.: Dear Empty Void :.

Sometimes, I don't know whether to laugh or to cry at what life throws us. We muster all the courage and will to step out from our comfort zone, and then we get the complete opposite of what we expect to get.

It's disappointing and frustrating really. And it's pretty difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel, that you'd feel like turning back and going back to comfort zone, where all is safe and sound.

This isn't a ranting blog. But I suppose it will slowly become one as I have nothing but this empty void of cyber space to vent out all that I have pent-up inside.

If only I can learn to let all things go and let Him just take over the wheels. Obedience is something I have yet to master. It's very difficult to be obedience when you have your mind set on how some things should or should not be done.

I want it all back. I want the simplicity and the uncomplicatedness that I once had. Why did I let that all go? Why did I change all that I was comfortable with in exchange for unchartered territory?

So many questions, but yet, as I look back, things wouldn't have been the same if I haven't done what I did. So no, I wouldn't have traded it for anything.

.: G6 Plus 2 :.

So, the cousins will meet again this weekend. This time at Bukit Tinggi over a hearty BBQ.

Looking forward to that!

.: Lover Of My Soul :.

Jesus, Lover of my soul

Jesus, I will never let you go

You’ve taken me from the miry clay

You've set my feet upon the Rock, and now I know

I love you, I need you,

Though my world may fall,

I'll never let you go

My Saviour, my closest friend,

I will worship you until the very end

Worship you, my Lord

Until the very end

 

 

.: Hola & Ciao :.

G'day y'all.

I know, its been quite a while, since the last post, which also started with "it's been quite a while". The long gap between post only means that I do not have the time to spare, or that my mind is to blocked up to think of anything to type, or that I'm just lazy or a combination of each.

I have been on, yet again, another emotional roller coaster rides. So much so that I am so immune to such spells and I just know it's a matter of weeks before I come out, alive yet again, from this phase. I blame it on the hormones, or alike to that. Whatever.

It's nice to be back home now, waiting for my all-time-current-favourite-series "Suits" to download so that the Husband and I could watch it later on (not thanks the the slow internet speed). The Husband is on a long week break, so he is pretty much lazing around at home, but most unfortunately, like most weekdays, I already have my nights for the week planned out - meeting with old time friends, movie dates with other friends, birthday celebrations and company's buka puasa events. So, even tho the Husband has more time to spare this week, I have none on my end to spare. 

But I am so glad we took a short vacation on Friday up the hills to Cameron, in spite of my busy schedule. I love the cool and fresh air, and we pretty much took our leisure time up there, catching up with each other, reading a book and enjoy the fresh air and vegetables and strawberries. 

I have so much bottled up, as usual, but just can't express anything in words right now. So I'd prolly sleep it thru and hopefully all negative thoughts will subside and be replaced with new, happy thoughts.

Til the next time I type again,

Ciaoz 

.: Money :.

"It is good to have money and the things that money can buy; but it is good too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy."

George Lorimer

.: Stick, Stones and Broken Bones :.

 

Gonna catch this tonight with the sibling.

It sure looks like much fun! :)

.: Giveaways :.

A couple of awesome giveaways that you might enjoy :)

http://www.misskatv.com/



http://www.misskatv.com/





 

.: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend :.

*sweeps and wipes off dust from dusty ol’ blog*

Hello all,

I know, it’s been a while.

I honestly have no excuse not to update my blog more frequently. I thought that the ½ day off every Fridays (half-day Fridays!) would mean I have more time to do more things. In a way I have – I have done spas and facials and massages and shoes-shopping and clothes-shopping and furniture-shopping and grocery-shopping and karaoke-sessions and even just plain ol’ curling up in bed with a good book. Yeap, that’s how I spend my Friday afternoons. Such bliss isn’t it?

I have also been organizing our wardrobe (dubbed Project Narnia) and have donated away a big bag of old bear wearable clothes to Jumble Station at USJ 1 just the other weekend. It’s now 93.496736% complete, with a few more drawers to clear. Main reason is so that I can fit more clothes that I plan to shop in Bangkok. Ok, I kid, I kid! :)

I have been lusting for a trinity ring. It’s actually been a long while since I wanted to one and in fact, I have already purchased a GIA loose diamond from Wah Chan during one of their many sales and a really bargain price.

I am now searching relentlessly for a nice design. I have seen a couple run-of-the-mill designs which I thought are quite nice, but isn’t exactly what I was looking for. Also, there are a couple of over-the-top designs that looks really great too, but I don’t think I’d model OTT well.

Here are a couple of designs that I like for certain bits and pieces here and there, but until I find my dream-design, I shall proceed lusting and dreaming.

