since my brother had to stop over for his new keyboard). We watched The Expendables. Quite an interesting movie. Banyak adegan hancur kepala, tikam leher etc. -_- But there's also quite a few funny dialogue and scene, especially the part where Arnold Schwarzenegger rejected the job offer and Bruce Willis asked, "What's his problem?" to which Sylvester Stallone answered, "He's running for President." LOL!

After all the church, shopping and movie, we reached home about 7PM. Since everyone was too tired to cook, we end up eating simple and quick food - Spaghetti Carbonara - prepared by yours truly, of course. ;D

Well that's about how I spend my Sunday. I hope yours is as superb as mine too. :P

Happy Birthday, Jaya!

2010-08-28T22:03:00.002+08:00

It's my fiancé's birthday today, and to mark his special day, I made a quick change on my blog template from this:

to the current look you're looking at now. :D

Just a minor change on the background and some images - which took me about 4 or 5 hours to get it done! *phew* How do you like the new look? More matured lah kunun bah kan? Hahahaha.

Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, darling Jaya!! May you be blessed with abundance of joy, peace & wealth (hihihi) always.

I love you!

I love you!

I love you!

i'm back

2010-06-07T09:43:00.002+08:00

in KL.

to work.

T_____________________T

(posting this from the office. lol)

heading to miri tomorrow

2010-05-28T13:11:00.003+08:00

Now that the long holidays have finally hit Malaysia, most city dwellers have been going out of the city to a more relaxing place – my brother, in this case, he went to Tioman with his friends. As for my Bunny and I, we’ll be heading to Miri for Gawai early tomorrow morning.

We haven’t even started packing yet, nor did we completed our shopping list of things to buy for Gawai celebration. Can you imagine the rush?

Well I guess my brother was rushing yesterday too, because I think he brought the key to the balcony door – because it’s missing and I couldn’t find it anywhere at home!

Some of the clothes hanging outside on the balcony were clothes that we wanted to take with us to Sarawak – especially them jeans and my inner clothes!

Well ..looks like we’re gonna have to be creative in getting the clothes. We might have to use a pole to pull them back to the door and kasi masuk through the lubang. Aww..

i'm tired but i'm happy

2010-05-23T20:21:00.002+08:00

Bunny and I went for a haircut tonight. Bunny's hair is just slightly below shoulder length now.. but at least it's still long lah. :D Potong rambut untuk berGawai bah. Hihihihihi!

Anyway, gotta stop posting for now. Has been out of the house since morning and I'm tired sudah ni. Gonna take shower and then watch some DVD with Bunny (hopefully we don't fall asleep while watching!)

a night to remember

2010-05-15T22:33:00.006+08:00

(disclaimer: the title above has got nothing to do with what i'm about to post over here. it was made out of sukahati semata-mata)

Just finished working on a client's custom blog design today. FINALLY after a month working on it! Now I just gotta sit back and wait for her final input - in case she needs some stuff to add/edit.

*fingers cross* that she will accept the design as it is. *hee*

By the way, the illustration to the left has got nothing to do with the client's new custom blog design. Ini adalah untuk tujuan hiasan semata-mata. lol

Anyway, I like that butt. It reminds me of my own fat butt and how I need to exercise more and eat less rice and sugar (if possible).

[sigh]

And oh.. since I've been working on custom blog design for a client lately, I'm beginning to think that my blog skin needs some revamp too! Yeah.. I'm starting to get tired of this green theme already. Maybe it's time to think of some new look..

Anyway, (wow, how many times did I used "anyway"??) going off to 7-E with the fiancé and my brother. We're gonna have our late night Slurpeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

P/S I just noticed. It's only 10:41PM?! I tot it's midnight already....

UPDATE: Brother's gf just called. We're going yumcha instead. "Ada ABC sana tu", said my brother. Yay.

You're Hired!

2010-05-06T12:41:00.003+08:00

Yes...

I GOT THE JOB!

I GOT THE JOB!

I GOT THE JOB!

I GOT THE JOB!

P/S Since this job is a 5 days a week job, I decided to continue doing my freelance graphic/blog design. I can still do it on weekdays! :D

Thank you for all your prayers!!! *hugs*

TGIF

2010-04-30T16:32:00.006+08:00

Oh, where do I start?

There are so many things I'd like to tell you. Let's start off with the bad news.

The Bad News

My fiance have this friend who's into rock kapak band. He loves going for their concerts - and being one of my fiance's good friend, he'd normally asked us to tag along for these concerts. In fact, we joined him for Search's last concert in August 1st last year. Of course, we got free tickets from a friend who worked in Celcom. :P

This year, there'll be another Search concert. Only this time, they'll be combining with Wings for the Double Trouble concert. As usual, this friend would call my fiance up.

Friend: Nak pergi konsert Double Trouble tak?

Fiance: Kalau ada free ticket, boleh jugak.

(10 minutes later)

Friend: Dah ada tiket. RM70 seorang. Aku dah beli.

Fiance: ....

Note: Aku dah beli. That wasn't FREE ticket! And RM70 x 2 = RM140!!

RM140 wasted on a concert that we're not even excited to go!! My fiance even complained on the phone to me, saying, "I'd rather spend that money on buying your clothes!" (which I will explain why in my later post)

So the bad news is: we'll be wasting RM140 on tickets to a rock kapak band concert. WTF

Now let's go on to the good news.

The Good News

We're going shopping this weekend! YAY!!!!!!! Bunny promised to buy me new clothes for my upcoming job interview. :D

You see, I have TWO job interviews coming up this Monday - and I am all excited about it! It's always nice to have options in life bah, kan? Reason why I don't mind going for both interviews on the same day. One in the morning and another in the noon. Sioknya.

Let us all join together in hands and start praying for me, ok? lol. Because you see, I'm starting to get tired of working from home. I intend to go out and start having colleagues once again. I've been doing this work from home job for the past 3 years. The income is great, but I'd love to be in an office with more people to talk to. I kinda miss office life bah...

So yeah. Pray for me, ok? :P

Before I end this post, I want to show you my current addiction to makanan budak-budak:

Please ignore the bad picture quality. Twas taken with my icky mobile phone. Miskin bah.. can't afford to buy iPhone yet.

Anyway, if you haven't tried those biscuits yet.. you're missing out on makanan yang sangat sedap. YOU SHOULD TRY IT!!!! I know they're quite high in calories lah but trust me, it's worth the try! :D

Well ok, gotta stop typing now. Gotta get myself ready for the week's last cardio exercise.

Toodles everyone!
(as if I have readers in this blog la..lol)

{my.recent.work}

2010-04-30T16:15:00.002+08:00

Err..not really that recent lah, but this was my latest design work for a very nice lady with the name of Cath.

You can view the design at her blog: Cake By Cath

{my.recent.work}

2010-03-23T13:16:00.004+08:00

This is my recent blog design for a nice lady with the name of Ling from Ling In De House.

I hope you like it! :)

Oh, I'm also thinking of changing my blog layout in Forever Tulip. It's rather old and I'm getting quite sick of it already - but ideas just won't come. *sigh* Can you think of any?

aku sangat sibuk bah

2010-01-20T22:55:00.007+08:00

No, I did not abandon this blog. It's just that I was really, really busy.. like reeeeeeally busy. Let's see:

i. We shifted to another place
ii. I have A LOT of assignments and work to do
iii. I GOT ENGAGED!!!

Oh yes, news of the century. I got engaged! LOL

Life as a newly-engaged couple? AWESOME! Tho it's still a bit weird calling him 'fiance'.
Just wait till it's time to call him my 'husband'. That would be even weirder. Hah!

right here waiting

2009-10-08T13:26:00.000+08:00

I waited for almost a month now. Am still waiting...

Gawd, when will this waiting game end?? I'm so tired of waiting and not knowing what it would be. It seems like the whole universe is teasing me. Even my daily horoscope has been giving me encouraging words that was so "make-believe" that gave me the feelings of, aahhh yes, it's finally coming! But at the end of the day? None. Nothing. Nada.

Today's horoscope is quite the opposite instead.

You may have an argument with a friend or companion today over a silly misunderstanding if you are not careful to pay attention to their moods. They seem to flutter from one emotional extreme to the other and it is hard for you to keep up.

