Last post of year 2007

It is already year end of 2007. So many things happened and changed during this whole year. That's why I did not update my blog for few months...

As for now, I am 8 months pregnant and me and Mr. Ha are looking for our new born next year, Feb 2008. We hope that our baby girl will be healthy and cute :)

For 2008, I am hoping that everything goes well and smooth. Together we pray that each and everyone of us will have good fortune.

Happy New Year to everyone!

Happy Birthday

It is not someone's birthday ocassion that I wanna blog. It is the chinese movie by Rene Liu and Louis Koo that I watched during my flight back to KL recently. Since it was a long journey flight, tried to kill the time on the plane by watching movies.

Hmm, this is a simple yet very true that this situation really happens in life. At first I thought this could be a really bored movie but at the end, just a few hrs before reaching S'pore, I decided to watch it. Well, the story is about the girl, Mi (Rene Liu) who was in love with Nam (Louis Koo) but she decided not to proceed with the relationship as she do not have the sense of security. Nam is handsome and popular among the girls and therefore Mi worried that Nam is not serious with her. So, she choosed to be just best friend to him. They both loved each other very much but it was just burried till Nam was dead due to cancer (if not mistaken, hehe...)

The decision to stay away from the man you love due to insecured is not so acceptable when her heart is still reserved for the man.... to me, if she choosed to be just best friends, she should let go the feeling and move forward. Why wanna suffer seeing him going out with other girls and deep in the heart waiting for him to be able to love her fully.

Hahaha, in life many things are always a gamble. If you never try, you will never know the result. Either it is bad or good, most important is we must learn from mistake and improve. There is no right or wrong :)

4th Weekend - Schwarzwald

It was very nice of my colleague in Ulm who drove all the way to Stuttgart to bring us to Schwarzwald or call it Black Forest. The Black Forest (German Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. Here, it is known for its cuckoo clocks, honey, Black Forest ham, Pork Knuckle and Black Forest gateau (Black Forest cake). Too bad that we are too full to try their black forest cake.

We went to the largest cuckoo clock in the world and waited for the cuckoo bird to come out to cheer our day, hahaha! Well, it was really a huge one. Losta cuckoo clock sold as souvenier at this town.

Next, head to Triberg for the Germany's highest waterfall. Climbed up all the way and it was tiring. Anyway, in such a weather, we don't complain much because it was breezy and I bet it will not get you sweat. Nice scenery... and if have time, shall try hiking at this place.

Then, we drove to Titisee-Neustadt which is popular for winter sport. Here, there is a lake.. and we have lunch at one of the restaurant here. Wow, such a nice environment... cause the wind blows gently while you have your food. A little cold for me...

Well, last destination for the day... Freiburg. Popular opinion has it that Freiburg is the warmest city in Germany. Went in to a very old church which stands strong during world war II even the whole town was destroyed. Lastly, had a cup of coffee under the sun and drove back to Stuttgart.

Schwarzwald (Black Forest)

4th Weekend - Heidelberg

Fourth weekend in Germany... This time just go to a nearby place. Feel lazy to drive so far as work are quite tiring. So, tried to catch some rest during the weekends and decided to go to Heidelberg and went to the Heidelberg castle.

Heidelberg castle is a famous ruin in Germany and is the symbol of the city of Heidelberg. The castle has only been partially restored since its destruction in the 17th century. The first “big barrel” in the cellar of Heidelberg Castle was built in 1591.

After the castle visit, we just hang around in the nearby town...

Heidelberg

3rd Weekend - Neuschwanstein Castle & Munich

It is already the 3rd weekend in Germany and next destination is the Neuschwanstein castle and Munich city within 1 day... hahaha!

ok, what's there in Neuschwanstein castle? It is the most famous 19th century neo-romantic castle in the world built by Ludwig II, King of Bavaria. Heard from my colik that the castles in Disneyland look alike to this castle and this place is nominated as one of the NEW 7 wonders of the world.

After visit to castle, went to Munich city the 3rd largest city in Germany. Tried their popular dish, white sausage.. Hang around at the center of the city, Marienplatz a large open square. There are old church where you can climb up and enjoy the city view. Hmm... not my choice, so I headed to shopping complexes and 'window shopping'... :)

Neuschwanstein & Munich

2nd Weekend - Switzerland

Today came back early to hotel and decided to do some write up on my 2nd weekend trip to Switzerland. Since it was a long weekend (good friday + easther holiday), we decided to drive to Switzerland... We heard that this is a wonderful place to visit and once we reached, we really do believe it.

First we went to the Rheinfall (near to the border between Germany and Switzerland) to see a waterfall. I only saw this kind of nice waterfalls in the postcards... but now, I see it with my own eyes.

