Carte Blanche~*

Dare 2 b different

2009-11-15T09:09:00.006+13:00

I know most girls have been dreaming and planning their magical wedding since young. I however have no such dream to be turned into a "princess" for one day. To me, wedding is just to formalise the union-ship and two families coming together.

Our wedding day is 3 months away. We didn't have much planned for the wedding. We just wanted to have a small, simple and none of those let's-give-the-groom-hell gestures. I don't how or when.... suddenly I was told that we have an estimate of 250 guests turning up for the reception. GREAT! Justin is panicking, while I'm stressed. Half of them are my relatives, extended relatives whom I don't even remember knowing from my dad's side. GEEZ! Nothing is planned yet for the reception dinner. I wonder if it will be a disaster. Everyone will be snoozing off while eating. I can hear crickets!

I went back to Kuching and tried on a few dresses in the bridal boutique but I looked ridiculously puffed. Mum said I should go on diet. =( Well, my diet is going nowhere. So I've decided to make a dress that fits me than forcing myself to fit into a typical Malaysian size dress. For your info, I'm not your average size Malaysian girl. I tend to be taller and heavier than most girls hence feel like a giant when I'm back there. Which suits me great while I'm in NZ. Here I wear size S-M, while in Malaysia/Singapore L-XL. Haha!

Mum also said that I should keep myself from getting anymore tan, leave my hair long and take good care of my complexion before the day. I did none of those. I started playing tennis everyday after work underneath the HOT sun, chopped off my hair really short and not taking in enough nutritious food. I'm such a rebel. Bweks. I remember when I came into the office last Monday, my Boss said, "I love your new hair but OH NO! what will your mum say!?"

On a happier note, I have a few dresses in mind which I really like. If you are like me, apple body shape, you will have full broader shoulders and bust, and narrower hips. Fat is mainly distributed in the chest, face and abdomen. Hence when looking for a dress, do go for Tea length, empire or A-line style dresses. From my own perspective, I love short empire dresses which shows off my slim legs while balancing out my very heavy top.

Here's a couple of dresses I like. I only have a small budget on the dress as I don't think it is worth it to spend that much on a dress I only wear for ONE DAY!! Prices ranging from NZD$300 - NZD$500 to make the exact dress.

P/S: Told my mum I'd like a short dress for the Big day but she's against it. HMMPH! She said not elegant looking. Ah well, it's my wedding not hers. =P BWEKS!

From Jane Yeh
Love her designs.

Random dresses I've found online

She's back with another long post

2009-10-04T18:18:00.014+13:00

Hi folks. Forgive me for my absence. I am not dead yet, not to worry. I just went through a huge phase in life.

As you know, I was out of the country for one month. Went to Jakarta for work and back to Malaysia to make arrangements for our BIG day and then back to Jakarta again where I experienced the worst earth shake ever.

Came back into the country first week of September and was told that I had to move to Hamilton office. Got three weeks to sort everything out and pack up my things and cat. Work is not like it used to be. I no longer have 5 mins break to even surf the net. My desk is just right outside the boss of all bosses' office. How great~

Finally settled down for a bit. Took me 2 weeks to unpack all my things. Still in a mess but at least I have time to sit down and upload all the photos!

Till the next post, please enjoy the photos I've taken throughout the past months. I was all over the place and it was all so awesome.

-> Singapore, Jakarta, Malaysia, Auckland, Taupo, Hamilton, New Plymouth <-

In Kuching:

Kuching's signature dish

My love, Madam Tang's Gu bak mee
My all time favourite, "some chinese taugeh" chicken rice
Bboy's fave King center's kueh chap. Des eating on his behalf =P

Madam Lady

Our unhealthy pets
I love my dear old Brownie

@Piccadilly
Crispin (left), Me, Desmond (right)

My best girl, Alicia

My best guy, Crispin

In Jakarta

My view from the room

View from inside our super tinted car
Pepper lunch @ Plaza Senayan
Gelatismo @ Senayan City

In Taupo Office

Back in the office. BBoy loves me so. =)

In New Plymouth

Spring in New Plymouth

Dining out with Bboy @ Divine Steak House

Bad picture

In Hamilton

Before unpacking

My favourite fragrances. My Applessss.. I think all 3 were given by my Mum.

Dining out with Bboy @ Little India

After unpacking

In Auckland Wharf

Sorry only two photos. Not allowed to upload the others due to privacy of the companies involved.
Wah... our day started at 5:30am and only reached home at 10:00pm. What a day. All work stopped in the wharf due to tsunami warning being issued. This is the day when Samoa suffered from the earthquake disaster.

The BIG cargo ship

Rainbow and the rain

Everything happens for a reason

2009-08-09T19:44:00.008+12:00

Last two weeks had been chaotic. Enormous count of paper work, meetings, travelling and over time. Nonetheless, when the clock struck 3:30pm, James tapped on my shoulder and said, "Hey Ellen, do you want a beer?" Struggling to find a piece of drawing underneath a pile of mess on my table with my headphones on playing Amy Winehouse's song, I turned to James and took the beer from his hand. Thanks! I dropped my pen, shut off my screens and gathered around the rest for some chinwagging and irrelevant chat. I then realised that it's already Friday afternoon, my supposingly last day in the office. Boss called earlier and insisted that I took Monday off before my long journey to Jakarta. As much as I like to, I still have tons of shit lying around my table which I left behind after the Friday beer.

Enough of work! I've started reading again. Strange how one's life can change so quickly. I've moved out from my previous flat. My friend and his mum had took over the house. I've left my precious cat behind with him. I'm going away for a month and couldn't afford sending Angel to the cats' hotel. Hope she'll forgive me! Moved into this tiny lil room with no TV reception. Broadband connection is the speed of the obsolete dial-up connection. Well, at least the book is keeping me company for now.

Went out with my favourite person for breakie yesterday. Saw the first blossom tree. The coldest day is now behind us. Staring at the pink yet leafless tree, it crossed my mind that I've been here, in this marvellous lil town for close to two years now. In another few months time, I'll be packing up my belongings yet again.

I guess I won't be blogging for another month. I'm leaving this cold as country tomorrow and will return in 4 weeks time. I'll be travelling to Jakarta and back to Kuching, and then back to Jakarta again before returning to NZ. In the mean time, here are some photos I took in the past two/three weeks. =) Cheerios guys.

Can you spot the bird?

Indescribable mess

Bboy's huge breakfast

Pancakes served with caramelised banana & bacon

House-sitting for Noel and baby-sitting his lil Coco

Stuffed dog?

I'm gona miss my lil precious for 4 weeks!

My favourite person in the world and his signature mole

Tulips & roses for our 3rd anniversary

New beddings from BBoy as anniversary gift
400 thread counts!

Another picture of my cutie

How convenient

2009-07-24T17:21:00.003+12:00

FUCKING TWIT!

I rushed back from work (worked overtime on a Friday) and hurried to get ready for the dinner gathering tonight. Came back to find there's no FUCKING hot water for me to shower! !~@!@$~~@#@#$! Gets on my FUCKING nerves every time!!! I'm emitting steam above my head!

How can one FUCKING IDIOT finishes one huge tank of hot water?!!?!?! U tell me please! FYI, this happens everyday! Bboy and I can't even finished the hot water in two days! FUCKING useless, inconsiderate, arrogance NITWIT still boast about how he finishes the hot water in one morning to my colleagues! Since when is this an accomplishment?!?!?!?!?

I'm glad I'm FUCKING kicking you outta here! Don't expect any extension. Good luck with your future flatmates. You won't last one FUCKING day!

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

There will be plenty of hungry people tonight thanks to you FUCKhead!

We can eat in too

2009-07-19T20:51:00.001+12:00

Another weekend gone in the blink of an eye. =(

Bboy decided to make some "Cantonese" egg-tarts on Saturday. He Googled for the recipe. Without even thinking it through, he'd put his foot down and that he's definitely gonna do some baking! We haven't got the right baking tools apart from 1 oven and 1 big mixing bowl. Nonetheless, we went out shopping for the ingredients, a roller and a sieve. We forgot the cookie cutter!

You can get the recipe from HERE. I love Christine's Recipe. Easy and doable.

Instead of the gorgeous looking egg-tart from Christine's website;

We've mass produced mutated looking egg-tarts. If only we've remembered the cookie cutter. Well, BBoy was also to blame as he was the one who made the ugly crusts. Also, We might have overcooked the egg custard. =( First attempt FAILED. They were still edible! Surprisingly still quite tasty.

Bboy also cooked Hokkien Mee for dinner. Guess what comes with that?

CRAY FISH! YUM!!! $22 for 1, that's after half price. (>.<)

Thought long time no post Angel's pic. Look how fat she got. My colleagues always make fun of my fei-mao. =(

P/S: also tried the stewed Ox-tail in red wine. Took me 5 hours to cook! Bloody stubborn meat. The sauce was awesome. Must try.

A post I wrote long time ago but wasn't published.... So here you go. Please don't ridicule me for posting this.

Unlocking the past

I was so bored tonight, I decided to reminisce. Somehow I ended up at Xanga, yet again. Out of curiosity, I decided to retrieve the passwords from the lost blogs I'd left behind when I started my new life 4 years ago. The blogs must have drifted some where into cyber space. I still can't believe I actually owned 3 blogs from Xanga. How miserable was I?! Don't bother googling for those blogs as they are for my personal view only.

I found myself writing alot of ridiculously childish and silly entries on this particular one. Someone should've punched me right in the face for even publishing those entries. ARGH!

I had a couple of posts about a boy I met and cried over and over again. Now that I think about it, I should've known better.

I bet you are curious. So I've decided to share bits and pieces from a few posts for your amusement. Please don't lose your respect for me. I've decided to name him X to protect his image and mine.

"The fear of falling in love? or was I unable to love anyone? I had been protecting myself all this while until i met X."

"It's like playing chess. Recently, i've taken the wrong move and started losing the game."

"tml is his birthday and i really wan to call and wish him joy. but i duno if its appropriate to do so as i've talked to him last sunday for hours. he is probably getting annoyed with me."

"why do i care that much about him . i really have no idea. i wish to give up but every time i tried to, i fail. i'm hopeless!!! this sux!"

"a dream is only a dream. reality bites. i miss him. =("

"Once in awhile i'll feel like i need him in my life. Other times, i'll keep myself busy and totally forget about him."

Much sobering and cries later, I've decided to move on and started seeing someone else......

"There was this guy whom i met a month ago, he was sweet and great. we were in a relationship but i ended it becos i know that everytime i'm with him, i still think of X."

"Since X started working, i've talked to him less and less.. and this sucks becos i miss him much! and i know then, that my feelings for him had grown beyond I've cud ever imagine. The chance of us being together is mayb next to never. which is why i hate myself for falling for him. =( life ain't fair at all...."

HOW PATHETIC WAS THAT!? I can't believe that I was such a foolish teenage girl. It was dreadful to read through those posts about X, yet, at the same time I laughed at my stupidity. X was the only boy I've ever felt so hopeless with.

What happened next? If you still can't tell that I was absolutely obsessive, you're an idiot. Would you not ignore someone as possessive as I was? Nonetheless, X had given me an opportunity to emend that brain of mine and a chance to grow into who I am today.

More Monday blues

2009-07-13T21:45:00.002+12:00

What a way to start the week. It was an intense morning. I'm kicking mi flatmate out. Friends had always advised not to flat with your workmates. But did I listen? Nooooooooooo...... I thought I'm a very considerate and thoughtful person... until I was provoked this morning. Way to go Ellen.

I had it up to HERE. *lifts her hand 1 ft above her head* Time to move on before our working relationship is jeopardized. I think it's already on rocky ground.

Anyway, enough of me being a dickhead. Spent the weekend with Bboy as an early anniversary romantic getaway. The weather was not on our side though. =(

We stayed at the Stamford Plaza, a 5-star hotel. I believe this is a Singapore hotel. I think it's a Singapore based hotel. They have a big Singapore flag outside. Apart from the dreary decorated room, which I would rate as 4-star, the rest of the stay was awesome.

