In Loving Memory of Madam Lim Gim Eann

Dear all, I have to cut short my CNY holidays in Kuching and flew back to Penang today. My grandmother, Mdm Lim Gim Eann passed away yesterday morning (3rd day of CNY). The funeral will be on Sunday.

The last few years had been wonderful for me as I had the chance to get closer and spent time with her. Among all her grandchildren, she can only remember my name because I trained her to say my name every time I went back to Penang (main tipu sikit) ... but maybe also because I never fail to give her ang pow ( and she will asked "ku lui" = how much). When we ( me and my cousins) were younger we always teased her ... amma bo gey ... (grandma no teeth). Then she will took out her gigi palsu to scare us ... hehehe

Though she was very strict will all her grandchildren, everytime each one of us left her home after the school holidays were over she was always the saddest ... can feel from the hugs (... alamak nak menangis pulak). Nevertheless she will always be remembered as a loving grandma, love money and gold (hehehe) ... but most generous with her ang pow ...

May her soul rest in peace... love you grandma.

Xin Nian Lai Lor Part 3

continuation

yEa ... yea... since tomorrow not working so can update blog lah ... BTW its raining cats and dogs here in Kuching. However, despite the bad weather we were not short of visitors this first day ... but if compared to last year, at least this year I was able to catch a few winks during my OFF DUTY time.

MY FAMILY & GUESTS


This is the Indian side of the family ... the girl in blue is my foster dad's niece studying in UNIMAS.

This is the Bidayuh side of the family. The specky lady in green is my godsister Florence (my godfather's daughter)


This is the Muslim side of the family. My uncle-the one with more face - converted since he was a small child together with his other siblings. They used to open food stall in 7th Mile.

Michelle (Flo's), Florence, Marco (Flo's), Joan, Gina and Jayne. Flo's son and daughter often become my models coz they are very photogenic.

The girl in red T-shirt is my future sister-in-law. Haa... time nie I interview her kaw-kaw.

Justin (Linda's), Lowen (Linda's), twins ... Andin and Andun (Linda's), Yuyu (Josephine's).

My nephews and nieces queuing up for their ang pow.

Haa... kena cium and sayang auntie Mie. Else next year no ang pow.

Yuyu was our previous baby of the family. My mum and myself took care of him since birth until age 3 (his mum suffered from mild post natal depression), before I flew to work in KL. How time flies and now my baby tua is 9 years old...

With my uncle Harry's (in blue shirt) family whom we fondly called YB Taib Mahmud.

My mum giving ang pows to all her grandchildren...

This is how we clean a baby. Just soak in soap water.

Xin Nian Lai Lor Part 2

Happy "Niu" Year of the Ox everyone ... May this New year bring you abundance of wealth and health (or new L.O.V.E) to everyone .... to Meli D'Bonn, thank you for the new year's wish and perhaps it's time for you to shake your BON BON too... kau pun sampai bila nak menjanda akak ooooiiii ...

This year, we celebrated the new year in Kuching without my dad as my grandma is very ill. He had to cancel his flight 2 days ago to be with her. I went back to Penang last week to visit her and I think she may have few weeks left. We just hope she will hold on until after new year coz in the Chinese Calender, my dad was born on the 2nd day of Chinese New Year. But thinking about it, if she didn't make through tomorrow, fate has a way of making people remember her on the calender. The other reason is she was born on Christmas Day.

Despite that, we still carry on with our CNY plans without the "original" Chinese patriach. Every few hours we will call Penang for latest updates. So far, her condition is stable.

THE PREPARATION

Bought this special tanglung in Petaling Street for my KL apartment.

The tanglung upclose...

Still in KL - front door ornament

Kuching - view from the entrance of the house.

Little lanterns on my mum's wealth tree ..

My mum's chrysanthemum. Many of my mum's plants bloom flowers today ... ho ye ho ye...

Our CNY cookies ...

Our household is already very Malaysian Chinese so don't expect this kind of spread in other Chinese household


Our CNY model ... bought this dress in Petaling Street Chinatown...

Xin nian lai Lor !!!!

Tak dapat nak letak entry panjang sebab tgh busy sekarang nie ... baru jer habis tolong my mum masak sambal nenas and mix vege ... nanti lah I make a long entry ...

