Hello

long time no post. i am still alive, by the way. :P seriously, i have been so busy lately that i only get a few hours of sleep.. and my panda eyes are getting more obvious everyday. thank goodness i studied professional makeup while i was back in KL that i am able to hide those flaws whenever i go out (but that too, will depend on how rajin i am. most of the time, it's just the moisturizer and face powder) ha ha

so er. i think that's all i can post today. i just got back from lunch + high tea with Bunny's nephew (consider my nephew also lah that, kan??) not too long ago and i am so damn full. i think i could afford a quick nap now before i work on my small projects.

in the meantime, ya'll be nice ya hear me?

i leave you with a design i made last week. lol

i am

// not dead

// i just have a sore throat

kthnxbai

how to give that bump look on your hair

a few weeks ago, i typed "how to bump your hair" on youtube.. and a few videos popped up. i picked one with a beautiful girl with shoulder-length hair, about the length of mine. halfway through the video, i got bored and was about to click on another video when she mentioned "armpits".

like, what? armpits?

i replayed the part where she said "armpits".. and it turned out to be "bumpits"!

the girl on the video used a bumpits to give that bump look on her hair - and it was SO EASY! like eating ais kacang! actually, eating ais kacang lagi susah. you would have to chew those kacangs. sometimes they got stuck in between your teeth and you got so annoyed, you wanna just korek your gigi right in front of everyone so you can continue eating the ais kacang.

anyway, to make story short... i went ahead and bought the bumpits online. and because i'm nice, i'm gonna show some pictures for those of you who has never heard of bumpits. ;D

this is the bumpits box. i just got it in the mail today. yay!

there's an instruction paper inside. pink and black color combination. saya suka!

and the main items inside........

tadaaa!! the bumpits!!! :D

small little pieces that you can use on your hair to give it a little groove, especially if you're into classic looks. macam that movie, 'breakfast at tiffanys'. heeeee

now you must be wondering how it looks like on the head, right? yes? no? oh whatever. i'm showing nevertheless!

(ada muka macam cikgu ka? he he)

what do you think? nice kan the bump? you no longer need to tease your hair and use cans of hair spray to achieve that bump look. just use a bumpits and your bad hair day problem's solved! you're welcome.

you can get the bumpits online. i think you can get them from the lowyatt forum as well - they're pretty cheap, tho i'm not sure about the authenticity of the product. but hey, yang penting can bump! another way is to get them off their website or ebay.

until my next post, this is me signing off with a bump on my head. :P


PS: this is NOT an advertorial post, tho it would be great to get PAID for saying nice things about this product. ahahahah!

the story of a girl and her pink obsession

once upon a time, there lives a girl who has an obsession of the color pink. she practically lives in a pink space with pink items all around her. she painted her office wall pink.. even painted her work table pink. she also has a vast collection of pink colored pens, pink candles, pink toothbrush, pink clock, pink..pink..pink! one could go dizzy just staring at her collection of pink items.

then one fine day, as the girl was surfing the internet to find more pink inspiration, she chanced upon a beautiful picture of a pink canon calculator. she was instantly in love! determined to have one for herself, she called the company that advertised the pink calculator; but to her disappointment, it was out of stock. not wanting to give up, she called another company that sells stationery items online - another disappointment.days go by. calls after another, emails and more emails was sent out: all came back with hurtful news.

as a girl who wouldn't stop at nothing (for pink), she called her brother as a last resort.

"you HAVE to help me!"

"what's wrong?"

"go walk around low yatt and hunt for a pink calculator for me. canon brand."

and thus, the journey began. her brother would hunt around klang valley for a pink canon calculator. he found a pink one, but it was a giant supermarket brand. and it wasn't that pretty. he sent the girl a text along with a photo of the calculator... of course, it wasn't a canon, so the girl despised it.

back home, the girl scavenges all around town. from one stationery store to another, hunting for that beloved pink canon calculator. to her dismay, NONE of the stationery stores in kk sells them.

days turned into weeks. weeks turned into months.. still no signs of a pink canon calculator. not even ebay has it.

and just as the girl was about to give up, a whatsapp picture message came through her phone:

there sits a beautiful, sexy pink canon calculator in the hand of her brother.

IT'S A PINK CANON CALCULATOR!

"you'll have it when i get home this christmas" was the message that came along with it. a short, simple message that brings happiness and total sadness at the same time, for christmas is such a long wait. a 2 weeks worth of wait!

xxxx 2 weeks later xxxx

her brother made her the happiest girl on earth!

xxxx present time xxxx

she now has a pink canon calculator:

she also has another one, a smaller version of pink canon calculator that she also made her brother to get her:

(photo is a bit blurry because the girl who took this photo belum makan breakfast lagi. even while posting this, her family happy-happy makan bubur ubi di sana while she had to post this dalam kelaparan!)