Source : Hearts on Fire

I loved this design the moment I set eyes on it, it took my breath away (both the design and the price tag that comes along). It's simple, yet elegant at the same time. It will be the design I will pick if I can't find any that suits me in the end, my back-up ring so to speak



Source : Hearts On Fire

Fell in love with this baby alongside with the other Hearts on Fire design when I walked into Habib Jewellery, but after browsing thru more sites, realise that it's a tad bit too simple.

Source : WhiteFlash

Love the unique heart-shaped prong that holds the diamonds, but not buying the fancy designs of the ring itself, just OTT for my liking.
 

Source : Jeweller

Love the design of the top most ring, where the split curves then meet. Reminds me of the infinity symbol.

 

 

.: Malaysia, Tanahairku :.

In view of the very much talkabout coming 13th General Election of my beloved contry, my tanahair, I believe I need not spam you with anti-BN or anti-PR propagandas (as if getting spammed silly everytime one logs in to Facebook is not enough!). Instead, a few excerpt from a few good articles or opinions written, either pro government or pro opposition, that is worthy to share. Food for thoughts, if you like.

I am a 3rd generation Malaysian. I've sung Negaraku every Monday for 12 years in school and I know the Rukunegara by heart. All my family is in Malaysia and I do not have any affliations to China. I don't even know how to read and write in Chinese and my Cantonese is atrocious. I only love one country. This country. And if it comes down to it, will only shed blood for one country. This country.

My dear friends, we are the same. It doesn't matter what our ethnicity is. We are Malaysians. We went to the same school. We played the same games. We enjoy the same amount of public holidays. We have the same memories. Most importantly, we share the same home. Neither of us are more Malaysian than the other. Neither of us should be made to feel that way.

Our parents, our grandparents, perhaps their views were marred by differences as they did not grow up together. Perhaps they felt distrust because they were not privileged like us to live in times of better integration. Perhaps they've told us things, from their point of view. But it doesn't make them right. We should know better. We've lived it and we are still living it. We know we can trust each other. We are friends.

- Facebook : Amelia Tan -


If we want to ‘ubah’ for better, it’s better to start with ourselves. If we are unwilling to get out of the walls of bigotry we unknowingly build around ourselves, our families and our communities; there will always be politicians who tell us nice ideals and sweet promises. We always talk about unity, equality and harmony; but how many Malays, Chinese and Indians are willing to agree to close down religious and vernacular schools, knowing well that these are hampering national unity effort? How many parents are willing to encourage their children to mix with other races; or to read texts of other religions to gain a better understanding of other religions? How many of us are willing to accept if our children marry person from another race; and convert to another religion? Once we have changed ourselves, a new generation of politicians will then come up; hopefully to push for positive ideals such as real care of the environment, real gender equality and real nation building….

- Facebook : Kok Mun Tang -

.: The Lifestyle Circle KL (TLCKL) :.

I was one of the privileged 15 to have attended the first The Lifestyle Circle KL (TLCKL) hosted by Bioinfinity & Lipstiq.com. It was just for women filled with fun events such as beauty demos, health talks, dance sessions filled with prizes and goodies to be won.

I arrived early at the venue, Paradox Art Cafe a cozy lil place at The Oasis, Tingkat Bandar Utama (just a stone throw away from One Utama). I love the ambiance of the place, a great place to sit and chill in the morning, or hang out with your girlies at night - there's a small stage for unplug performances.

Anyways, upon registration, we got our first goodies bag (yes, there's many more goodies bag to come), wrote our resolution as a woman for the year and then headed over for some light finger-food breakfast of sandwiches, cakes, coffee and tea at a designation "hall".

The event started with a short introduction by a very delightfully sweet emcee, Elfie Jane.

She then begin to introduce us to Jayne, Marketing Manager from Bioinfinity who will then gave a short talk about "Sexy Stuff with Bioinfinity". Jayne did a great job in explaining and educating most of us on the importance of having strong pelvic floor muscle and how the Vibrance Kegel Device (VKD) by Bioinfinity will help women achieve just that. Should you be interested to know more about this, you may read from their webpage here.

After the serious educational talk about our much-ignored pelvic mucles, we lighten the mood by learning this new dance move called Dance N' Attitude, also known as DNA. We unleashed the Pussycat dolls in all of us when the very sexy Baby G from Celebrity Fitness taught us some really seductive dance moves. They don't call it DNA Seduce for nothing! It was a fun forty minutes workout as we tried out those moves and I must admit that tho Baby G does the move so effordlessly, I am just born with two left feets and stiff backs. It was a good, sweaty workout nonetheless!