Just want to wish everyone tak kira lah Cina atau bukan Cina ... Xin nian Kuai Le Wan si Ru Yi ...Sin Xiang Si Chen ... jangan tanya aku apa maksud dia sebab aku cuma paham yang ayat pertama jer .. yang satu lagi aku pun tgh cari dalam dictionary .... yang pasti it means well.

GONG XI FA CAI ... ANG POW "NADAI" (IBAN=TAK DA ANG POW ... BELUM KAWIN MAA)

Miss J in Da House

Layan Blues Kejap ...

Aku sebenarnya masih kat ofis ... bukan nak tunjuk rajin keje OK tapi terpaksa balik lambat sebab tunggu my KP balik post-cab meeting for our own JPN meeting. I kena ganti pulak boss I yang tengah dirawat di HKL for his gout. Kalau tak lama dah aku melepaskan diri ke Petaling Street shopping tanglung ... This time kena hias rumah pulak for CNY...

Balik meeting rasa terpanggil pulak nak share pengalaman hari ini.

Earlier this morning ...

I menerima panggilan kecemasan daripada colleague I telling me that our other colleague and sorang boss may kena surcharge sebab tidak teliti dalam membenarkan pengeluaran daripada akaun HDA sehingga mendapat perhatian KSN. So she asked my assistance to help them sebab KSU nak report tu segera hari nie.

However, yang tersiratnya these 2 colleagues sebenar mempunyai konflik dalaman yang asasnya adalah niat yang murni untuk saling membantu tetapi disalahertikan. In which, A yang hendak membantu B yang menghadapi masalah nie tetapi B yang menghadapi masalah nie takut yang A beranggapan dirinya not good enough and selalu membelakangkan B bila nak buat kerja but hakikatnya A rasa bertanggungjawab atas tugas tersebut memandangkan dia diberi tanggungjawab tu terlebih dahulu. Of course masing-masing ada ceritanya sendiri tapi panjang sangat nak citer kat sini ...

And I sebagai senior officer pulak berpandangan kedua-dua terlalu dahagakan bimbingan, tunjuk ajar and eager to learn that bila yang sorang sibuk diberi tanggungjawab dan dilatih, yang sorang rasa terabai sebab tidak dilibatkan... huhuhu.

Zaliiiiiii, Seminnn., Ramliii ........ u all tau betapa aku dambakan saat-saat nie ... pegawai-pegawai junior yang terlalu ingin belajar .... Aku mendengar jer keluhan mereka tapi dalam hati aku sebenarnya tersenyum ... masih wujud lagi insan-insan yang sedih bila takde keje atau tak diberi tanggungjawab. Ingatkan tinggal jenis yang minit-minit keje dan kaki komplen jer .. oppsss sangat (pinjam ayat feymes Ramli).

Then masa meeting dengan KP ...

Masalah kat my department nie kan sebenarnya bagi I lah hala tuju, perkara dasar dan core functions certain bahagian is not clearly define, set and understood. So when a lot of issues can't be solved, ramai lah jadi tai-chee masters - sorang kata kerja nie patut sorang nie buat ... Sedangkan bila I kaji isu tersebut, it has to be tackled together by 3 bahagian dalam JPN secara bersepadu bersama dengan satu kementerian lain melalui satu mekanisme. Hmm... paling tak sedap didengar selamba jer one senior kata nie patut kerja enforcement.

I pun cakap kat senior nie, agreed that penguatkuasaannya adalah melalui satu Akta yang sama dipakai oleh 4 bahagian dalam JPN but apabila "burden to proof" bahagian penguatkuasaan that an offence has been done we will still have to pastikan prosedur bahagian pelesenan dan prosedur bahagian pemantauan projek in line dengan maksud Akta. Terus one super senior menyokong aku dan another super senior lain. Lepas meeting super2 senior nie jumpa aku bagi komen ... that officer tak habis-habis nak tai-chee kerja kat orang. Huhuhu ... and here I am wondering why ada sesetengah senior PTD kata batch junior yang naik M48 tak leh buat kerja ...

