Please bear with me for this two weeks.
Am really busy with wedding preparation.. Just painted sister's room and now painting dad's room.. n soon mine. And will be going to Langkawi on Friday early morning and back only on Sunday. Then the whole week will be full of wedding functions. Its an Indian wedding, too many rituals and functions. And when its all over, I will post and upload photos.. okay?? huggs

p.s: if i can sneak in time ( given the net connection is good, then i will update asap..)

argh..

Net at home is slow,
the pc is lagging
time crawls..
I cant upload my latest hair pics thanks to this. I don't know whats wrong with this stupid streamyx.

but anyway, (happy happy grins).. I am going to Langkawi next weekend. We are having a camp for the teens and its going to be such fun. I cant wait.

Which reminds me that i should probably start explaining bout my other life.. My super-hero, alter-ego life.. muahaha

nay.. nothing much la.. Am just very much involved with a Ngo, that helps to promote human values and instill good character in them. No, I ain't no perfect person. But i guess we all grow and learn in the same manner right. I cant tell them to do things I don't do or believe in. Or else all I will be is just a hypocrite.

Im pretty busy at home, doing nothing in particular. Breakfast, and clean out the house.. removing old cupboards.. n papers..

Its so easy to keep everything people give, especially for my dad.. He is totally A collector. Whatever we throw, he will be like " Why are throwing this away????? (NAG NAG NAG) and starts all over again with another item in the box.. Haihh

**tension-fying.. my msn keeps getting disconnected.. (curses streamyx..totally useless....pay dunno for wat.. this kinda service they providing..)

update !!

I re-did my hair.. She toned down my highlights and now it looks just nice..
Yippie..

photos to uploaded later..
Me needs to eat..

i was so very excited to go to the saloon, and I managed to get an appointment with this saloon in Old Town Ipoh. The hair stylist was recommended by my sisters, so I called him and did the necessary.

The day came, I asked for a highlight.. Didnt really see the colour chart as he said he will make it all very nice and make my curls look more defined yada yada.. But then since he was busy, this other girl came n did my hair. She was nice... Only thing is,, the colour was a little too bright. I look like a brown skunk according my younger sister.. the highlight is too much of a contrast with my dark hair and it makes me look pretty much culture shock.. n whats worst is that my dad, who's super Orthodox is gonna get a massive shock seeing my hair like this!! And he is due back tomorrow..

So what is one to do?? I called the stylist and told him he needed to tone it down for me..Appointment- tomorrow morning, before dad returns home..

haha.. this is what happens when u have an itchy bum (nope.. butt aint itchy.. just a literal translation for local slang..)

this is how it looks like now.. but then.. it doesnt look too bad on photo does it... hmpphh...

mc donalds recently came up with this new promotion for the big mac...

chanting the big mac chant under 4 mins and guess what u will win???




a rm 10000.. Thats rm10 k!!! Just for chanting a mantra under four minutes.. i mean, how hard can it be???

“Two All-Beef Patties,
Special Sauce, Lettuce,
Cheese, Pickles, Onions
On A Sesame Seed Bun!”

How It Works

Just take a video of yourself doing the Big Mac Chant and you just could be the winner of RM10,000!

Once you video-ed yourself doing the Big Mac Chant, upload it unto www.youtube.com and email the URL and your contact number to our friendly contest master at BigMacChant@nuffnang.com.

Title your email Big Mac Chant! Once our hardworking moderators look through your entry and verify that it does not contain any thing rude/ wrong (you have to get the chant right), we will link it up here and you will be in the running for yes, the BIG prize of RM10,000!

Contest is valid only until May 28 2008.

Judging Criteria

Entries are judged based on Creativity, Relevance Of Content (No paraphrasing the chant!) and Effort (AKA how much you impress us). Popular votes make up 40% of the judging scale, and McDonald’s® own panel of judges make up the other 60%.

How It Works
Just take a video of yourself doing the Big Mac Chant and you just could be the winner of RM10,000!