Next, we headed to Lake Lucerne. This is a small town around a lake which has very very nice sceneries. You will feel extremely comfortable being at this place. We hang around the city area... and was quite unlucky cause we reached city around 3+pm and the shops closes at 4+... Could not really shop... Anyhow, things were quite expensive over here.. and food as well.

The next day, we drove to Interlaken... a smaller town in Switz. Staying there, you will feel so healthy and relaxing. wow, how I wished my retired life is at this place... day dreaming ;)

Next, head to Zurich... a big city. Well, just hang around here 'window shopping' as all the shops were closed, we just look from the windows. However, restaurants were open at night. Lots of people were out for dinner.

The next destination was Stein and Rhein. Here, the buildings were painted with images. I don't know if the images represent some historic info or not :P But I would say this is a nice place, beautiful. And by the way, lost of cafe/restaurant here... The european likes to sit under the sun and have a cup of espresso. My colleague told me that the colmar tropicale in malaysia tries to imitate this place.

That's all for Switz trip. Overall, nice sceneries and very relaxing trip. However, the cost of livin in this country is quite high. So, food etc were kinda expensive for us... Check out the photos...

Switzerland

1st Weekend - Mercedes-Benz Museum

Sunday, we went to Mercedes-Benz Museum at Stuttgart. Work at Bensi, must go and see look, see look their museum la. See the cars from all the generation, the invention and revolution of the cars... There were English version of pre-recorded text for us to listen to. Many floors, walk until leg also a bit tired. Maybe just look at the photos that I have took :)

Merz Museum

1st Weekend - Metzingen

Decided to drive down to Metzingen to spend the first weekend here... The journey was around an hour from Stuttgart. It is a shopping paradise where most of the branded factory outlets are located. So, I was kinda eager to find out if there is anything worth to buy. There were really lotsa shops there ranges from not so expensive brands to very costly brands. E.g. Esprit, Swatch, Adidas, Nike, Levis&Dockers, Diesel, Puma, Bally, Burberry, Joop, Pope Jeans... and etc. Check it out at this website...

The buildings, most of it look alike (the shape)

The brands they have there

The river, nice hor...

Me, so cold cause it rains almost the whole morning

My colik, Rihaab

Me sitting at one of the bench

Tommy Hilfiger

At the factory outlet stores

I did not get myself anything here cause I felt it is quite pricey after conversion and also I do not think it is worth the price. I better save the $$ and buy more in Malaysia :)

Touch down at Stuttgart

Reached Stuttgart last nite, 11.30am... was really tired, travelling for more than 10hrs. Eventho, we travelled in biz class... keke, totally a new experience for me. Travelling on SIA biz class was really syiok, cause they have video on demand... can watch any shows/listen to any songs at our own preference.

Today first day work at DC Bank office. Still got jet lag ler... hope to have good sleep tonite.

My Ah Beng neighbour

Suddenly feel like talking about my ah beng neighbour. Why I call him ah beng leh? Everytime I was at home, I heard him turned on his 'sound system' in his car so damn loud. Wah, he thought everyone like to listen to his music meh? So annoying... somemore hokkien song leh. Eventho I am hokkien lang, but I will listen the songs on my own lar, need to share with other people meh? He thought his sound system very keng leh, 'ping pang ping pang'.. want to show off lo, what else. aparah??? Like those VCD sellers ah beng, dye the hair gold color, smoking, modified the car until can fly...

Look at the definition that I get from Wikipedia:
Ah Beng is a term commonly given to a member of a group of young Chinese men in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore and Malaysia. These Chinese men, whose age ranging from their early teens to late 20s, usually centralise in the busier and more developed cities in the region, but are usually seen as originating from smaller or more rural towns. Ah bengs typically speak local slang, which is Hokkien or Cantonese mixed with English and Malay, such as Manglish or Singlish. They are often stereotypically portrayed to be anti-intellectual, superficial and materialistic and shallow. These values often lead to a lack of culture or indulgence in criminal activity or being involved in brawling or affray out of disagreement with other people. Ah bengs are also sometimes associated with extensively-modified or zhng-ed cars, and are stereotypically seen as being excessively flashy and show-offs.
The term 'Ah Beng' is also sometimes used to describe young Chinese men in Southeast Asia who cannot speak fluent English and/or have graduated from the secular Chinese education system of the region.

Banana Pie : I'm loving it

Last Sunday, Mr. Ha and I went to IKEA as to spend some vouchers given by her cousin sista... Since we had a late breakfast, we don't feel hungry and did not take our lunch. After we finished shopping at IKEA, suddenly our stomach krrruuu, kruuuu, kruuuu... hungry tim. So, we headed to the Mc'Donalds drive through nearby.

