Monthly Archive for February, 2009

a dog lover that doesn’t own a dog — YET

Published on February 26, 2009 in hobbies, me and thoughts. 9 Comments

Yes, I’ve been dying to have a dog since forever. I’ve always have a thing for dogs. Give me a puppy and I’ll go all “awwwww”. I do have preference though — I prefer big dogs. Golden retrievers to be exact. I’m not a fan of small dogs. Well, except for Jack Russell. Bottomline — I love dogs.

I use to stay in a terrace house. My house would have sufficient compound to rear a dog. The thing is, my parents are not a big fan of dogs. SOOOO… we don’t get to keep one. The only thing we were allowed to keep were fishes (Which btw, dies every now and that’s coz I’ll feed them, hooiju will feed them, and leeju will feed them — all within a 3-hour time frame. The fishes got so bloated… I swear, I thought they were gonna explode. Well, in our defense, WE THOUGHT THEY WERE HUNGRY! YES, EVERY HOUR OF THE DAY!).

In the area where I use to stay, there’s this one dog, who will come by my house during his evening walk (well, he kinda squeeze out the drain himself and just wander around the neighborhood). I remember how I would pat him and kinda talk to him (though I doubt he understood a single word I say) and back then, as I was patting the short sausage type dog, I would wish that I actually have a dog at home.

In my opinion (despite not owning a dog before but do remember that I love dogs so very much), I feel a dog is the #1 companion and a friend for anyone. Somehow, they never let you down. They are somehow always there. I may be wrong, but maybe seeing how some Golden Retrievers act made me feel that way. I so want a dog.

Conclusion: I shall want to have 2 dogs in the future — Dog #1 will be named BOO… Dog #2 will be named ROTI.

YAY!

p/s: love the book Marley & me. Just bought another book Bad Dogs Have More Fun. will blog about it when I finish reading.

pp/s: I am so loving the show Greatest American Dog. I WISH ELVIS DIDN’T HAVE TO LEAVE YET!

reality

Published on February 25, 2009 in emotions and me. 2 Comments

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Sometimes, reality is no fun, don’t you think? Especially if it feels like you’ve been in a dream for 3 whole nights — one of those awesome awesome dream that you just wished it would come true.

Parts of reality is just painful. Money, career, relationship, family. Every bit of it.

Nevertheless, there will be sweetness. There will always be sweetness. When you have worked so hard for something, and if it’s something you know you really really want, you don’t just want to throw them away… right?

p/s: took some lomo photos. check them out here.

you get what i mean?

Published on February 21, 2009 in me and stuff. 4 Comments

The class I was at from Thursday on was pure torture. It was so torturing that I literally feel pain in my ears just listening to him (my facilitator – who is an academian) talk. Such a bragger he is. I think he bragged at every opportunity he had. His favorite phrase; you get what I mean? He practically finished his sentence with that phrase on an average of once every 3 mins.

I was pissed on Thursday. It was a bad day coz nothing was going right; you get what I mean?

I was looking forward to class on Thursday but little did I know I had to listen to a bragger talk. It was seriously annoying. He made lotsa jokes (and they are lame… like seriously), and I laughed at none; you get what I mean?

SO… on Friday I told myself I have to somehow enjoy the class. My coursemates told me the same thing. It’s true. I mean, it’s my last term, and I’ll be graduating if everything goes smoothly so I should not let a bragger puts my mood off!!YOU GET WHAT I MEAN?

I had to do something. For both Friday and Saturday, I collected data on the number of times he said you get what I mean (just for the record, he said 40 times in 3 and 1/2 hours). It was pretty amusing. If he made some stupid lame remarks, I would write/draw it on paper. It kept me occupied. :P you get what I mean?

Me and another guy were even looking at a Fisherman’s Friend packaging where we discovered something pretty interesting. Check out the pic below.

fisherman's friend

If you look carefully, the content says APPROX. 2pcs. Approximately 2 pieces? So… there could be 1 and 1/2 pieces? Or 1 and 3/4 pieces? I don’t quite get it; you get what I mean?

There goes my weekend. One more class to go, and I’m done (provided if I pass everything); you get what I mean?

Can’t wait for tomorrow. :) you get what I mean?

a day to throw ‘em tantrums

Published on February 19, 2009 in life and me. 4 Comments

Today, is one of those days where tantrum throwing, leg stomping, cursing inside out and upside down is allowed — for an adult. Why?

  1. Woke up with a stiff neck & shoulder.
  2. Dragging my feet to the bathroom knowing that today will be the day filled with tons of tasks to clear — tasks I should have cleared earlier. Serve me right.
  3. Found ants chomping away on my 2 lovely egg tarts, which I was planning to save for dinner tonight. Now, I’m without a dinner before class.
  4. Approaches Penang-stupidity-Bridge at 7.30am. It was the beginning of a “wonderful” crane-mare. I thought it would be a slow-moving type traffic. I was wrong.
  5. Neck got stiffer by the second. I can’t look left, right and down.
  6. Called Penang-stupidity-Bridge hotline to ask about the condition. It was 8.27am and I was only a quarter way through the bridge. A crane mulfunction and fail at km3.6. crap.
  7. I am halfway through the crane-mare by 9.00am. My meeting starts at 9.00am. I doubt I will want to ditch my car and swim there. I felt like stepping out of the car to stretch and scream.
  8. Crane-mare ended at 9.25am. Saw the crane. If only I have some super power, I would have kicked the crane into the sea! Drove like a mad woman to work.
  9. Arrived at 9.55am. Head, neck and shoulder hurts.
  10. Colleague ditching me to go on a holiday for a month. I can’t go coz I have no $$. I would have to do her job.