Well, I AM having some sort of cold war with someone right now .. but not to the point of having an argument! Besides, it really doesn't answer my "waiting game".

I need an answer to my waiting. I want it now. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

{my.recent.work}

2009-09-23T13:14:00.004+08:00

Wahhh.. long time no post in here. :P

Life has gotten pretty busy for me lately that I hardly have time to post in my blogs or do my rounds of blog hopping. I know, I know.. I'm such a bad blogger. But if I had to choose between work ($$$) and blogging, I'd have to choose work, of course. That's what put foods in my mouth ~~and pays for my shopping trip~~..

But anyho ho ho.. here's my latest project that I just finished working on last week:

This design is for a nice lady who loves things that are related to fairy-tales, magic and stuffs like that. She blogs in a blog called Magic of The Rainbow

As usual, I hope you'll like the design.. because I had so much fun creating them! :D

{my.recent.work}

2009-08-22T13:59:00.003+08:00

Hiya! A quick post to show you my latest project. :D

Momster's Cuppie Corner

The Momster's Kitchen

Whaddaya think? I hope you'll like it as much as I enjoyed working on them! :D

fancy a fancy band aid?

2009-08-19T11:28:00.014+08:00

About a couple of weeks ago, I accidentally got my finger cut by shattered glass. On the way to IKEA, I noticed that the band aid on my finger looked rather dirty and worn out, so I text my brother (who was at the Curve then) to get me some band aid. We were having lunch at IKEA when I gawked in surprise at the first sight of the band aid he got me.

"Wahhh... why so fancy one? Since when do we have striped band aid? Tigery stripe lagi tu.. macam Datin-Datin!"

"Err.. actually we have fancy band aid for quite some time already. There's other patterns too.."

"But Tiger stripes on my finger? Ishh.. bidanya!"

"OK wat.."

At this point, even Bunny agreed with my brother while he wrapped the band aid around my finger.

How come I've never seen one? All I have at home was the traditional band aid.

.......

And nak dijadikan cerita, Bunny and I went to the pharmacy last Sunday to buy some handwash. And guess what?

I saw a collection of cute band aids!! This was one of my favorite:

Where have I been all these while?? How can I not notice these cuties??!!

Now I can't wait to have my fingers accidentally cut. I wanna wear those!!!!

silence is golden

2009-08-15T14:52:00.007+08:00

Yesterday, I flatly denied my brother's offer for tickets to the MTV Asia Award - how crazy is that, denying FREE TICKETS to one of the most happening event in town??! - but yeah, I told him that Bunny and I couldn't make it due to the fact that Bunny had to work on Saturday (the event is today) and I wasn't really keen to attend an award that doesn't include Beyonce or Rihanna. lol

Truth be told, I was in between going and not. Deep down, I wanted to because I knew I deserve such a break from work as I've been working my ass off this week, trying to get my project done a.s.a.p. A night out with my brother and his partner to this event would be something fun. Something fresh. Something to get my mind off work.

I'm currently working on this project

..But on the other hand, I wasn't in the partying mood. There's just so many things running on my mind that I wish I could talk to someone about it. Knowing that I DO NOT actually have *someone* that I could really trust and talk to makes me feel pathetic. And lonely. It's not like I do not have a friend or a best friend. Or a boyfriend. Or a partner. I do. But the thing is, it's really hard for me to tell things, very personal things to others. I probably was born that way, hence I would normally talk to myself on the mirror sometimes.. just to get things out of my mind.

An ex once told me that I have built this "shell" outside me that I got too comfortable staying inside without anyone bothering me. He said that to really "get to me", one would have to break the "shell" and get me out of it. (I wonder if that's true...)

Anyway, I'm having a minor headache right now. I should get some rest and continue working on my design later. Just thinking of the word "WORK" on a weekend makes me sick. :(

UPDATE: Cheh.. it's not MTV Asia Award pulak. It's actually MTV Live Stage. LOL! But still.. according to my brother, it was HAPPENING! :P

mozad's farewell

2009-08-12T12:47:00.005+08:00

Bunny and his band mates had a mini gig last Sunday as a way of saying goodbye to their fellow bassist, Mozad, who's migrating to Australia soon.. :(

These are the few of the many pics we took that night:

To Mozad: All the best in your new place, new life, new adventure. We love you! :D

uninspired..

2009-08-11T18:11:00.007+08:00

I've been scribbling on the paper for a design since morning, yet, I still couldn't get the ONE perfect design! In fact, I've made 8 designs on the Photoshop but all ended up in the bin.

I was chatting with Bunny online this morning, complaining how uninspired I am.

ME: I'm so uninspired today!

HIM: Me too. No heart to play guitar and no inspirations at all.. I guess it's because we're not feeling well.

ME: Sia mau nangis sudah ni.. I can't think of a design! :(

HIM: Please don't be that depressed. Take a rest. Don't force yourself to do anything..

Yet I did. I forced myself to work.

And I came up with this one design...

I dislike it, by the way. There's just SOMETHING about it that doesn't go into my heart.

I don't know... maybe it's just me. Maybe it's my period.

Maybe I should stop designing altogether.

Or maybe I should just call it a day and start again when the period's done.

I'm definitely PMSing!

unwell

2009-08-08T10:59:00.009+08:00

Yesterday noon, I was feeling well. By evening, I felt strange. Like my whole body just got really heavy that I was unable to carry myself. By night, I felt sick to my stomach... When I went to bed, I remember telling Bunny that my stomach felt funny. It wasn't the usual gastric. Bunny gave me a massage, telling me that it might be the weather. That everyone's pretty sick these days.

Middle of the night, I woke up, sat by the bed corner and cried silently.

"Kenapa, sayang? Are you ok, love?"

He must've noticed me.

"My stomach hurts real bad..."

That was all I could say before I sobbed like a lost child.
*sigh* (kes telampau manja bah ni)

Bunny woke up of course. Gave me a hug. He rubbed my stomach and did every possible thing to make me comfortable. Even went out to buy me bread and medicine. While he was out, I was throwing up like mad in the bathroom.. :(

Must be food poisoning ni..

I'm feeling slightly better this morning - tho I'm still throwing up and having this terrible stomachache. Noticed how pale I look in the photo? Itulah result dari muntah-muntah dan menangis satu malam. Ha ha ha! Oh, that's my favorite sarong, by the way. I'm a pure Sabahan girl and I love sarong! It reminds me so much of my grandmama and my kampung root. :D

Good thing also lah kena food poisoning ni. At least I could lose some weight from it... lol

{my.recent.work}

2009-08-07T10:16:00.003+08:00

My latest design work :D

Confession of The Borneo Coffee Junkies

I hope you'll like it!

OK, back to work for me now - I have crops to take care of in Facebook. LOL

i'm getting older

2009-08-06T13:56:00.006+08:00

Last monday (August 3rd), I celebrated my *toot* birthday. (sorry, a girl doesn't tell her age. :P) And since my birthday falls on a monday (sigh).. I kinda celebrated it on Sunday with Bunny, my brother and a bunch of friends by having lunch at IKEA. Gawd, I LOVE them foods at IKEA! Especially that Chicken Leg set and the Prawn Salad. Ohhhhh.. just talking about it makes me drool!

And then after lunch, Bunny and I parted from the group and went furniture shopping. YAY! Finally got myself a brand new coffee table and a white drawer. So happy! :D

Speaking of my birthday, Bunny actually bought me a box of very cute looking cupcakes - he knows how much I love cupcakes. :D However, I didn't managed to take photos of the cupcakes coz we (Bunny and I) were a bunch of hyenas. We finished the whole box of cupcakes in less than an hour and I forgot to take a photo or two of the cupcakes. LOL

I managed to take a shot of the mini birthday cake tho - well, Bunny did. Since Bunny is not a keen cake eater (and I couldn't possibly finish up a whole cake alone) we end up getting a mini cake instead. Just for the sake of having a birthday cake, I guess. Ha Ha!

Well.. here's the cake:

Bunny also gave me the best gift a woman could ever get on her birthday ... but I'd rather not tell you what it was. *wink* I can tell you tho, that it comes with a birthday card with a note inside that says very heartwarming words for me. Bunny made me feel so loved and blessed to have him in my life..

