Valentine's Day - the movie

I love this movie. Why? Its straight forward. About people denying love, looking for love, tired love, new love, can't find love, cheating love and forever in love and Its full of very well known actors and actresses.

I don’t really remember how many story lines are there in the movie but there’s no boring moment. The movie moved fast. I like Julia Roberts with her motherly love story and Ashton Kutcher/Jenifer Garner relationship story.

i LOVE doing household chores... NOT!

Its been two days of doing the house chores… and finally I’m done. Yahooo. From cleaning and scrubbing bathroom tiles, toilet and sink, vacuuming and mopping the floor , doing the dishes, laundry and folding laundry, changing bed sheet, cleaning up the window and lastly the grocery shopping. Adoi penatnya. I have one day left… Then its Monday. Ohhh. I have not iron my shirt yet.

I actually spent more than 4 hours at sunway today… so tak boleh lah nak merungut lebih lebih :D

Give Up

I hate this word – give up. It’s like I’m a looser.

But then, wait

Me- contemplating the word give up again.

It can be deeper than that.

It means letting go. Surrender to the unknown. Being powerless.

So, if I give up everything I have now, would I be happy?

I don’t know.

But the smell of giving up is too close.

If I give up, am I a looser or am I open up to the possibilities?

The attachment makes it harder to let it go and it’s eating me up every single day.

I need a REASON. The one REASON to give up and the one REASON to start over again.

Or am I finding excuses to justify?

Time is running.

End.

excerpt from ‘the curious case of benjamin button’:

“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again. “

Should i? before its too late

I'm in Hanoi, Honk your Horn!

There’s one unique thing about Hanoi.

Motorbikes, bicycles and cars – they communicate in one international language called horn honking. Drivers constantly honking their horn, (I guess every 8 seconds) to fight for road space. They move like ants in all directions, communicating with each other through the horn.

Honking the horn doesn't mean a driver is angry (I think) otherwise this city is full of angry people :), it's a polite courtesy to let everyone know they're coming through and to get out of the way in order to avoid an accident. After awhile somehow I get used to it.

Trying to cross the road is an experience. There are no gaps. The only way to is to walk slowly (don’t run), relax and hope for the best. Somehow the traffic will go around you.
Being so called adventurous, I’ve prepared myself with map courtesy of Google. Surprisingly, walking around Hanoi is quite easy. The old Quarter has everything- silk, shoes, shirts and all sort of souvenir. Shopping around are satisfying. I can ask price without any obligation to purchase. They communicate pleasantly. They accept both currency – Dong and USD.

Journey to Halong Bay was very tiring. Six hours journey was like forever. Should extend my stay and stay one night on the boat :) But it’s worth it. Wish I have extra canggih camera to take the photos :)



Food - not a problem. Found halal restaurant own by malaysian. This -photo below are their own version of mamak stall.



I need another vacation :-D

The Holiday

excerpt from the movie

I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible, and how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you, and it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong, or how you could have misunderstood, and how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy.

And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door.

And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new, and you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again, and little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.

Penang in a day

everything falls into places today. the plan and timing turns out well.

woke up at 4.50 am, get dressed to catch flight @ subang @ 7.10 am. had early breakfast while waiting to depart. arrived at destination @ 8.30 am and straight away heading to penang hill.

window shopping at queensbay mall at 11.00 am until 1.20 pm. arrived at pak su restaurant, juru at 2pm for the yummy nasi ketam and udang goreng kunyit.

drove back to kl at 3pm and reached my home sweet home at 7.30 pm.

what a day : )

Mencari Yang Tiada

Wondering where did the year go?... I find myself looking at the side of my blog. Browsing through my past entry, take a step back and contemplate 2009. I would say it’s a full year of being alone and putting my life back piece by piece like a huge puzzle.

May great things happen in 2010. May I’ll be wiser, stronger and bold. I should believe in my own ability to change and have the courage to begin with.

happy new year!

