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As busy as a bee

2008-07-21T21:18:00.003+08:00

I was really busy lately and therefore this blog is lying silently.

Weekdays, was really tired after came back from work. The whole day in office, working, working n working. Ask me, what do u do? So much work meh? Haha, yes. Sekejap ini, sekejap itu... coding, scheduling, documenting, emailing, bla bla bla... all requires high attention. If u r not careful and did something wrongly, kena M16 shoothing. hahaha!

Weekends, take care of bb lor. Don't be surprised that with a bb at home, she can keep me busy for the whole day. Milk time, shower time, poo poo time, change diapers time and most of the time 'pau pau'! hahahahaha! but now weekends is full of fun...

Nowadays, once I lie down I will be asleep immediately...

Lotsa clothes and toys for Hsuen Wern

2008-06-18T20:38:00.007+08:00

Papa just came back from US on Monday and brought Hsuen Wern lotsa nice clothes and toys. It is rather cheap to get clothes from Carters, Baby GAP, Osh Kosh, etc in US... So, papa did a lot of shopping for Hsuen Wern. Besides clothes, papa also bought toys for Hsuen Wern... Mostly from fisher-price... A tricycle, laughing Elmo, learning bunny, main street village (firehouse), roll-along snail and trumpet. Of course, papa's wallet also empty after the US trip.

All the toysAll the clothes
From Carters...
From Osh Kosh...
The lovely bips...

From Baby Gap...

Put yourself in someone else's shoes

2008-06-10T22:25:00.003+08:00

The above phrase... how many of us do apply this in our daily life? I tried to... Every time when something happens, I will try not to jump to conclusion and blame on anyone. I tried to think that probably there could be many reasons that certain wrong doings or decision made which cause s unhappiness.

However, sometimes i wondered how many of us that really do that? I think most people are very selfish and take care of their own needs or satisfaction. At times, I really get frustrated... why I need to understand how people achieve certain decision or action and yet nobody understands me.

I guess, to certain extend I can apply this but not all the time. Hahaha!

Petrol price increase!

2008-06-04T21:14:00.003+08:00

Yes, it's true. I was anxiously waiting for the new price as on Tuesday there was a news saying that the PM will announce the new petrol subsidise scheme today. Well, at last by 6pm I got the news... RM2.70 per litre. That is 78 cents of increase, 40% increment. WOW! This is a very big difference for us.... normally we pump RM60 for full tank, and now we need to pump almost RM90. With this, it will definitely be a chain effect. Cost of living will increase as all the business wants to make more $ with the rising cost.

On my way back, the radio DJs are all discussing this topic. I guess once everyone knew this, the first thing to do is heading to the gas station to have their car pump in full tank. With heavy rain this evening, and queues on gas stations... it was really a terrible jam!

I even got some sms from friends asking me to go grab some groceries before price increase. Also, I think they are worried if there will be protest in town and it would not be safe for us to go out. I hope the situation will not be that bad.

Oh boss... can I have 30% increment? pls pls pls... haha!

Talking to papa

2008-06-02T22:30:00.003+08:00

Mr. Ha has to fly to US for 3 weeks due to a project. He is there for about a week already and of coz he misses our dotter. We normally communicate through a call in Gtalk. Too bad that it is a quite rush trip, we din manage to get webcam. Otherwise, he will be able to see Hsuen Wern. Anyhow, since Hsuen Wern is able to make sounds, eee iiikk aaarrhh arrhh... Mr. Ha is able to listen to the noises she made. Quite fun tho... She is telling her papa to bring more stuff for her from US. I think Mr. Ha has already bought many things for her. 1 big luggage... enough or not? :D

Can you see the little gal is sitting in front of the laptop n talking to her papa? Isn't it cute... ;) Well, even during the days in my tummy, Hsuen Wern is already used to computer cause I do programming everyday. That's how mummy earning $ to buy susu tepung for her ya :D

Am I tired?

2008-05-14T20:57:00.002+08:00

YES! I am extremely tired. Probably due to lack of good rest for the past few weeks... Everyday, I would just hope that I have a little longer time to sleep. Due to this, my mind has become slow and not able to response fast. Haha, this will be the best time to cheat me ya!

