Memory.. Little threads that hold life's patches of meaning together. ~ Mark Twain


Tuesday, August 31, 2004

Moorish's 25th At Sugimoto

A little update on last night's dinner at Sugimoto for Moorish's birthday. There were about 10 of us, including 2 other Moorish's friends.

The food there was alright. We ordered duplicate set of 7-8 dishes including Taco Wasabi (it's actually octopus, Sue's favourite!), salmon with mashed potato, eggplant and crabmeat croquette. We spent the whole time talking about law (of having your car pulled over, of saman, and of marital rape), insurance, production shows and diving. See how diverse the group is? Let's see.. Out of 10 of us, there were 3 lawyers, 1 insurance marketing exec, 4 engineers, 1 production director and an accountant.

Moorish didn't want us to sing her a Birthday song, and hurriedly blew the candles as soon as they were lit up. But we still sang it anyway, and even louder. Hehe..

We were there for nearly 3 hours, and then a few of us proceeded to 'yum char' at Spicy Kitchen. We talked about a common friend whom we knew back in high school. We were suprised how she used to be very serious and studious back then, but turned out wild, flirtatious and bimbo-ish now. Now that we were bitching about her. It was more like, saddened and wondered about what happened to her. What made her take that drastic change. Is it that she spent her high school days for academic reasons and figured that now she's trying to live her life, making up for lost time? And if she realizes that she is known as the entertainer, GRO or even 'the girl with kidneys on the brain' or something like that? It's sad, really.. And that just kept me pondering for the rest of the night..


Monday, August 30, 2004

Holidaeeeeeeee

Am on leave today. Muahaha.. Syok-a-lingammm... Oh by the way, tomorrow's Merdeka Day. So I'm having a 4-day weekend here. Hehe.. It's been a while since I had such a long weekend. Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

Went to Mid Valley with Mum. *Sighz* It's either I really should put on more weight or that my fashion taste is seriously declining. I've been searching for nice denim skirt - Not too long, not too short, not too many patterns on it, no sequins and not too fading at certain parts. All the skirts I looked at today have something wrong in them. Urgh.. Can you see that I'm not a huge fan of shopping? I am definitely not anywhere near Becky, the shopaholic in Sophie Kinsella's series.

On the other hand, guess who I saw in Metrojaya. 2 of the Malaysian Idol contestants - Vick and Saipul. I think they must have been doing their clothes shopping for this week's performance. I recognized them coz I just watched them on 8TV last night for the Vote Results. If they were walking separately, then maybe a bit harder to recognize them. But they were practically just sitting on the bench near the Grand Piano with another guy, whom I'm assuming is their security people. They were bored and yawning the whole them. Hehe.. Saw them again in Guardian, when I think Vick was buying some hair dye? Anyway, not my business.

Will be meeting up later with Moorish, Lily, Jewel, Sue and their partners for Moorish's birthday dinner at Sugimoto in Hartamas. Then perhaps go somewhere to see the fireworks for the Merdeka celebration. Until then.. Happy Holidays, everyone. Happy Merdeka!!

Tanggal 31, bulan lapan, lima puluh tujuh
Merdeka! Merdeka! Tetaplah merdeka
Ia pasti menjadi sejarah

Tanggal 31, bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh
Hari yang mulia, hari bahagia
Sambut dengan jiwa yang merdeka

Mari kita seluruh warga negara
Ramai-ramai menyambut Hari Merdeka
Merdeka!
Tiga satu bulan lapan lima puluh tujuh
Hari mulia negaraku merdeka

~~ Sudirman - Tanggal 31 ~~


Saturday, August 21, 2004

How Heavy Are You?

Everyone I come across would ask me that. People that pass me by would be caught staring at me, which unfortunately is definitely not because I'm gorgeous or anything like that. It's the kind of stare that says, "Oh my goodness, she's sooooooooo thin!!" You know how a matchstick man looks like? Yes, I look exactly like that. I look pretty much a bamboo stick, short one though.

Over the years, I'm being told that I'm like those North Korean famine, or I'm being asked if I'm anorexic or "tak cukup makan ke?". I'm no way any of them. The problem is that I am thin. Blame it on the genes, if you want to. I love to eat, mind you. I just don't eat a lot at one go, but I take many meals. When after I'm full, maybe 1 hour later or so, I'm hungry again.

I never understand why would people love to be as thin as me. To be honest, I hate the way I look. I want some fat! Let me rephrase that.. I DESPERATELY want some fat!! If you must know, I'm only 36-38 kgs. For my height, I should be 48 kgs. The most I managed to go to was 42 kgs, when I was in Sheffield, but I lost them right after I came back to Malaysia.*Sighz* It's nothing to be envious about my weight, really. I fall sick easily.. I get injured too easily.. I can't even donate blood. I can't help around much especially when carrying things. I easily get blown away. Yup, the last statement is sooo true. Back in Sheffield, I got caught off-balance several times during the windy days. There were a few times when it was too windy, that I just couldn't move forward. It was THAT bad! It was a good thing that I always had at least someone walking with me. Literary, they kept me grounded. *lol*