Ahh.. life is such a bliss. :D

it's august already!!

2009-08-01T16:00:00.006+08:00

One of my favorite month is finally here. YAY! Why do I love August? Well.. because August is the month of my birth! YIPPEEEE!!! And looks like this year, I have another reason to love the month of August - Bunny's an August baby too! :D

Of course, my other favorite month is December - simply because of Christmas!!

So I was on Facebook earlier looking at old photos in my album. And then I saw this particular photo of mine that made me somewhat....sad. :(

I used to have long hair.... :(

Now it's really short... :(

..but it's only August 1st today. I probably have enough time to keep it long again before Christmas. :D

Yessss... this is what I'll be concentrating on right now. Keeping my hair long. Aku nak pelihara rambut ni so I'd look like how I used to.. last year. Ha Ha Ha!

PS: By the way, I *might* be going to Search concert tonight with my darling Bunny. We got 4 tickets from a friend (we have 2 extra tickets. anyone wanna join?? :P) but we're still contemplating whether to go or not... The word "TRAFFIC JAM" scares us! lol

shit happens

2009-07-30T18:42:00.002+08:00

My creativity juice was flowing like river Jordan as I scribbled on a piece of paper a few design suggestions I had in mind for my next blog design project.. when my pen decided to die on me. Oh no, no, no.. not my Jordi Labanda pen! It was a Christmas gift from a dear friend from Spain!

But I've got no time to worry about pen refills or where to get a new Jordi Labanda pen coz the ideas in my brain might go away soon .. so I quickly grabbed another pen beside my table.

Inkless.

Grabbed another pen.

Also inkless. Gawd.

Found another.

No ink too.. and I'm running out of pen!

UWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Stupid lah! Where on earth can I get another pen NOW and FAST?!! I'm not gonna walk all the way to the nearest stationery right now! So lazy and tired lah.. besides, by then, all the ideas I had in mind would already be long gone....

UWAAAAAAAA!

{my.recent.work}

2009-07-29T11:32:00.009+08:00

(I wonder if anyone reads this blog at all? lol.) But anyway, hello people!

Just a quick post to showoff my latest blog design. *hee*

Bentolicious

As usual, please click on the link and pay a visit to my new friend, Lia.

I hope you'll like the new design. It's pink, it's kawaii .. it's worth the visit! :D

......

Oh well, I gotta go now. Need to take a shower and put my favorite ampoules on my face to maintain my youthfulness. Ha ha! Then after that, I'm gonna jump on the bed and get my much needed sleep. I only slept for 4 hours last night! This is all Bunny's fault! lol. We had a late night out with his friends last night: we went to this pub called The Ship in the hopes of seeing live performance by the transvetites (pondan) but boohoo.. it was another band who performed last night. :(

Anyway, I REALLY gotta stop typing. I'm about to fall asleep on the notebook already!

new blog skin!

2009-07-27T16:08:00.007+08:00

finally! yay!

after 2+ years of using the same skin for this blog, i finally got this poor blog a new cloth. :D if you missed my previous blog skin, here's how it used to look like:

What do you think of the new look? I call it "Lovebirds" as a dedication to both myself and Bunny. *teehee* I hope you like the new look!

OK lah, still lots of things need to be done to this blog. The sidebars are still empty, some codes needed editing etc. Don't panic if things ain't looking right here. It's not your browser. It's just me behind doing the editing job. :P

oopsie!

2009-07-26T12:23:00.006+08:00

Bunny and I accidentally woke up pretty late today - we missed the mass, of course. But to be honestly honest, I actually woke up at 8:45am and said, "Oh, we're gonna be late!" No idea who I was talking to - either to myself or Bunny - but the main thing is, neither of us were listening because Bunny was obviously still sound asleep and I on the other hand.. went back to sleep. lol

Mummy's gonna kill me if she knew this.

Anyway, this is gonna be just another Sunday for us ..although I plan to take Bunny plants-shopping when he wakes up. I think our balcony and porch could do with some green plants. I'm keeping my fingers cross that he'll say YES.

12:27pm - I'm feeling quite hungry already. I should try my best to wake him up and whine about my stomachache. *teehee*

PS: Yasmin Ahmad died today. May her soul rest in peace. :(

UPDATE: On the evening after helping Bunny washed his car, we stopped the ice cream man who happened to pass by. We bought 2 red bean ice cream. I guess the ice cream man saw the cross I was wearing on my neck that made him asked, "Which church do you go?" "I go to St. Anthony's church", I said. "Did you go to church today?" he asked again. Sheepishly, I answered, "No. We woke up late today..."

And then guess what was his reply?

"Pergi lah church... Sekali seminggu saja. Kita mesti sembahyang sama itu Tuhan. Cakap terima kasih. Puji Tuhan. Sekali seminggu saja pun susah kah..."

-___________-

After he left, I unwrapped the red bean ice cream. Surprise, surprise, the ice cream broke into 2 and the other half dropped on the ground!! So much for making me feel guilty like a sinner lah!

{my.recent.work}

2009-07-25T11:30:00.008+08:00

Hi all. Just wanna make a quick post on my most recent design works.

Loving My Life!

kimoradilautbiru

I hope you like the new designs! :D

little things that make me smile

2009-07-23T12:00:00.013+08:00

Cousin Frank was back in Malaysia from Vietnam a week ago for a short break, and he brought me some stuff that I requested:

Fridge magnets! :D

I actually requested ONE fridge magnet only when he told me he’s coming back, but the night we had a small family gathering at my brother’s place, Frank handed me a big, blue plastic bag and said, “Nah, pilihlah mana kau mau.” I couldn’t make up my mind coz all the magnets were so cute, I asked Bunny to choose. He chose the blue Vietnamese couple and I showed Frank my choice.

“Itu saja? Sikit juga?? Ambil la banyak-banyak bah..”

WAHHH… like music to my ears, I ended up taking FIVE fridge magnets. Ha! Ha! Ha! Of course, only four were shown in the pic because the other magnet (a green Vietnamese couple) was kept for my mom. See? I’m not that *tamaha, after all. lol

Oh, I love fridge magnets.. and I’m so happy that my collections are slowly growing on my mini fridge. :D

Hmm.. Mozad (Bunny’s bassist) still owes me a fridge magnet from Australia. I can’t wait! *hee*

*tamaha = greedy (in Kadazan)

the lovebirds

2009-07-21T11:57:00.007+08:00

I love talking to my Bunny. I love talking to him about life, business, relationship, friendship, religion, plans.. love. Sometimes (if not most of the times), I’d refer to Bunny for every decision that I wanted to make just so he could make sure I still keep my feet on the ground. Because sometimes, I tend to make decision I’d regret in the end.

Bunny and I, we’re two very different person. He’s the fire. I’m the ice. He’s straight-forward with his words while I sugar-coat mine. Having these 2 different personalities living under the same roof is definitely not something easy to go along with. There are times when we’d argue and not talk to each other for hours. Like what happened last week. And being me, the super emotional woman, after an argument or a fight, I’d go to bed angry and not wanting to say a word to him. Even when he said “Goodnight, love..”.

I hate going to bed angry. I hate hate hate hate it!

The morning after would be the day I dread the most. Bunny would leave for work and give his usual hugs and kisses before that, and I’d still sulk the whole day feeling angry and bitter. You must be wondering why? Oh, slap me for that but I’m just like that! If he doesn’t apologize or say the word “I’m sorry, love..”, I’d still be angry. And so the day went by. Bunny would text me on the phone, asking how I’m doing – and I wouldn’t bother to reply. I refused to talk to him the whole evening – until he comes back home that is. When that happens, I’d be on the bed, pretending to be sound asleep. :-P

So last week, Bunny came to bed, hugged me and said, “Love, who else would I want to spend my lifetime.. if not with YOU..”

Trust me, that was waaaaaaaaaay better than I’m sorry. *hee*

Moral of the story is: Try to stay positive. Look on the brighter side all the time. Don’t waste your time devouring into the sadness and bitterness, because at the end of the day, it’ll only make you a sad and angry person – when everything is actually A

[You may throw up now. lol]

geocities is closing

2009-07-11T12:12:00.001+08:00

on October 26th, 2009! eeeek!!!

that means I gotta move like a gazillion images, htmls and files from there to somewhere else.

boohoo!!

my latest design

2009-07-01T17:31:00.003+08:00

Hello people!

