Going Places

In less than 48hrs I'll be flying off again...it will be for 2wks long break this time to UK & Europe again. I guess this time is more like filling up the gaps that I've missed out during my previous trip there & attending some seminars.

I'm glad that my boss is so understanding & sporting to grant me the 2wks off despite the tight schedule of what i'm handling now. (Big Thanks BOS) In return, I was rushing like mad to complete as much work & reports possible to keep him ready for reporting in case the top management need them while i'm gone.

November for me is really eventful. 1st begin with my job...I'm now working in a new company, with new boss & his team members. New way of managing work, great Bos & gang, tight schedules & Budgets has freshen the passion on my career...Nonetheless, I've sleepless night worrying that I'll disappoint my boss with his expectation. But I'm not complaining, bcoz I realized that this is what I've wanted ever since I left Gamuda. Crazy isnt it? haha... ;p

Then it was Lee Bee Ku Ku's wedding (Kelvin's sister). Her wedding day was memorable, the contras between morning tea ceremony & garden evening dinner were so beautiful. (doh...I nearly missed her wedding due to my outstation assignment...pheww)

Then now...the last two wks of the Nov...Yippee...I'm more than ready to stamp some footprints in UK & Europe. I'm happy as i'm achieving some but not all in my "to do list". ^_^

So, see ya in Dec...signing off.. ;p

Friends list "ZERO"?? huh ?!

What happened to my friends list in Facebook???? My contacts in friends list & status are all gone!! I've sent a report to them & they said is in the mid of fixing it...sigh! cross my fingers, it will be ok "SOONEST"!

My 2nd trip to Taiwan

Being a lazy bum bum lately in my blog...I've not gotten my fingers on the keyboard to write anything about my 2nd trip to Taiwan. I did my first trip in late 2007 with two gal friends & this year i did it again with two guy friends instead..I guess the differences between two trips apart from different companions, the priority of the trips were different as well. (in 2007 was more on shopping spree ;p)

I wont be doing much of the writing this time as my two buddies have done a great job in their blogs..so please feel free to click on the links at the end of these photos...haha.

These are the 3 photos that i like most: (1st taken in Jiu Fen, 2nd & 3rd were from YehLiu) ...Taiwan is really a scenic place that one must see for yourself if there's a chance...I'll go again in future to cover more.



VIP contributed in these links are :
Alden Yap (London)
Raymond Hee (Hong Kong)

Oh Boy...

I've just lost a friend after she gave birth to her long awaited baby boy.. She's only 34. Those of us that are closed to her cant accept the fact that she has gone.

The duty of giving birth to baby boy has always been a so call "very important" thingy in the Chinese community. Eventhough we are living in the modern world, this is something many Chinese still cares about. So do Melanie. Despite of her health problem, she risk her life conceiving this baby boy.

Is that really matter if a woman dont deliver a boy?????!!!!! Either a boy or a girl, they still your flesh & blood...dont they?? I'm sad & angry of the lost. Because of the responsibility of having a boy, we lost our friend...the 3yrs old daughter & a new born son lost their mother. What more?? It was supposed to be good celebration welcoming the baby, it turned to a funeral to send her away...5ft under.

My dear friend, I know how much u love your childrens. Your duty in life has fulfilled, may you rest in peace.

Reading Time!

One of the three books I'm currently reading. "Memoirs are made of this" from A little black dress book series...simple & nice with quite a bit of vocab running along the pages. Basically about a girl from Portland trying to be a New Yoker.

This Little black dress book series was introduced to me by Vi Vian some time back & she was kind enough to lent me some of hers...I enjoyed it, thought they maybe my next collection after Harry Potter, Narnia, John Grishan & few other series. ;)

10,000 steps a day?!

A friend of mine kept a step counter in his pocket lately to check on the number of steps he walks daily. Apparently its a way for him to get rid of extra fats in his body.

He told me that in average a malaysian walks only around 5-6000 steps a day, some even lesser. Far lesser from those people in HK, S'pore & other countries. Thus caused obesity among malaysian. This is partly due to our daily lifestyle whereby we spent most time in car, seated in the office one whole day & lack of exercise.

Oh well, I was thinking..if we really walks that less, how to double up the number of steps to 10,000?? I came out with an idea few days later to check on my own account. ;p I started measuring out the number of steps in the house, office & places where i used to go for meals (excluding those time when i go for running & gym)...haha, u be surprised i even counted the number of steps from Lake Garden entrance to Tapak A (KL) requires 800 steps for a person of my height. ;p From these info, i dont have to carry a counter with me all the time.

Eventually, it wasnt tough at all to get that quota. All i need to do is just to break the huge number of 10,000 steps into sessions. You see... imagine i take a step in a second, all i need in a day is only 2hrs 46mins 12secs. It takes less than 1/8 of a day!!! Cant do it?? only lazy people says that!!