BBoy made me sit in the cinema for 150mins to watch Transformers 2, which I really have no interest in. It was indeed a guy's film. All cameras on Megan's perfect ass & over plumped lips. For the girls... let's cast a ridiculously bad-looking dude. He is so ugly that I wanted to punch him in the face. Seriously, if they could get Megan Fox as the main actress why didn't they get someone like ... I don't know...say Jesse Metcalfe? As Bboy was drooling over Megan Fox, on the biggest cinema screen in NZ, I was dreading the whole way through.

Dined in a Hongkese restaurant. Only had this photo as we're too busy eating the rest of the roast duck.

Early breakie in the Hotel's restaurant.

Been wanting to dine in this cute lil Japanese Ramen bar since the last time we were in Auckland. It was just across the road from our hotel.

Supper after the movie.

We must have yumchar session whenever we're in Auckland. This time it was Grand Harbour restaurant.

I saw this beauuuutiful cake on the window. Love it love it! ^___^

Wanted a straight fringe on my forehead with straight long hair but out came ah-lian's hair. I'm still loving it though. Makes me feel young and dangerous again. XD

Purple & Icky Green

2009-07-06T21:48:00.006+12:00

I was watching CSI and there on top of the autopsy bench was a dead guy's body. How typical. The doctor poked the bloated skin with a thingie and out came a fountain of icky green blood?? Icky green and purple were the only colors on my TV screen. I realized then my TV had gone koo-koo on me.

NOOOOOOoooo...... how do I sleep tonight? I've always sleep with my TV on and the timer will switch it off after I'm asleep. You see, the TV is my only friend in this microscopic town in the middle of nowhere. My TV keeps me sane! Without delay, I hopped onto my computer and started googling for "purple & green TV". Seems like my TV was suffering from some circuit failure. Switched off and turned it back on after 30 mins. THANK GOD, it's back to normal. It needs some degaussing (whatever that means) if the TV doesn't recover. My poor 7 year old TV.

Just something I stumbled upon on YAHOO Answers when I was searching for solutions.

Bodoh!

Yawnz

2009-07-02T22:03:00.004+12:00

Launching mah new layout. Still working on it.... too tired atm. Thanks to James, I'm hooked to Typing Maniac. Getting finger cramps from the game. ><

I'm waiting for THE white envelope. It will be delivered personally to me tomorrow. I hope it contains more good than bad.

The 3rd anniversary is coming up. I can't believe 3 years had past. Loving every moment with Bboy. He might not be perfect in many eyes...but he sure seemed perfect for me. What should I get for BBoy? Suggestions anyone?

Three days weekend

2009-06-21T19:53:00.008+12:00

Drove down to New Plymouth on Thursday after work to see my Bboy. Thought it would be nice to take a day off and relaxed on Friday. I ended up cleaning & redecorate his room! Boys and mess always go together.

He's been really worried as a guy from his office crashed near New Plymouth and his body was not found until three weeks later! And then there's more fatal accidents on the road over the weekend. I must admit it's really dangerous to drive during the winter due to black ice.

Nevertheless, I arrived there safely and reached home in one piece after 3 1/2 drive each way. You have to get heaps of rest before you start driving, go slow, concentrate on the road, and no road rage. =)

Here are some photos we took over the weekend. We had dinner at Lone Star on Saturday night. I love dining at Lone Star despite the long table wait. The food is really awesome! No reservation allowed though and if you're expecting fine dining, this restaurant is not for you.

In Bboy's clean room

New Plymouth CBD
Waited in the bar for 25 mins for our table to be ready. Ordered myself a Margarita.

I luv this painting!
Elvis & Native Indians
Starter (9/10):
SEAFOOD CHOWDER $11.00
Fresh fish, mussels, squid and shrimps poached in a creamy herb chowder. Served with a slice of white loaf...to mop it all up!

Luv the cute lil star

Main (9/10):
TENNESSE LAMB RACK $30.00
Prime New Zealand lamb rack marinated in rosemary and garlic with a minted tomato salsa. Served with mashed potato and a green salad.

Main (8/10):
JOHNNY CASH STASH* $31.00
Two chicken breasts stuffed with mushrooms, spinach, cheese & sundried tomatoes, corralled in a herb crust & served with a chunky mushroom sauce. Served with a Lone Star coleslaw & buffalo chips.... In memory of the Great Man himself

The potatoes are too dry.

Still love his lamb racks!

New Plymouth

Sunny day by the sea

Beating the Sunday blues

2009-06-14T17:42:00.008+12:00

Thought of the day: If you have food in the refrigerator clothes on your back, a roof over head and a place to sleep . . .. you are richer than 70% of this world. Think again before you complain how horrible your life is.

I was beginning to agonize Bboy with my long face when he decided to go out for coffee and brunch and grab some fresh air since we've been cooped up in the room as he's still sick. Here's some photos we took today.

I'm gonna work for only four days this week! YIPPEE!! Taking Friday off. Gonna drive down to New Plymouth to see my Bboy. =)

Delinquent prick

2009-06-10T20:10:00.008+12:00

So here's the situation. As usual, we did our routine errand at the Pak & Save supermarket. The atmosphere was great as there were few people doing the same. We had a bottle of milk, a packet of Lee Kum Kee's lemongrass sauce (YUM!), a loaf of bread and a couple of other insignificant overpriced consumer products. We were happily making our way to the first, most convenient checkout counter when this obnoxious, rude, grumpy (running out of adjective) cashier saw us and pointed us (asking us to leave her the f*ck alone) to 12 items or less "express" counter next to her. Well HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! It's not like the store is having a free for all. There wasn't a single living soul at the checkout. You're basically just sitting your big ass there adoring your brittled nails.

There was an old lady at the express counter sorting out some gift vouchers which made us queued and waited for like 10mins. Express counter??! NOT. For the record, I don't hate old people. I just don't prefer to line up in a queue behind them.

At this point, she was trying to avoid eye contact with us. I was so insanely mad that I almost asked to see the store manager. BBoy said, "Aiya, nevermind lah. Let it go. She must not have had any since forever." (he meant sex)

I just can't stand the way she sneered at us! I do not know why I was so ticked off and made such a great deal out of it. I won't and will not let a f*ucking stranger treat me like CRAP. Did I owe you something!? I was a cashier once. Never had I once acted like a cow towards a customer or colleagues, except for my asshole boss.

Like one of my favourite saying, "Respect does not come for free. Only those who seek and demand it, get it."

Sniff Sniff

2009-06-08T18:41:00.007+12:00

Skipped work today. I've tried to stay strong for the last few days but finally strapped down in bed by this horrible flu & cough. Don't worry, it's not swine flu. Went down to Tank Juice today, had a whole cup of super sweet juicy Vitamin C or as they called it Berry Sublime Smoothie. Yum~ Felt more energized after that drink. Do visit Tank Juice if you get the chance, they make great healthy drinks. Maybe I should force myself to try the shots of wheat grass next time. Yurk~

Cute lil Tank Juice bar

My obese cat (sumhow i luv this pic, maybe it's the background)

BB bought me a trench coat from Esprit that I've laid my eyes on since the week we were in Auckland. I didn't buy it cos it was way out of my budget range. I love the front pockets.
Thanks BB. Muaks xoxo

I can keep warm now. =)

Here's a Cadbury ad. I find it quite weird yet I can't keep my eyes of it every time it's on TV. I find the part with girl & the balloon quite amusing. I wish I can move my brows like them.

Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey

2009-06-03T17:44:00.009+12:00

UPDATE: There was an earthquake tremor at 1:09am last night. Scared the shiet out of me. First thing in the morning, I asked my colleagues if I was dreaming or did they feel it too. And they did! However there was no mention of any seismic event in the paper! WEIRD!

P/S: Selamat Hari Gawai for my friends who are/were celebrating this wonderful holiday, for Alicia & Crispin especially. =)

Went up to Auckland expecting a shopping spree which included the attempt to setting credit card on flame..... butttttt I fell sick. BAH!

I AM LAZY, Undeniably too lazy to blog, but would like to share some random photos over the long weekend. For those not residing in NZ, it was the Queen's birthday on Monday.

Paid a visit to the candy store. There was a live performance on producing these too-cute-to-eat sweets, but no camera was allowed. Nevertheless, you can view how such sweets are made on Kay Kay & Paul's candy challenge.

Rainbow sweets!!! but I don't like cola sweets. Gross~

More candy-ssssssss

Mah new kicks. Adidas Superstar II Bling.
I shall be bling-ed!

Met up with mah two good friends who helped me feel at home in Taupo when I first moved here.
Meet the newly wed couple, Mr & Mrs Huang. Hiaks XD

Just keeping mahself warm with cho-co-lat.

Jin & his latte. I hope theobroma will pay me for promoting their beverages.

More Belgian waffles!

KAWAIIEEEEEE!!!! Found her outside a mall.

BBoy acting weird again.

Zheng-ed my hair. Nice anot? If nice, go visit KESS Salon in Hamilton. Cheapz cheapz only, $40. According to Melissa, the guy cut and styled my friend's hair over 2 hours and only charged her $16. XD

Hair help

2009-05-26T17:02:00.004+12:00

So the long weekend is coming up. I thought it’s time to “zheng” up my hair. My hair looks like a dried pile of grass from past summer and seriously need some reviving. Summo I now have like 2 inches of black hair growing out my scalp. YUCKS! So Meli introduced me to a hairdresser in Hamilton and I’ve decided to make some enquiries.

Hairdresser: Halo?

ME: Hi, it’s Ellen here. Are you guys open on Friday and till what time?

Hairdresser: Yes yes. Friday..mmm…we have late night….. so until 8.30pm.

ME: Ok good. I’d just like to do a perm and colour. Roughly how much will that cost?

Hairdresser: So you want to book for Friday? What time?

ME: Huh? Ok..say 5.30pm.

Hairdresser: U Asian? Kiwi? Chinese? Mandarin?

ME: Ahhh????? *thinking to myself, does he always ask his customers this?* Yes yes, I can speak Mandarin.

Conversation in Mandarin begins....

Hairdresser: Ehh…ni hao ni hao. Eh, if you want to cut hair on Friday, I can’t do it for you lah. The other guys in here cannot “harap” one. Saturday can anot? Did your friend book you in just now?

ME: Saturday cannot lah. I’m not from Hamilton. I’m only there for two nights..and no.. I don’t know anyone who would booked me in.

Hairdresser: Like that ah… I seriously advise you NOT to come loh. I'm all booked and the other guys reallyyyyyyyyyyy cannot harap one. Really really cannot lah.

(wah..what a way to draw away a business. BUT VERY HONEST...I LIKE)

ME: Ok ok. But I only want to colour loh. Can the other guys handle it?

Hairdresser: OOOOOOoohhh.. colour hia. Can can. No problem. Small small job only. But if you to cut next time ask for me only.. and only me OK??

ME: OK Good. Like that book me in for Friday. How much ar for colour?

Hairdresser: $32 bucks.

(Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttt!!!!!!!! SO CHEAPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I've never encountered such awkward conversation with a hairdresser. I guess he's just looking out for Asians. I like his attitude. I'll definitely go back if his colleague doesn't sabotage my hair. =)

First snow

2009-05-24T18:59:00.003+12:00

It snowed few days ago, it was such a pleasant sight as I was driving to a regional office. The first ski field opened a week ago @ Mt. Taranaki where Bboy lives. So for all you snowboarders & skiers, it's good news! I still think it's a bit too cold for May.

Ain't doing much lately. Mostly busy with work. No more Chuck, no more Desperate Housewives... no more life. At least long weekend is coming up! Will be heading up to Auckland to do some shopping. Here are some photos I took at our Arapuni Hydro power station.

Meet Roxy. One of our contractor's dog. She's so adorable...Awwww... I swear she winked at me.

With Peter & Farah @ Arapuni bridge

They called it the stairway to hell. Seriously, it's freaking steep and you can't see the end of the stair way from the top.

Dixie Brown's

2009-05-17T09:29:00.013+12:00

We couldn't be bothered cooking dinner last night. Went out to dine at this gorgeous place called Dixie Brown's. It used to be a crappy cafe which closed down end of last year and was turned into Dixie Brown's. Highly recommended. Good food and service.

