recent undertakings

I bought a new camera recently - an Olympus E-PL2. Supposed to be really good (unless the reviews are all olympus sponsored). My old Canon compact did not spoil, but my buddy psychoed me into buying a new and improved one. That's wat buddies are for, right. (Actually he holds a half share of both the cameras, and i'm the stakeholder -ie i hold and use the cameras 90% of the time. But hey, I had to pay half for the very unnecessary skins (for the very uninformed, skins are the stickers that have no functions but to provide patterns) which the stylo milo that he is insisted upon RM90 for 2 ok.. -_-)

So here are some random shots taken with the new camera. Quite bad shots since i havent any skills and too laid back to be reading the manual..

Hehe, ya, loo rolls, in my PD house. Those feet belong to my dad.

My Fb and msn profile pic. Somehow managed turn camwhore into arty farty.

Ipoh Kai shi hor fun, in Ipoh no less!

Someone's dog captured the time i went with buddy to view some houses.

Some program the camera has- dramatised or sthing. This is at the Mines.

And lastly, my colleague Anis' wedding. My hair color is DIY using Liese, not bad actually, considering the price - below RM30. My lace top is bought online, RM50. Belt is from Bangkok, RM16. I sound like a total cheapo, don't i. Which brings me to another topic- online clothes shopping..next time!

My husband's humour

Conversation with husband over Bak Kut Teh on Sunday morning :- me : Bak kut teh is cooked with herbs right? hubs : yeah. me : then what is the medicinal properties or benefits from the herbs? i've never heard they advertise or promote the medicinal properties. hubs: got, got, it cures thin liver. Hehehe, get it? As in it will contribute towards fatty liver. [btw: wtf is wrong with blogspot's paragraphing, cant seem to get to another para.:-(]

Being Heavy

I brought work home just to realize that i've left my thumbdrive still stuck in the office pc. Great, just when i've finally got the mood to work, i've to go and browse the internet aimlessly..tough life. hehe. so here i am..trying to get inspiration to blog- was throughing the old photos folder and came across the pics taken in singapore with cy. I was soooo heavy and honestly, look so clumsy, mumsy, mousy, you get the picture.

Here, and of coz, it didnt help that i was standing next an LV ad, showing those gorgeous slim gams. I was as far from glamorous as can be. I think i was weighing about 57kgs then. And was also having acne problem due to hormonal imbalance (yes, its true and i'll get to that).

My wedding helped me to get back in shape, i lost bout 5 kgs and was weighing at 52 during my wedding last December. And my skin cleared just in time too, thank god!

Just for comparison, here's my photo taken after i've lost weight.

Uhh, probably not a gd pic for comparison - i was wearing tons of make up and my arms are always the hardest place to slim down.

Mmm, sorry for lack of better pics, other recent pics are in THAT thumbdrive. Those were my bday flowers from my ex-future husband, ie my husband :-)

Dunno what you think but i thought i already looked much better after dropping that few kilos and my skin having cleared considerably, though i looked pale under the harsh office lights. haha.

All in all, i dropped bout 5 kgs in 6 months - i went to the gym often, had salads for dinners, had healthy bfasts, stressing out over the wedding preps, those are the 'secrets' to my weight loss. Oh, i went to the slimming centre for a course too, paid rm500 for them just to rub some damn heating cream on me and chuck me into the sauna to roast. If just to give them credit, perhaps i dropped 800gms from there. *shrug*

And as for the acne, cy said he believes my rabbit diet (eat vege like rabbits, not eat rabbits) helped clear them. But i believe there's another 'secret' to it. More of that in another post. Heh.

4 months down the road from the wedding date- i've gained back some 3 kgs and due to the work load nowadays, i cant find time to lug my butt to the gym. Sadly. But in order to stop piling up the pounds, i'm gonna find a way to stop it - though dont' know how yet. ahhaha....

ciao, time for bed!

A small bit of this married life

Sunday afternoon. Slight breeze blowing in the very hot weather. Laundry's hanging out to dry in the porch. Neighbour's grasscutter's buzzing. Tv's on with CSI finishing and continuing with So you think you can dance. Husband's thumbing his conflict of laws textbook, preparing for class or answering a student's question. Wife's browsing facebook and watching tv at the same time. Simplicity of life at its best. If only everyday can be like this...

Puffing on Victoria's Secrets, anyone?

One incident tickled my funny bones to no end.

CY and i entered the lift in the Tropicana on our way to the cinema, to watch Battle: Los Angeles (which is the worst movie we've watched this and last year combined! Cy fell asleep and i was so bored!).

So anyway, this dude and his dude friend entered the lift also. Then suddenly this dude slapped his head and said "damn, forgot to bring my Victoria's Secrets!". *eyebrows raised, everyone in the lift, i'm sure*. Then his dude friend laughed and said, "you wear Victoria's Secrets???"