Come back to the point where I started, you sure wonder if my friend & I lost weight with this crazy steps counting? haha...well, yes. both of us did, a kilo for each in two wks. Hassle free, healthy & gives me an alternative to exercise when times my knees are not fit to do running. I tend to pick up the habits to walk even more now. Thanks to his crazy idea & my curiousity to count...hahaha.

Doraemon Mooncake

For the first time, mooncake came out with doraemon's figures...my housemate & I immediately bought this back. Her intention was to eat those special recipe mooncake while I was eyeing for the recycle bag & the box...thus both of us got the deal to share the mooncakes & i get the rest...haha

I heard there are Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty too...few years back i came across with Garfield as well....but nothing bid this (Awwww...i love this so much). This adds up into my Doraemon Collection...yahoo!!

What a good way to celebrate mooncake festival... ^_^

I got bored...

Being bored at home few evenings ago, i took out my camera & started playing with it...& these are two that i like...the Lady's choice & Coke...haha.

(purposely placed a stack of books & etc on the table to create better effect. ;p learned from magazine)

(4years old Coke..or perhaps 5...got this in Bali for my collection)

Fitness First Surprise Party

After months of running in & out the gym for exercises. I've not only lost so weights, I found a group of new friends that have the common interest to stay healthy & have fun.

Last Friday was my first time joining Aunt Jennie & few others to celebrate our step class instructor's birthday. Everyone was in our Adidas King of the road outfit & carefully prepare the cakes not letting Steven knows about it until the class ends..haha..apparently he noticed during the class when some of us unconsciously shown our "anticipated faces" as well as some camera lying aside the wall. ;p

(part of the members in the class)

(another group photo...the Adidas logo shine out!!)

(making wish"es"?? with Aunty Jennie holding the cake)

(Rinaz , Steven & myself)

(Every Friday 7:40pm sharp)

(Isnt she looks cool?!!)

(more photos)

(Gosh! I'm still a plus size..putting in more effort)

Eric & Chin Chin's Engagement

Finally a year after the proposal infront of us at Mulu Camp5, they engaged on this Chinese Auspicious day 08-08-09. Few of us managed to be there; again to witness their happy moment. Wishing them with more happy days to come. ^_^

Steamboat Dinner

Few of us went for steamboat at Sunway Yuen's Restaurant last night, it has been quite awhile that Gary, Houn, Pooi Fern & I had dinner together. This place has always been well known of its honey roasted chicken wings, so is common to see ppl running for it when there's refill every 5-10mins.

What happened yesterday was hilarious. While we were having our 3rd serving, some one shouted : "RUN!!!" Before few of us could sense what was happening, we saw ppl running frantically towards our direction. Apparently a pot was caught in fire few tables behind us.

Worried for her child's safety, the lady at that table carried her child & ran. Thank God, the fire was put off quickly by the waiter. When the action ended, we could see chilly sauce & food on the floor. Some ppl was spilled with sauces on their clothes & faces. the scene was chaotic yet funny!! Houn & I would have been spilled too if we had not ran. LOL

Haha...what a day!! But joke apart, i seriously hope this restaurant give a round check on their stove & gas pipings to keep a safe environment for dining.

爱情

沙士比亚先生曾经说过这么一句话：

爱情是一朵生长在绝崖边缘的花
想要摘它必须要有勇气
人们可以支配自己的命运
若我们受制於人
那错不在命运 而是在我们自己

好有趣的一番话，人嘛！总是在爱情的方面最脆弱。我也不例外。。好想谈一场平凡不过的爱情。不需要海四山盟的承诺，也不需要华丽与多余的奢侈品。。也许要一个人不计一切的拿出勇气来爱我是很难吧！可笑吧！

Prayer

' When life is tough & doesnt goes your way, pray....'
' When life is good, you pray even more & thank God for what He has given...'

3:38:47

I'm relieved that my 1st half marathon has over. Despite with pain all over my body especially both knees, I feel good completing it.

Before the race, I was praying hard that I'll have a nice weather with a bit of drizzling to run. Amazingly, God Answered my prayer...Thank You GOD!!

The first 10km was great, steady breathing, no cramp & I did it in an hour..I continued my slow & steady pace till 15km, there's when my nightmare started. The injury from last year haunt my knees again & has caused so much pain till I've to walked, limped & forced run till finishing line. All the time I made up earlier when down the drain...sigh! I'm disappointed that I didn't achieve my goal of doing sub-3, could have done better...but I've completed it, that's the least consolation for me.