They even provide you with throw if you choose to sit outside.

Somehow this reminds me of a Korean movie scene.
Camwhoring while waiting for food
For Entree: Snails cooked traditionally with garlic ($13.90)
Soup of the day (Free with any Mains)
Comes with freshly baked bread. Love the bread.
He's so happy to receive his mains
Scallop & Sirloin Steak + Onion fritters + rice ($33.90)
I had the Lamb shank + fresh mashed potatoes ($28.90)
Total bill $80.70

First attempt to make a Tiramisu cake... considerably successful. A little too much espresso which made it a little bit more bitter than usual. The Tiramisu cream is so delicious though! It only took us an hour to finish with the product. Please visit Megan's Tiramisu Recipe for How-To. Will attempt to make another one with less espresso next week. I didn't have proper tools and skills to cut the cake out. It's distorted. =(

Sharing little moments of joy

2009-05-10T21:36:00.010+12:00

Thanks Dine for your info ;)

I'm so proud of myself. Finally bought my first phone I can call my own and the first one I can afford! All my previous phones came for free/sponsored. I shall treat my "first" phone with care and shower it with lotsa love. Meet my newest "can't-live-without" gadget, Sony Ericsson C905 with 8.1MP camera.

SE C905

I wanted the rose pinkish C905 but none available in NZ. Sobs.

Scenery of Taupo during sunset (taken with C905)

The a$$hole who stole my phone took my adorable Be@rbrick charm too! This Be@rbrick charm caught my eyes when I was in Singapore last year. BB bought it for me seeing how I can't stop talking about it and drooling over it. I search and search and found the same one sold on Trademe. I just couldn't let this one go.

Just sharing our typical Sunday morning in Taupo.

Waking up @ 8a.m.

Getting ready to go out for breakie.

Today we had breakfast at the Friends Cafe.
After breakie, we went home and watch Prison Break. The cold weather is eating our social lives to bits.

Some photos from our Easter Volleyball Tournament.
Thanks Mabel.

A string of bad luckz

2009-05-04T16:31:00.005+12:00

UPDATE: Talking about a streak of bad luck! I had a punctured tyre and it was unrepairable. Another $260 down the drain. !#@$!$#!@%@#!$!!!!!!!!!!

Please leave me a message with your number on MSN. I lost all my phone contacts. Thanks.

I'm desperate for my luck to change. By all means, hit me with nasty bird poo if it helps. I've no idea why I've been struck with such bad luck lately. Karma? Am I pessimist about the things that had recently happened?

1) Sprained shoulder, never healing
2) Food poisoning which leads to 3 (i don't want to talk about it, use your own imagination)
3) Lost my one and only celly, including all my photos and my friends' numbers, which leads to 4 & 5
4) Spent $30 to get old number back
5) Burnt a big hole in my purse to buy new phone
6) Canceled my Auckland trip due to financial crisis
7) Boss auditing my comp and as far as I know, I'm the only one
8) My 10 x Hershey Kisses pack never turned up at my doorstep

I hope my new SE C905 doesn't get lost in the mail. Please send me a four leaf clover~

Here comes the first swine flu joke

2009-04-30T21:40:00.003+12:00

Today my guai lou colleague said to me..

N: Avian flu.... they culled 2 million birds
N: Swine flu.... they cull milions of pigs
N: Can't wait for Asian flu =)

Luckily I'm sporting... If not I would have punched him or stabbed him in the neck with a ball point pen just like what Facebook reckons I would do .. Sei guai lou...

Oh happy day

2009-04-23T17:32:00.003+12:00

Had a really really really super awesome day today but I won't tell why. =P Let's sing this altogether now~

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
Washed my sins away (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
He washed my sins away

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
(La, la, la, la, la)
La, la, la, la, la

He taught me how (oh, He taught me how)
To wash (to wash, to wash)
Fight and pray (to fight and pray)
Fight and pray
And he taught me how to live rejoicing
yes, He did (and live rejoicing)
Oh yeah, every, every day (every, every day)
(oh yeah) Every day!

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day, yeah (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When my Jesus washed (when Jesus washed)
When Jesus washed [hits high note] (when Jesus washed)
My sins away (oh happy day)
I'm talking about that happy day (oh happy day)

He taught me how (oh yeah, how)
To wash (to wash)
Fight and pray (sing it, sing it, c'mon and sing it)
Fight and pray
And to live
yeah, yeah, c'mon everybody (and live rejoicing every, every day)
Sing it like you mean it, oh....

Oh happy day (oh happy day)
I'm talking about the happy days (oh happy day)
C'mon and talk about the happy days (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh happy days (oh happy day)
Ooh talking about happy day (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, I know I'm talking about happy days (oh happy day)
Oh yeah, sing it, sing it, sing it, yeah, yeah (oh happy day)
Oh, oh, oh
Oh happy day.....

Living in Taupo

2009-04-19T17:19:00.011+12:00

I realized I've never really introduce or talk about Taupo, where I'm currently residing. Taupo, a tourist town, is located at the outlet of Lake Taupo (said to be the size of Singapore), where it discharges water into the Waikato River. The river has a series of nine hydroelectric power stations that generate 13% of New Zealand's total electrical generating capacity. Mighty River Power, the company I'm working for owns the nine power stations and several other Geothermal plants around Taupo area.

Taupo town has a population of only 22,000. Since I've lived here, I've met some Indonesians, Filipinos, Chinese, Indians but none from my own home. =( Taupo is a center of volcanic and geothermal activity and hot springs suitable for bathing are located at several places in the vicinity. If you love mountain biking, water activities, even air activities, this is the perfect destination. I'm not into any of those, hence settling down here is not an option.

I'm hoping to move to Hamilton city in a few months time, if boss gives me the green light. Friends always say, "OMG! You're living in Taupo? You must be dying from boredom!" I guess I got used to it. My daily routine starts with work from 7:30am to 4:00pm. Afterwards, I would go to the gym if I can't find any reason not to do so. Later on, I'll go home and become the couch potato throughout the rest of the night. Weekend is the best as I get to see my BBoy. At times we would travel to Rotorua, Auckland or Hamilton if we are up for it.

Bboy always come back after his work on Friday. As usual I'll prepare dinner and wait for his arrival. It takes him 3+ hours drive from New Plymouth to Taupo. Friday night, we had a poker game with my colleagues and dine-out on Sat night. Here are some photos of food we had this weekend. =) Next weekend.... New Plymouth!

My typical lazy cooking.
1) Fried Luncheon meat + sweet tomato sauce
2) Fried eggs
3) Fried 'Yu Choi Sum' with chicken & garlic & mushroom

Dining out @ Plateau

Nice warm Autumn sense

Bboy & Wild South Pinot Noir
($10.00)

Entrée: Truffle Ravioli with Mushroom Ragout and Spinach Sauce
($17.50)

Mains: Duck Breast and Confit Leg, Savoy Cabbage, and Salardaise Potatoes
($35.50)Grilled Ribeye with Potato and Smoked Mushroom Souffle and Red Wine Jus
($35.50)

The desserts looked really nice but unfortunately our stomachs had no place for anymore food.

Taupo town at look-out point

Here comes autumn

2009-04-05T20:51:00.004+12:00

Brace yourself for the cold unpredicted weather.

Daylight saving had just ended today. After living 7 years here, I still don't see the point of it.

I'm so not looking forward to returning to my desk tomorrow. Heck! I was only away for a week. Half way throughout the week, I logged into my inbox on Wednesday and found 40 new emails. I think I'll spend the whole day tomorrow just reading emails. As a consolation, this coming week will be a short week for us. 3 days working week. Yes, it is easter break! Will be going to Christchurch for 5 days. I'm not really looking forward to the volleyball competition. I'm not sure if I will be any good or just bring the team down. LOL~

Well, we, Justin & I had chosen "the date". I don't really believe in turning to the fortune teller for the most auspicious date. However, my sister's boyfriend went ahead and got a list of dates from the fortune teller. None of the dates suited us so we flagged it and chose our own.

I'd like to send out a special thank you to Alicia for helping out on the venue. I know she'll be getting a big fat commission from this. heehee~

Finally.....

2009-03-25T17:49:00.005+13:00

If you haven't noticed already, this is the first blog of year 2009. Now why is that? There are thousands of reasons why but mostly procrastination which leads to postponement which leads to lost of inspiration which then leads to absence of words.

I've got an email from a good friend of mine who I have not heard from in many months. 7 months to be exact. "Why did you quit writing?", he wrote. That's when I took the liberty to log into my blogger account and started typing.... still typing. So here's a dedication post for you.

See, Nobu Kaneyama aka Nobita was my flatmate. I met him through a friend. He was looking for a place to stay and hey, I had a spare room. In the beginning I was worried about "the new flatmate". Is he weird? Is he difficult to deal with? and worse, what if he is a psycho! I had some momentary doubts due to past experience with flatmates. I was wrong to have those doubts. Nobbi is outgoing and kind especially towards my Garfield-wanabe cat. Perhaps too kind sometimes. Being a typical Japanese, he is always polite and smiled at everyone he met.

So you see Nobbi, how can I forget you. I still remember the wonderful smell of miso and the many flavour fragrance from your rice. And I certainly miss our daily latte and flat white sessions where you taught me Japanese and I shared with you, my not-so-awesome English. Truth is, all the Japanese words I've learned are out the window.

Well, Justin really really really wants to go to Japan one day. It's his second dream place to go. Old Trafford is his first. I'm sure we can visit Osaka one day. You could always come back to NZ for a holiday. =)

I'll leave you with some recent photos we took. I'd like to share your photos with others too. Congratulations on your new job.

Maybe, just maybe, I can find back the writing inspiration that I've lost.

Nobita in Okinawa

The night he proposed

My family

My colleagues

My brother

My evil cat

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

2008-12-18T22:21:00.003+13:00

Few more hours before I kick start my holiday! Boo-Yah! I'll be in Singapore this coming Saturday till next Tuesday. I'll be back home for Christmas this year. Drop me a message on Facebook if you feel like catching up. I don't have my number yet. ><

Time to do some last minute Christmas shopping. I bet that will be super fun. Join the crowd! Well, I hope everybody had had a good year this year. It will be better next year. Time to make that list of resolutions again.

I wish all my readers & friends a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

Kiwi Music

2008-12-15T20:13:00.004+13:00

Anika Rose Moa. I certainly think she's an awesome songwriter + singer. Proudly from the garden city, Christchurch, the city where I grew up in and made me who I am today. I love her songs especially "Falling in love again". This is her new single, Dreams in my head. Check it out.

You may not remember me
I am the girl with the tear in her eye
Tear in her eye
And I never expected a call from you
Thinking about it now, I guess I did
I guess I did

Cause I have all these dreams in my head
With you and I together waking in each other’s arms
If only I could tell you how I feel
Then I wouldn’t have to sit here and think about losing you
But it’s just a dream
I have in my head

You notice I’ve been shaking my head
And spending another day missing you
Both missing you
And on this sign there’s the two of us
Sinking in the sand of our desperate love
Our desperate love

Cause I have all these dreams in my head
With you and I together waking in each other’s arms
If only I could tell you how I feel
Then I wouldn’t have to sit here and think about losing you
But it’s just a dream
I have in my head

If you could see my heart is bleeding
I’ll stay here now and wait
For you to show

Cause I have all these dreams in my head
With you and I together waking in each other’s arms
If only I could tell you how I feel
Then I wouldn’t have to sit here and think about losing you
But it’s just a dream
I have in my head
It must be quite sad
That it’s unrequited love

If you could see my heart is bleeding

Pre-xmas Party

2008-12-06T14:15:00.008+13:00

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better no pout, I'm telling you why... cause..

Christmas is around the corner!

My favourite time of the year! I attended my office Christmas party last weekend. It was nice but not extra awesome. Maybe cos they did not play my songs. =P

I'm so lazy to write recently. I'm just filled with holiday mood. Ten more days to go before I'm on my annual leave! WEE~!!!! Can't wait to fly again. This time is back home. Home sweet home. =)

P/s: What should I get for BBoy this Christmas? Suggestions anybody?

I can't believe my boss is Darth Maul!