How did I manage to gain some weight back then? Let's see.. Every morning, I would have 2 half-boiled eggs, a bowl of cereal and a cup of hot chocolate. I would walk 40 mins downhill to the uni, with a couple of Snickers bars in which during each lectures, I would a munch a bar. Then I would get sandwiches from the cafeteria for lunch. During the walk back home, I would stop by at Broomhill Friery and get a packet of hot, fresh, salty & vinegar-ish chips (a.k.a. Fries) and munch them till I reach home. Once at home, I would have a cup of hot chocolate and some 5-for-£2 cream biscuits from Jack Fulton with the gang in the kitchen. Then we would have home-cooked dinner, which would always be in big portions since there were 5 guys and me (guys always tend to eat a lot!). After dinner, we would have Granny Smith or Royal Gala apples, or any other fruits while watching tv. Few hours later, we would be munching cream biscuits again and have another cup of hot chocolate before the day ends. During weekends, we would have packets of frozen pizzas, lasagnes, spaghetti, Shepherd's Pie and loads of potatoes. Gosh.. That sounds a lot, huh?

I don't know if this method works over here in Malaysia, but I'm trying. I even joined the PanGlobal Club early this year, hoping that gym would at least help me gain some muscle, which hopefully will eventually become fats. I did mention before that my New Year's resolution is to gain some weight. I still have 4 months to achieve that. I'm freaking tired of being this thin. And please, don't judge me on your first impression of me that I'm on a diet. I'm not what you think that "Girls nowadays ah.. Always want to diet.. Always want to look slim slim". I love chocolates. I love ice-creams. I love pasta. I would take anything fattening or do anything just to reach that 40 kgs mark again.

If you have any ideas, please let me know. I'd truly appreciate it. For the mean time, I shall pack my gym bag and head over to PanGlobal Club now. Hmm... I'll probably dip in the pool as well.. It's so hot today!


Thursday, August 19, 2004

The Olympics

A tribute to the recent Olympics going on in Athens.. Hehe.. Watch HERE.

Speaking of that, when is Malaysia gonna win a medal?


Friday, August 13, 2004

13 Going On 30

Blur Girl was given a whole cinema in 1U for the sneak preview for "13 Going On 30". She works for Vida magazine, actually. Well, more like, used to work, coz she recently handed in her resignation. It was supposedly to be for her readers, but she managed to snag a couple of tickets for us. Muahaha..

Anyway, all in all, the movie was alright. Purely chick flick. The plotline was very simple. About a 13-year-old girls, geeky-looking typical teenager, trying to fit in with the popular crowd. On the other hand, her best friend Matt thinks that she should just be herself. With some sprinkles of the 'Wishing Dust', she wishes that she was thirty, flirty and thriving. The next thing she knows, she was brought to the future, where she was 30, works for her childhood favourite magazine. Practically everything that she wanted, except for her best friend.

I guess, everyone pretty much shares the pain of growing up. When we were kids, we just wanted to hurrily be an adult. We yearned to be popular, to be rich, to be legal. We rebelled, we tried to be someone else, to be accepted. Along the way, we unknowingly sacrifice a lot of things, including the people that loves you. It would be nice if we can just wind the clock back and fix everything that we've done wrong. or have Doraemon fish out a 'Door to the Future' from his pocket. Unfortunately, we can't. The only things that we can do is to cherish every living moment, to learn from our mistakes and be a better person.

Oohh.. And perhaps a note to the teenagers out there, don't dismiss or look down at your geeky friends. They might end up being your actual Mr./Mrs. Right. *smile*


Friday, August 06, 2004

Happy Birthday, Inspector!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Inspector, Happy Birthday to you!!

I've been 'irritating' him with this song the whole day. Hehe.. We both took leave today and went to 1U to watch Catwoman. Not very interesting movie though, despite Halle Berry and her sexy leather outfit. Then we went to Times Square later in the afternoon. We were to meet up with Chef, Player and their gfs for karaoke + buffet dinner at Neway. So we walked around before that. Had hot dogs from DQ Orange Juice and 1901, and oh, even scouted around for a thick cardigan for myself coz Inspector said that it's freezing cold in Neway. In the end, I bought a dark blue Mickey Mouse fleece from Winter Time. Hehe.. At least I can use it in the office, since the room is practically like an ice box!

Then we headed for Neway. The buffet dinner was considerably ok, just that we spent most of the time selecting songs and having fun, so we didn't really gobble a lot. Everyone had fun, I guess and I hope! Especially when we sang the Birthday song to Inspector. Chef and Player sang the Chinese version - something about "may you change car every year, may you change house every year, pay loans until you die". *lol* Despite the song selections are mostly Chinese ones, I don't mind going there again. The next time, I'm gonna eat a lot! The pasta salad's not bad actually. Yum yum!

By about 11pm, Inspector and I left to meet up with 2 of his colleagues at Wow Wow Cafe in Plaza Damas. It's exactly the same one in New Taman Sea. Except that I preferred the atmosphere in Plaza Damas, coz it's more of an open-aired concept. The one in NTS is dark and gloomy. And I liked the way the singers did their song renditions in acoustic guitar style. It made me feel very relaxed listening to them sing and strum the guitar. And of course, the song requests like "Hoi Fut Tin Hong", "Kau Ilhamku" and "Wonderful Tonight" helped just as much. Had a very good time there.

Hopefully Inspector had a great 25th birthday. Quarter-of-a-century old.. And I'm gonna be in that category in less than 4 months time. *Gasp* Anyway, happy birthday, dear!! *Muakz*