I'm finally done with my one of my design work today and I'd like to share it with you.

This is a design I made for Rowena of Mum-Mum : Eat-Eat *hihihi* I really love her blog's name. Sounds really cute, kan? :D

OK, one design done, another one to go. Very happy lah. This month made some extra money. Yippee! Thank you, Lord for all Thy blessings! :D

minor food poisoning

2009-06-19T17:27:00.000+08:00

adui, matilah aku ni... :(

stressed

2009-06-16T16:09:00.003+08:00

i'm in a really bad shape right now that even when little things like accidentally kicking the chair drives me to tears. even as i'm typing this, my fingers are shaking and i am in the brink of crying again.

did you know that stress induces gastric pain? oh yes, they do. and i learned it the hard way.

gosh, i hate being like this. i can't really explain WHY i am being the way i am right now. and this is bad for my work too. i have been pushing my work forward for the past 2 weeks. the truth is, i have so many ideas in my mind for my designs, but the moment i try to put it on designs and codes, everything just went *poof*!

and today, i created like 8 designs and i end up deleting each and every one of it because i hated the end result!

if i were to go with what my heart tells me, i'd book a flight back home to my parents right now. i just wanna go away to a peaceful place where i know people would love and take care of me.

if only i didn't have all these projects going on.. i would've been on the plane already.. :(

it's gonna be a lovely week

2009-05-26T17:55:00.009+08:00

I just updated both my main blog and my personal blog. So.. I'm kinda running out of things to say over here. Haha!

Anyway, for those of you who doesn't read any of my other blogs.. this week is kind of a busy week for both me and Bunny. That's because we're leaving for his hometown this Friday to celebrate Gawai with his family AND to introduce me to his side of family. Oh dear, I'm so nervous! And scared!!! What if his family doesn't like me? What if I'm not the type of girl his parents would want to be with their son?? Ya know, those are the kind of things that runs in my mind everytime I think of that BIG DAY! Even tho Bunny kept assuring me that his family would DEFINITELY love me, I'm still nervous! Oh dear.. I hope I won't faint or act like a fool when that day finally comes. Look at the ticker above. It says 3 DAYS MORE! LoL

Anyway (again), Bunny and I had so much fun shopping for stuff to bring back home these past few days. But the most fun part of all to me is the shopping-for-the-kids part. Oh my, I forgot how fun it was shopping for kids! At one point, I even said to Bunny (while holding a piece of very cute little pink baby dress) "Let's make babies!" Of course, like I said in my personal blog.. Bunny laughed at it coz he knew I was joking. (But was I???)

Oh by the way, last night while driving back home from shopping, Bunny told me that he wanted a garden wedding.

"I want our wedding to be special, because it is. That's why I want to have a garden wedding."

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! And I'm not jumping in joy for the GARDEN WEDDING part, I'm more excited on the WEDDING part! Hahaaaa!!! :D

People! Bunny wants to marry me! ME! MEEEEEEE!!

my bunny cooks

2009-05-12T15:49:00.007+08:00

Yes, it seems that in my "new family" someday, the men would be doing the cooking. (my husband and sons) LOL!

That's my Bunny cooking above. For he so love cooking, he even made a pack with me that when we have our own family someday (as in dah kahwin and beranak-pinak lah.. hehe) HE will be doing all the cooking. And I kid you not!! :D

Now can you imagine your husband saying that to you? Must be a dream come true, right? LOL

And just to make sure Bunny sticks to his word, I think I'm gonna draft a paper about it and make him SIGN it - in case he complains someday that I didn't prepare him lunch or dinner.

:D

curious case of stu hamm & bunny

2009-04-28T13:16:00.020+08:00

I've posted this in my other blog, but since this is my "permanent blog" for my future generation to see, I'm gonna re-post it here. :D

WARNING: Might have excessive photos and Bunny loving

Last Saturday, Stuart Hamm - bassist of the famous Joe Satriani - was down in KL for a Bass clinic and I was lucky enough to tag along with Bunny right from the sound check moment to the end of the show. Wait, there’s more: I was seated at the very front seat. Woohoo!!

Here’s some photos for you ~~Stu Hamm fans to gloat on~~ people who didn’t get the chance to attend this awesome show. ^_^

View from inside the Panggung Bandaraya. Beautiful, isn't it?

The man himself, STU HAMM! (He was AWESOME!)

"I started playing when I got a bass guitar for Christmas back when I was 13.."

Bunny and his friend gets to jam with Stu Hamm!! :D

A closer look

...of my Bunny

Bunny again

More Bunny! (Sorry can't help it. I love that man to pieces. *heehee*)

Last one. I promise! :P

Stu was actually very pleased with Bunny’s playing, he gave him a bowing ovation during rehearsal!
(AND a thank you + praising email after!)

Finally, a pic of me and Bunny. Pardon him for the eyes. He likes to do that sometimes. -_-

Wokay, that's about all the photos I can share with you. I'm actually too lazy to edit, resize and upload the rest of it. Terlampau banyak bah! :P Besides, The Biggest Loser's on TV now and I don't wanna miss it. Must watch to give myself some encouragement to lose weight before going to Sarawak again next month - only this time, I'm meeting the future in-laws - It's gonna be a double celebration - Pesta Gawai and Meet the In-Laws. LOL!

Have a blessed day, everyone! :D

love love love

2009-04-15T10:25:00.002+08:00

You know that he's THE ONE when he said:

"I want to spend the rest of my life with you..
I want to grow old with you."

:D :D :D

i might not survive - this time around

2009-04-13T05:56:00.003+08:00

Why does the heart desires what the heart couldn't get...?

.. I've been staring at my computer for about half an hour, trying to get the stuff out of my head into writings. Maybe, just maybe, if I write it out, I'd feel much better...

Have you ever felt like you're about to burst into a thousand pieces just because you couldn't express what's really on your mind? Or you're just too broken that the only thing that comes to mind was death?

You want to run away from the things that hurt you most, yet, you couldn't.

You want to shout out to the world that you're dying inside, slowly, yet, your voice is silent.

Knowing something is wrong somewhere hurts.. but finding out the truth kills..

I really think that I'm slowly dying inside. Soon enough, the outer part of me will follow suit.

i will survive

2009-04-03T15:52:00.005+08:00

In case you're wondering, no, I didn't die. I'm still alive and am surviving this cruel world. Heheheh... :P

Actually, not this cruel world la.. more like the cruel weather. It's freaking hot these days, I'm melting like cheese. The heat is so intense, it feels like I'm a witch burning on a haystack. Panas nak mampus, I tell you!

BUT

I'm trying to stay positive and not throwing my anger tantrum everywhere. I'm trying to calm myself down by eating ABC today. Hummmm.... very nice, I tell you! Cold, sweet ABC, totally something that could calm you down on a hot, sunny day like this.

By the way, tomorrow is Bunny and I's 3rd month anniversary. Heehee.. :P Nothing grand lah, but we're celebrating it by going for a movie - and the best part is, I get to choose what movie I want! YAY! Thank you, Bunny... You're such a sweet darling! :P

OK lah, I don't wanna make you people puke with my lovestory (hehe). Wishing you a wonderful weekend with your loved ones. I know I will, because I have an anniversary this weekend! Haha!

OHHHH before I forget... I have a job interview this Sunday. Could you kind people please, please maybe say a prayer for me.. or at least a wish of good luck? I'd really appreciate it! Thanks in advance. God only can repay you for your kindness. :D

Take care!

unwell :(

2009-03-24T16:08:00.004+08:00

I hate having very sensitive stomach. Not only I have bad gastric problem, my stomach decides what and which food she likes - and she changes her mind quite often too!

Take for instance, a month ago: I got myself a jar of my favorite peanut butter -I used to watch my favorite shows on TV, eating peanut butter like there's no tomorrow - I sat in front of TV watching CSI, licking peanut butter off the spoons.. and a few minutes later.. BAM! My stomach churned and I ran to the bath and puked my life out! To this day, whenever I see peanut butter, it feels like I've seen a ghost. I get all phobia and sick to my stomach.