Once you video-ed yourself doing the Big Mac Chant, upload it unto www.youtube.com and email the URL and your contact number to our friendly contest master at BigMacChant@nuffnang.com.

Title your email Big Mac Chant! Once our hardworking moderators look through your entry and verify that it does not contain any thing rude/ wrong (you have to get the chant right), we will link it up here and you will be in the running for yes, the BIG prize of RM10,000!

Contest is valid only until May 28 2008.
Judging Criteria

Entries are judged based on Creativity, Relevance Of Content (No paraphrasing the chant!) and Effort (AKA how much you impress us). Popular votes make up 40% of the judging scale, and McDonald’s® own panel of judges make up the other 60%.



alas... whats the point when i dont eat beef.. cant they do with the Mc chicken instead??

“Two All-Chicken Patties,
tomato Sauce, Lettuce,
Cheese, pepper, Onions
On A Sesame Seed Bun!”


hehe.. when they have this, then I guess I will join..

I FELT MY 1ST QUAKE..

hehe.. yep.. my 1st ever earthquake. Was in my sis's apartments, and we sat watching "Dan in real life" (pretty funny in a real life way.. pardon the pun :)) anyway, and the chair started moving and shaking from left to right and and so at first I thought my sis was laughing a lil over excitedly until i realised she wasnt and we were indeed feeling the tremors.. And almost immediately, we took our important stuffs, thank god i just came for a day so i grabbed my bag and we ran down.. And slowly others started coming down too.. We werent sure if there had been another big quake, i mean its still not that long after the quake in china or could this possibly be another Tsunami,, Thoughts were running wild, tension was clear on everyone's face.. luckily, it stopped after a presumably an hour..

news excerpt

PETALING JAYA: Scores of people ran out of their apartments in many parts of the Klang Valley last night when they felt tremors following an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale which occurred in northern Sumatra at 10.26pm.
Tremors were also felt in Klang and as far south as Malacca.
An aftershock was also felt at 10.49pm measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale.


it was a good experience tho.. hehe.. :)) so long as no one was hurt..

ahh.. back to kl tomoro... have to attend a loong meeting for the upcoming camp in langkawi.. then back home on tues and need to get started with everything that has to be done for the wedding..

going to a very tiring month.. but oh boy.. weddings r such fun.. i am excited..:)) big smiles,, n plus am getting my hair done on wed..haha.. big smiles for that too..

im sucha kid :)) oh bt then, it also means i wont be able to update the blog much.. will put up pics soon ryt..

hmm.. am goin back home in a couple of hours.. then back to kl on monday then back home for good on tues.. its tirng just thinking about it.. hehe.. my hectic lifestyle.. well i do get a well deserved one month break in june n i am going to Thailand..( roomie- update on this!!)... :) sis is performing nex weekend for the citrawarna malaysia at putrajaya.. she is gonna be an elephant.. hehe.. really cute.. with all the ormanents.. they trained under odysseys n there are 200 of them dancing as either elephants or peacocks.. shud be a nice nice entertaining performance.. those who are free, go watch...

venue - putrajaya stadium..
time - evening..
price - free i suppose.. hehe

im hungy... i ate at 6 n havent eaten anything yet.. n this late (00.58 am) nothing is open around here.. lazy to go hunt for food.. gonna just sleep.. :((

will update from homey

I went out to one utama today.. n there they had this reptilian show.. took some photos but dun think they r clear since didnt have a camera except for my vga camera in the phone..just imagine, having all these snakes (large n small), big huge lizards n small but weird geckos with pink polka dots.. im not kidding.. hopefully the photos r visible..

this is mata-mata.. He likes to stare (since mata in Malay means eyes). Pretty huge and loves snapping up his mouth open. Its unfortunate the pictures are small, or you will be able to see his tiny tiny tongue which is forked of course..






many many colourful, candy-cane, and lolly-lookalike snakes.. Really beautiful right?


a red-knee tarantula




these are the extremely "gelifying" polka lizards.. i have a bigtime lizard phobia so these fellas totally grossed me out..:)
okay.. Birds are birds, mammals.. not reptiles. This fellas were just another attraction. They had a fox, a furry ant-eater lookalike mammal, monkeys - large and also the smallest monkey on earth (was too small to be photographed hahaha)