Life and Death

2008-05-03T12:37:00.000+08:00

Life is always ended with death, but different people will be fated to end their life differently. Death could be due to old age, sickness, accident or even suicide. Eventhough we know that one final day we will die, we still feel fear to death, aren't we? Yes. With multiple encounter of my close family members that get to know about their illness and walking towards the end of their journey, they have fear. Feeling lost and confused, how are they suppose to face the fact that their life is almost towards the end, how long? They do not know.

Battling with critical illness is really not easy. Easy to be uttered in words that they have to be strong, look at things at the positive side, and rest more. The pain they suffer, the discomfort when they are admitted and all the needle poking they need to go through to diagnose the illness, nobody will understand. Emotion is unstable and lots of questions pops up in mind, 'Why me??', 'What causes this disease', etc... Instead of asking why, what, how, we should try to strengthen our mind and cooperate with doctor for treatment plans. I know it is hard, but as long as there is a survival chance, we should try.

Life is short, anything can happen when you wake up in the next morning. Something that might change your entire life. So, do care for your health so that you will be able to live longer with your loved ones and appreciate each and everyone around you as you wouldn't know how much time you will have with them.

For those who are still single, love yourself so that you can take care of your parents. For those who are married, love yourself so that you can take care of your parents, other half and also your young ones (if you have any).

An outing with Hsuen Wern

2008-05-03T12:21:00.006+08:00

Since 1st May was a holiday, Mr. Ha and myself decided to bring Hsuen Wern out to a mall, The Curve in Damansara. As usual, it was quite jammed entering the parking due to holiday.

We spent a few hours in the mall without buying anything. Just let Hsuen Wern curiously looking around, enjoying the view of the mall...

Managed to snap a few photos of mummy and Hsuen Wern.

Ok, another photo with papa when we reached home.

Nowadays, Hsuen Wern likes to be cuddle... Once we put her down on her bed, she will start crying. Well, no tears... just shouting for attention. See her 'crying' face here...

Alright, it was a tiring day for all of us. Once Hsuen Wern reached home in the evening, she is extremely tired and slept for few hours. It is a nice experience but having an infant in a stroller, it's kinda troublesome to walk in a mall. Each time we need to go to another floor, we'll need to find the lift, instead of using the escalator. Another trouble is we need to feed her milk every few hours when she is hungry.

Anyhow, we will try to bring her out often so that she will get used to crowded environment.

A family photo

2008-05-03T12:18:00.002+08:00

Presenting to you our first family photo :D
We did not plan for this and therefore, our attire was just quite lousy.. hahaha!

Shower time

2008-04-17T21:26:00.003+08:00

It's shower time for my little girl... She loves to be bath, never cries. Enjoying the shower time so much. Let see some of her poses during shower. As I am working on weekdays, I will only shower her during weekends. For the first few times, I would need extra hands to help out but I can handle her by myself after a few times practicing.

Me, showering Hsuen Wern

Cleaning her back...

Ok, it's done... on the bed waiting for lotion, powder and wearing nice clothes

Capture another photo first :)

Alright, it's done. She is in her baby jumper suit now :D

After shower, Hsuen Wern is so clean and smells good... Of course a very refreshing look. Ok, can go kai kai now :D

Hsuen Wern - 1 month+

2008-04-01T15:49:00.004+08:00

Baby Hsuen Wern is now 1month+... She is now more responsive compared to the first few weeks old. She starts smiling to everyone in the family and we can't wait to play 'ang gu gu' (baby language) with her.. Look at her photos.. Well, its difficult to capture her smiling faces.. Out of 10 photos, I am lucky enough to be able to capture 1 smiling face :D

Looking at her growth is very interesting. As we know baby's look will change in every week, therefore I tried to capture her look quite often to keep as memory in the future. Oh well, growth is not only changes on her look, but also on her size ya ;) So, I will also always keep in mind to prepare bigger size clothes for her in few months time. Every time I was in shopping mall, I can't resist to shop something for her, be it clothes, toys or any cute stuff for baby. Very lucky of her! I still have not buy enough clothes for myself as my size is now bigger and I can't wear most of my pants after delivery.

