INDIA!

Honestly, I am enjoying every bit of my time here.. it is truly an eye opener on how blessed we really are back home.. although I am in the center of a thriving Silicon Valley - Bangalore, the poverty level is high.

On the way to work this morning, we almost killed a woman running across the street.. and then I saw people living out of tents.. a man peeing by the main road without shame.. cute furry black and white cows... I was impressed how many multinational companies are investing here... and then we got to work, and had to put names to faces that we've been dealing with.. and there were like a whole floor of them! It's going to be a challenge tomorrow! Anyway, lunch was FAN TARS TIC! I loved the food!! The dessert was heaven! On the way back to the car... guess what? I STEPPED ON COW DUNG! I knew things like that would happen to me. Hahahahhahahhahahaha my fault for not seeing where I was walking!!! Shouldve known earlier that I'm walking in India..! Anyway, after work, we almlost got into an accident again. The car in front of us, did not have break lights. Our driver (the same guy) took an emergency break and all of us flung to the front.. and I started laughing! Hahahhahahahahhahahahhaa it was really hillarious. The traffic here, is CRAZY! Worse than you can ever imagine. According to our room service guy, Calcutta is the worst, followed by Bangalore. Nice! I am actually impressed though.. cause seriously the traffic is MAD! and none of their cars have scratches or dents! I really do not know how they do it... seriously..

I love the people here.. although there's SO MUCH to laugh about.. like seriously tonnes.. ahaahhahaa.. it's a joy to be able to be in India and experience something which I would never in my life imagine I would. hahahhaa.. i'd always laugh at my friends and tell them that I will NEVER in my life step foot in India.. and guess what.. I am now in India!!

When I first stepped out from the airport, I almost died. I had to take several small breaths for a pretty long time. The whole journey from the airport to our hotel.. I was suffocating.. I couldnt breathe properly.. it was dusty and stinky.. and I am more amused when our driver started honking in the interval of several seconds ALL THE WAY from the airport to our hotel.. and I AM NOT JOKING. It was hillariouuussssss yet annoying at the same time!! What a greeting.. ahhahahhahahahahhahaha... I still cannot imagine i'm in India. really. Hahahahhahaa...

Anyways, on a serious not, work is crazy... so busy! I'm going go to bed now, and it's only 9am in Bangalore. We need to wake up at 3am the next morning. My other 2 team mates need to wake up at 12am! I pray that everything will go well tomorrow. :)

I'm loving my room... :) WI-FI in the room.. a huge LCD TV.. super comfy king sized bed.. room service for dinner. I had lamb chop and mashed potato then finished off with Tiramisu for dessert. Currently, I'm sipping a cup of whisky coke to soothe my nerves. God is good in the midst of all my challenges! :)

Then it's QT and prayer.......... a perfect closure to my day!

The death of this blog

I believe everyone of you have given up reading this dead blog of mine eh? but don't worry, I will still update this dead blog of mine, though it takes a little while longer than normal.

So please consider this blog very much alive.. just that it's on hibernation mode most of the time. Haha..

The reason why I am blogging today besides rotting and being very lazy at work is because... hari ini, hari "spesial" kerana.. saya mahu mengucap kesemua (at this rate, you can tell that my BM sucks!) kawan-kawan (my BM really sucks!) melayu saya.. "Selamat Hari Raya! Maaf Zahir dan Batin" yer!

I randomly passed a comment to my colleague asking him whether he is organizing an open house.. but it took me almost a minute to figure out what open house was in BM.. rumah buka.. buka rumah.. rumah.. rumah aper?! haha.. dia respon.. rumah terbuka. I'm like WHY rumah terbuka.. doesn't the term "ter" means "accidental"? "Terberi" (Accidentally given), "Terbuang" (Accidentally threw). So in this context, it means your house is accidentally open? Haha.. dia kater.. buka setengah. Aku konfuseeee tau? Haha.. buka setengah.. macam maner nak buka setengah? Sarong buka setengah I paham ler.. tapi rumah buka setengah buat per ni? Haha..

Anyways, I have FINALLY updated my Jakarta and Bundung pictures. It was MORE than a year ago when we made this trip Haha. There was a large group of us that made the trip for a church friend's wedding.

A very memorable and timely trip..
It was also the trip after finding a heartbreaking truth about a person who mattered, and who no longer matters now.. hehe!