Plant a tree

2008-12-04T17:33:00.006+13:00

Back in 2007, I signed myself up as a Greenpeace supporter. You all may or may not know, back then whaling was the biggest predicament for Greenpeace. Lucy from Greenpeace gave me a call three weeks ago and informed me that they had managed to relieve some of the whale products from the shelves in Japan. The moment she called, I knew she'd asked if I want to expand my contributions. Aiya, since got stable job liao, might as well lah. Then again, they did manage to do something for the world we live in when others, like us, simply has no time for.

BBoy asked, "Why don't you put your money in other humanity organizations, like sponsoring a kid or something." Well, I figured that if we don't conserve the world we live in today, the kid along with all of us will not be able to walk on this planet in another 30 years.

Lucy did asked me if I've noticed the heavy deforestation around my area in the past months. Considering the amount of times I travel each week through the state highway, of course I noticed the forest of greens are turning into ashes of dirt. All for the dairy industry. Moo Moo~

Believe it or not, I did my part in saving the world today. It all started when one of the boss sent an email asking for volunteers to help plant the trees in a nearby park. Not many replied. So I thought, why not.

It was a very hot hot day today. Maybe around 29 Deg C. Came home around 2:15pm, put on my shorts shorts, sunscreen and took plenty of water. I was quite amazed by the number of people who had shown up today. My office was empty by 2:30pm.

I never thought that the wind will be blowing the dirt like a sandstorm. When I wiped my face, it was like I'm using Mother's Earth foundation powder. Two hours of few paper cuts from plants, couple of splinters, plenty of sweat and mouthful of dirt, we are finally done. Wala~ Our very own new reserve. Let's just hope it will rain tomorrow. I certainly have no idea that saving the world could be this hard! It was a great effort from all of us and I enjoyed the experience, totally.

Deforestation in Waikato region - FrogBlog

Quarter of a century

2008-11-22T11:06:00.006+13:00

So I've just made it to the quarter of a century. Thanks for all the birthday wishes from those who remembered. =P

How did I celebrate my 25th birthday? Well, when you had parties thrown for you for the past 24 years, you pretty much got sick of loud music, booze, party people singing your birthday song in weird tunes...etc.... NOT! I'll never get sick of parties, NO WAY! At least not yet. I live in a deserted town. The thoughts of even finding your friends here are pretty much day dreams.

At least I got Thursday off and sort of celebrate my birthday with my wonderful colleagues in the Hamilton office. We had our team day out and went to have a huge lunch and later went Kart racing! Considering it was my first time driving the Kart, I really enjoyed it. Eight place out of eleven.. Not bad huh? teehee~ Still waiting for the photos to be uploaded. Thanks Meli for taking all those photos.

Bboy turned up on Friday. Gave me a wonderful surprise with flowers and a blueberry cheese cake. Yum~ Although he should know by now that I'm not a big fan of cheese!! and I know he bought the cake cos he had been craving and whining for cheese cake since 2 weeks ago. Oh well, I still love him regardless. =P

Two lessons I learned from this birthday. One, never turn up late for your party.. else you eat wax cake. Two, never look a day older even if you just turned 25. =)

Finally, I'd like to thank everyone again who celebrated my birthday with me (even if it's in advance), those wonderful texts and facebook messages I've received even though I know Facebook sort of remind everyone of your birthday and my Bboy for giving me one of the best birthdays ever. A good start to my 25th year on this earth.

Never act your age, seriously.. some people think I'm 18. =P

Love the bouquet

Now my room smells like spring

Rainbow waxed cheese cake

@ Raglan, Hamilton

Dinner with my colleagues @ Raglan. Thanks James for the photo.

Working it out

2008-11-15T22:28:00.003+13:00

Some days I start off draggin' my feet
Some days I want to fly
Some days it all makes sense to me
Some days I just don't want to know why

Hey, hey- I'm not giving up, no
Gonna stand up and shout it
No way- I'm not slackin' off or backin' out or crackin' up without doubt
I'm workin' it out

Sometimes I'm just surrounded by friends
Sometimes we've never met
Sometimes I pray for something I need
But hey, you never know what you're gonna get

It's hard enough to be what you are
Harder to be what you're not
It's hard to know what you need to get
Harder to know what you've got

New Plymouth

2008-11-09T21:46:00.006+13:00

Drove 3 hours after work to see my BBoy on Friday. Finally... New Plymouth had stopped raining. I brought the sun with me over from Sunny Taupo. TeeHee~ It was a beautiful town, indeed. Haven't seen and hear the crashing sounds of waves for so long.

That night I had the dream again. I had this dream over and over again, since I can't remember when. I was looking through the window and saw this multi-story high wave rushing towards the house I was in. In a panic state, I quickly ran to keep the windows shut by putting up planks onto the windows, pushed the sofas to the door to stop the water from coming in. Usually I wake up just before the wave crashes down onto me.

I wonder why I kept on having this dream. Issit the fear of the ocean? Seriously, I have this weird phobia of going into the sea. It's called Thalassophobia. My mum used to persuade me to swim with them in the sea. 9 out of 10 times, I just stayed on the beach watching my cousins and sister splashing in the nice cool water. Even when I was in the water, my heart beat as fast as the rising drum. Don't get me wrong, I still love the beach and ocean. Just not swim in it. Maybe I should go and see the shrink aye?

Well, I've uploaded some photos from mi weekend. Don't be shy.

Sunset on the road

A summer boy & summer ride

Bboy & Bgirl in the shadow

Bunga tahi ayam? Din know they have those.

The famous walkway

Looking for any incoming gigantic wave

The calm ocean

I love this picture. Can't stop staring. There's something to it.

My photographic skill

Sun behind the clouds

Brighter sun

Me & You and the walkway

The sea again

and Again

Beat of my heart

2008-11-06T18:14:00.003+13:00

Love this song. Love her.

To the beat of my
To the beat of my
To the beat of my heart

I'm thinking about,
Letting it out.
I wanna give in,
I wanna go out.
Been looking around
I've finally found,
The rhythm of love,
The feeling of sound.
It's making a change,

The feeling is strange.
It's coming right back.
Right back in my range.
Not worried about anything else,
I'm waking up

To the beat of my,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart.

[Chorus:]
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
It tears us apart.
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
Now I'm back to the start.
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,

I'm up from my down.
I turn it around.
I'm making it back,
I'm not gonna drown.
I'm taking a stance.
I won't miss a chance.
I want you to see
I'm not scared to dance.

The way that you feel
Could never be real.
I want you to know I finished the deal.
So I'm sayin to you
I'll always be true.
To the rhythm inside,

To the beat of my,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,

[Chorus]

Away Away,
Away Away,
Away Away,
Away Away,
Away Away,
Away Away,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,
Away Away,
Away Away,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,

The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
It tears us apart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
The beat of my heart,
Now I'm back to the start,

[Chorus]

Away Away,
Away Away,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart,
Away Away,
Away Away,
To the beat of my,
To the beat of my heart.

Dressed to impress it is

2008-10-27T17:42:00.010+13:00

I fell in love with her the first time I laid my eyes on her. Her pink silky smooth skin..her gorgeous slim body... graceful curve. And when I touched her, the feeling was so right, my fingers moved so swiftly across her buttons. ahhhhh.... yes, i fell in love with Sony Vaio VGN-CS190JTB. Behold, my new lover...

My new notebook does not come with pink speakers but with all of the below in Pink + 2 years warranty. I think the brown one is quite sweet too but there is none in NZ. That's one off my wishlist. =)

Bboy and I spent the weekend in Auckland. I've booked a super nice hotel, The Rydges which normally cost a fortune per night for only $110 since obtaining all the luxurious deals from the Entertainment Book. Purchasing this book goes towards the contribution of fund-raising for the humanitarian organizations such as Breast Cancer Foundation, Mental Health Foundation, Lifeline, SPCA, Young NZ Foundation, etc. Plus, you get heaps of good deals on food, accommodations, car rentals, shopping, etc. This is available in both Australia and NZ.

For safe journey

Rydges

The room

Camwhoring

Aiya, Wana go where eat tonight?Back for more chocolate at the Chocolate Lounge for more chocolate & waffles
Hot Mugs

Who loves Belgian Waffles!!! I DO!!

We thought that we would go on a shopping spree in Auckland but did not managed to spend a single penny apart from food. Went shopping with BBoy for his new room today. Ended up buying his & her luggages. Preparing for this coming holiday. WEE~* BBoy is so excited. Who isn't!?

His Carbon Fibre
Her Frameless Light-weight
Can you spot the tigress?The tigress's den

Some things cost more than you realise

2008-10-21T17:56:00.003+13:00

I don't think I'll live to see the day when everyone is treated equally. As long as there is still value in money, there will be no such day. But I sure pray for that day.

Mark's Birthday

2008-10-12T22:16:00.006+13:00

It was Mark's birthday on Friday. Bboy spent a long 3 hours drive to get to Hamilton to join us. I was in Hamilton since Thursday. Thanks Meli for putting me up. Went out for a satisfying feast at Little India in Hammy. Didn't take much photos at all during the weekend. I wonder why we didn't. Maybe we're all too tired from work and the traveling. Or maybe they were just too focused on the booze.

Meli's planning a trip to Waiheke Island during the labour weekend. WEE!! Super hyped up already with the trip. Can you blame me? I haven't been to the beach since I've moved up north. Will be counting down the days.

BBoy & BGirl @ Karaoke Bar
The faces of fatigue

Waiheke Island Photos

Can't get enough of Belgian Waffles

2008-10-05T19:38:00.013+13:00

First of all, I would like to wish my dearest girlfriend, Melissa a very happy birthday. Hope you had a blast in Auckland. Also, do get well soon. =)

I was in Auckland couple of weeks ago with my BBoy. Believe it or not, the humble me did not spend a single penny over the weekend! Bboy however, bought two gorgeous shirts from Barkers, and if that's not enough for a guy, he bought another pair of shoes from Hush Puppies. How dare him!!! after all my endurance ... PFIT!! The pain one needs to suffer after spending $2k on a flight ticket.

We had been wanting to go to the Chocolate Lounge for ages. We always walked past it, trying to look for seats but the cafe is always always always full. To our surprise, we managed to snatch the first seat after a bunch of diners move their bums off the couch. Our effort had paid off. The Belgian Waffles were out of this world! The ice chocolate is the best we've ever had. I'll give a rating of 9/10. (-1) point for lack of seatings!

Back in Taupo, we went to a nice cafe just on the lake front. Chilled and sun bathed for a bit since we have not done this in a while. My skin is turning pale!! It's time to get that tan color back. Woot? Tan is the IN color and you look healthier if you're tan. Pale, white skin is definitely out.

Belgian Waffles with Ice Cream & Chocolate Syrup
YUM!

Heavenly Ice ChocolateChocolate Lounge

BBoy's weird looking toes

BBoy's godly finger

By your powers combined I am Captain Planet

My new stylist, BBoy did my hair and turned it red!

My new office in Taupo. Got cornered but at least, i have two screens.

Wall-E! SO CUTE!! KAWAIINEH!!

Louis Vuitton, every girl's dream?

Two long weeks

2008-09-21T10:45:00.006+12:00

Finally it's over. Two long weeks of hydro power technology course. Phew! Felt like I was going back to school again. All the hard work. -.- Most of the courses that I went on, I felt like I'm pretty left out. Quite sad to say I was the only girl in most classes. I'm not sure if it's just me, but the guys seems to look at me like women should not be working in this industry. What more to say I was feeling that same way for the past two weeks. Glad that it's over!

BBoy bought a new car. He said he's been in love with Altezza since forever. Not sure true or not lah. Despite the ugly new plate number, this car is pretty sweet.

Mum's planning a trip to Cambodia for next year. I figured since I haven't been on a trip with the folks for some time now, might as well spend more time with them. Gonna talk to the boss about taking a long break tomorrow. >< Wish me luckz.

Bunch of us at Karapiro hydro power station

Wassup with Wil? I think he had a crush.

Pretty colors of spring

Having coffee at Finn's on a sunny day

BBoy's new toy

Bboy's steak

Song stuck in my head

2008-09-19T21:48:00.006+12:00

Been following this old school TV show quite often lately. I reckon it's 9/10 hilarious. Feel in love with the cute ending theme song.