Thank You!

2008-04-01T15:36:00.003+08:00

A very big THANK YOU to our relatives, friends and colleagues who sent well wishes, gifts and generous angpows to welcome our newborn, baby Hsuen Wern. We felt very touched with it and really do not know how to express our appreciation.

Now that we have a lot of pampers and baby toiletries that can last for at least few months :D Also with the angpows, we can start saving for our baby.

Election 2008

2008-03-11T12:29:00.002+08:00

For the past few weeks, this is the hottest topic being discussed by the whole nation including myself. I was on the confinement period and was following up the election campaign or news from newspaper and tv only. Did not have the chance to be out there and look at the posters and other interesting stuff that the people did for campaigning for their party.

Well, this year I did cast my vote and even got the chance to meet and shake hand with Datuk Sharizat contestant for Lembah Pantai at the election center. So coincident that she was there... Was quite excited with this year's election as the results were really unexpected which they called it political tsunami.

2008 election has marked the Malaysia history as this is the biggest win for the oppositions, when they managed to conquer 5 states. Since they are given a very big chance this time, I hope they will perform well and bring changes that we will be happy with.

Baby Hsuen Wern

2008-03-11T12:17:00.004+08:00

Finally after 9months+, baby Hsuen Wern has arrived. She decided to come out from mummy's tummy on 10.02.08 or the fourth day of CNY. At least, I got the chance to have the CNY reunion dinner and some CNY cookies :) She was weighing 3.17kg when she was born.

Some different poses by Hsuen Wern...

Last post of year 2007

2007-12-31T16:55:00.000+08:00

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

2007-05-22T19:48:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-27T23:12:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-27T03:12:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-25T02:56:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-12T02:17:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-06T19:13:00.000+08:00

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

2007-04-01T19:03:00.000+08:00

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

2007-03-27T00:55:00.000+08:00

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

2007-03-22T21:03:00.000+08:00

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

2007-03-19T08:34:00.000+08:00

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

2007-03-15T21:09:00.000+08:00

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

2007-03-15T20:40:00.000+08:00

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!

2007-03-09T16:34:00.000+08:00

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:

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!)

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

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)

Cling the food in the trap.

Set up the trap. Leave it overnight / days.

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

2007-02-26T16:50:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-23T12:59:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-16T08:04:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-14T07:47:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-08T22:17:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-08T22:06:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-06T22:18:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-06T21:47:00.000+08:00

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...

2007-02-02T21:40:00.000+08:00

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

2007-02-01T21:32:00.000+08:00

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

2007-01-29T22:00:00.000+08:00

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

2007-01-26T21:46:00.000+08:00

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...

2007-01-23T22:07:00.000+08:00

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 :)

Bridal Pastries

2006-11-18T14:47:00.000+08:00

What is the purpose of having bridal pastries for chinese weddings? Well, it was customary for the girl's family to distribute the bridal pastries they receive from the boy's family to friends and relatives as a form of announcement and invitation to the wedding feast.

Bridal pastries was supposed to be given during the bethoral but we requested that they are sent earlier so that we will be able to distribute to relatives together with the wedding dinner invitation.

The bridal pastries

Consists of 2 variety of pastries (lotus and red bean)

The pastries was ordered from Lian Bee Confectionary in Bandar Puteri, Puchong. I do not know whether it taste nice or not as according to chinese customs, the wedding couple shall not eat the pastries. I hope it taste good :)

Change of Status

2006-11-13T21:59:00.000+08:00

From today onwards, I would need to fill up any forms with "married" as my marital status. Why? Because today I am legally married to my hubby... 11.11.2006 is the date we signing the marriage certificate and taking the oath to live as husband and wife :D

Let's go to the marriage registration...

The boquet of roses... simple & sweet, right? Thanks to my sis to help me to get it :D

We had our marriage registration at Thean Hou temple. The time allocated for us was 9.15am. Wow, this was really early for us... but we have no choice as other time slots were booked in advance. The event was a rush one due to there were altogether 142 couples registering for their marriage on this day. The person in charge were reading something (basically telling you that you both are legally married and willing to spend the life with each other), and all we need to do is the say, 'Yes, I do'. So, everything ended up in just around max 10 minutes.