And today... I had this terrible stomachache from eating spicy nasi lemak for breakfast. It left me turning and tossing on the bed the whole morning till afternoon. Even the cooling effect of the rain doesn't help much. By noon, I got the strength to stand up and buy my lunch, which is this:

I don't have the appetite to eat heavy lunch such as rice or noodle, hence I end up with this "fried bananas". But guess what? After eating only 5 piece of it, I end up running to the bath again....

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll just lie on the bed and die.

silence is golden

2009-03-10T15:02:00.005+08:00

Went to bed last night with hundreds of thoughts running on my mind. It was so intense, I couldn't get to sleep till like 6 in the morning. I'm in a quite rotten mood, stressed maybe.. so to not make things worse, I've decided to go on a silent mode today like how I used to do back in those days.

If I don't answer your calls or reply your text messages, please don't take it personal.
I just need some rest.

. . . .

aku dah balik!

2009-03-07T10:53:00.005+08:00

I'm back from my Kuching pilgrimage trip! :D

Soooo tired!! Legs soooooo pain!!

But one thing I can say:

I LOVE SARAWAK!! SUNGGUH NYAMAI!!!!
(the tuaks are so nyamai too! :P)

Feel like migrating to Sarawak lah... hehehe

(Even if I couldn't be a Sarawakian, I'm so glad that my Bunny is! YAY!!!!!)

head full of stars

2009-02-17T13:45:00.003+08:00

Ahhh.. such warm (VERY) warm weather today. It was so hot in fact, it made my nose bleed. It feels like living inside a microwave!

But I'm not gonna complain about the weather too much today. For all I know, God will take away the sun and give us rain all day long. Kalau banjir, susah nanti... But I won't mind the snow tho. Hehe!

Last Sunday, Bunny and I joined my brother for a game of bowling. Oh best!!!! Not that I'm such a pro when it comes to bowling, but it was fun seeing the laughter on the faces of the men I love - Bunny and my brother - We weren't totally competing with each other, that's what makes it so much fun, because the pressure of getting a strike was no there! (But I know *someone* was dying to get a strike, at least, before the game ended. LOL)

After playing 2 sets of bowling, we went for a movie. We watched "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Whoa... such a long and interesting movie! In fact, the couple who was seated in front of us left after only 20 minutes during the show. They must've not understood English, or worse, couldn't appreciate that kind of movie. Hehehe. But I'm glad to say that we enjoyed the movie very much, especially the part when the guy told Benjamin how he was stroke by the lightening 7 times in his life. Man, I was so looking forward to ALL of the strikes! :D

Then after we movie, we went for supper together. Talked a lot (I was being my usual self :P), laughed a lot.. and I ate a little. But it was fun altogether. Fun! Fun! Fun!

I'm so looking forward to our next gathering. It's so much fun doing things with your sibling when you have your loved one with you. :-)

Oh, Bunny and I are going house-hunting tonight. We think that we should get a bigger house with more privacy for us both. Do wish us both luck ya? Coz at the moment, we REALLY need that! :D

it's a good day to say "i'm blessed!"

2009-02-11T10:14:00.006+08:00

First, let me start by saying -- I'm blessed. I'm a very blessed girl. I'm definitely a girl with lots of blessings.

:D

There. Start your day with positive thinking. Everything else will turn positive around you. Your aura will reflect something positive with glowing flare around you. Haha!

I started my day hugging Bunny. Kissed him before he leave for work. Then I prayed the rosary. I have good feelings about the universe whenever I start the day with a prayer. :D

I haven't had breakfast, but I'm not hungry. I still have the usual gastric pain, but I'm not complaining. I miss my family, but they're always in my heart. I'm dying to see Bunny, but I know I'm always in his heart and mind. I'm close to broke, but I know God will provide.

I did some drawing again last weekend. It was supposed to be a picture of me and Bunny, of course, with both of us having very short hair. :P I couldn't imagine (and I refused to imagine!) Bunny having short hair - because I really like him with the long hair he has currently. I think he look really nice like that. In fact, it has always been my dream since a teenager, to have a partner with long hair. Haha!

OK, I think I'm done with today's posting. I gotta get me some flight ticket before mummy call again later in the noon. I'm going off to Sarawak early next month with her. And her husband (my dad). And her youngest daughter. (My sister) *heehee* It's gonna be a trip that I'm both, looking forward and NOT really looking forward to.. but I'm not gonna say why. I think you guys should've known WHY by now. :P

depressed :(

2009-02-07T13:58:00.010+08:00

I think I'm slowly sinking into depression again, only this time, it wasn't because the lack of love. It's because of the stupid sickness I had with me since 1991. Gastric ulcer.

How would you feel if you have abdominal pain every time you eat something? Or whenever you go to bed, you had to grit your teeth because your stomach hurts like hell? Even not eating gives terrible stomach pain. Let's not forget hard, solid foods that hurts the stomach (intestines). And the latest, drinking tea (which happened to be my favorite drink) induces vomiting. If those symptoms happened to you, I'm sure you'll feel irritated and depressed like me too..

I just threw up my whole lunch not too long ago, after drinking milk tea. The experience of sitting on the cold bathroom floor with my head on the toilet bowl was not something I enjoy doing. In fact, it was so painful, I cried like a baby... Took me almost 30 minutes to gain my strength to drag myself on the bed. To divert myself from feeling sorry about the whole situation, I turned to my notebook and viewed some old photos..

And then I saw this:

A photo of my dogs, Girly and BonBon with their neighbor (my cousin's dog) ZengZeng. It was supposed to be a happy photo, because I took the photo back in November, when my parents and I went to clear the graves of my late sister and grandmother. The dogs definitely enjoyed themselves that day, because there were so many space for them to run and hide from each other.

BonBon, the black dog, died on the eve of New Year 2009. On the morning before his departure, he went into my room, as usual, to greet me good morning.. and went back to his usual sleeping place. He was very sick then. I went to his bedside, stroke his head and told him how much I love him and how I wish he would get well soon, so he could wear the collar I bought him for Christmas. I went to my father's estate that morning, only to come back by noon with the news that BonBon had passed.

That thought made me sobbed even more.

I miss him so much.. I still couldn't look at his photos without shedding a tear. :(

Gosh, I think I'm going crazy today... all thanks to this stupid gastric.

i'm back!

2009-02-05T14:24:00.014+08:00

I hope! hehehehe..

Oh my, I'm terribly, terribly sorry for the lack up updates. You know what they say, when you have a new toy, you tend to throw the old one away. :P

********

When my 8 years relationship with my previous partner fell apart, I was devastated and almost fell into deep depression. Life for me was meaningless then. I felt like I've wasted my time and youth, and I turned into a bitter and angry person. For almost 3 years in my life, I have been living a lonely, quiet and secluded life, away from my family and friends. I avoided family gatherings as much as I can, I gave excuses for not being able to make it to friends outings.. I found comfort in locking up myself in my bedroom. Just me and the loud music playing in the background. Such was my life back then.. That was the path I chose to be in because I was so close to giving up on life, on myself..

Until Jaya came into the picture..

My life took a whole 360 degrees turn.

With Jaya around, everyday is a blessed day. He gave me reasons to live once again. He made me see the beauty and wonders of life. He made me realize that life is meant to be beautiful. He opened a new door for me to explore how wonderful the world is.

:)

I'm not gonna dive into details on how I met Jaya, that would be a different story for another day. But I'd like to express this to all you people who's still seeking for the "one" out there. NEVER GIVE UP. Tho it might seem impossible and hopeless at first, trust The Lord, He will NOT abandon you. Just put your trust on Him. Continue praying and talk to Him about your feelings. HE WILL NOT DISAPPOINT YOU. I am saying this because I bear witness to His love and miracle. After 'talking' to Him for years, He finally brings me "The One" - even better, He gave me more than what I've expected from the man of my dream!

Keep the faith and your new path will soon be revealed to you. :)

i'm still alive!

2009-01-17T13:31:00.004+08:00

Just so you know, I did NOT vanish from the face of the earth. It's just that I moved to another place and I did not have any Internet access.