Then this dude got really embarrassed coz everyone in the lift was smiling, and then pointed at the ad in the lift which said "VICTORIAN CIGARETTES -electronic cigarettes, the best way to quit smoking"!! He forgot to bring his for a refill or something...

Tell me that's not funny! :-)))

yet again!

wow, has it really been that long since i last posted an entry? V day is more than a month away. And it was sucky by the way. haha.



It seems to me that i oni blog nowadays when i'm sad and when i'm happy, my thoughts are filled with shopping, travelling and eating, never blogging. SOLI!



well, today is no exception, i'm bogged down with work, tired from my trip to bangkok (ya, i went to bangkok for 4 days, but i'm an arse which cant be arsed to blog bout it hahah), post holiday blues, lonely and scared to go home, coz husband is outstation- sounds pretty bad, and therefore, am in the mood to blog. :-P



I wanna write bout how much my life sucks, but then it's old story, boring. So i'll write bout other stuff.



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Errr.mmmm no idea what to write about.



Let me think hard again..............................



Errmmmm........................



Well, since Bangkok is still fresh in my mind, think i'm gonna go ahead and dive in. Guess i'm not an arse, and i CAN be arsed to write bout it. *smirk*



I went with my high school friend Queen and my ex lami kakis from Sabah. 4 of us, just right for a cab. Supposed to be a shopping trip, but i didnt really buy much coz i think the things are not as cheap as 2 years ago, when i went with buddy. Or i've gotten stingy, very probable also. Anyway, i bot for myself, 2 bags, 3 pcs of clothing, 2 belts, 1 hat, 6 DVDs (watched 1 of it-Departures), 1 pair of earrings, 1 hairband. That's all. I bot also some other stuff for other ppl, and snacks for office. With makan (we were generous with makan) and cabs, hotels, massages, etc, i spent bout rm1.5k in total. Still sound pretty good eh.

The trip this time is quite enjoyable- i got to go to places which i missed out the last time, Ayutthaya and Chatuchak and ah hemm...Tiger show. :-DDD

Ayutthaya, as a temple city, pales in comparison with Siem Reap which is nothing but awe inspiring, but i finally got to see the Buddha statute head in the tree root, and my friends got to see the sleeping buddhas, etc. So that's fine.

Chatuchak was just wat i had imagined it would be- cramped, dark, and just oh so lively! The diversity of the wares there was just amazing. Largest market in the world, i wouldnt be surprised. But still, not as cheap as i had hoped, tee shirts with reasonable quality retail for around rm15-17 each, and that is considered 'wholesale' price ie if you buy 3 items and up. But then again, i'm a really bad bargainer, i will only normally ask once, the most twice, for discounts, and subsequent to whatever answer they give me, i'll just dig out the wallet, if i think i can pay that price. I mean, i really, really cannot be arsed to bargain for rm1-2. chicken and egg, come to think of it. If i dont bargain, i say their stuff not cheap. If i bargain, i feel bad for taking the rm1 or 2 away from the friendly salesperson. So there, don't go figure.

Oh talking bout friendly salespeople, i only met 1 (!!!) rude sales staff of all the places i went to, easily 100! Even ppl in chatuchak are friendly and polite, not at all Petaling Street-like. I went to SuanLum night market on the last trip and they were not very friendly so i expected the same from Chatuchak. Far from it! So dont go to SuanLum, which prices are more expensive. But i heard from a friend that Suan Lum has beeen/in the midst of being demolished. Not sure whether its true.

The only rude girl i met was in the Platinum Mall in Pratunam. Again, everyone say Platinum mall's so cheap, wholesale price, bla bla. Not true. The pants i got there for rm29, i can also probably get it from Sg wang for rm25. And the same, no trying. But i always have the mentality that i should buy things when i travel, if i can afford them, no matter that i can get them elsewhere cheaper. And again, rm4 gap is not that big anyway so..*shrug*

Tiger show...uh hummm sex show basically, with the usual acts that you've heard, cigarette smoking, darts throwing, drawing, etc. RM40 for an hour. It wasnt as disgusting as some ppl said, but then my tolerance of these type of things is rather commendable. hehehe. So now i can cross that outta my bucket list. Seeing the dude doing the 'helicopter' live in Bangkok - DONE THAT!! :-)

Okay, gotta stop here.

Leaving you now with a pic of me with the Cricket?/Grasshopper? which i later ate, thankkkyouuuveryyymuch..!

What i want for Valentine's Day

Is to be happy while eating a macaron.

Sounds simple.. but life has other plans..

Oh well, if not this year, then maybe the next.. if not the next, then the next next. I'll get there eventually, no worry..:-)

Happy Valentine's Day, my friends!! Have a good one!