Gigi... oh...Gigi... adoi

My tooth have been hurting me since two months ago.. tapi biasala… kejap kejap sahaja and usually the pain will go away by consuming active-fast. And this time….. It’s NOT. Tak tahu kenapa semalam lepas buat kerja sikit kat office ( ya saya kerja sabtu dan ahad utk mengejar year end closing), gigi ni macam terus mengamuk sakit. So I pack my bag and go home.

I didn’t slept last night. The pain is like killing me. Tak keruan jadinya. Sakit nya mak aiiii…. Tuhan je yang tahu. Makan active fast, cuma tahan dua jam… change to ubat kaki tiga, pun tahan dua jam sahaja. Been repeating eating active fast and ubat cap kaki tiga the whole night… sampai jadi takut… kot la pass out.

So, this morning, after sending my weekly report and settle urgent payment, I straight up heading to Doc Au, my favorite dentist at Carrefour. Unfortunately, the clinic closed on Monday. But Dr Au was there and being very helpful. He suggested me to go to kuchai lama branch and give me the pain killer and antibiotic needed. But he told me this will not ease the pain as the pain will only disappeared for two/three hours and come back.

Lucky Linda is on leave and she send me to Kuchai lama branch as I’m no longer able to drive with this heavy pain. Since no appointment being made, the clinic was full and they not able to entertained us. One old uncle is sitting there waiting for his chance to be slot in. So I give up.

I walked to the nearest clinic. Takut. My experience dengan dgn Dr Au, rasanya tiga tahun lepas, masa cabut gigi yang pertama, tak sakit langsung. 10-15 minit siap. But I don’t have other option. I cant wait until tomorrow. The pain dah macam tak tertanggung sakitnya.

So, the lady dentist that i went to said that I have choice either to tampal or remove my gigi geraham, or it'll keep hurting for the rest of my life. Gigi jadi sakit sebab tampal yang asal dah tercabut. So, yang berlubang tu sakit sangat. Since I think the tooth is so badly infected I decided utk cabut terus, thinking that it will be less painful (like before).



Eh… lupa nak cakap… saya memang takut sangat sangat pergi jumpa dr. gigi. Takut sangat sangat okey. So, saya pun menabahkan hati utk melalui semua ni. Mula-mula biasalah, bagi ubat bius dengan jarum yg sangat lah panjang. Saya tahankan saja. Selepas lima suntik kan, masih lagi tak kebas di kawasan lidah. Dr tu kata selalu nya dua sahaja dah kebas. Entah lah. Mana saya nak tahu kenapa. Selepas suntikan yang ke enam, dr tu pun meneruskan tanggungjawabnya… hahha

Setelah mencuba seketika, dentist tu kata gigi saya dah pecah dan deeply rooted. Susah nak keluarkan. Habis di kerjakan gigi saya. At one point, the dentist was wriggling my tooth ke kiri kanan, … but the tooth just wont come out. Degil. Pakai pillars and all `pun tak jalan. So she cut my gum, then tarik lagi dan lagi dan lagi… sampai jaw sakit gila dan senget.

I asked her to stop as I can feel the pain. So tambah dua lagi bius. Then she told me that she needs to cut the tooth. Her assistant put a straw to suck the blood while she uses the machine to cut the tooth. Bau hangit dan mcm mcm rasa kat mulut buat saya rasa nak pitam. Airmata dah mengalir dah menahan nya.

Then she add two more jap utk bius. Dah tak terkata apa dah saya. Berdoa sahaja agar cepat selesai. So bila dah cabut tu, the tooth was huge. Ada 3 roots, (she said usually two) and they were not all pointing down. Roots dia bengkok2 sikit, bengkok ke kiri and... That’s why she had a hard time trying to extract it out.

Ohhh…my. This is my longest entry – I think. Ni baru bangun lepas makan pain killer & antibiotic. I feel so weak. I wish she give me two days of MC… hahaha.. but that’s not the case… pun kerja menunggu di ofc.

So …Happy Swelling! and makan bubur for the rest of the week.

Melbourne : Day 1

walking around the chick city of Melbourne

Melbourne : Day 2

finding my way

Queen Victoria Market

clean grocery stores, all kinds of trinkets and flowers