There were too many complaints about the race not properly organised..but I'm not going to elaborate much here, seeing too many of my friends has already posted their complaints in their respective blogs...hahaha.

To have completed this race, there are some friends that I really appreciate for their support & encouragement along the way. Especially Lena, not only she make the effort to do weekly training with me, she did her very best to be my pacer during the race.

(Team Hyper Gila)

(The Pacemaker Gang)

(me running like a crab towards the finishing...arrghh! Finally, I'm done!)

(Tey caught me half way & took this photo...look at my bib! LOL..what a jinx number for chinese)

D-day - 96hrs left

This is it...i cant hide but to run...doing my checklist on things...

1) power gel - checked
2) vest & tights - checked
3) shoe & socks - checked
4) time watch - checked

now the remaining is to collect the bib this saturday, have enough rest & best part carbo loading without guilt...hahaha. (sigh! inside extremely nervous...like ronnie said :"kan cheong liao"..hahaha)

To my running frens...all the best this sunday,k. ;p

Counting down....SCKLM

IS JUST 10 DAYS AWAY!!!!! I'm getting more & more nervous by day...I can feel the pressure in me that I might fail to complete the race...haha. Even though I've got myself physically ready for it but mentally....AAARRRRHHH!! NOTHING NEAR TO READY!! If there's a scale of 1 - 10, I think right now I'm at 1.

How??? Die-die also have to do it. With bet to complete within the time frame, wearing the same vest with a group of running frens & 1st time doing 21km...hahahaha, like my dear fren Lena said : " Die die also have to step at the finishing line.." Great advice huh? ;p Thank God, she's gonna be my pacer & will make sure i dont chicken out...hahaha..so wish me luck.

License to Grill (home Version)

Let these pics tell the Story....Black pepper honey grill chicken. Recipe from my favourite TV program..."License to Grill" ;p

New Adventure on Number puzzles..

I was at Carrefour today to grab some groceries; just happened that they were having sales on books at RM5 each. Without 2nd thought, I started digging into the piles of books to see what's good for grab.

Yup,this book about "Kakuro" caught my attention. At first I just thought of flipping through the pages & see what's all about Kakuro. Soon I found myself fond of this number puzzle. ;p

I took the book home, there were 124 puzzles in total & I've been solving it one by one even when I'm typing this post..haha. Is fun, now I've more challenging puzzles to attempt during my free time other than Sudoku.

hmm... I wonder will MSIG organise annual event for Kakuro in future just like the one they have been doing for Sudoku. It sure be fun to take part on this & see how many Kakuro maniac out there. ;)

Going Green with Doubt

I've been using my own container for quite awhile regardless bringing home cook food to work or tapao "take-away" from stalls. Thinking this might be a little step saving the earth; to reduce the usage of plastic bags/Styrofoam lunch box...but ironically I disagree with what I'm doing at the same time...as in when I wash the container after using it, i realized I'm making another type of harm to earth with running water & detergent.

Lately, the media has been doing an awareness campaign on water. Poster with statements such as "Do you know 10,000litres of water is needed to prepare dinner for six per day??", "A person uses more than 100litres of water a day"....The statistic shocked me. I knew the water consumption has always been alot with the kind of HOT weather in Malaysia, but I never expect it to be that much.

Now...should I continue using my containers & uses more water?? or should I just ask the stall to pack my food in plastic/styrofoam & create more non-degradable waste?? What can be the best solution that can balance our daily life yet going green to save our world??

Use banana leaves to pack rice & noodles like the olden days perhaps??? Atleast the leaves is biodegradable...what about the soup & porridge then??? haha..tough choice!

Achieved My 1st Milestone!

It took me a week to watch closely on my weight until it got stable before saying this out..I've lost a total of 7kgs in 45days & it still going down...hehe.

I've started this since 1st April when I join my new company. Looking at 95% population of females in the office with daily topics about calories, fats, shopping for clothes, cosmetics & all other topics in your imaginary about what ladies will normally talk about...I was determined to give a big push of myself to fight for once to get back in shape & it really worth while. ;p

Having to joined the Fitness First floors below my office & training for up coming race motivates me even more. I've pulled out those pants/skirts which I've kept for 6 years out from the closet & started wearing them for now. (need to throw away another few more kgs before i can starts to do my shopping, dont want to waste extra money unnecessarily).

I'm happy coz my family members, friends & colleagues notice the changed. It feels really good!! Not only the weight that I've lost but rather living more healthier life. I didnt skip meals & never skip those makan trips with friends but rather cautious on what I'm eating...Haha..Kelvin told me, I can starts advertising tomorrow during the race for a boyfriend now...lol.

I've an extra reason to be happier now!! ;p

* lol, it sounds like a testimonial from my latest favourite reality show "The Biggest Losser"...haha.