That's MO! The "D.O." - Difficult One.
She eats her curry mee seperated (mee and soup), with a lot of other intructions.
We will not want to ever do her business if we are hawkers, though we still love her..
Now, look closely at the banner, and not Mo!
Do you see what I see? It reads, "We now go to the airport!"
It sounds wrong.

And "We now go to Jakarta!"
No, you stay. I go. You stay and go see pictures.

Before our flight to greet the Indons...

Guess who we bumped into? BUNBUN! Hehe.. so we greeted BunBun first.
He was heading back to the States..
I miss this little cute guy... :)

Upon entering into Jakarta, Indonesia.. Mo and I have declared ourselves MILLIONAIRES!!! and also, Million Hairs! Hehe..

SHOPSINGS!! Lots of SHOPSINGS!! :)
Vhee areeee the richh!

The lobby of our hotel...

Me and my emaks (mum)..
The day before the wedding, we left for Bandung.. for some serious shopping!

When we arrived, we expected them to hold outlets by brands, but unfortunately it does not work the same as the outlet malls in US. In Bandung (refer to the picture below). An outlet by the name of "Secret" will hold many brand names.. so it's actually like a "Scavenger Hunt"! The clothings will be randomly placed around, and you have to go through one by one of their labels.. some are fakes too, so be careful and know your originals. Don't buy the designer bags, cause they are mostly fakes.


The food was actually just O-kay. This was some random food we could find opposite one of the outlets @ Bandung, Indonesia. Since it was a year ago, I have forgotten the name of the outlet.

This was the end of our Bandung trip. We had to head back to Jakarta.
We were glad we made this trip before anything else and splurged ourselves crazy, because in all honesty, shopping in Jakarta itself sucked! The only highlight of our shopping in Jakarta was - Mee Goreng Indo~

The Day of he Wedding!

Parents, Mo and I :)

BJ (The groom) entering the hotel entrance, and anxiously walking to Davina's room..
No pictures after that cause we got on the bus to a local church.. lol

Davina - the gorgeous bride.. and her daddy walking in to meet her future husband (already husband.. haha)...

and more random pictures of the church wedding..
MARRIED! :)

Finally.... :)

That's me with stomach discomfort and loads of flatulence an hour before the wedding.. and yet, I can pose for the camera.. haha.. it comes with a lot of experience.

Mo and I saw Elmo and a clown hanging around our hotel lobby so we literally ran over, grabbed Elmo by the arms and made them take pictures with us! Hehe..

I did not take pictures during the wedding dinner. It was by the poolside, and well, it was dark but insanely beautiful. I had major stomach discomfort then and could not stand for long (It was a standing party which is commonly practiced by the Indonesians. Of all things lah right when I was constantly farting with stomach cramps, and there were no chairs around..). So of course, I did not bother taking any pictures. I was only looking for a place to sit the whole time. Haha! Pfft.

Anyways, this was the aftermath of the dinner... and being very Malaysian, we took (we were ASKED by the bride to take them) beautiful flowers back to our hotel room.. "kerana nak ambik gambar miang"! Haha..

This is Si Mo carrying one of our "props - an Iron board" as our camera stand! Haha!

Then, it's camwhore to the max! Unbelievable. It was hillariously funny!

Love this shot of MO. We call her the "Greek Goddess!" Haha.. but with the flower and her new (not so new anymore at the time of this blog) PRADA hooded jacket (si ai bin!) from Bandung, I think she can be Miss LilyPot.

Miss LilyPot's friend - LilyPong.

And if this is not enough, we changed into our pajamas and got more people to join us!!

Thongs (in yellow with glasses) and Pons (grey with glasses)!

It was good times. Haha..
The whole trip, Mo and I spent ordering Room Service. We didn't even bother going out the moment we hit the comfort of our bed. Haha.. we didn't even cover the circumference of the hotel. We only walked extra because we had to. Just like Mo carrying the Iron Board. She did it because she wanted to camwhore!

Tsk tsk!

Time Away With My Girlies

In between stress, PMS-ing and all things chaotic, a Skype conference of complaints and grunts between the girls resulted to an idea of a getaway..

This is to ultimately get our sorry asses refreshed and recharged for 2009! :)


Have a good weekend folks.. Hopefully I'll find more time to blog..

Passing Away of a beloved aunt..