....actually, she has more than that:

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ha!

the girl found another pink canon calculator in one of the store that sells christian books! (she believes it was in kolombong? oh my, her sense of direction is really THAT bad!) imagine her feelings when she found that the christian bookstore had those pink canon calculators all these while!! even her fiance made fun of her and said, "when all is lost, seek Jesus. he has the pink canon calculator!" -_-

so she bought another TWO.

in total, she actually has FOUR pink canon calculators..... but her mother made her give away one to her favorite baker (who happens to be her friend) because her mother said, (i quote) "you have too many calculators! and beside, sharing is caring. christmas is about giving and sharing.."

so she shared her joy of pink canon calculator with the baker and the girl lived happily ever after with her 3 pink canon calculators.  but there's no saying that she'll stop at 3. she might buy another one..because, (in her words) "kurang asam betul! time kita cari berabis, semua kedai tiada jual. sudah kita beli jauh-jauh di kl... tetiba banyak pulak di kk!"

The End.

As I grow older..

This morning, I woke up feeling happy and excited. Took a quick shower and whispered on my dog's ear to go wish his daddy a Happy Birthday. But a dog will remain a dog. So I went to Bunny's office, gave him a hug, saying "Happy Birthday!".

Then thunder stiked:

"Bila birthday aku?"

Surprised, I answered,

"Hari ni kan? 30th? You said almost the same day with Michael Jackson mah??"

"Michael Jackson 29th. Mine's 28th!"

I almost died.

Another year older

One camera pose with my boy before my birthday ends - 10 years from now, I will look back at this and said, "Oh my, I look so young then." (or vice versa?)

No birthday celebration for me today though... I'm still grieving for the loss of my puppy..

Honey, where's the honey?

I've had this cough for almost a week now(?). I don't recall when it started, but one thing for sure: it just WON'T go away!

I for one, am not a believer in using modern medicine ..unless it is deemed to. I prefer to let my antibody work and try to heal itself. (namah shivaya) But I guess my antibody is not in a condition as it used to. :-( .... But I remembered an old method that I read somewhere... Honey.

In fact, in a study, honey appeared to be as effective as a common cough suppressant ingredient, dextromethorphan, in typical over-the-counter doses. Since honey is low-cost and widely available, it might be worth a try. So a cuppa honey I did have.

I am not a person who drinks hot stuff, but for the sake of my cough... I forced myself to drink a cup of hot honey - and surprisingly, I LOVE IT!!! The picture above is actually my 3rd cup of hot honey. :D

Hope it'll work it's magic on me.

Now before I end this post (and probably go blog hopping before continuing with my sesi melipat kain.. eeeeek!) I'm gonna post a picture specially for the pretty Fay.

A view on one part of my mini studio which I call: The mood uplifter side. It's a side where I hang stuffs that gives me the happy mood. :D

One pic can la kan?? The other part of the studio is still in a mess - trust me, you wouldn't want to see it. Ha ha ha! Tunggu kena kemas then I take some pics ya? :P

Okay lah, going to fold the clothes now before I get too lazy again.

“And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.”
—Colossians 3:17

Special Announcement

When I say nothing at all..

Waiting for my face mask to dry as I type this..so I can turn into a beautiful princess... ha ha

Since I don't have anything to post tonight (blank suda ni... sleepy), I'll post an image that I made this morning.

Good night everyone. Will let you know if I look like a princess after the mask. :P

Sometimes, I cannot adapt to changes..

An aunt of mine who's married to a Chinese once told me that the bed shouldn't be placed facing directly to either the door or a window. Another Chinese man (the guy from the apartment's management office) then told Bunny last weekend that according to their (the Chinese, I assume) belief, it is not advisable to place the bed facing a door or the window.

Then last night, I moved the bed to face the wall instead of the window. I don't know why it took me THIS long to move it.. but oh well, at least I finally moved it! And you know what? I couldn't sleep! I went to bed around 11:00PM and was awake around 3 in the morning. No matter how hard I tried to get back to sleep (even tried the tip that I read somewhere in Fay's blog about how to get to sleep) .. still, I couldn't! What's worse was that somewhere along the line... I end up reminiscing the old days back when my family and I was a resident of Kunak. I remember all the things I did, both good and bad, growing up as a teen.. being slightly rebellious and all that. And then I remembered about that one time when I had a fight with my dad...

So there I was, lying on the bed, sobbing and crying as silent as I could, guilt-ridden, feeling bad for myself and wishing that I could just get on the phone and talked to someone. Of course, I did apologized to my dad back then... but for some reason, it hurts so much just to think about it last night.