Actually I am sick of people of looking at age factor or the fact that certain batch naik cepat but not at his/her credentials or credibilities ... kan?

On the way nak balik ...

I terima panggilan daripada bakal Intan Jutawan CNI ajak I jumpa kat rumah I sebab nak bincang strategy perniagaan. Dalam hati cepatnya akak nie bertindak, baru jer tgh hari tadi husband dia call tanya bila free nak buat perbincangan. Tapi itu lah sebabnya dia jadi INTAN Jutawan sedangkan I nie setakat pernah berkursus jer kat INTAN Bukit Kiara.... hahahaa ... Anyway, to some maybe tindakan akak nie annoying tapi kalau diperhalusi, she has proven that dia mempunyai keazaman untuk mengubah kehidupan dia and membantu orang lain sama-sama mengubah kehidupan mereka (and of course kongsi kekayaan orang tu jugak .. MLM kan). And some people doing nothing ... condemn fate, blame karma or worse condemning orang yang try to make a change ... Nak berjaya u have to give 200%.

By the way ... akak nie dulu kerani jer kat Forestry ... Dalam aku buat insurans dan CNI ramai lah aku jumpa orang-orang macam nie. Very street smart... paling aku tak dapat lupa kan, pemilik CNI Distribution Centre Ampang. Bekas buruh binaan jer tuh ... tak pass pun Form 3 hahaha but bila dah pakai suit, drive CLK mana lah orang tau kan??? I memang takde niat nak jadi kaya ... just love to mix around with these positive people ...

So dalam kelompok manusia manakah kiter nie?

Mie's Note:

Yang pasti I harap I tergolong dalam golongan orang2 yang beriman... despite all the scandals huhuhu

...tag from Olpicture ...

Alamak, wa kena tag lah ... hehehe... Sori lah lambat memberi maklumbalas sebab balik Penang jenguk nenek i yang sakit. Tapi thanks yer Amin sebab time nie lah I boleh membicarakan tentang you from my new "perspective" ...

#01; - Sesiapa yang kena tag, kena tulis 10 sesuatu berkenaan orang yang meng-tag dia.

1. Pernah membuat Hazami hampir2 hilang bisnes time DPA - yer babe ... suara siap dengan vibrato lagi k ... (Min ... bukan ada senior batch yang pandai nyanyi terasa tercabar dengan kau ker time ada satu performance time DPA ... aku ingat lagi time tuh ... )

2. Berkhidmat sebagai seorang PTD selama 6 tahun.

3. Name kete dia sparkling diamond.

4. Suka memasak di hujung minggu.

5. Memang high taste ...

6. tapi minimalist, simplicity

7. hmm... i tak label as emo but perhaps seseorang yang hatinya mudah tersentuh ...

8. and a nice and sweet person, love his laughter when cakap bende lucu

9. suka travelling ... anyway Amin - aku tau ko tak plan nak bagi gift from Korea suatu ketika dulu masa kiter jumpa kat kat KLCC hehehe tapi sebab ko dah takde pilihan terpaksa lah ko bagi gif kat aku. Anyway I simpan lagi chopstick tu ...

10. seorang yang menyanjungi erti persahabatan .... (penutup kena UP orang tu sikit huhuhu)

#02; - Orang yang kena tag kena tulis 10 perkara. about yourself.

1. Anak sulung dari 4 beradik....

2. so tu yang ada ciri-ciri macho, pemimpin (pehhhhh...) dan keibuan (wa lau wehhh).

3. Always think that she can dance ...

4. Pernah mencuba nasib dalam Superstar dan Malaysia Idol tapi kantoi sebab masih bawak imej bureaucats time audition (heheh masa Malaysia Idol tuh pakai baju kurung sebab baru balik keje) huhuhu.

5. Suka fotografi (tapi tak pandai pun guna SLR camera...)

6. Amat teliti bila buat kerja yang disukai atau matter the most ...

7. Love everything about food - frm cooking to serving and eating ..

8. Bila dah fed-up sama ada pada seseorang atau kerja - suka menyendiri atau mendiamkan diri ... sehingga mood dah OK. so in short tak suka simpan bad things lama2 dalam diri.