I received a phone call late this evening from my mom about the passing of my aunt whom we fondly refer to as Phong Phong Chi (I'm actually uncertain on how she got the name.. Charls, any idea?). It is indeed shocking to learn of this news. Not only is she dear to us all, she is also my brother's Godma. For the longest time ever, she have been struggling with a hole in her heart.. but despite her condition she still walks miles and miles long to work. She is always so jovial, and happy.. and leads a tremendously simple life. The saddest bit of all for me personally would be the time when I missed the last CNY visitation this year just because I had to work. I will definitely miss her presence.. :(

I hate goodbyes, and what more, a permanent one.

I pray that through this season of loss, the family will soon come to know Christ.

On a Hiatus!

I want to be that tree!
There's no clutter.

Beach getaway!

Wooohoooo.. i'm off for another well deserved break! Work's been S-H-I-T!
Will be back on Sunday, don't miss me while I'm gone. :)

This is it

Sigh..

Back to the buzzing city streets of annoying Penang drivers, stinking wet toilets, blardy motorcyclists, flippin hot humid weather, WORK, and just the thought on how our Msian government have morphed into is giving me the chills. I don't know what's gonna become of us when Najis Najib takes over.

Anyway, I shall not think that far.

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Will be transiting in KL tomorrow, my dearest panjang wanjang and dgmon will be picking us up from the airport.. thanks you guys.. u'll get to indulge in endless loh por phengs later. lol..

Btw, i'm already looking fwd to dinner..

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Siiiigghhhh.. the day's come to an end, my vacation is officially OVER. I have to wake up early tomorrow and catch my plane back home..

ANYWAY, here's a recap on yesterday and today's episode.

I didn't take lots of pics cause we spent most of the time shopping.. so, I really can't be stuffed snapping away pictures like a true tourist. A true asian tourist! Haha..

Yesterday, after shopping at flower market (FA YUEN KAI), we took the MRT to Causeway Bay which is on the Island.. i didn't buy much.. from there I met my friend WALLACE at Sogo!

It felt really good being able to meet up with old friends and just bitch about everything again! Uni was depressing but having friends that u know u can keep a lifetime is really a blessing! :)

Walls brought me to this really fancy Jap restaurant at the World Trade Centre..

Tonkichi Restaurant - World Trade Centre, Causeway Bay

One set cost approx RM90 - RM120..

You HAVE to order the SOFT SHELL CRAB (which Walls had issues saying it out loud & fast! Haha)
and the OYSTERS! oommggg... they were ORGAAASSMICCC!!

Here's what we had...

Then, because my family were at the other restaurant in Causeway Bay having some HKD900 (RM450) worth of steamboat, and while waiting for them to finish off their dessert, Walls and I went off for our own as well..

Not only are the PORTIONS BIG, AND DELICIOUS in HK, it's FREAKING EXPENSIVE!!!!

mango dessert with grass jelly & grass jelly and vanilla ice cream..

Here's my Wallace of a gromit friend.. hahaha.. this is cop sirim Wallace, he put on quite a bit of weight ever since uni, it's funny ahhaha but he's still the same Walls before and after.. haha..

I miss everyone.. including T, O, O2, M, Vic, Wheeks and all the dramatic funny weird silly course mates we used to have! I have completely forgotten that these guys called me C back then, until Walls started calling me C! lol.. the good ol' miserable RMIT days..

Here's another shot of him.. hahaha


The night ended perfectly well :)

Today...

We woke up fairly early than most days..

We dropped by to visit Renee's school.. and because this is a public blog, I will keep my niece's school info private :)


After that, we had brunch.. and my goodness! I just remembered we didn't head back for triple O's burger!!! :( That's it lar.. my abs will have to courier them burgers over! Haha..


We had Shanghainese I think.. haha.. food of my roots.

BUT the best was this!

GODIVA'S CHOC DRINK!
I went to the moon, and didnt wanna come back!

Wah this is to.die.for!!

Anyways, on the way home... we picked Renee up from school and head over to the local driving range... it was amazing how certain people can survive by just playing golf as their past time, and not a professional career. Where does the money come from?!

Then, we head home to rest....

and now my nose is blocked because today's temp is only 15 degrees and I have mild sinus.. :( So, it's not making things easy for me! I am going to have a pretty wild time adjusting my body back to the Msian temperature!

I guess that's it for my one week's worth of HK vacation...
I forgot to bring Ramone out kaikai today, so the rest of tonight, i'll leave it to your wildest imagination...

ultimately.. the ONE THING I am going to miss MOST out of this hols.. would be the time spent with my family...

I love them more than anything in this world!

This is it folks.. after this, we'll have to settle for my mundane stories off my transit in KL, and my life back in Penang. Although I feel that my life is rather interesting.. lol, so watch out for this space.