"Nominated for six Emmy Awards and five Golden Globes (including Best Comedy), "Just Shoot Me" is a critically acclaimed ensemble comedy from multiple award-winning writer/producer Steven Levitan. Set in the New York editorial offices of the fictional fashion magazine Blush, "Just Shoot Me" follows the lives of Blush's colorful staff, including Maya Gallo (Laura San Giacomo), a serious journalist who is determined to change the magazine's "fluffy" tone despite the efforts of her father, Blush publisher Jack Gallo (George Segal), who remains focused solely on his bottom line and the things he feels women want. Also on staff are beauty and fashion editor Nina Van Horn (Wendie Malick), a fast-living, neurotic ex-model; Blush's commitment-phobic, in-house photographer, Elliott DiMauro (Enrico Colantoni), and Jack's wisecracking, power-hungry assistant, Dennis Finch (David Spade). During the 2002-2003 season, "Just Shoot Me" also welcomes Blush's newest hire, Vicki Costa (Rena Sofer), Brooklyn hairstylist who serves as Jack's guru of style and confidante."

Life keeps bringing me back to you,
Keeps bringing me home
It don't matter what I wanna do.
It's got mind of his own.
Life keeps bringing me back to you.

Enough is enough!

2008-09-13T09:46:00.002+12:00

Stop pushing the rakyat's patience. F***!!

I want his job!

2008-09-12T17:06:00.002+12:00

I can never get bored of his videos. I wonder why.

Two words. Lucky bastard. =(

Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

Reminisce

2008-09-06T18:03:00.015+12:00

I was trying to look for my classmates photos from high school for my high school group in Facebook. Went back to my old (xanga) blog and went through each and every posts to find photos. Found so much more than just photos. It brought back so much memories; happy memories, even tearful and painful ones. Failed relationships, secret crushes, lost friendships, school days, new years eves, christmas pasts, birthdays, and so much more. Every posts I've read seemed like somebody elses'. I can't believe how far I've made it and so much had changed since then. Finally... something to share with my readers. Never forget where you've came from.

Thanks to those who hated me, You made me a stronger person.
Thanks to those who loved me, You made my heart grow fonder.

Thanks to those who envied me, You made my self-esteem grow stronger.
Thanks to those who cared, You made me feel important.

Thanks to those who entered my life, You made me who I am today.
Thanks to those who left, You showed me that nothing lasts forever.

Thanks to those who stayed, You showed me the true meaning of "friendship".

In the memory of our dear friend, Albert. There are no words to tell you how much we miss Albert. He was so talented and funny and always so much fun to be around. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and will continue to be with you in the coming weeks and months.

When fatigue kicks in

2008-09-05T18:18:00.002+12:00

A whole week had past. Spent my whole week in Hamilton. 40 hours of class, felt like I was back in the school days again! We even had an exam at the end of the course. I had to do some studies in my motel. =( If that doesn't get any worse, we will continue the second part of the course week after next. ARGH!

BB came to find me on Tuesday. He bought me my favourite flowers and spent a night to keep me company. Muaks. Thanks BB.

Few of us went out on Wednesday night to town. I stayed out till midnight and could no longer keep my eyes open. But Wil, Jeremy and Mark went on bar hopping. I'm still amazed that they could stay out till 3am and went to class 8am in the morning. LoL

Went to dinner with BB at Sahara Tent

Lamb Shank and BB

Calla Lilies

Rodeo Rodeo

Jump of joy

2008-08-30T13:16:00.009+12:00

Hello peeps, I've changed my layout again. Changed the name of my blog too. It's no longer my periodic thoughts and musing, it's my carte blanche now! Get the meaning right. This also means read the disclaimer before stupidly leaving inappropriate comments.

I got really sick of the tiny font in the previous layout. Bboy reckoned that it'd made him lazy to read. *SMACK* He doesn't have time for me anymore these days. All he do all day is hog the computer reading his idol's (RPK) blog. I guess its really good to see changes in my home country. Glad that the rakyat is finally changing their way of thinking.

Nevertheless, reasons to jump for joy:

1) Spring is finally here!
2) Successfully moved into new office
3) Bboy signed on with Transfield Worley
4) Planning end of year trip
5) Going on a course for one whole week
6) Financial on track
7) Bboy is going to get his NZ PR
8) Waiting for my Dunkin Donuts

What about tomorrow?

2008-08-28T19:52:00.003+12:00

Mayan calendar is also sometimes called the Aztec calender is carved on the Aztec "sun stone", now located in a museum. From the interpretation of this calendar, it has been said that the world will come to its end on the 21st December 2012. Big deal you might say. Well, I'm not a firm believer in one specific prophecy but I think we ought to be prepared for anything. It might took a while if I were to spell out all the details here so rather than you read my crappy English trying to explain science, watch this VIDEO instead. If you want to read about it more, go HERE. You'll be surprise how many hits you can get by entering "Apocalypse 2012" into Google.

Do we choose to live in denials? I know most of us do.

Laziness prevails

2008-08-23T17:40:00.010+12:00

Love this Jazz!

Ok Ok, I shall update my blog. I've been so soaked up with Olympics events lately. Congrats to Lee Chong Wei for winning a silver medal... but DATUK?!, I don't really see a need there.

I was in Wellington couple of weeks ago. I was there to obtain a letter of good conducts from the High Commissioner of Malaysia or Malaysian embassy. You know lah, sending the forms back to Malaysia and get it done at Putra Jaya might take up to 3 months if you are lucky or you might not even hear anything back from them. Hence, the 5 hours drive down to Wellington and taking another day off. The attitudes of the workers inside the embassy are not any better than any Malaysian workers. I thought the purpose of embassy is there to provide their services to Malaysian citizens who are away from home, rather.... they seemed more averse to attend to our needs.

Met up with Freddy there. It had been awhile since I last saw him. Parking in Wellington town centre is impossible. Half an hour cost $4 bucks!! Had a huge lunch and drove back to Taupo around 3pm.

Arriving at Wellington

One of Wellington's Hill

Wellington Harbour Spooky StatueYeap, he is enjoying it.My Lazy Cat

Just came back from Auckland yesterday. Was there to attend a 2 days course. This time, the accommodation isn't that great. Everybody was telling me there's a Malaysian restaurant in Auckland which serves really awesome Malaysian food. So we've decided to try to locate the restaurant. My friend had advised me to make a booking in advance as it's always full. Why would it be full on a Wed night? But I've decided to go ahead and make a booking. By the time we arrived there, the restaurant was packed! It was a small restaurant which had contrasted with my thoughts. The food was really expensive but can make a claim mah. The food was great and I would give 8.5/10 for the KK Specials but a 3/10 for the atmosphere. I strongly think they should really rent a bigger place to run their business.

KK Chicken Special $18

KK Egg Plant Special $16

Abercrombie & Fitch

2008-07-27T18:06:00.003+12:00

Stayed in Auckland for 3 nights for a course. Dragged my BB along with me as didn't like to spend lonely nights in hotels. Kekeke.. Our hotel was awesome. Just right beside the Auckland Harbour. Didn't do much in Auckland. Just a wee bit of shopping. Try to control my spendings as sort of broke since the big move.

Came back to Taupo yesterday. NZ just had the worst storm of the decade. My house and the area around us had a blackout for almost an hour. We couldn't seem to find the candles. Some of our stuffs are still unpacked, sitting in boxes. Hence, we rushed out to buy candles and luckily the supermarket was all lit up and business is still going. They only sell candles in packet of 50! Shiet!!! What are we going to do with 50 candles? hehehe.

Wish i have the $ to own these gorgeous Guccis!!
Not my favourite. But just for the sake of it.
Bought my first Abercrombie & Fitch tank

Sales sales sales

Few more photos of us

2008-07-15T18:37:00.001+12:00

You and I <3

Mah new place

2008-07-13T13:51:00.009+12:00

Meet Rosie

WHOOPIE!!! I've finally found the thingie that you can hang your earrings on. I like it so much that I named her Rosie. Bought it for 3 bucks! Cheeep cheeep. I got it in Auckland if you're wondering.

I'm 100% complete moving from Christchurch to Taupo. Finally! Got all my furniture, my clothes, my shoes, my kitty cat and my BB of cos. hehehe. Though the house is not big but it feels really homey now. Surprisingly this house is warm! That's the thing i need most. =)

Mah new place

Before the furniture arrive.

After settling in.

Moving forward

2008-07-10T17:58:00.010+12:00

UPDATED: photos from Mabel

Huge Chinese Feast

Girls
Me, Yean & Mabel

Boys
Justin & JinUs

Yean
Self-indulgence =PEveryone

Just some pics we took while we were in Auckland with Mabel and Jin last weekend. Flying up to Auckland again for training week after next. =S I'm turning into JAFARS. (Just Another Fucking AucklandeRS) Feel quite lazy to write nowadays. Lost the reason for writing. Thought pictures will tell more than words. So here you go.

@ Starbucks on Victoria Street

Me & Cookie Monster

We went to a very fancy club/restaurant called Opium.

Theobroma Chocolate Lounge at Sylvia Park. Wanted to have coffee there but fully packed. Only managed to squeeze in and take pictures of those chocolates! YUMMY! The cafe is really gorgeous. Awesome interior design. Maybe next time aye.
OMG! Must love Kookai clothing line. One of my many favourite! 70% on selected designs! I've been wanting this top since the first time I laid my eyes on it. It was $152!!! Bought my new classy top for $45. CHEAP!!
My new place. Damn messy and empty. Hopefully by tomorrow all my furniture will arrive.
Mah room. Messy as!
More pictures to come. Waiting for Mabel to upload her side of the pics.

Highlight moment of June 2008

2008-07-01T14:51:00.005+12:00

Wall of fame or shame To congratulate me on my first and probably the worst speeding ticket this company might ever come across, Noel decided to print a copy of my ticket in A3 size. Somemore in colour! He stuck it beside my other colleague's ticket who, at that time was driving his Skyline GTR R34 at 140km/hr and pulled a huge brake when he saw the cop. He was lucky because he managed to slow down before the camera caught his speed. My story is a little different. As I was rushing to my training (woke up a little late lah!), and the road was wide and empty and it looked like I've still got miles to go.. I've decided to speed up. Who would thought there will be cop 6am in the morning when you can't see shit until you've finally noticed behind you were not-so-pleasant red and blue lights coming up fast behind you! Fuck was all I could say. More bad news, I was driving a work car. Good news, I was not the first one to get booked at that very same place, several colleagues had the same experience before. Worst part of the day, the biggest spoiler of all, when I reached Hamilton, the course was postponed to start half an hour later. If that's not enough, I was the joke of the day.

Don't hate me

2008-06-30T19:39:00.004+12:00

My sis, Hippo, Tim & my cuz

Gotta love this POST by Xiaxue. I totally agree with her conceptions on "self-maintenance".

It's not always easy being good-looking. Believe or not, I was born ugly. Ask my classmates, I was a hippo! My waist line was 34 inches! I must admit, I used to hate pretty people back then. I envy their beauty, their small waist line, their sleek silky long hair and guys always seem to look their way more than yours.

Then I thought to myself, maybe it's time to grow up. Time for me to build some confidence. I lost it when I let myself go. I started losing weight (the healthy way!), went to the gym and aerobics, eat healthy, play more sports and keeping busy. Not that hard right?! In other way, you can keep yourself healthy and look young forever! (metaphor lah!) I gained my confidence and walk with my head up high and most of all, I find it easier to pick up a conversation with a perfect stranger.

I'm not saying you have to be absolutely gorgeous just to get guys and be successful in life. The point is.... it's not that hard to beautify yourself and maintain your look. You just have to be NOT LAZY!

Kaleidoscopic

2008-06-29T08:18:00.007+12:00

As it was freezing this weekend, no plans to leave town as a few friends are not in town; I've decided to stay home for a quiet time and do some packing. Took the liberty to go online and catch up with a few friends. I can't believe how fast our lives have changed.