9. Love adventurous things - bila time stress and tension.

10. I think the best thing about me is walaupun I tak suka seseorang I tetap akan appreciate certain kelebihan yang ada pada seseorang itu and will learn from it. I will always believe that God created us for a reason and not to please everyone ...

#03; - At the end, you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names.so that U'll know... did their really know U...

1. Olpicture

2. Semin

3. Zizie

4. Meli d' Bonn6

5. Sweet and Sour B

6. Zam@Aznul

7. Che Pah

8. Jason

9. Mocha

10. alamak tak cukup member blog lah ... hehehe sapa2 je lah yang sudi.

13th January 2009 - Looking At The PTD Service From New Perspectives

Haaa .... tajuk entry very the serious tapi yang sebenarnya nak show off my new glasses jer. Tu jer lah new perspective nyer ... Sempena my sixth year of service I hari nie pakai lah spec mata baru untuk menaikkan seri serta mempertingkatkan KPI "vogueness" I bagi tahun nie.

Hmm saw that Mama Rem has made a tribute to PTD Batch 1/2003 on the special occasion. Yes... today marks the 6th year of our service in public service as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer. And to some, the 6-year journey saw changes in "size" (in family number and physical attributes or perhaps assets???), career development (some has moved from one Ministry to another, some dormant, some tak confirm2 or hampir tak confirm), society status (be it marital, title or perhap it term of kekerapan potong reben atau rasmi jambatan).... everyone has their own story.

Believe it or not, I hampir nak tolak offer jadi PTD sebab masa tuh terasa "macho" dah time kerahan tetap kat Cawangan Perisikan, MINDEF. Nasib baiklah Lt. Kol Loo "psy-op" habis-habisan sampai last minit tuh buat medical check-up kat RSAT huhuhu... kenangan tuh takkan wa lupa sebab masa nak mintak keluar baris ... wa kena kawad sorang-sorang pulak sepanjang koridor Bahagian Pegawai Simpanan. Bestnyer tuan-tuan dan puan-puan, Mejar yang ragging aku kawad tuh beli project abandoned so cuba teka sapa kena sain surat pengesahan projek perumahan terbengkalai dia hahahaha....

First 2 years dalam service PTD termasuk DPA I tak dapat nak enjoy sangat. Maaf lah yer .. Masa tuh banyak masalah hati dan perasaan. Jadi kalau time DPA I tak friendly atau kurang beri perhatian sampai fail subject HR paham-paham sajalah. But kenangan yang paling I tak lupa ialah saat lagu Warisan (REMIX) menjadi lagu hits sepanjang DPA dan pada waktu bersejarah itu, hati ini sebenarnya sedang menangis ...

Buat masa nie, I tak dapat nak cerita banyak2 pengalaman-pengalaman hebat sepanjang I berkhidmat sebagai PTD sebab I masih kat Kementerian yang sama dan Bahagian yang sama sejak 6 tahun yang lalu. Cuma opis jer lah tukar size dan jawatan berubah. Bak kata pepatah kat Kementerian nie, from flat to medium cost apartment and then to condo. Takleh ambik gambar yer sebab banyak file sulit2 (hehehe sebenornya bersepah).

6 years ago masa I lapor diri di Kementerian nie, my former TKSU(Operasi) pernah made a comment. Kalau boleh, jangan lah ditempatkan di Enforcement. Buang masa and u takkan belajar apa-apa. Kira sapa2 yang kena enforcement tuh mcm buangan lah time tuh. But 6 years kat sini, i learned a lot from major players in the property market. I've got the chance to work closely with some top guns of the Government and the industry. Best of all I tak loose all ties dengan corporate world. In other words, its how you view your work - all it needs is a paradigm shift.

Nevertheless, apa-apa pun jawatan atau portfolio yang kita pegang dalam mana-mana jawatan harap we will always be humble and uphold the good "branding" of our service. Just to share, kat sini I was delegated the power to compound by my KSU. Sepanjang melaksanakan tugas kompaun, pelbagai macam orang I jumpa. Salah satunya adalah developers yang mungkin suatu ketika dahulu pernah memegang jawatan penting dan tinggi dalam Kerajaan. Time nie lah timbul kesedaran siapa kita dahulu takkan menjamin siapa kita di kemudian hari ... dalam kes nie rasa nak guna jer ayat feymes si Amin - "perlu ker nak highlight" kat Tan Sri2, Datuk2 nie..