"Yes, I do"

The witnesses (left: Mr. Ha & right: Mr. Chiam)

Hubby's family (Ha family)

My family (Chiam family)

The newly married couple :)

Home Sweet Home

2006-11-13T20:07:00.000+08:00

It was 2 yrs back that me and hubby bought a double storey house in Setia Alam. I loved the environment of the residential area very much... with greeneries, park surrounding the houses, I felt in love with it. Well, the not so good is the location is very far from city center. Hmm... anyhow, we were lucky as the developer has provided an access road to PJ area via NKVE which takes only 10 mins to reach Subang Jaya.

Few months back, me and hubby were busy renovating the house (only some minor work :P), shopping for the house, looking for the kitchen cabinet, booking for furniture, lamps, electrical appliances... wow, it was really hectic and really takes so much of our time (esp the weekends). It was really an amazing experience as we learnt a lot on the negotiation skills, knowledge on the construction materials, design + practicality, etc. We made quite a number of mistakes and each mistakes comes with a cost :( Now, the house is complete and look at the photos below...

The main entrance of my house...

The ceiling (box style cornice)...

Dining table (with a mirror, people said good for fengshui maa *_*)

The kitchen cabinet (chimni style cooker hood, nice or not? ;))

Kitchen cabinet (top part)

Everything looks good huh? I hope so... Some of the comments we received were our home is simple and nice... very cosy wor. We had choices to have the yellow/white lights in the living room... yellow=romantic, white=practical. hehehe.... sounds nice?

Will definitely post more photos after i deco my new home...

Pekan trip

2006-11-13T19:52:00.000+08:00

Recently, I was rather busy and stop posting any latest updates to my blog. My colleague has just sent us some photos taken during the Pekan trip on 5 Oct. It was a compulsory event for the Finance & Admin department in which the staff are divided into groups of 5 or some are 6. Each group will take turns to drive to Pekan in our company cars, either MB-C, MB-A, Vito or Vaneo.

Our team got to drive an C-class to Pekan. The car was good, rather stable and able to speed. Mike, Mel and myself took turns to drove there. The journey was quite smooth and we reached Kuantan town at around 12noon and had our lunch. It was a restaurant suggested by Mel, and the food was really good :)

Next, we head to Pekan where our MB assembly plant is located. Started the tour at around 2.30pm. Went through the assembly line for S-class. Now we knew that only the assembly is job quite complicated and why is the price of MB cars were so high :P

From left: Bee Keng, Michael, Swee Yeung, myself and Melinda

Before we left for KL, we bought some salted fish, dried shrimps and tit-bits from a shop nearby. Mum said the stuff that I bought were not so fresh. Tips: Next time shall buy from Kuantan town... :P The way back, we drove an A-class cause we need to exchange the cars...

Well, it was a good experience but the sad part is we got a ticket for speeding... So, 5 of us shared the compound that we need to pay. sob~ sob~

Brother's graduation

2006-09-24T20:13:00.000+08:00

Me and my family went to bro's grad at UTM Skudai, Johor on 4th Sept, 2006. Finally bro has completed his Master Degree in Electronic & Electrical Engineering (EEE) . It was a sunny day and the uni compound was crowded with famili and friends of the graduates. After bro's graduation ceremony is over, we took some photos around the uni area. Well, not a fun place to go but if you were the parents, you will definitely feel proud and happy for your son. That's how my parents feel, even they don't say it out :D Congrats bro!

Final Destination 3

2006-03-06T16:45:00.000+08:00

Hmm... watched Final Destination 3 on Sunday. The movie was more or less the same as Final Destination 2 ( if i remembered correctly ;) ). The scenes was terrifying, there were bodies/heads crashed by heavy objects, sharp objects going through the body, which will highly affect your appetite. All the deaths are unexpected and disgusting...

Overall, it is thrilling and exciting :D
Will definitely go for FD4.. enjoy!

Testing

2006-02-22T11:20:00.000+08:00

My first time blogging... ;)