Thinking back the years when we all met up, we're all still students/bums living on benefits, sucking the money out of the employed. Now I know what it's like to be the one contributing to those leeches. One third of my remuneration goes towards the contribution of laziness of the society. You sob, you complain but there's not one thing you can do about it. As people always say... what goes around comes around.

Anyway, it was nice catching up with a few fellas whom I haven't talked for ages. One of them hooked up with our high school classmate which was a pleasant surprise! Can't believe after all these years in the same class, they had finally decide to get together.

Another one is starting a business within Asia and the Middle East. From the first moment I met Alex, I knew he is going to be successful. He is a risk taker, very wise for his age, and absolutely sociable. He is like my mentor, I should say.

Couple others had moved to our neighbor country, Singapore. As Malaysia is not a good place to work at the moment, most people are moving towards Singapore. Still... I reckon I'll look like I'm 35 if I started working in Singapore. Very hectic culture life, no time for social life, everyday OT and the pay you get is less than what you get in NZ. Hence, SG will not be in my list of desired places to work cause stress and I don't get along very well at all.

NZ is not doing as well I supposed. Time to plan for a move but to where?

Five Minute Management Course

2008-06-25T13:08:00.003+12:00

Better read Section F, very use facts to be use in life. =P Teehee~

Section A
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings.
The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs.
When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbour.
Before she says a word, Bob says, 'I'll give you $800 to drop that towel.'
After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob, after a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.
The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs.
When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, 'Who was that?'
'It was Bob the next door neighbour,' she replies.
'Great,' the husband says, 'did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?'

Moral of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

Section B
A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.
The priest nearly had an accident.
After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.
The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'
The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.
The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'
The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'
Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.
On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Section C
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp.
They rub it and a Genie comes out.
The Genie says, 'I'll give each of you just one wish.'
'Me first! Me first!' says the admin clerk. 'I want to be in the Bahamas , driving a speedboat, without a care in the world.'
Puff! She's gone.
'Me next! Me next!' says the sales rep. 'I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life.'
Puff! He's gone.
'OK, you're up,' the Genie says to the manager.
The manager says, 'I want those two back in the office after lunch.'

Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.

Section D
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing.
A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?'
The eagle answered: 'Sure, why not.'
So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested.
All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up .

Section E
A turkey was chatting with a bull.
'I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree' sighed the turkey, 'but I haven't got the energy.'
'Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?' replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients.'
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree.
The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch.
Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.
He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bull Shit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there...

Section F
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field.
While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.
As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was.
The dung was actually thawing him out!
He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.
A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate.
Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep shit, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

Can't live without

2008-06-22T09:37:00.007+12:00

Absence makes her heart grows fonder, she has finally found the hidden message. I cry and cry while I was watching PS I Love You. She's not crying because it was a god damn good movie, she was crying because she could feel the woman's pain losing the only person that matter the most. It made her realized how much it will tear her world apart if she loses Justin, the only person she might ever learn to love.

Love... I didn't understand love. What is love? It's a rather strong and powerful word. How do you know when you've found it? Honestly, I don't know much of this thing called love myself. All I know is nothing else matters if one day Justin is no longer by my side.

Strange how something can make you open your eyes to possibilities. Every single moment with Justin, I will learn to treasure and cherish. Who knows what tomorrow might bring. Justin and I, we have a plan. We've vowed to fight. Fight for another tomorrow.

Baby, I took back those words I've said couple of months ago. I don't want us to be apart anymore. I can't bear the thoughts of losing you. It will devastate me. I'm really sorry baby. Nothing else in the world means more to me.

P.S.: I will always love you

Gosh.. Auck again

2008-06-21T14:07:00.007+12:00

I was AGAIN sent to another training. I was most terrified of those boring training sessions which I would have my head knocking the table edge especially when it's about 2pm in the afternoon and gain nothing at the end of the day. This time was different. I'll rate this training course a 8.5 out of 10.

ARMS was the trainer and this course helps you learn how to implement a wide variety of RAMS methodologies into your organization. You will be able to solve problems that are typically encountered day to day, on tools that allow you to judge the effectiveness of your decisions in minutes. Who should attend this course? Design Engineers, Asset Managers, Realibility Managers, Maintenance Planner and Risk Manager. Make sure you get Allan Fox as your speaker as he will make the course rather lively and interesting.

Wil, the english man and I drove up to Auckland on Wednesday afternoon. We were in the office only for 4 hours on Wednesday. How great is that! We reached Auck before the traffic peak hours. Checked into our awesome hotel and what did we do next? We went drinking of course. A couple of beers later, I was 'kaput' before even reaching dinner time. Foolish girl drank-a-lot on an empty stomach. In the end, I called the room service and had dinner on my bed instead. Thank goodness for the good life. =D But later I had a hangover.

Temptations were everywhere in Auckland. SALES SALES SALES everywhere on Queen Street. A girl's paradise. But gonna keep mi purse safely tugged in my handbag as going to spend big bucks on my new place and the move from Christchurch to Taupo. Sobs sobs. For the first time, I have take my patience and will power with me walking thru Queen Street. Well maybe I didn't bring enough with me. Bought two charms instead. =( A girl's gotta do what she's gotta do.

Had dinner at Wang Thai with Wil. Never thought I'll get along well with an English man. Wil refused to sit on a table for two so he made me lie to the Thai waiter that some people will be joining us later. He reckons he won't have enough space for all the beers and food that he was going to order. Our dinner cost $130 and was charged back to the company. Can't really complain there. =)

Our awesome hotel, Langham

Dinner on the bed
Breakfast Buffet

Room

The bar

Wang Thai

My new charm necklaces *teehee*

A tribute to the loveliest man in my life

2008-06-17T18:37:00.007+12:00

Ice joke of the day:
One fine day, Sushi A met Sushi B on the road. What did Sushi A say to Sushi B while they walked past each other?
A: Wa-sup-Bi?! (HAHAHAHA...Did you get it? did you get it?! )

Despite the busy mornings and afternoons, happiest point of my life at the moment is moving in together again with my BB. I can’t wait for that day. I’ve missed my BB so much in the past months. Though time had passed really fast with tonnes of work and courses and even just going away, I’ve never forgotten what you and I had. And I know I’ve said this million of times, but my BB is the most amazing person I’ve ever met. He has all the qualities I look for in a man except for the fact that he is famous for his legendary farts.

People asked me how I've come to meet my lovely man. I’ve never really gave them a clear answer. Usually I just say, go ask Justin. The first time I met him was at a soccer session one afternoon in the summer of 2006. If it wasn’t for my friend, Tzin Wei, we wouldn’t have gotten to know each other. So should I say, thank the lord for Tzin Wei. Not very fond of him at first, not like it’s love at first sight. But somehow few months later, after weeks and weeks of soccer in the sun, there were sparks. I don't know how the sparks started but that developed into a strong attraction.

I took the courage to ask for his number. Even more courage to ask him if we can go out. That’s basically how we started. Yes, I was the one who showed my interest first and I thank the lord every single day for taking that step and have him in my life now.

Transition from the newbie to the significance

I guess every steps you do take might lead you to something wonderful. I'm not saying it will always be something great but holding back and regret it for life might be too late later. Life is about taking risk and building a bridge for chances.

Like my BB always say, "Happiness is not your destiny but it's a way of life."

Ten things I love about BB:
1) He makes me laugh every single day
2) He sings out of tune but still goes on singing out loud
3) He tells me bedtime stories (i.e. politicians in malaysia, soccer news and history, all the interesting documentary shows he saw on Discovery channel, etc.)
4) He never gives up on me even when I'm starting to raise my white flag
5) He is so patient towards me and other people
6) He pampers me even when I get all bitchy
7) He cooks for me (seriously, he can cook!)
8) He always always have a smart way to calm me down even when I'm pulling my hairs out
9) He listens to me
10) He knows what is best for the both of us

There are more than 10 things that I could have listed down but it might spam my blog. The truth is, no one can ever replace Justin. He is the love of my life and will always be. I love you darling, always and forever will.

One night in AUCK

2008-05-16T19:18:00.018+12:00

Moment of the Day:

I'm a spendthrift. It's a disease! I whinge ALOT to my BB when I overspent. And so he'd transformed into MoneyMan to teach me a lesson and help save mi money. But since he's far away and can't set my credit cards on fire, he came up with a better solution.

JT says:
everytime u wanna buy something, look at this pics
JT says:
your moneyman

My BB came to Taupo for 10 days. Unfortunately, he'd just left town. Sobs sobs. I felt bad cause I had to work most of the days when he was here. Anyway, we had a chance to drive up to Auckland and spent a night there. It had been awhile since I last had a road trip with BB. Even though it was a short trip, but it was all worth it.

Harbour City

Two times the B

BB & the mesmerizing sunset

Oppss... without make-up on
Auck bus-stop Ship look-a-like building

It's mine...all mineeee... *Evil*

The return of Mr. Angry

2008-05-04T21:28:00.006+12:00

"It's funny how there are so many different types of people out there", quoted Warren. I couldn't agree more. There's the sick father who locked his own daughter for 24 years and bore him with 7 children, the lady who drove for 10 km on the wrong side before an instant death after crashing into two other vehicles and then of course, there's the crazy ex-bf who came back to New Zealand only to find his belongings went missing and started calling up the ex-gf and beat the crap out of her over the phone.

After the ex-bf left the place for almost one and a half year, he returned to NZ to collect the rest of his belongings. When he had found out that some of his stuff had gone missing, what did he do? He called the house owner (ex-gf) and totally yell the crap out of her.

When the ex-bf left, he also left his belongings all over the place (in my flat!). I had to clean up his mess for other tenants. It's like helping him to wipe his ass after he shits and yet, I'm not his girlfriend or mother. His brother-in-law did not fully picked up what had been left behind. So is it my fault that his stuff had been thrown out?

After a few minutes of non-stop swearing (words like Cibai and Lang Ciau) at me on the phone, I only came to my consciousness later and hung up. Friends asked why do I still let him talk to me that way. And BB thinks I'm still living in the past.

For your information, I'm not your farking girlfriend anymore and it's only civilised to talk to me in a proper manner. Not swearing over the phone like a freaking uneducated person. Even the beggars know how to say thank you when someone spares some change.

What can i do more when your stuff had been passed on? Cry over your lost? It's been almost two years for god sake. I have a new life, a new boyfriend, a new job and had moved to another town.

For the past year, I had a few great tenants who had rented the place and nobody wants to have your crap lying all over the place.

Some people should know when it's time to move on. No no. I should say for this case, some people should know to pick up their shit after they had pooped in some other people's toilet. It's only politeness.

Seriously, it's time to move on.

Yet another good weekend

2008-04-15T10:48:00.002+12:00

Back to work after another awesome weekend.

Was in Hamilton for the weekend. Friday night was awesome. After dinner, we went to the Bahama Hut. I haven’t been to clubbing much since I came back to New Zealand. Drinking at bars/pubs yes but serious dancing, no. Thanks to Veda and Mark, I danced like nobody’s business that night and totally enjoyed every minute of it.

We went to the hot air balloon carnival on Saturday night. There were thousands of people there and waiting to use the loo is like waiting for rain in the desert. The show was awesome for someone who had never seen it. By someone, I mean me. Getting out of the parking space is another story. By the time we reached the restaurant called Sahara Tent, it was already 9.30p.m. That night we had a girl doing belly dancing performance which definitely attracts the guys. Their eyes were stuck on her like they had been glued to her boobs and ass. But seriously, the girl really knows her moves.

Well, time to get back to work. The folks are coming this weekend. Must try to look my best and behave like daddy’s good girl. =)

P/S: Pictures grabbed from Mark. Forgot to bring my camera & my phone to Hamilton! ARGH!!!

Angel on the field

The Hot air balloon show

The girl who knows her moves

Working life

2008-04-11T11:13:00.007+12:00

Finally! I’m back in my cosy fat ass seat in the office. Feels like forever since I last updated my blog. I’ve been doing so much travelling that I’ve forgotten the look of my own face.

