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Just wanna say that Jen still look blardy amazing in her 40s!

Yin's wedding in Nov 10

More than half a year, talk about efficiency eh?? Well, Yin had her wedding way back in Nov last year, more than a month before mine. Here are 2 pix of the beautiful Yin and her equally beautiful (ahem!) friends on her big day..

Her theme for jimui was pink. I got my pink dress from Sg wang for RM30! Cheapo and proud of it!!

Be blessed always, dear fren!

July 9th, 2011 - Clean Msia Up!!

Okay, so the day has came and gone- i wasnt there, but my husband was. And he's mighty chuffed that he was there even when he got tear gassed and water cannonned. (look at minute 0:40 onwards hehe)

anyway, this came in the mail- no idea which lawyer wrote this, but i share the sentiment too :-


JUNE 28 — I used to be angry and that gave me the passion to study harder, to try and be a lawyer who does something great for humanity,if not for her country. But over the years, the anger turned intosadness, and then, finally, into the vacuum of apathy.Every day, we are trying hard to live in a system that is beingmisused and abused, sometimes even at the expense of our fundamentalliberties — our human rights; rights inherent within us as humans. Fartoo many people get bullied into thinking that this is all there isand all there will ever be.I was sick of it all and I had not even started practicing.

So when Ifinished Bar school in September 2007, I planned to stay on toexperience working life in the UK. I knew the Malaysian judiciary wasin a mess. In fact, I thought personally that the entire legalprofession was in stupor and that justice could never exist in myhome.Then one day a friend sent me an offline message. She said, “Oh myGod. Read the news. Your ‘loyars’ here are marching to the PrimeMinister’s office!”When I started reading the news, the words did not quite make sense to me:“Lawyers walking for change!”, “JUDICIAL REFORM IN MALAYSIA!”, “Whenlawyers walk, something must be very wrong.”, “The Malaysian Bar —Walking for Justice”…Apa tu? Well, whilst I sat there on my chair wrapped in 10 layers ofcotton and wool, and hoping that something wonderful would fall ontomy lap in the UK, the lawyers back in my country were walking underthe tropical rain and marching on for a revolution in the Malaysianjustice system.I watched the Youtube videos a few days after, and then I saw thethen-president of the Malaysian Bar give her speech at the walk.I thought, wow, the moment I was waiting for ever since I startedreading law had just come and gone; and I had done absolutely nothingto be part of that monumental occasion. Instead I had chosen to find abetter life elsewhere — far, far away from everything and everyone Iknew.I watched this lawyer-mother-wife try to lead a band of people underthe rain calling upon the Malaysian government to act upon corruptionand clean up the justice system. She was calm and assertive at thesame time; it was confusing and perplexing! “What the hell were thesepeople doing?” I thought to myself very quietly.

It has been more than three years. Shortly after March 8, 2008, Ireturned to Malaysia. I have met many brilliant and fearless lawyerswho continue to defend justice and equality relentlessly, who seek toprotect the welfare of everyone, and not just for their own interestor of their clients’. I finally saw the legal profession come alivebefore my very eyes. And I thought, damn. I wish I was standing thereright next to them, where it all began.On July 9, 2011, the very same woman who stood in the rain over threeyears ago will be leading a tide of Malaysians in a rally to expressto the government that we are not happy with the manner with which wevote for the leaders of our country, that we are not happy with moneypolitics, corruption and nepotism.We want the government of Malaysia to take off the attitude ofcomplacency. We are sick of being told to just shut up and listen. Wewant the future leaders of our country to know that while some of usmay have become tranquilized by materialism, the rest of us actuallycare about the welfare of this nation and we want to have a fair andtransparent channel of voting. Nothing more, nothing less.Ambiga Sreenevasan leading the movement for Malaysia’s electoralreform this time serves as a strong reminder for why I had decided tobe a lawyer. It also reaffirms my lost conviction that not all lawyersare self-centered, greedy, shallow stabs.

On July 9, I shall havemarked a day of my life where I will be walking with one of thegreatest woman lawyers ever, who will flood the streets of KL with herstrong sense of justice and passion for the people of Malaysia. Ittakes someone who has everything to lose to champion for democracy andjustice without any fear or favor. That’s guts.

May God bless our home.....

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...