But I do now! :D

I'll continue with my posts and blog hops as soon as I get settled in this new place of mine. Okay?

For the time being, here's a photo of me and my bestie, Tess, during a gig where my BF was performing. And oh, did I mentioned that I have a boyfriend now? *hee* He was the one that I meant when I wrote this post. I'm so blessed! (Anyway, will talk about him some other time.. ok?)

Until then. Take care everyone. God bless!

merry christmas!

2008-12-25T05:04:00.004+08:00

To all my family, friends and readers (both silent readers and commenting readers).

May you have a blessed Christmas filled with joy, hope and love - I know I got it this year! :D I am overjoyed, my hopes have come true .. and I'm in love! What more can I ask, right? *teehee*

Oh, I took a lot of photos today, but I'll only share it with you some other time. I am really, really tired now. Look at the time : It's 5:00AM!

I'm gonna hit the sack. You have a merry one, ya? :D

home is where the heart is

2008-12-23T09:14:00.006+08:00

The one thing I love about being back home is that - I get to sleep on my own bed. I get to wake up to the loud, blasting sound from my dad's radio early in the morning. I get to eat breakfast every morning. I get pampered like a small girl I was.. *hee*

We finally did the Christmas tree last night. Me and my brother. Took us almost 3 hours (or more) because we were too lazy.. in fact, one of us managed to take a nap while working on the tree! LOL! The tree didn't turned out as pretty as we've planned.. but boleh lah, kampung-kampung. Ha! Ha! Ha!

And speaking of kampung, oohh have I mentioned how I LOVE being back in kampung (village)?

This is me, early morning yesterday, enjoying the beautiful green scenery with Girly.
(Photo was taken by my brother, through the bamboo blind - which explains the "blurness")

It's calming and peaceful being back home. Really. You city people should try living in the kampung once a while. :P

'flowering heart' (hati berbunga)

2008-12-21T07:22:00.001+08:00

Ohh.. I'm definitely IN LOVE! :P

I feel like a schoolgirl once again. *teehee*

the grass is really green over this side

2008-12-19T23:06:00.004+08:00

I'm posting this from home. Back home at my parents' place in SABAH!! :D

And yes, the grass is so much greener over here compared to the ones I had back in KL. LOL. But er.. it's been raining cats and dogs since the day I arrived - last Wednesday - only this time, it wasn't caused by my laundry cleaning. It's the rainy season over here. :P

What I love about being home is not only I get to see my parents and spend time with them (and nice home-cooked meal by mommy), I also get to see our pet dogs - which I treat them like my own siblings!

This is Girly, she was having fever when this photo was taken. :(

We have another dog, BonBon. He's currently sick too.. he's lost a lot of weight, it makes me sad whenever I pat his head and back. But I'm pretty sure he's gonna make it. All he need is our continuous love and support, and of course, medicine! :P

Oh, I also baked some Christmas cookies this afternoon. I don't know what that cookie's called, it was an experimental cookie. Hahaha. It's not done yet tho. I still need to buy cooking chocolate tomorrow to dip them cookies into it. The ones I had (cooking choc) in the fridge turned out to be.. uhm, not that good. It won't melt no matter how long I steam it!

Hmm.. what else to say?

Oh yeah. I'm missing someone today. Like REALLY miss that person, I wish I could fly over and meet him. *hee* Does this mean I'm in love? I don't know.. It's too early to say. :P

OK, that's about it for my report of the day. Talk to you again soon!

what day is this?

2008-12-15T15:51:00.009+08:00

Today's officially my lazy day. Or my pissed off day. Or just my lazy day.

Oh yeah, I really am lazy. It's totally LAZY DAY today. I'm too lazy to chat on YM. I'm too lazy to play with my pet on Pet Society (Facebook). I'm too lazy to reply text messages on my cellphone. I'm too lazy to get dress and get out to get my Christmas shopping done. I'm too lazy to get out my PJs!

But if there's one thing I'm not lazy to do today is to complain and get pissed at how one of my roomie love using MY THINGS for her own pleasure.

You see, I don't mind sharing my things with people. I don't mind sharing my food with you if you're hungry. Heck, I even share my food with the stray dogs and cats whenever they came over to where I was seated. I don't mind sharing my expensive shampoo or expensive shower gel - because I know it smells good and you probably couldn't afford that luxury - I couldn't afford it too, but I saved my money to get that.

But I mind people USING my hanger to dry their laundry!

Seriously... for hygienic purpose, I REALLY, REALLY do mind sharing my hanger and stuff at the laundry area. I mean, can't you even afford to buy cheap hangers? SERIOUSLY?!! Or do I need to TELL you that you need to buy your own hanger?? Geez, even my other roomie knows that he needs to buy his OWN hanger - I didn't even have to ask him!

I've been nice enough to let you use my drying place (I don't know what you call that thing you hang your hanger and clothes on to dry them outside) that when I needed them to hang my own clothes, I'll just move your clothes THAT WAS USING MY HANGER to the other side. Yet, you still don't get the clue.

Well I'll tell you this once (when you come back home later) to get your own hanger. The next time I dry my laundry and see you're still using my hanger, I might throw your clothes on the floor.

You're still welcome to use my "drying place" tho.

saturday night fever

2008-12-14T12:51:00.008+08:00

yes, I think I caught up with cold from last night's partying. we partied under the rain (with a canvas on our head, of course).. but the numerous trip to the dunny made us walk right under the rain.

Nevertheless, it was fun! I'm glad I made it to the partay and met up with a few great and interesting bloggers (and some aspiring bloggers). WOOHOO!!

Me, Mel , Dan and my brother

Some of the first batch of attendees. Fun! Fun!

My bestie, Tess, happily munching on some fried chicken, her sister Ave talking about something that obviously made me laugh while eating fries.
KIDS, DON'T DO THIS AT HOME. DON'T TALK/LAUGH WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL!

Tess trying out my beer with me making a silly face

Wokay, that's about all the photos I could share with you. Do browse around the Sabahan (KL based) bloggers blog for more photos. You might find more interesting pics. :)

quickie

2008-12-13T01:31:00.002+08:00

Meeting Tess later today.

If she couldn't make it AGAIN, I'm gonna kill her.

Hah! :P

wake me up when september ends

2008-12-11T09:37:00.008+08:00

Sorry for the lame title. I actually couldn't think of one because I just got out of bed - masih blur-blur ni. I should be sleeping still right now, if it wasn't for Tess who rang my phone! Eeee! What's with people calling at odd hours, disturbing my precious sleep?!! And the worse part was, I was in the middle of a sweet dream!!!!!!!!

$%$&#@

(5 minutes of silence)

I swear I wanted to tell you something when I started this post, but now... I can't remember what it was. *sigh*

Anyway, I just want to publish my latest blog design that I did for a client/friend. Uhm.. actually not THAT recent - because it's been over 2 weeks since this design went live (and I forgot to announce it. heh) but heck, I still wanna show you (especially YOU, my future child, grandchild, great-grandchild dan semua yang sewaktu dengannya).

Design was made for Sherri of Hair Sugar

I hope you like it! :P

OK.. back to Facebooking. I have a pet to take care of in Pet Society. Muahahaha!

yatta!! (but not quite lah)

2008-12-10T00:00:00.010+08:00

Man, this Christmas season really makes me lazy. I have been abandoning my blogs, my assignments.. even my blog design requests lately. In fact, I have rejected ALL blog design request this month because I wanted to fully concentrate on this month of Christmas. LOL!

Well, I've been busying myself with gift shopping with my brother. I'm glad to say that I'm finally done with gift shopping - now down to home deco and some extra clothes for myself. :P

Oh, yesterday was my roomie's birthday. I only found out after checking his Facebook in the noon. And it so happened that I just bought RM600+ worth of cake deco, so I made a quick decision to bake him a cake. By the way, in NO WAY am I saying I'm a good baker. (you'll know why)

After 6 hours of baking and crafting the fondant deco... it turned out that my cake was disastrous!!! From the moment I got it out of the pan, I KNEW there's something wrong with it. Upon tasting it, I could sadly say that the cake was edible.. but tasted like RUBBER.