Life is going really great for me. Free travelling, free food, free drinks, free rides, great jobs but most of all; I’ve met so many strangers whom later became my acquaintances. Just on Monday, I was flown up to Auckland for a photo shoot and back to Taupo in the evening. It was a magnificent experience indeed. The four of us were shot by a famous photographer who had done his work with famous people such as Bill Clinton and Pamela Anderson. Ahhhh… felt like a glamorous star for the moment there. We even had our own personal make-up artist. The photo shoot lasted for 5 hours. However, we were disappointed with the photos for the graduate flyer which is going to be distributed to the universities in New Zealand. And yet, we had taken so many photos but they decided to go for those disappointing ones. Hopefully they will send the rest of the photos soon.

Had a really early start today as boss is scrunching the life out of me. On the other hand, life is good. “TGIF!!! (Thank god it’s Friday)”, Noel, the senior electrical engineer says. Friday is my favourite day of the week. Leaving work earlier today. We’re going up to Hamilton for the weekend. WEEEEeeeeEE!! There will be hot air balloons carnival this Saturday, so I’m definitely looking forward to that. Aight Ellen, back to work! Time to reboot my brain and get my acts together. Till my next post, have a good weekend everybody!

Graduate Flyer from Mighty River Power

Anyone interested?

Kaikoura fishing trip

2008-03-23T09:42:00.008+13:00

Photo by Mabel

Thank god the weather was great by the time we got to Kaikoura. Spent time around the town for a few hours and later headed on straight to the wharf. It was a great sunny day for fishing. The only down side was that the current was a bit too strong. Hence, we get heaps of sea perch and only one blue cod. Just one and a half hour at sea, few of my friends started getting sea sick. Therefore, we had to head back to shore. Nevertheless, it was still a great experience. The sea and the sky were matching colours. The breeze blowing in my face was so fresh that I was fully recovered from exhaustion from all the traveling I did.

We stayed the night in this amazingly new apartments called The Fairways. That night we had barbi and some drinks. It was pretty relaxing alright. Don't really feel like going back to work now. =( In the meantime, here are some photos I took. More pictures can be found HERE. I think Mabel will upload hers soon.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Kaikoura

Big fat lazy seal

Our motorboatEllen & Justin on the wharfThe fishermen
Catch of the day, Sea PerchFirst one to get sea sick
The Fairways Apartment

Kitchen/Dining Area/Living Area

Chilling out at our apartment

Photo by Mabel

Kaikoura winery

i HEART sydney

2008-03-19T15:46:00.008+13:00

Despite all the dramas, the 12 hours long wait in the Auckland airport, living like Tom Hanks in the Terminal on Sunday and later followed by the last minute cancellation of our flight, Air NZ decided to put us up in the most luxurious hotel in town called the Langham. The hotel serves the loveliest buffet dinner you can have in your lifetime. My room has the biggest bed and countless pillows. Heck, the toiletries were all from Body Shop!

Kane and I managed to catch the earliest flight the next morning to Sydney. PHEW~ We were an hour late for our course. Hence, the rush. Eight and a half hours later, we checked into our hotel in the central of Sydney. My long time buddy, Jackson is working in the CBD and came to look for me. It's been awhile since I last saw him (3 years ago i suppose). He took us to a German restaurant which was something different..... but good. Later, we took a long walk and explored Sydney. I must say, Sydney is one of my favourite cities in the world. It's too bad that I didn't have time to shop.

I Sydney

*CLICK* for more photos.

Auckland City

2008-03-05T18:38:00.004+13:00

View of Auckland on top of Sky City

Finally, I have the time to sit down and upload photos onto my blog. *sigh* Been really busy with work lately.

Had an awesome time in Auckland even though it was raining for two days! Had a great Friday night at the Margaritas! Although most of them didn't like to dance (shy maybe?), I'd still enjoy myself dancing like the olden days.

Shop-a-lot! Now have to suffer the consequences. Sobs.

Next weekend... I'm going to Sydney! =D

Queen Street

Random flower stallStanding: Me, Calvin, Yui
Sitting down: Tony, (don't remember her name), Miranda, Carolyn, Roger

Dining at The Koreans @ Viaduct

The building we'd lived in

Nice clock tower along the way to clubbing

Cute lil tree inside Sylvia Park Mall
Known as biggest mall in NZ, but seriously, define biggest please.

Fortunate Fool

2008-02-28T18:51:00.001+13:00

I spent the whole night last night thinking about how foolish I've been. I've done many things that I'm not proud of. The worst of them all is hurting the only man I truly adore. Nothing in the world means more than the love of my life.

In the past few weeks, I've been really selfish, putting myself first in line and putting US on the line. Maybe it's too late for apology but BB, I'm truly sorry for being such a stupid girl who was full of ignorance. Please forgive this stupid fool.

I don't care if you sing out of tune; I still love it when you sing my sorrow away.
I don't care if you are clumsy; You make me laugh at your silly ways.
I don't care if you are weird; cos that's what makes you perfectly unique.
I don't care about anything else; cos baby, you are all that I need.

Back to being cow

2008-02-24T20:41:00.003+13:00

Meet my babies. They are going to crown me the transformers queen. Sounds cool for the kid but in fact it's not. Taking care of such a huge asset is not cool at all! Ahhh well...

Meet the real transformer

Hydro power station in Waipapa

Kane and the ABB contractor

Cont.: Some more photos from Lone Star, Rotorua

My fave, Cosmopolitan

Roger, Carolyn, Mark, Tony
Taupo Chinese Community, TCC

Tequila Scallops, YUM!One hell of a pork ribs meal

A saturday at Rotorua

2008-02-23T21:20:00.004+13:00

Last night was an awesome night. We had much to eat and drink at David's house. Haven't had so much fun in awhile.

We left Taupo at 11 am today, heading to Rotorua. Apparently, it's an hour drive but we reached there in 45 mins. Thanks to the super car Mark is driving. Had a filling Korean lunch + sake, and headed off to Starbucks. Oh my... I was finally reunited with my sweet lover, Caramel Machiato. No words can describe the feeling I've felt. Tears almost ran down my eyes. Aiya, I haven't had Starbucks for ages la! No Starbucks in Taupo. How sad is that!

Afterwards we went to the Polynesian Spa for a dip in the hot spring. Despite the rotten egg smell from the thermal activities, the water was awesome! Had a really relaxing afternoon in Rotorua.

Later, we had dinner at Lone Star. I had the Tequila Scallops which was amazing. I haven't had chance to upload the photos from here as my bluetooth device is not working atm!! Well, stay tune for more photos.

Next weekend, we are heading up to Auckland. Hopefully, I can meet Calvin there. Give me a call if you happen to see this ya, Calvin kor kor.

Roger, Mark, Tony & Carolyn

Watching the old folks playing lawn ball. BORING!

Congratulations! whoever you are
Some Maori statue
Hot spring
Me, Mark and Roger

WTF? We look so farking fat. We are not fat ok? The camera made us put on 10 pounds.
Some random statues on the roadside
The old bath house, according to Mark
Nice garden in front of the bath house
No wonder this guy looks sad. See wording below him.

Drained

2008-02-18T15:29:00.001+13:00

What a week it was! I'm exhausted. Felt like the busy schedule is sucking the youth out of me. Nevertheless, I'm still loving it. I just can't stop and sit down. I'm always on a GO GO GO. Maybe I should cut down on my caffeine intake. My forehead was almost knocking the edge of my desk because it was so quiet in the office today. I'm so bored that I'm sending work requests around the office! I bet if I'm working in Malaysia, it'll be the other way around.

Drove to Rotorua (1 hour drive) yesterday with my kiwi flatmate (Sam) and her friend (Rachael). We went shopping for beads as Rotorua has a good shop selling Swavorski beads. (Starting a new more "girlish" hobby) Ended up spending a fortune again on the non-necessities. Someone please slap me!! I've just managed to pay off my credit card and yet here I am again, swiping the crap out of that poor card.

Had lunch in this nice little restaurant called "The Phat Dog". I had Pumpkin + Chicken + Sundried Tomato Panini. Yum! Didn't take any pictures because I've lost part of the interest to blog.

Got heaps to do later today when I leave the office. Clean the house, do my laundry, look for food and later go to the gym. That's my Monday. When tomorrow comes, the routine continues. I'll be going up to Hamilton tomorrow. Probably gona sit in the meeting room for the whole bloody afternoon listening to stuff that I've never even heard of or don't even bother to care about. Ah… well.. at least I get to get out of the office every once in a while plus I don't have to drive my own car tomorrow. Will be taking the company's car home. =D

Valentine's Day

2008-02-15T15:39:00.007+13:00

Tony, Roger, Mark & Carolyn

Back to spending Valentine's Day alone. I miss him so much.

Though I'm not spending my day with my BB, I had heaps of fun with my TCC (according to them TCC stands for Taupo Chinese Club) friends here. All of them are living away from their gf/bf/wives. We all dressed up (well.. some of us) and went to Porto Fino for dinner. We had a really good dinner and couple of drinks. When the drinks started to kick in, we all went hyped. We had a really good time.

Since Taupo is so freaking dead, someone came up with an idea to go sing K in Hamilton. When you're tipsy, you tend to agree with anything. So five of us squeezed into Mark's car (btw it's a farking large Ford) and drove up to Hamilton. After 1 hour and 45 mins we finally reached Hamilton at 10pm. That idiot Tony wanted so badly to sing K. Once he started singing, I understood what his urges were all about. He can farking sing! Seriously. Well, we all reached home at about 2am and everybody has got work in the morning. Talking about pure absurdity.

By the way, my BB bought me i-Pod Touch for Valentine's. WEEeeee!!!

Time to go and work my Touch. =)

It's been awhile

2008-02-14T18:08:00.004+13:00

It’s a fascinating thing to say, “I love my job.” Despite the long drive (50km from Taupo to be exact), waking up at 6am each day, I still love my job and my life in Taupo. My work starts at 7.30am and finishes at 4pm. Since I finish work early, I decided to join the gym. If I’m not at the gym, I’ll go for a swim or a walk by the beautiful lake. Indeed, I’ve been keeping myself very healthy in Taupo. Who knows, I might shake couple of Kgs off.

Thanks to Meli, I’m involved in a project for a new landfill site. Although my role is not big, I’m still proud to contribute a significant amount of work, regardless. Well, I’m going to stay in Taupo tomorrow. Not going to office as I’m joining a course in town. MRP seems to be very generous on sending their employees to any course they wish to take. That is why I’m going to Sydney for 3 days for a one day course. Everything is fully paid by MRP. WEEE~!!!!

Let’s just say, I have a good start to the year.

Desires > Consequences

2008-02-03T08:38:00.001+13:00

I'm swiping my card again. Someone stop me please! That's what happens to the bored girl who has no life, feeding her sorrow on her credit card. This time, I fell in love with a bag, a gift handbag to be honest. And because of that, I forked out $152 bucks to quenched my undying desires for bags. "Buy any two products and you get this gorgeous handbag.", the sales lady told me. Later, I paid for a compact powder ($72) and one hydra-care lotion ($82).

Three minutes out the door with my new bag, thoughts of concern slowly started to drench my head. I've spent RM410 on two facial products I barely use for a bag. Then as the thoughts turned into regrets, I made an instant call to my BBoy sobbing over the money I've just spent and threatened that he buy it for me instead. My BBoy who absolutely pamper his spoiled/spendthrift girlfriend said, "It's alright. You can spend all my money if you want to." Not too sure if that made me feel better but as I reached home and took out my newly purchased, I found lots of whole other Clarins products inside the handbag. Suddenly, the sky became sunnier, the breeze started blowing, the birds started singing and all shall prevail. Woman... tsk tsk tsk, you shall say. But it's the whole truth, when a woman gets more than what she'd bargained for, it seems like she'd struck one million dollars in a lottery ticket.

The sweet taste of Taupo

2008-01-29T16:56:00.000+13:00

Greetings from Taupo. I've been busy lately settling down and getting used to this new environment and my unbelievable slow internet connection. Do I like it here? Why not. Great flatmates, excellent job, awesome colleagues and you get to indulge the most beautiful view of nature.

My room

The living room The kitchenCharlie, my flatmate's cat Camwhores
Sunset on the lake
Sunset version 2
My station
The office

There are more pics to come. I'm just too slack to update my blog. Here's some for the moment. Stay tuned.