Just imagine 30 tahun akan datang and we all jadi developer ker. Akan ada sorang PTD yang baru confirm M48 akan "ek" jugak kalau company kiter kena kompaun tak hantar report 7F. For that semin, I thank you for sharing your administrator dilemmas. I tgh nak buat cantik2 and frame ayat2 tuh ... kebetulan I letak atas meja masa dapat kunjungan hormat "this former high ranking person".... siap highlight merah lagi ayat nie ..

"If he tries to eliminate red tape, he has no regard for system."

"If he insists on going through channels, he’s a bureaucrat."

To all my batch mate 1/2003, selamat menyambut ulangtahun ke-6 perkhidmatan ... wishing you all many more glorious years ahead...

Mie's Note:

And masa i dok excited canang the significant of hari nie kat staf2 I, ada sorang senior EO jawab - "Cik Jaime, semalam I baru celebrate I punya ulang tahun 32 tahun berkhidmat" .... huhuhu ... rasa over ler pulak

Body Mind and Soul - Shopping Therapy, SJP Moments and Spas

Aiyooo... makin lama makin mencabar lah nak mengupdate blog nie. I dunno if u all mengalami masalah yang sama tapi as days gone by ... all I can remember about a day event is pergi kerja then sibuk2 kat ofis, balik kerja, pastu kemas rumah, tgk TV, tido and pergi kerja ... mcm takde in between time nak mengupdate blog huhuhu...

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY TO JAYNE YVONNE YEOH

Anyway, first of all I would like to wish my "baby" sister Jayne .. Happy 21st Birthday ... too bad most of the family members will not be there on your birthday but do enjoy urself hard on this once in a lifetime special day coz after this you will start getting new year blues like me hahaha... AND ...jangan ingat body mu akan kekal bodylicious OK. I was thinner and slimmer when I was your age so paham2 jer lah who's SEBENARNYA gonna inherit Madam Nelly Paya ak Soweng's body 10 years from now.

Rustic Nirvana Spa @ Solaris Mont Kiara

As u know lah kan, lepas X'mas and dekat2 New Year i punya body system jadi tak betul lah sebab dah penat giler - body, mind and soul huhuhu... So, after all my family members dah balik Kuching I tried to have a good rest during weekend. Tapi biasalah takes time jugak to wind down sebab dah terbiasa dengan suasana riuh and then tiba2 sunyi sepi... huhuhu...

Tapi nampaknya permasalahan I mendapat perhatian masyarakat antarabangsa when I received a frantic call from Syuhana, asking me if I could joined her for a spa treatment at Rustic Nirvana Spa @ Solaris MONT Kiara. She got this promotion offer as a AEON Credit Card holder for a spa treatment for two at RM 68.00. Cheap right? Fuh, i pun dah lama tak pergi spa. Last I pergi somewhere early 2008. Sebelum nie I did enrol for a spa package at Zenith Spa @ Midvalley. Masa tuh I betul-betul nak pamper myself so I tried lah facial, massage and slimming treatment kat situ. I pun tak tahu kenapa I choose this place - perhaps because I was drawn to the green interior kot.

But lepas jer enrol myself to the spa package, I menyesal sebab tak buat homeworks atau tak try out other centres. Time tuh mcm cepat tangan nak "swipe". On the other hand, tak boleh salahkan diri jugak sebab I have never been to a spa before so I dont know what to expect. I am still a kampung girl at heart - kalau nak urut badan call jer Emma and balik kampung dia kat Felda "I can't remember the place", ada makcik tuh terer urut. So banyak lah lesson daripada spa2 nie.

First, don't commit yourself to many session package. Hari nie memang kiter seronok treatment tuh, tapi esok maybe nak try treatment lain plak. Secondly, jangan terus terpengaruh dengan kata2 beautician/therapist. Buat bodo jer kalau dia promote product dia atau dia suruh kita ambik pakej2 yang mahal. Ketiga, treatments nie pun sebenarnya boleh mix and match. We might like slimming treatment kat spa A but we love facial kat spa B.