And at one point, I actually imagined myself being that woman in the 'Eat, Pray, Love' book.. where she had a moment when she cried in the bathroom, confused and wanting to escape from it all. Except that I dare not cry in my bathroom in the middle of the night, alone... nanti ada 'lain' yang datang tinguk. Ha ha ha!

So.... yeah... I wish that I still have someone who I can talk to, no matter what time it is. I used to have someone, but now.. *sigh*. I don't even wanna talk about it anymore.

I'll blame it on the bed position move!

Super Sunday

Did some shopping at Suria with my Bunny today till my feet hurts.. but at least I burnt A LOT of calories. Yay! Also, I managed to finally wrap the stuff that I have been planning on sending to a dear friend of mine in Seattle, USA. lol. Been wanting to mail them to her since like 2 weeks ago, but I didn't have the time to pack and go to the post office. Sibuk bah me. Maklumlah, businesswoman.. :P

And since I am soooooooooooo tired right now, I don't think I'll be able to do some blog hopping tonight. Will do that tomorrow instead.. coz right now, my feet are killing me! :(

Blog Oh Mighty!

I think my blog has magic. A super power-like thingy that no one knows. Not even me. Because 3 days after posting about my ongoing period... it finally STOP! Yes, my period finally stopped today!!! Like, YAY! I'm not gonna die. I do not have to write my will. Best of all? I do not have to spend extra $$$ for the OBGYN!!

:D :D :D

So happy I am that I managed to finish up a design project for a client's Housewarming Party deco. Here's a sneak peek:

Again, my blog has super powers! :D

Am I going to ..... ?

I've been having my period for over 2 weeks now. (This is my first. Normally it'll be 3 days only) Am I supposed to worry?? Should I start writing down my will???

I searched for an answer from online these few days, and this is one of the many answers I found:

Every aspect of a women's cycle is sensitive to many changes from hormonal, uterine, ovarian, and blood issues. Having a long period 1 time is not really that concerning, but bleeding for more than 1 week multiple cycles requires an investigation. The bleeding you experienced is called Menorrhagia, meaning excessive menstrual bleeding at the normal time. I'll discuss some of the causes below. 1. Clotting disorders - If you have a blood clotting problem, it can manifest as heavy bleeding during your cycle. 2. Uterine fibroids - Very common benign uterine tumor. They may be removed if pregnancy is desired down the road, or removed through hysterectomy if no more children are desired. 3. Uterine polyps - These are small growths in the uterus that can bleed excessively 4. Adenomyosis - Growth of the inner lining of the uterus into the outer layer. Number one is diagnosed with simple blood tests. Numbers 2-4 can be diagnosed through imaging such as an ultrasound.

Guess I'll give it a few days more before going to the OBGYN. By the way, where's the OBGYN in KK? Never been to one...

In a word: Lonely

So the party's over. My brother's back to the big city. Bunny's been away for 4 days now so it's only me, and Chiko. And my family of course. It's so sweet of them to stay over and keep me company while Bunny's away, but I guess when you've gotten use to living with someone (like in this case, Bunny) and that someone is not around.. you'll miss them. Tho there are times when Bunny and I would quarrel or disagree (over small matter, most of the time) ..like that time when I got so so annoyed because we had to watch 'The Life of Pi' (when I actually wanted to watch the other movie - which I couldn't remember which. lol) I must say, it's those 'ugly' things that makes you closer to that person.

I remember the story that Bunny told me about the man who sat beside him on one of his flight to Kota Kinabalu, about a year ago. The man, a teacher, just lost his wife about a month before. This man, who's a total stranger to Bunny, mentioned that during his wife's lifetime, they often quarrel and fight over stupid things. Now that his wife's gone, it occurred to him that it was those fights that made him misses his wife the most. "Yang bergaduh-gaduh itu lah yang paling kita ingat...", was his exact words.

So I guess it's those fights and quarrels that made me think of him a lot these few days.

Anyway, Bunny's coming home tomorrow and I've already re-arranged his clothes in the closet. Tidied things up, neatly fold everything and aligned the clothes on the hangers according to size and length. Can't wait to see his surprised face tomorrow when he opens up the closet. :D

Still many hours more to go before I see him. I'm gonna do some reading before going to bed tonight. It's a book my brother accidentally left at home. Before he takes it back, I'm gonna read it up. Ha!

By the way, I changed my blog template again. Couldn't stand the natural shades of colors that I made last night. I guess, after all, I am a pastel color lover at heart and soul. Hope you like the new change!

Happy Birthday, me! :D

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)

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!

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)

My new pink candle

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!

silence is golden

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

uninspired..

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!