She's leaving home

2008-01-12T23:17:00.000+13:00

Alas, the time has come to do the unwilling... packing. After 7 years of living under the same roof of a small cozy flat, I am finally moving out. Leaving my home, my town, my peeps but worst of all, my boy. What to do? Career comes first at this stage. I'm leaving first thing Tuesday morning. Ellen is going to Taupo.

In another story, since today was too much of a great day to waste, we headed to Sumner for a relaxing afternoon. You won't believe just how HOT it was. It's one of the hottest day I've ever experienced. Even hotter than Malaysia. It was burning 33 degrees today (i thought it was 38). Even till now at 11 p.m., it's still freaking hot and I'm getting my usual headache from the heat and sun... and I'm sweating in mah panties! My fan is switched on to the max and yet it still does not work it's wonders. And guess what? It's going to be the same tomorrow!! I'm gonna hide my fragile head under the cozy roof of mine. As my BB says, "You are exactly like Puteri Lilin!"

Chillin Ice Chocolate @ Dot.com

East part of the Sumner Beach

West partMeBB

Poseidon Cafe & the Beach

Heaps of people today

Love this view

Love this view even more

The boys showing off their packs

Happy New Year 2008

2007-12-29T18:11:00.000+13:00

Just three more days before the beginning of a new year. I believe one shall start making his/her list of resolutions. I still remember what were my resolutions for 2006 and 2007.
Year 2006 resolutions:
1) Expand my social circle
2) Go to different places
3) Complete my degree
4) Get a job in Singapore

Year 2007 resolutions:
1) Basically still trying to fulfill resolutions of Year 2006

Year 2008 is almost here and I had crossed out a few things on my list and added on a few more. I guess, I will never actually finish fulfilling all my resolutions. So here it is; resolutions for year 2008.

~~1) Expand my social circle~~
2) Go to different places
~~3) Complete my degree~~
~~4) Get a job in Singapore~~
5) Finally give up (ci)
6) Be the doting daughter and girlfriend

Time to make your list if you haven't already.

Have a Merry Christmas

&
Happy New Year 2008
Wishing everyone a successful year ahead

Merry Christmas

2007-12-23T09:43:00.000+13:00

Just four more days before Christmas. Gisborne was rocked by an earthquake of 4.5 on the Richter scale and later followed by an after-shock of 6.8. It is believed that New Zealand is waiting for a massive earth quake. This massive earth quake will be 10 times more destructive than what had happened in Gisborne. More details at stuff.co.nz.

from stuff.co.nz

Despite the sad disaster, Christmas is just around the corner. Believe it or not, I had promised BBoy to go to church with him this Christmas eve. It will be so weird when everyone is praying and singing and you have never even been to a church mass before. Oh well, it'll be something new, I guess. Till my next post, Merry Christmas to y'all out there.

Eclipsed memories

2007-12-20T00:53:00.000+13:00

I was feeling rather jaded tonight. I came across my obsolete online diary which I wrote when I first started blogging about my life. To my astoundment, I found numerous posts on how my life was falling apart. How much I hated getting up every morning back then. I couldn't see it in the past, but as I was reading my own journal now, I think to myself, this was really one hell of a depressed girl. I can't believe what I've wrote on this private pages of mine. The hatred, the weeping, even suicidal thoughts. It was all forgotten now. How did I let my self-esteem perished then.

As I was reading the later posts, some of them were about this amazing person whom I've met by chance. As much as I hate to admit it but I'd begun to establish some sort of strong feelings for him. I guess this was all too natural. Boy meets girl, girl meets boy sort of stuff. These strong feelings I had for him definitely divert my depression. I'm very thankful to have met you. Somehow, without realizing it, you've managed to pull me up from a sinking whirlpool. However, fate did not cross my path.

Destiny had something else planned. That's when I met Justin. He brought the light back into my life. He gave me a meaning to live again. Justin shows me how great it is to be in love. He is the happiness which vanishes my old despairing self. Looking back, this was what I wrote last Christmas, the last post I've ever written on this private page of mine.

Merry Christmas Everyone
*I hope you'll find your wishes come true this Christmas, just like mine did.*

For the love of berries

2007-12-16T00:16:00.000+13:00

Few days ago, Tw had this obsessive craving for fresh berries frozen yogurt. After lunch, we went to this secluded area and there it is; a little cottage by the side of the high way. Actually, I've been to Sweethearts for a couple of times already but they're always always always closed! So I never really bothered to go back there. Later I found out, they are closed for winter. "Duh Ellen! No berries in the winter!" (-.-")

To Ben's nightmare, there are strawberries on everything. Sadly, Ben is allergic to strawberries. In the end, he can only have raspberries, which is SUPER DUPER SOUR! You can see Ben squinching his eyes everytime he put a teaspoon of the bloody raspberries sauce in his mouth. Anyway, it's a nice little place to chill. They even play Michael Jacko's old songs on the radio.

Sweethearts at Berryfields

Frozen yogurt with Strawberries & Raspberries $8.50

Strawberries & Raspberries Flans $5.50

Flan with cream and Raspberry sauce

The OkCupid Test

2007-12-15T02:32:00.001+13:00

Since it was already 2 a.m. in the morning and I couldn't sleep, I went with Dine's idea and took the OkCupid Test for dating persona. Again, I have to agree with Dine. It's very accurate. Make sure you have lots of time in your hand before doing this test. Freaking 70+ questions!!!

My Results:
The Priss
Deliberate Brutal Love Dreamer (DBLD)

Mature. Responsible. Aristocratic. Excuse me. The Priss.

Prisses are the smartest of all female types. You're highly perceptive, and confident in your judgements. You'd take brutal honesty over superficiality any time--your friends always know where they stand with you. You're completely unfake. Don't tell me that's not a word. You're also excellent at redirecting internal negative energy.

These facts indicate people are often intimidated by you. They also fall for you, hard. You have a distant, composed allure that many find irresistible. If only more of them lived up to your standards.

You were probably the last among your friends to have sex. And the first to pretend that you're pregnant. LOL. Though you're inclined to use sex as weapon, at least it's not as one of mass destruction. You're choosier than most about your partners. A supportive relationship is what you're really after. Whether you know it or not, you need something steady & long-term. And soothing.

Your exact female opposite:
The Playstation

Always avoid:
The Playboy (RGSM), The Loverboy (RGLM)

Consider:
The Manchild (RBLD)

Cookies 101

2007-12-13T02:59:00.001+13:00

I've been having urges to make cookies lately. Don't know why. Must be the holiday season mood. Not very good at baking, even worse at cooking. Hence, the easiest, most basic and painless cookie of all time; Sugar Cookies! It's really easy and really great for Christmas. Believe me, it's so safe that I didn't even blow up my kitchen. Towards the end, we got sick of using the stereo type cookie cutters and created our own designs and alphabets by hand. The outcome? Not too bad actually. The cookies are quite tasty. We managed to make two full plates of cookies but most of them are gone already. Yum!

Facts: Baking is only fun when...
1) You have friends around to be guinea pigs.
2) Your boyfriend starts eating the unbaked dough and getting addicted to it.
3) You have friends around to panic with when the dough starts melting and you can't hardly get the shape right.
4) A boyfriend to check on the cookies in the oven every 10 seconds. Yeah, that's right, "You eat all the burnt cookies, if you don't stand watch!"
5) Your friends have creative cookie design ideas.

INGREDIENTS
* 225 g butter
* 300 g white sugar
* 2 eggs
* 5 ml vanilla extract
* 5 ml lemon extract
* 250 g all-purpose flour
* 5 g baking powder
* 1 g salt

DIRECTIONS
1. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla and lemon extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually blend into the creamed mixture to form a soft dough. Cover or wrap dough, and refrigerate overnight.

2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). On a floured surface, roll the dough out 1/4 inch thick. Cut into desired shapes using cookie cutters. Place cookies 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Sprinkle frostings to decorate the cookies.

3. Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly browned. Cool on wire racks.

Me, Liz & Tw

Nice anot?

How do you like my design?

Need eyelids?

2007-12-09T23:40:00.000+13:00

Have you always mourn over your single eyelid? Why others were born with doubles and you don't? Well, cry no more. Thanks to technology, or maybe just to the brilliant Japanese; now there's a solution! No, it does not involve eye surgery and No, it does not cost a fortune. So if you or even your own daughter is born with single eyelid, it is not the end of the world. Simply follow the steps in the video below and Wala!

The truth about girls

2007-12-08T10:03:00.001+13:00

She's so sizzling-HOTZ!

I was reading the controversy on Dawn Yang, whether her face is a fake or not. Some people were so furious when they found out she was a fake. Well, it doesn't matter if she got her face surgically done or not. Not like she's gonna bring chaos to the world. For god sake, everybody is doing it nowadays. And for those who were so pissed off, might just be jealous of her divine look. When you can look this HOT!, I myself will go plastic. In the end, it brings you fame, career, money and lots and lots of attention. What every girl in this world dream of right?

Tell me which girl doesn't wanna be called pretty?

Even the guys wana look pretty now!

Sayonara, my dear friend

2007-12-05T18:44:00.000+13:00

Day out @ Tap Room
Ben, Nobi, TW and Me

I remembered the first day Nobi aka Nobita aka Nobu moved in with us. He had difficulties remembering our names. Usually, I have difficulties remembering names of the people I've just met but when Nobi told me his name, I remembered the lil kid from Doreamon is called Nobita. Therefore, Nobita he is. He was pretty shy and quiet at first. I was the one who was talking and yapping non-stop. I'm still not sure if he understood me back then.

Nobu had decided to go back to Japan to pursue his career. He had only moved in for just over one month. BBoy was kinda sad when he dropped him off at the airport. LoL. Angel also misses Nobu alot. She is always trying to go into his room hoping to fish for some food or snacks. You pampered him too much, Nobu! I guess he was the best flatmate I've ever had. He is a good friend indeed. Always treat me for coffee! Thanks for everything, Nobi.

Hope you'll find a good soon. Maybe someday when we are in Osaka, we can go have our daily flat whites and lattes. But for now, Ja ne, my friend. =)

She's a rainbow

2007-12-02T18:42:00.000+13:00

I saw this amazingly cute Sony ad on TV. Love the song. It's an ad on Sony Bravia TV. Do you know they used 2.5 tonnes of Play Doh in the making of this video? Awesomeness!

The Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her dressed in blue?
See the sky in front of you
And her face is like a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Carte Blanche~*

Dare 2 b different

She's back with another long post

Everything happens for a reason

How convenient

We can eat in too

More Monday blues

Purple & Icky Green

Yawnz

Three days weekend

Beating the Sunday blues

Delinquent prick

*Sniff Sniff*

Sweets for my sweet, sugar for my honey

Hair help

First snow

Dixie Brown's

Sharing little moments of joy

A string of bad luckz

Here comes the first swine flu joke

Oh happy day

Living in Taupo

Here comes autumn

Finally.....

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

Kiwi Music

Pre-xmas Party

Plant a tree

Quarter of a century

Working it out

New Plymouth

Beat of my heart

Dressed to impress it is

Some things cost more than you realise

Mark's Birthday

Can't get enough of Belgian Waffles

Two long weeks

Song stuck in my head

Enough is enough!

I want his job!

Reminisce

When fatigue kicks in

Jump of joy

What about tomorrow?

Laziness prevails

Abercrombie & Fitch

Few more photos of us

Mah new place

Moving forward

Highlight moment of June 2008

Don't hate me

Kaleidoscopic

Five Minute Management Course

Can't live without

Gosh.. Auck again

A tribute to the loveliest man in my life

One night in AUCK

The return of Mr. Angry

Yet another good weekend

Working life

Kaikoura fishing trip

i HEART sydney

Auckland City

Fortunate Fool

Back to being cow

A saturday at Rotorua

Drained

Valentine's Day

It's been awhile

Desires > Consequences

The sweet taste of Taupo

She's leaving home

Happy New Year 2008

Merry Christmas

Eclipsed memories

For the love of berries

The OkCupid Test

Cookies 101

Need eyelids?

The truth about girls

Sniff Sniff