It isn't two different snakes, its one with two different shades.. nice ryt? notice how the shades changes??
they had this little reptile called "Cuvier Dwarf Caiman" and it was cute.. No, really! It had the head of a sea-horse.. And it posed for a shot..:)

see?? I told you so!

i removed this post.. if u really wanna read then just buzz me..
i came to a realization that all relationships, parent-child, husband-wife, frens,, nothing is easy..
u can never expect too much from them.. but instead, no matter how things r, u shud just continue to do your duties.. it is after all y u r here.. to fulfill yr role as a child, fren, watever, and to do all that u r supposed to be doing.. yes it gets tiring, life at certain points do get meaningless, just mundane routine, n u may take a breather, stop.. but no matter wat u do, time doesnt stop running, n neither does life.. they keep rolling like credits at the end of a movie.. rolls on n on till its over.. n dats how it is for us too.. the journey continues,, n we choose to spice it up along the way, add a lil joy, small tantrums, smiles, sunshines,, and this spices are our rltnship wid others. some r pungent, some r strong, aromatic, spicy, tangy,, yet everything together creates a beautiful wonderful life...

I got it!! I am thrilled, excited, pleased, not that confused as to where my future leads..
I have gotten a place to do my Masters in Ukm. Nope not in Boring old Bangi but it's in KL, next to Kuala Lumpur Hospital, around Chowkit..(yep not a nice place too) but what the hell. I got it.!

Its all thanks to Him, the little man up there, and of course to my supervisor n close frens who kept me going and motivated me..(doesnt this already sounds lk an oscar speech? I wan to thank my mom, dad, my producers, and my team in.... who ...) haha.. enuf already..

Its pretty difficult to get through since out of 25+ who interviewed only 12 or something gets accepted. Thus it is quite a big deal. Best part is, after a year of studying here, I can opt to transfer credit to Aussie/Canada.. or anywhere else.. except UK... and that's wat is getting me all hyped up..

hmm.. yippie. haha.. new phase of life.. I wil be a post-grad student.. old..oh no.. coursemates wud be oldies.. haihss.. haha.. thus my need to find more new frens..

I m emofied..depressed..

too many problems.. too many things to be done..

Would this ever end? As in problems in life.. Will you ever get a time, say a few months, just to breathe again?

I guess not. You just got to learn to live with it, breathe n live your life, regardless of what problems you may face..

I am surrendering.. THOU Shall be Done..

Its coming to an end.. 3 years of my life, the age where I was supposed to be partying and having fun, out every night were spent here.. in this almost 37 years old, local uni. Its a pretty boring place, that I have got to admit. But I enjoyed my time here, I grew, i loved, cried, laughed, hmm i lived my life.. N i definitely made the right choice. (i think)

It wasnt my first choice or even in my list actually to pursue a degree in psychology. But sometimes, as you will soon learn, you do not have control in many aspects of life. It just goes in its own direction, and whether you like it or not, you are swept away by its strong currents.
What you can do is decide, if you want to allow yourself to drown, or probably swim along. Or you can probably get a float and enjoy the ride.

So well, my ride here is coming to an end. Come tomorrow's last examinations, and a thesis that is due next friday, it will all be over. And a new phase of life begins.

But before it does, surely we need to party, no? I really think i need to unwind. Plus with the upcoming wedding of my 1st sis, there's just so much to do:

a) paint her room
b)paint my room
c) prepare door gift (500 pax)
d) prepare table setting (center piece) for 50 tables min
e) dye/cut/chop/bald my hair/head
f) look good for the wedding..

haha.. but sadly i really don't think I will be able to "cuci-mata" or hmm check out good lookin guys at the wedding.. my sis n her hubby to be,.. i really doubt they would invited any cute ones.. hmmm..but nevertheless, i need to look good. its the first wedding of the family!!