Now it is 3.37pm. I’ve got no more space to write in my moleskine for this week — translating to having lots of work to do and I’m not giving a damn about the piled up work.

Class better be good today.
[updated] CLASS SUCKS!

I’m pissed & stressed.

*pphhhttttttffffffff*

of pepperoni pizzas, ice-cream and char koay teow

Published on February 17, 2009 in life, me and thoughts. 4 Comments

I have always been a health freak. I have diets that I religiously stick to, and I am one of those girls that goes to the gym to run the fats away. I don’t just go once a week — I go at least 3 days a week. That’s my least. I usually do like a 2-hour workout. Cardio is everything. I got so religiously attached to the gym that not going to the gym for a day makes my body weak. As for my diet, I stay away from fried and oily stuff, carbs, sweets, fats; well, generally things that are nice and unhealthy.

ALL OF THAT happened in 2007. It didn’t exactly happened in 2008. *gulp*

At the back of my head, I’m still a health freak. I became one after I realized the state of horrible-ness of my dad’s family. It was literally horrible to a state of beyond belief. Knowing that there is a hereditary potential of the state of health, I became really conscious about the food I eat and the lifestyle I live. It is not about going on a diet and trying to get as skinny as possible, but it is really all about being healthy. Seeing so many pain and agony one has to go through when ill makes me want to be as healthy as possible. At this point of time, it’s not just about me… but about ppl whom I love as well. I don’t like troubling ppl.

However, I flushed the healthy lifestyle down the toilet a year ago. After not eating char koay teow for a good year and a half, I had my first plate in 2008. I am loading on quite a lot of carbs. Pepperoni pizzas — BRING IT ON! I cut down a lot on my Haagen Dazs ice-creams intake last year (coz of the amount of sugar), but now, I have 2 pints in my fridge. Fried chicken, McD, pasta, ramlee burgers, curly fries, instant noodles; yes, everything that is soooo not healthy has gone down my throat. I bet most of the fats from the late ramlee burgers are now in my ass and thighs. *argh*

I am dragging my body and legs back to the gym again. I am watching my diet again. It is back to religiously eating rolled oats for breakfast (well, don’t get me wrong… I really do enjoy oats for breakfast. :) ).

I need to live healthy again. And I think I still want Nicole Kidman’s arms. *hehehe*

my first set of lomo pics

Published on February 14, 2009 in hobbies, me and stuff. 10 Comments Tags: , .

Yay! I’ve got my first roll of lomo pics developed (taken using the Holga 120GN). Check out the rest of the pics here. It’s my first attempt, so some may turn out to be rather bad. But I’m excited to take more! From this first experience, I learned that the beauty of lomography lies in:

  1. the colors captured by the camera is just so different from a DSLR or a compact camera. I like! :P
  2. the idea of not knowing what sort of pictures to expect after pressing the button.
  3. the freedom of just picking up the camera and just shoot. I’ve officially ditched the viewer on the camera (coz it’s of no use). :) u just point, and u shoot.

I’ll be more than happy to receive any forms of critics, comments and advices from anyone who may know how to operate a lomo. Even if you don’t have any experience, u may have heard or learned how to take photos using a manual camera. All advices, comments, critics, good or bad are welcome!

Enjoy looking at the photos. I am just so ready to bring my lomo out of my housing area. *teehee*

Happy Valentine’s Day

Published on February 14, 2009 in love and stuff. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Too cute not to post this up. Saw this while tumblring. =)

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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the things that matters

Published on February 13, 2009 in love, me and thoughts. 0 Comments Tags: .

When it comes to relationship, I believe it’s the little things that matters most. It’s not about the flowers nor is it about the diamond ring. A kiss on the forehead or the back beats a bouquet of flowers (well, that’s me). Little notes written and hidden in bags and wallets are sweet as well.

It’s all about sharing and standing by each other through good and bad times. It is about compromising, give-and-take and understanding from each other’s perspective. It is all about the conversation and communication. It’s about waking up the next morning and the first person you want to see is still him, despite being together for the past 50 years.

It is all about wanting to love a person, all his good and bad qualities for the next many many years to come. Wanting things to happen and making things happen may be different, but if you want something really bad… you will find ways to try and make it happen. It is that simple.

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It is Valentine’s Day tomorrow. As I’ve mentioned in my previous post, if the person is right, everyday will feel like Valentine’s Day. But still, it is a day to celebrate the love you have for each other. Go out and have fun all you lovely couples.

Have a great Valentine’s Day.

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