*boohoo*

Mind you, I was cursing and throwing stuff to let out my anger after wasting all those time for that stupid cake. I even called it "The f*cking cake". Really. It was THAT horrible. And just to soothe my angry self, I decided to go ahead and proceed with the deco - since I've already shaped the fondant!

This is the top part of the cake:

I hand-made all of these!

As for the rest of the cake... hmm... I think I'm not gonna show you lah. The cake's too horrible that no fondant nor icing could hide the flaws! :*(

I never showed the cake to my roomie. Well, I did told him about the cake and how horrible it turned out, but I never took it out of my room. I think I'm gonna keep it there for a while as a deco - or until I see some hungry stray dogs roaming in front of the house.

As for my roomie, I end up taking him to Baskin & Robbins so he could buy himself an ice-cream cake. Wahahaha!!

Bah! I'm still angry and sad, I think I'm gonna cry. :(

Happy December 1st!!!

2008-12-01T22:39:00.003+08:00

Oh yeah, just 25 days more to Christmas.. and I can't wait!!!

I can't wait to meet my family. I can't wait to have Christmas dinner. I can't wait to unwrap the presents under the Christmas tree... and I can't wait for baby Jesus to be born again! ;D

Now.. this reminds me that I have Christmas presents to wrap before going back home soon. Hahaha!

P/S: I wonder if people actually remember that Christmas is about celebrating the birth of Christ, NOT a holiday celebration that you celebrate for year end and New Year..

Am Loving It!

2008-11-27T11:34:00.003+08:00

Got me a brand new pink shorts from Fat Face. *teehee*

Apart from the pink shorts someone got me from London last month, this would be my first purchase of PINK shorts. Normally I'd get those white or black ones. But I must say, I really LOVE this super comfy shorts! Despite being somewhat pricey (damnit, their stuff are really pricey here in Malaysia!), I am glad I got this shorts. And the scarf. Muahahaha! Must showoff scarf to mom come Christmas. :P

I'm gonna say it again. I love Fat Face's clothings. They're soooooooo pretty and cute! The men's collection are really not bad too.

Oh, I'm planning to buy their oh-so-super-cute shoes this weekend, if my cash transfer made it's way by this weekend. *fingers cross* Wish me luck!

i'm so corrupted

2008-11-26T21:05:00.006+08:00

Geez, my friend had been browsing his computer looking for songs to be made into ringing tone in his new cellphone. That fella has like..er.. I dunno how many songs. Hundreds? Thousands? And when this one song of Michael Bolton came out (it was a slow song, can't remember the title. It's NOT "When A Man Loves A Woman"), I can't help but screamed:

"Gawd, that sounds like some p0rn music!"

"What p0rn??" came the cheeky reply.

"Ya la.. see how slow that song is. It's like some stupid slow sex is going on.."

..... *silence* .....

then suddenly..

"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
"MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"

God, I need to go for confession and cleanse myself. ¬¬

Tell Tommy I Miss Him

2008-11-26T01:27:00.002+08:00

You have no idea how happy I was to have found this on YouTube!

Brings back so much memories .. back to my childhood days, singing along to the music played on the gramaphone.

Ahh.. such beautiful memories.. :)

here comes the weekend

2008-11-23T11:03:00.000+08:00

Time to clean up my messy and dusty bedroom.

I'm starting from the dunny..

GAH! I hate being sick for 2 weeks. All I get is an uncleaned, messy bedroom!

>.<

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

2008-11-22T23:42:00.004+08:00

I changed my blog's theme to Christmas today.

I'm quite happy with the new look. :o)

Oh.. I can't wait for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!

Huzzah, Praise Ye Lord!

2008-11-20T12:51:00.004+08:00

I feel quite healthy today, even danced to Shontelle's "T-Shirt" and singing outloud with Sinead's "Thank You" holding a glass full of milk! The joy of being healthy, I guess. Haha!

And oh, have I told you about my new violin? :P

I'm getting better with my violin playing by day. Muahahahaha am so excited about this!

OK gotta go. Cupcake waiting on my table. :D

sick

2008-11-16T22:47:00.001+08:00

It's been 6 days and I am still sick. Been spending my days watching Grey's Anatomy, Merlin, Dexter.. I can't remember what else.

*sigh*

I'm as good as dead.

oops, i did it again

2008-11-10T12:14:00.004+08:00

I was already working halfway through my latest project when my "inner voice" told me to double check on the design requirement. So I did. I went through the particulars. Everything seems fine and according to what was required. And then the "inner voice" told me to refer to the old email from this client.

Kaboom! I found one very important request from her. It was her particular choice of color! I know she asked for a pink theme, but I totally forgot that she has a PARTICULAR pink...

This is the pink I've been working on:

And this is the particular pink she wanted:

*slaps own face*

Oh dear, my mistake! My mistake! Now I gotta start all over again. :(

Lesson: Always listen to your inner voice. LOL!

irritated

2008-11-08T10:53:00.004+08:00

Gawd, I hate it when people cancel a plan last minute. I was supposed to have a girl's day out with a friend today - but when she never called me yesterday to confirm about the time we're supposed to meet, I knew there was something wrong. By midnight, she told me that the plan had to be postponed, or rather, cancelled. There was a change in her shift and she was to work today.

Damnit. Why can't people just stick to a plan. Worse, why can't they inform EARLIER if they couldn't make it?! *sigh* At times like this, I feel like using all the vocab I don't normally use within 2 miles from the church.

I was really looking forward to this meeting. Not for the shopping, but for the catching up.

F*ck la. Next time I don't wanna plan anything anymore.

putting on my thinking cap

2008-11-05T12:17:00.004+08:00

I took some medications for my allergies last night and I fell asleep while watching Smallville. Those meds are sleep-inducing ones, kinda like sleeping pills. And I like! LOL

Anyway, woke up pretty late this morning, like 10:45AM! :O Brushed my teeth and went straight to check my email. Received a deposit payment from a customer and details of her blog designs, I quickly grabbed the wholemeal bread, made my breakfast and start scribbling a design for her while munching on them bread.

The rough design

I have a few design ideas but for the time being, I'm sticking to this one first. Let's see how it'll turn out soon. Wish me luck! :P

PS: Oh, I bought new bedroom slippers last Monday. Just wanna show you my new cupcake slippers. Haha!

and now, the time has come...

2008-11-01T09:04:00.001+08:00

Today's All Saint's Day. We're off to Penampang later today to prepare for grandmama's "thanksgiving" tomorrow, which also happens to be All Soul's Day. Then the next day, Monday 3rd, I *might* be off flying somewhere..

I'm having mixed feelings about this. It's really hard leaving home once again, especially with that very sad look on Girly's face.. :(

If I Were A Boy

2008-10-30T10:06:00.007+08:00

If I were a boy
Even just for a day
I’d roll out of bed in the morning
And throw on what I wanted and go
I'd drink beer with the guys
And chase after girls
I’d makeout with who I wanted
And never get busted for it
Because they’d stick up for me

If I were a boy
I think that I'd understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
If I were a boy

I could just turn off my phone
And tell her that its broken
So she thinks that I was sleeping alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waiting for me to come home (to come home)

If I were a boy
I think that I'd understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted
Cause he’s taken you for granted
And everything you had got destroyed

It’s a little too late for you to come back
Say its just a mistake
Think I forgive you like that
If you thought I would wait for you
You thought wrong

But you're just a boy
You don’t understand (and you don’t understand)
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you’ll wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
And everything you had got destroyed
But you're just a boy…

bake with jane

2008-10-28T17:54:00.004+08:00

I'm making chocolate cake today. Right now, it's sitting inside the oven, baking. I don't know how it'll turn out, but I'm hoping for the best! :P

Will post the pic over here if everything looks great. Haha!

UPDATE: This is how the cake looked like! :D

it's a heartache

2008-10-26T22:46:00.005+08:00

My cousin adopted a baby boy recently, but the baby's father came to take him back 3 days later. I won't go into the details but what I can say is: My cousin's really sad and devastated right now. I hope she'll be alright. At least she still have her husband beside her to give all the mental support she needs - probably have a baby of their own soon too. :P

Well, this got me into thinking about myself: Will I have kids of my own someday? Should I commit myself to a man in marriage, despite the increasing divorce rate that's happening all around us? Would it be better if I adopt a child instead and remain single (unmarried) for the rest of my life?