After some cooling down time, we proceed with the next event which is beauty tips and tricks by Evie with the theme ingredient - honey. We prepared Oatmeal Mask (oatmeal + yogurt + honey), Honey Lip Scrub (brown sugar + honey) & my personal favourite Banana-Choc Hand Treatment (bananas + cocoa powder + olive oil + honey). What I love about this beauty tips lesson is that firstly, we are using natural ingredients and secondly, these ingredients are readily and easily available. It was good to 'play' with our food and beautifying ourselves at the same time!

The next event was a skit blitz where the participants of the day was divided into groups of five and come out with a short skit (be it a song, poem, skit) using the 10 keywords handed out to us. We brainstormed and went first (I was in Team 1). After watching the other four teams performed, I knew our chance to win was very slim because the other groups did a fantastic job. It was hilarious and entertaining all in one. All is not lose tho, we did get a RM50 Villa Manja spa voucher each!

As all of us were famished from the all the dancing and all the skit, we proceed to have lunch prepared by The Paradox Cafe. The spread of lunch was lovely; garden salad with spicy dressing, pasta, roasted lamb, chicken sausage, fried popcorn chicken and fluffy mashed potatoes. We gobbled down our food while we watched a special never-seen-by-public-including-medias screening of I Eat KL, a romantic drama comedy of three women, Sabrina, Kiki & Meg, set in the heart of KL (duh!). The series revolve around friendships, relationships, fashion (spotted a gorgeous Sereni & Shentel) and of course - food! 

Honey Ahmad, from Fried Chilies Food Network introduced to us herself and the show (which I absolutely love, btw) and I can't wait to catch it on HyppTV in April!

The event ended with yet another (this time in a nice PINK) goodies bag filled with loads of stuff which I absolutely am delighted with. Oh, another thing to note, Fried Chillies have recently published the #1 Issue of their free handbag-sized booklet called "Makan" (and it's FREE!). I flipped thru the articles and I am surprised to see that my favourite cencaluk being featured! I miss my fresh geragau that my grandma use to get nearby her crib in Klebang. Such nostalgic memories...... I digress.

Anyhows, it was an absolutely fun morning and I had a great time. I hope that I'd be invited back to the second TLCKL, really am looking forward to it! :)

(pics updated later, if ever)

.: List Of Projects :.

A list of on-going & completed projects throughout our married life.
So proud of myself ourselves.

On-going Projects/KIV Projects

• Project Moo-Moo
• Project Wallaby
• Project Narnia
• Project Greenfield
• Project Turf

Completed Projects

• Project Spring
• Project Masterpiece
• Project Umbrella
• Project Scribe
• Project Casa II
• Project Casa
• Project Castle II
• Project Castle
• Project Downhill

Abandoned Projects

• Project Island
• Project Prince

.: Winter Blossom Giveaway :.

Winter Blossom Giveaway

.: Things That Happen At Jellystone Park :.

Had this habit of calling my husband BuBu, and when he asked me what is a Bubu, I replied “Oh, that’s Yogi bear’s sidekick!”

And because the poor husband has been devoid of any awesome childhood cartoons (his He-Man doesn’t cut as awesome), I had summarize the whole Yogi-Bubu-Jellystone Park-Ranger-picnic basket storyline to him.

His reaction after the whole narration plus a short clip on Youtube was “Who’s the bad guy?”

“There is no bad guy in this cartoon.” I said, to which he replied “I don’t get it.”

You see, in his world of black and white, there’s always a good guy and a bad guy. Shrugs.

Anyways, today, I was testing my whatsapps (it’s been a lil wonky of late), hence I send him “Dummy” (private joke when he asked me to send a dummy msg to test out his phone over the weekend).

His replied was “I’m at Jellystone Park”

Randomness from the husband on a Monday morning.

Happy April Fool’s day y’all!

In the words of Mark Twain - the first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year!

.: Books I've Read In 2013 :.

1) 50 Shades Of Grey – E. L. James

2) The Best Laid Plans – Sidney Sheldon

3) Morning, Noon and Night – Sidney Sheldon

4) Never Look Away - Linwood Barclay

5) Where Are The Children? - Mary Higgins Clark

6) The Wood - Harlan Coben

7) Cross Bones - Kathy Reich 

8) Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See

Ok, so I know I've said that I would take a hiatus. I can't help it, honestly. When I picked Sheldon's book on Saturday, I was hooked and read from cover to cover in 3 solid hours. It was that good. Then I picked another Sheldon's book on Sun after dinner and completed it before bedtime. Reading is addictive, and going cold turkey over it may perhaps be a bad idea. It sounds like it's wrong to be reading, but given the circumstances, I need to allocate my 24 hours a day elsewhere. Priorities have to be given to my 2013 goals! Anyways, #12booksin12months, that's all, I promise *cross fingers behind back*. Ok, fine. I promise to try to limit myself to that much. *smirk*

.: Good Decision :.

A good decision is based on knowledge not numbers. -Plato-