The banana pie

Mr. Ha had a large set of Mc Chicken value meal and I got a banana pie for myself. I still remembered that I used to love their pineapple pie but too bad it is no longer available now. And recently, my BIL told me that this banana pie was nice. So, I gave it a try. Yes, it is definitely delicious... the crispy pie crust with banana fillings... when you give it a bite, the banana fillings will squeeze itself out. But beware, the fillings is hot ya :)

Disney on Ice - Finding Nemo

Wah, I won 2 tickets to watch the Disney on Ice - Finding Nemo... Actually Mr. Ha is the one who helped me entering the contest from SP Setia. Well, I do not have any idea on this show but I am looking forward for the show because I have not been to this kind of event.

Anyway, I think I will not be able to watch it because I have a biz trip around that time. Eventho got the tickets but cud not attend :( Alamak.... timing no good la... kek sei ngor!

Farewell lunch at Alexis Bistro, BSC

Had farewell lunch for my colik, Lawrence... Left the company after 5 yrs... pretty long huh? The lunch was at Alexis Bistro at Bangsar Shopping Center.

The gang who attended the lunch

Sarawak Laksa

Penne Roast Duck Breast
Seafood Spaghetti
Our VIP
Tiramisu

Only managed to snap a few main dishes, Sarawak Laksa, Penne, Seafood Spaghetti and Roast Duck Breast (my selection)... Overall the comment that I received was food portion is not large and the taste were so so only. My comment on the duck dish was hmm... not good. The meat was quite hard and the ducky smell was quite strong. I still prefer the chinese roast duck, with 'dong guai' and herbal fragrant... The most satisfying food for me on that day was the tiramisu. Wow! the piece of cake was really yummy. Me and Amanda were sharing for it and we were like... 'hmmm... let's order another piece?' and 'shall we ta pau a piece?'

Gotcha!

I finally managed to catch you! This little ugly creature has been running around and messing up my house recently. Everywhere we can see it's sh*t and dunno if it urines on our bed/sofa. yucks!



We could not stand it any longer and we decided to set up a trap and catch it... Well, the process is kinda simple:

1. Get a rat trap. (If used one, clean it with soap or watever to remove the rat smell... they could recognize the smell and refueses to enter into the trap!)


2. Close all the doors in your home. No rooms for it to hide.


3. Roast some food (e.g. dried cuttle fish, salted fish, bak kwa, etc)... something smells good to attract it. (I used bak kwa, left over from cny)


4. Cling the food in the trap.


5. Set up the trap. Leave it overnight / days.


6. GOTCHA!!! (It's in the trap)7. Kill it in any ways you preferred (sounds violent huh??)

I had already caught 2... and I hope there will be no more. Pray with me, ^_^

My House

This post is actually a personality test that requires you to draw a house that you like and answer a few multi choice questions. Try it out and see what your house says about you.

Mine is as follow:

What it says about me?

Based on the drawing and the 10 answers they gave this is a summary of their personality:

Your house tells the world that you ought to be a leader. You are a freedom lover and a strong person. You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You are very tidy person. There's nothing wrong with that because you're pretty popular among friends. Your life is always full of changes.

You will avoid being alone and seek the company of others whenever possible. You love excitement and create it wherever you go. You see the world as it is, not as you believe it should be.
You added a flower into your drawing. The flower signifies that you long for love. We also see that you are sensuous, sexual, and privately passionate. You don't think much about yourself.

Try drawing your own house...

Holiday is going to be over

Time passes so fast and it also means my long break will be over soon. For the past 1 week, the main agenda was only eat, sleep, gamble.. meeting up with relatives and friends was really fun. This year I learnt to play mahjong (the 3 kaki type) but still not really good at it.

It's time to wake up from my nice, sweet dream and go back to work. hahaha! Another 2 days to go...

Gong Xi Fa Cai

An early greetings to everyone out there... Gong Xi Fa Cai.

Look at the simple office deco. Guess what, that was actually a Valentine's gift from Mr. Ha that I transferred into a CNY deco. hahahaha! Looks nice? I took out the little soft toy and the chocolates in the basket and replaced it with some mandarin oranges..

This year will be the first year celebrating CNY with married status and not being with my family. This year's celebration will be in KL.

Really look forward for a long break from work to rest and have a fresh mind to start working on a crappy project. Forget about all the worries I had during the break and enjoy all the good food, gatherings and TV programmes.

GONG XI FA CAI -_*

Happy Valentines Day

Here, I would like to wish all the couples a very Happy Valentines Day... Got this funni valentines image from a forwarded mail.

I am sure that there must be so many couples out there celebrating this special day in their very own/special way. No matter it is a romantic candle light dinner in a posh or simple home cooked food, most important is the loving couples continue to love each other more...

If you have not found your loved one yet, I wish you that this 'piggy' year will bring you love luck.