Anyway, at Rustic Nirvana we tried the Jamu body massage, body wrap and herbal steam bath. Before we started our treatment, they served us sweet ginger tea. Hmmm I like ... I tak sempat lah nak ambik gambar spa tu but like the name, dia punya deco memang rustic... dinding dia tak dicat tapi dia buat mcm cement render. Sekali pandang mcm dinding yang tak siap. But wat I like about dia punya treatment room ialah ada built in shower so lepas treatment boleh terus mandi. Tak perlu lah nak jalan berkemban all the way to separate shower area.

Personally I like the whole Jamu treatment - macam treatment orang lepas pantang pulak. Lepas treatment u feel warm. But dari segi massage, I still prefer my favourite Thai masseur kat Urban Retreat, The Curve. Bagi I, I suka orang yang urut i memiliki jari2 yang pendek dan tembam. Jari-jari yang kurus and panjang make my sensitive skin sakit. Sepanjang kena urut tuh, Beverly, therapist yang assigned to me promote-promote lah spa dia orang tuh. Like the owner is Singaporean, and specialty treatment is pre-natal and post natal. Plus this is the only spa yang ada affliation dengan Pantai Medical Centre. Dia orang offer home visit service for women lepas bersalin. Ohhh! impressive.

Perhaps sebab dia guna ramuan herba seperti kunyit, halia, dan serai wangi yang bagus untuk buang angin - berapa kali I kena tahan dari buang angin hehehee.... Pricewise, compared to Zenith, I think it's cheaper and I think Asian inspired dia nie memang sesuai untuk wanita yang mengalami hormon imbalance, and post natal. Yang lepas bersalin tuh bagus try... u will know why ... (sebab I pergi lepas habis period).

The down side - sebab I still love my massage sessions at Urban Retreat. And then like I said, I taknak terikat because of the package thing until takde peluang nak try spa lain.


Sidetrack - Suprise Housewarming and X'mas Gift from Raj and Tuan Hamdan TTPR

After Syuhana, at 2.30 pm I received another call from my teh tarik buddies, Raj said he and Tuan Hamdan of TTPR has something for me and told me to meet him in 15 minutes time. Aiyo... I am so bad with suprises coz it always ended up people get suprises from me. Then just when I was about to getting ready to meet up with them at Tuan Hamdan's office I received another call from Datin Zaitun's office asking me to be at the Level 6 meeting room for a discussion immediately .... haaa see?

Turn out that both Raj and Tuan Hamdan felt bad for not attending my small X'mas party and they both got me a Christmas cum New Year cum housewarming present. Raj got me a PINK wristwatch and Tuan Hamdan gave me a nice crystal wine glass set. So sweet.... thank you guys... I will make up with many many teh tarik sessions nanti yer. I know Raj mesti tak tahan tgk jam tangan Fossil I mcm Ramli and Sazali tak tahan tgk jam tangan Baby Guess I dulu... hahahaha. Sungguh tak sessuaaaaaaaaiiii....

Sarah Jescica Parker (SJP) Moments @ Buttermilk

I am not into cupcakes tapi entah mengapa when Syuhana ajak I gi Uptown beli cupcakes for her hubby birthday masa our long Friday lunch break I rasa SJP of Sex In The City sangat ... very chic ! Sayang I was not wearing skirt kembang fru fru dengan heels to die for huhuhu.... Semenjak banyak spent time dengan Syu and Nurul, I suka lah indulge myself dengan benda yang comel-comel nie. Kadang2 heran jugak, manalah diaorang get to know place2 comel mcm nie. I like the decor of the shop, mcm classroom tadika pun ada, mcam american kitchen in the 1960s pun ada.