though my future seems really really foggy right now, I am leaving it all to the one above.. If i do not get accepted to do masters anywhere for now, i shall travel a bit..:) Asia,, here I come..:)

Ever noticed on how in every chick lit the main character has a gay best friend? or a couple of trustable girl friends, or a male best friend who someone or rather in the near future gets dumped by his long time love and decides that the main character is whom he loves.
And the story either ends up with them falling in love since they knew each other from the days they were in their diapers and roaming around gardens or the girl actually has her eyes for another guy, and the best friend gets jealous and stops talking to her for a period of time but soon realises his mistakes and blesses their relationship.

ahhh.. But its the gay best friend I am interested in. Almost all of the books i have read (And i read a lot!! n really fast too) these girls would be working in a small company with mean bosses, bitchy colleques or ratty cleaners or some silly things! haha.. And they surely wud have a gay friend. NONO i am not againts them. I think its somethin that you cant help thus we just need to accept the fact ryt..

the stories always highlight how immaculately dressed up (metrosexual) these guys r, and how hawt they are (drool-able) and they are always there when you need a boost of confidence and moral support. They probable be honest and blunt, never the ones to sugar coat the truth.. but why o why cant i find a gay best fren here. I probably shud go hunt. Me thinks my life wud definately be better with a gay best fren on tow.. hhaha.. so since i could find a gay guy, i made my straight male fren pretend to be gay for me.. hahahh.. we sat and gossiped about passerbys. (no its not a good thing to do, but surely some ppl r worth commenting, u think?) :) he carried my bag for me.. n even offered a footrub (no strings attached, hey he's gay wat.. n im not a guy so im safe) when my feet got cramped up thanks to walking around for hours.. c?? but no i declined the footrub haha euuww.. plz!

n but i still think i need to find a true, honest gay male fren..

anyone would like to fill up this post? its just a desperate cry for a best fren.. how hard can it be?? we get to go shopping, gossip, drown ourselves in cheap champagne,, okok expensive wine if u insist, and we get to oogle at hot guys together.. im dead serious..

now contact me if u r gay.. i mean gay.. not transexual or transgender or anything.. plain old macho metrosexual guys who dress up in guys cloth n like guys..

hahaha..clear enuf?? its time i need my happy ending

its been 17 years since his demise.. my grandpa.. my one true fan, friend, everything..
I would not be boasting if I said I was his favourite. It is true I was. He died in a "hit-and-run" accident on may 1st 1991. When I was but 7, still a young kid trying to grasp the world my little chubby hands.

unconditional love. That would explain everything. I do not know why I was special, probably just a little bit more than my other cousins and siblings. Probable because I was the youngest around. He was the one who taught me to speak, taught me English. And I will blame him for my inability to speak tamil. haha. True. I do remember an incident when I was roughly 5 or 6 and my elder sisters were speaking to me Tamil and were trying to teach the language, Grandpa heard what was going on and he kinda reprimanded them and told them to never speak to me in Tamil again. ahaha... but yeah.. i do speak tamil now.. just not as fluent..

He loved reading. He read novels, encyclopedias, whatever reading materials he could find, and then would gather us around and tell us stories. Stories on animals, stories on the Big Bear (zodiac,star) .. He was jovial, full of fun and life. Everyday before I started kindergarden, he would bring me along to his daily coffee session with his buddies.. There I would be walking around Penang town, my little hand in His, or perhaps at times when my legs were tired, he would have carried me. I don't know. I don't remember much. But I do remember sitting on stacked up chairs eating ice cream while they drank coffee in sturdy china worn by age and time just like them. Every wrinkle tells a story of a lifetime. He would then pour a bit of coffee in the saucer for me drink.. Just because its hot.

And when I started Kindergarden, he would walk me to school every morning and fetch me in the afternoon, where we would stopby hawker stalls and grab fruits and snacks on our way back. I know if he was still alive now, he would have been proud of us all, proud of his children, and would have been more than happy to let me join his coffee sessions in old chinese coffee shops, with us sharing stories, now with me to tell him my life.

Thank you tata, for always loving me. May your soul rest in peace.