Long distance call - IDD132

IDD132 is a tremendous cost-saving service on international calls provided by Maxis. It is only 0.20 per minute but it is only applicable for 20 countries... luckily US is in the list, so I can call Mr. Ha on his hotel number. Can you imagine, 20cents per minute is even cheaper than prepaid call charges :D

If you would like to find out more about this service, please visit this link.

Malaysia Today News

It was a surprise to found this news http://malaysia-today.net/blog2006/newsncom.php?itemid=2323 at malaysia-today.net ( a political website )...

The day before, I read this fengshui tips by Yu Yang on thestar online. Can watch her show on Astro AEC on Sunday, 6.30pm. Found her show is quite nice, she taught the girls the way to be pretty and at the same time having good luck.

Oh ya, back to the fengshui tips in the article... She mentioned that this year the wifes will be the 'prosperity god' and the husband shall be more prosperous if he hugs the wife more.

Nice images

Was working with a colleague to create some wallpaper for the Quality Working Group. The intention is to install the wallpaper in everyone's pc/laptop to always remind us on the quality in our daily work. He introduced me to http://www.gettyimages.com that has a handful of nice images. Was very useful for creating presentations or any design work but must beware... do not use it for commercial purpose.

Building your house

Got this from a forwarded email...

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractorof his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurelylife with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss thepaycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by.

The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he couldbuild just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, butover time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. Heresorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was anunfortunate way to end a dedicated career.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect thehouse. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."

The carpenter was shocked!

What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he wouldhave done it all so differently.

So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting lessthan our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have tolive in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do itmuch differently.

But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Someone once said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today,help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build wisely!

CNY is around the corner...

CNY is just few weeks away... what is in my mind now is thinking when to clean this, when to clean that, when to buy the fish, chicken, pork and store in my fridge... irkks, now that I know why the adults are so busy before the chinese new year. There were so much things to do, to buy, to clean....

A day in IKANO & The Curve

Finally it is a holiday for me! And the best thing is I will be having a long weekend as my company is closed on Friday due to a holiday replacement on Saturday (Awal Muharam)...

Today I decided to go to IKEA, Ikano with sis to scout for something nice for my CNY house deco... Being kiasu, we want to reach by 10.00am so that we could easily find a parking. To my surprise, it was really a long queue at Bandar Utama entering 1U. Hmmm... I will definitely think many many times to go to 1U on holidays :P Well, we managed to secured a parking at Ikano and there are still ample of parking space at that time... hehe. The environment in the shopping complex was really nice with the deco of ushering CNY.

Had our lunch at Kim Gary. I have not been a big fan of this restaurant due to the food taste during the first few times of my visit (when it first opens). This time, the food taste was quite good. Maybe they improved and there were quite a number of variety of food.

During the hours we spent walking around The Curve, Ikano and Cineleisure... we bumped into few frens. Looks like this is a favourite spot in KL/PJ on weekends and holidays. Oh ya, Cineleisure now has flea market also... however, the clothes/accessories sold were not as nice as those at The Curve flea market.

That's how I spent my holiday without Mr. Ha around... ^_^

Got a kiss on my back

It was a sunny day on Sunday afternoon. Driving at Federal Highway, on the way back from KL after collecting my wedding day album... don't know why it was a little crawl all the way but the cars are moving.

Out of a sudden, the car in front of me had an emergency brake. Shit! I was able to brake immediately but...... bang! the car behind me kiss my back. It was quite a loud one but when I get down, the back looks ok, only minor scratches. Anyhow, the lady (mother of the driver) was a nice lady, quickly apologize. The conversation wasn't very long, she passed us her name card to contact her to send our car for repair at her husband's shop. When we reached home, noticed that the reverse sensor was not working.... arrgghh!

Well, kinda unlucky recently... the previous accident was only a month back :( Anyhow, as long as the driver & passengers are safe it is good enough :)

Fall sick

Recently there are so many people fall sick. My whole family members were having sorethroat, flu and cough. I am also another victim of the virus. It was really hard when you have nose block and need to sit in an air conditioned room. Could hardly breath :(

Went to see doctor today and I opt for the cough pill instead of syrup cause I hate the cough syrup's smell. yucks! after consuming the pills, damn... i felt so dizzy. It is the cough pills that causes the drowsiness. Faster pack my things and went home 5.30pm.

It has been a long time...

It has been a long time that I did not update my blog. Actually I have many photos to upload especially on my wedding day & dinner. But I do not have internet connection at my new home because the telephone line is still not available :(

Well, at the moment I am back to my parent's house because Mr Ha is away on biz trip to US. It is dangerous for me to be at home alone especially it is a new residential area. So, Mr. Ha suggested me to be back with my family. After all, it is really good because I can have home cooked food after work :)