Perhaps life is not all about getting married to someone. People won't die without a spouse, despite the famous quotes that lovers used to say: "I can't live without you." Well, maybe you could die of loneliness - but that's probably because you starved yourself to death. But die from being single?? I don't think I've heard of that one.

Anyway, why am I even writing all these??? I should get to bed.

thank you for hearing me

2008-10-24T09:50:00.004+08:00

For D.

morning has broken..

2008-10-23T08:04:00.007+08:00

I woke up in the morning high spirited. Despite having a not-so-interesting dream, I was determined to have a nice day. But everything turned sour when *someone* makes a lot of noise at home... Seriously, I hate being nagged at, moreover having to listen to someone grumble, complain, screaming at/about ridiculous thing. I know, things aren't going really well and I understand the anger and frustration, but having to go through this everyday? I think it's driving me and everyone crazy... :(

Anyway, I changed the layout on my other blog lastnight. Here's how the new theme looked like:

How do you like my new theme? :P

Please note that the blog is best viewed with Firefox.. it looks slightly strange in IE. (as you might have noticed in the screenshot above) So start using Firefox, everyone! :D

was about to say something...

2008-10-21T22:54:00.005+08:00

..but I think I'm too beat up to write a post. Just got back from doing the rosary at a new friend's home. The road to their house was quite bumpy too. It might be one of the reason why I'm as exhausted as I am right now.

So I guess I'm gonna hit the sack for now. Will prolly share something over here tomorrow.

till death do us part. (sorry, i lied)

2008-10-19T10:02:00.014+08:00

I was quite shocked when I saw on the news that Madonna's divorcing her husband, Guy Ritchie.
(or was it the other way around?)

Photo credit to D.I.C

I definitely didn't see that one coming. I thought they always looked like a happy, loving couple. But I guess that's how most people are. They hide their anger, sorrow, sufferings behind a smiling face. I know, getting a divorce is not easy. GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE is definitely something very painful. I know because it happened in my family. Personally, I've never been through a divorce, but I've been through heartbreaks. When my 8 years relationship with a man ended, I was devastated. And I can say one thing about this: You can NEVER totally recover from the pain.

So what makes a relationship fail? Betrayal? Lies? Dishonesty?

Only those who have been through failed relationship knows the answer...

waaaa... tirednya :(

2008-10-18T15:34:00.006+08:00

Just got back from my dad's kebun kelapa sawit. Uiyo my gawd, very the tired oh today. I thought abg Freddy (my cousin) said if I take those Herbalife shake, I'll feel extra energized? Hmm..

Anyway, I managed to stop by Facebook for some treat or treatin'. Ehehehe.. Managed to reach 100 points also la. Yay ~ I finally got that Windup Ya-Wobbly on my 3rd day. Weeeee!!

OK, gotta go take some nap now else I'd be yawning all the way through sunset mass. It's 3:37PM now. A few hours more... (sunset mass is at 6:00PM at St. Peter's Church, Kudat). That means I have like an hour of nap only. ><

Oh before I leave, I'm gonna post a pic of me and my old church friends back in St. Peter's Church, KUNAK. (I know I've posted the photo in my other blog before, but since this is a free blog that was supposed to last for years - for my future generations to see. LOL - I am posting it once again over here)

Me, Norbert, Aswen & Carol

Oh how I miss them terribly! *boohoo* :(

Eek!

2008-10-17T12:18:00.005+08:00

If you see things are not right on this blog, don't panic. That's just me behind. :P

Am working on upgrading this blog's skin to the latest version. (was on classic version all these while)

Not an easy task.. ><
* Update: 3:54PM Finally done! Yay.

going crazy

2008-10-17T09:52:00.007+08:00

I've been spending my morning clicking all over Facebook's (fluff)Friends, trick or treatin'. LOL

Only found 4 treats so far (for today). Uwaaaaaa!! I want more skull cupcakes!!! >.<

For Gina G

2008-09-17T11:43:00.005+08:00

This is my latest design for a friend of my brother.

Hopefully she'll like it! :D

This Is My Country

2008-09-08T19:08:00.004+08:00

I just watch the news on TV about a Malaysian "big shot" who tears down a picture of another Malaysian "big shot".. saying stuff against him -- who happened to be in the same ruling party with the other "big shot".

Makes me wonder...

Is this the kind of leader we want to be ruling our country?

Latest Design

2008-04-23T14:36:00.007+08:00

My latest blog design for a paying customer.
This theme is called "Kids In The Park". :-)

I had so much fun creating this one! Brought me back to my childhood days. *hee*

green, green theme of blog

2008-04-22T01:53:00.002+08:00

Another blog design by me. :-)

the young ones

2008-04-22T01:45:00.001+08:00

Keep Breathing

2008-04-17T23:42:00.004+08:00

May Your Love Be Upon Us, O Lord

2008-04-16T11:00:00.006+08:00

Seated here on the sofa in the living room, I wander the world of Internet aimlessly. Jumping from one blog to another, just for the sake of having something to read.

My clothes are in the washing machine, doing it's final rinse, I guess. At least I'll have fresh new clothes by tomorrow.

I stopped by at my brother's music blog, listened to his latest psalm tune and loving every bits of it. It's so beautiful, it made me cry..

Lord, You know Your LOVE is what we really need right now. Especially during this time.

********

My clothes are done. Gotta dry them now.

Not Abandoned!

2008-04-11T19:24:00.008+08:00

I repeat, this blog is NOT abandoned! (although sometimes it looks like it) :P

The thing is, I've been really busy lately, especially with the piling custom requests for blog design. (And I am thankful to God for that. I make extra money so I can buy some stuff.. *hee*) Oh in case you're wondering, I try to blog daily in my "official blog" - Forever Tulip, but most of the time, I'd be at my personal blog - Once Upon A Time. So.. if you don't see me posting over here, I'd be in either the 2 blogs. :P

Anyway, this is what I came up with last week. My 2 latest blog design.

Neneth

Supermother

Very Late Post

2008-04-05T06:49:00.006+08:00

Ah, I forgot to post my "Recent Design" here - as this is a free blog that I intend to keep forever (if possible) for my future children, grand children, great grand children, great great grand children .. to see. huhuhu!

This is a design I made especially for my dear friend, Chegu Carol. :-)

* Sorrylah, this post bangas sudah, tapi sia mau juga kasi tinguk urang sia punya recent design bah. kekekeke~

Oh, Girly..

2008-03-26T01:30:00.010+08:00

My mom's dog, Girly, she's so cute and naughty at the same time. She's like the "little baby" at home, since my siblings and I left for work/studies. She don't really eat from her bowl, because my mom would normally feed her .. kinda like being spoon-fed. *hee* My mom treats Girly like she's her baby. My dad treats her like a daughter too. Did you know that Girly sleeps with my parents? LOL, that spoiled little thing.

My mom and I would text each other everyday, talking about nothing but Girly. Every small, recent development, every newfound skill and hobby would be "reported" to me - it's like I'm actually there, because I know everything that's going on with Girly!

I've grown to love and miss Girly a lot too, even though I've only spent about a month with her during my recent visit back home. Every day, I'd text my mom asking about Girly, and every time she updates me about her, sometimes sending me an MMS of her, I'd shed a tear. It's THAT much love you see..

Less than half an hour ago, mommy text me:

I'm now going to sleep. Girly & daddy sleeping. I scold her coz she bit Didy's charger. Usually she won't bite. She didn't wait 4 me coz being scolded..

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

For My Daughter (Or Son)

2008-03-25T03:26:00.003+08:00

This post is for the reference of my future kids.

My dearest child,

I just thought that I should share with you a picture of my current (as of March 25th, 2008) favorite toy:

The pink hippo.

You might not understand my obsession with anything CUTE, PINK and HIPPO but trust me, maybe someday you'll understand. Perhaps when you're much older.

I also want you to know that it's OK to buy toys for yourself. (and by toys, I really meant TOY) :P

Mommy loves you.

on the 3rd day he rose again

2008-03-24T05:28:00.002+08:00