Shopping Therapy and Herbaline Facial Spa @ The Mines

Yesterday, I spent the whole day sleeping. Best betul AKHIRNYA dapat tidur lena dan panjang sampai tulang belakang i sakit-sakit. So pagi nie I kuatkan diri getting myself out of bed and heads for Mines for my CNY shopping. Mcm baru semalam jer shopping for X'mas. Kadang2 I rasa I terlebih cina pulak bila shopping for CNY like kena pastikan no "black", kena buy semua baru termasuk lah new lingerie... hehehe... Last 2 years, Angel Lim, my insurance agent fren, gave me panty merah dengan bunga peony besar kat depan to symbolise cepat kawin .... problemnya panty tuh very aunty style so i pun tak pakai so tertangguh lah perkahwinan I selama 2 tahun huhuhu.... But syariah lagi best ... she bagi a set of G-string for my 17th birthday anniversary ... alamak... kena workout lah pulak ...

Anyway, highlight of my shopping therapy was a facial spa at Herbaline plus complimentary fish reflexology. I sebenarnya pun tgh start a new life kat Seri Kembangan nie so as part of my new lifestyle kena start lah jaga kecantikan from top to toe. I was drawn to Herbaline nie because of the green interior and price per treatment dia very affordable. Ranging from RM 68 sehingga RM 138. Best of all, dia tak paksa orang ambik pakej and they entertained walk-in. The beautician pun tak paksa I beli product dia. Lately jugak pun terasa nak start a good beauty regime nie selepas tgk muka kawan2 lama kat facebook. Ada yang makin cun, ada yang makin "matang". Since muka I nie kering and I pun lama tak buat facial so they recommended the deep cleansing and mosturising treatment - which is very cooling and refreshing. hehehe... tgk gambar kat atas pun tau i mesti terlelap time treatment.

I thought spa nie kecik jer. I was suprise to find that the fish reflexology area dia nie open-air dalam taman berkonsepkan Zen. So after my facial session, I relax myself kat taman nie sambil membiarkan kaki "Giselle" i dijamah oleh ikan2 kecik. Tak sakit pun ... rasa macam kejutan-kejutan elektrik. Haa semin, this is how I achieved my sexy feet ... huhuhuhu. To distant cousin "Giselle" - you better watch out...

If The Devil Wears Prada ... The Angels ????

I was laughing hard while choosing the picture for this entry. First, because none of the pictures came out well as we were laughing while taking it. second, the model's feet/foot looks so "prosperous" like McD's Prosperity Burgers ... and lastly, it took lots and lots of energy to get that feet up in the air (hahahaha.... sampai tak terangkat sebab model-model semuanya big size).

Anyway, those pictures were taken to show off our Ipanema slippers by our distant cousin "Giselle Bunchen" in Brazil. Eversince my sisters arrived here they talked about nothing but how comfortable the flip-flops are, how good the "gladiator" design looks on Giselle, except that they seemed to forget that the Yeoh's hybrid girls don't have the feet to die for... bak kata suna ... kaki-kaki kelopak.

So last Saturday, I joined them to Pavillion to check out on these slippers plus surveying Charles and Keith store. We tried on all the shoes and slippers sampai lupa nak shop for Gina's dress. Lately, I leave the thinking, planning and researching to my two sisters as I was either too busy or too tired to bother. Funny kan, long time ago shopping is one of my favourite pastime. Now, I only shop for new clothes or shoes when I need one and of course takde lah nak survey2 dah. Plus, we seems to have lots of wants only when we have no money to spend. BTW, my wardrobe need a makeover lah this year - too many wardrobe malfunctions lately huhuhuhu...

Note: cuba teka mana satu kaki I...

2009 - I'll Have It My Way

Hmm, I did share in my last entry that my mood was suddenly as BLUE as the Christmas theme. Honestly I didn't understand it myself. Perhaps I was just having the New Year Blues ... However after a few incidents, and occurence when I find my self couldn't sleep, lack of appetite, hair fall, dizziness, nausetous, migraines, back pains, lack of concentration, fatigue and black-outs (while cooking and shopping for groceries) I suspected that it might be something serious.

So last 2 days I spent the whole morning searching for articles related to those symptoms and I came across a website on depression. After answering the questionaires, the result was "moderately depress". However, to my relief because I felt quite OK after taking Omega-3, Vitamin B Complex and some chromium from the morning sun so it must be due to my work-related stress, poor diet and lack of exercise.

Admittedly, these last 3 months had been quite stressful to me physically and emotionally. Turning 31 and (.... sexy? successful? wealthy? lonely?), finalising the renovation,furnishing and moving works while at the same time all all BIG BOSSES want is report (report and report ... KPI lah ISO lah Fail Meja lah). Then enduring lectures from uplines on my 2008 performance, struggle to complete remaining of my CPD courses on weekends, organising house blessings, organising X'mas party, listening to problems all the time (be it housebuyers problems, developers problems, management problems, family problems, national problems, personal problems, business problems, global problems) ... it is just a matter of seconds I'll turn into a time-bomb. All these stress and presssures had made my system gone haywire....

I had a chat with my adopted sister a few minutes ago and she was complaining about all the stress and pressures she was having at the moment. Imagine, year end like this have to make endless preparation for school, then have to face in-laws family yang mesti nak tgk rumah baru dan cucu-cucu and bagi lectures panjang sebab dapur tak kemas atau mcm mana nak jaga anak.

However, deep down I understand when people said your letih hilang bila u see perangai anak2 yang comel. That if you do have playful and cute kids lah. Dapat yang hyperactive pun stressful jugak. Last month when I went back to see Gina, I hate to admit it but i rasa nak kidnap jer dia balik KL. But thinking about the cost and commitment to care for a child single handedly, I don't think I am ready yet. BTW she turned 2 on the 30th and her daddy sent me her birthday pic via MMS this morning. Thanks Pet.

On new year eve, I told my boss I need to clear my head (was having headache again and the throbbing was killing me) and asked his permission to leave the office early. I decided to meet up with Syariah at The Curve. Pity her, she was just arriving from Calcutta earlier that morning and had to be dragged from her slumber. Among all my girlfriends, Syariah is the best listener, Niejah is the best critic and Suna is the best dreamer ... On the way to Curve, I realised the root of my New Year Blues is much deeper than I thought and keeping busy is one way of forgetting it. Yelaa, after so so so long I sendiri pun terlupa how and why it happen at the first place. Hehehe... anyway, I confided in Syariah ... ala-ala macam buat confession kat priest lah.

To my suprise, her answer was ... "hey babe, aku pun mengalami masalah yang sama lah dengan kau"

Well it is good to know that there is someone who share the same problem and for once I kind of relieve that I can be open about it with someone. As if understanding my predicament, later that evening I received a call from another friend who needed a friend to talk and she too was having the same problem. Hmmm.... I began to wonder if what I am facing is actually a national issue.

This morning after sending my brother to KL Sentral, I read Lillian Too's prediction for Year 2009. Hmm, her previous general prediction for year 2008 was 90% accurate though. I started to have interest in her prediction after her prediction that Italy might win the FIFA World Cup 2006 on the ground that Italy is liken to the Blue Canine (aiya I can't remember her exact words) and 2006 is the year of the Dog might give them advantage over France ... hehehe. Anyway, we have to do a specific calculation known as the four pillars of destiny to forecast our luck.

However, 2008 to me is a year of new beginning after a very distressing 2007. It's a year full of suprises, with plenty of new opportunities which I reserved for the year 2009. Generally it is a better year for me compared to 2007 but I just couldn't enjoy it much as throughout 2008 I was busy reorganising my life - as new KPP for Cawangan Penguatkuasaan JPN (plus I get a very sporting new Boss), new resident of Seri Kembangan, new CNI distributor ( I dah dapat silver distributor badge), completing my Registered Financial Planner (RFP Module 2) course. It is also a year full of challenges - office politics, backstabbings, surat layang ...

I am looking forward to 2009 as a year to harvest the fruits of my labour throughout 2008. However age must have been catching up with me coz yesterday I started the year 2009 with a fever. Hahaha ... nevertheless, God has shown me there are plenty of people who really love and care for me. Niejah came over to send porridge and oxtail soup and Syariah came later that evening sending fruits. Huhuhu... sayang jugak korang ngan aku yer. Sam also called later that evening telling me he couldn't called earlier coz his HP can't read his new SIM card. Dear, I think your handphone tu memang dah nak kena tukar. Orang tak pakai dah handphone polyphonic ... the Celcom people was just too polite to tell you the truth. Hahaha ...

May the Year 2009 bring more HEALTH and WEALTH ... Happy New Year everyone!