Saturday, February 28, 2009

280209:last day for feb vouchers

it's saturday, as usual needed to hang out at workplace till the clock ticked at 1pm.

so.. wat's our plan today? To use our discount vouchers from diff places on the very last day before they expire!!!

1st stop: DOME Island plaza
it was hot & we were hungry. as soon as we arrived the plaza, we just wanted to park our car & get down for FOOD!!!! spotted a parking lot, as we were about to move on to DOME, a parking boy came & ask for RM2.50! Without hesitation, i took the car key from zofox & vrooom... i parked at the underground car-park which is shaded & RM1 only. zofox finally used her bday voucher & enjoyed her free latte & claimed a piece of tiramisu... which i think it was not tiramisu... it was a vanilla moose cake!... it didnt really please my tongue...~_~ yet increased my calories of the day.

2nd stop: Gurney Plaza
bought 13 TEEN fiction's books for max (who is 8yr old only... reading TEEN books ~_~) at popular while zofox & teddie went to search books of their interest... while waiting, i began to look around for the "recommendation of the month". I spotted a book with the title "He is just not that into you". I was attracted by the actors & actresses on the book cover, so i picked it up, then i thought "mm... i have never read any motion picture story book before i watch the movie". Then i put it down & checked something else...

*teddie busy unwrapping the design bibles while zofox was looking at jeremy clarkson series & pictures of a duck with gold chain... (The Duck that Won the Lottery).

Then i started loafing around & i spotted another book "marley & me", one of the movies that i intend to watch in cinema... so i flipped thru a few pictures, then i found out it has sad ending cos marley (the dog) died in the end. so i put it back to the rack.

*teddie was still busy unwrapping newer design bibles, this time the popular staff were eyeing on him with a look... mmm....

As i continue to loaf, i found a section that sells Healthy Mind Work-Find Puzzles, so i began flipping & realised i do not know much of the vocab! so i thought, may be this is a good workbook for me to train my mind and also to improve my vacab... so i grabbed 2 of it & waited for zofox & teddie to select their books... & wow, zofox was holding like 5-6 books & teddie was still choosing... so i decided to pick up "He is just not that into you" for a try-to-read kinda practice la...i think my last book that i completed was like... 2002? mmm... and i also get discount yet can claim income tax.


ashley posing for the recommended books

Next stop was Kimgary, as i din have much for lunch, cos i was preparing to eat some free seaweed fries with my voucher of the month... kinda disappointed with it as i think they fried the fries with the same pot of oil which use to fry fish... =(

our last stop to use the last vouchers in hand were haagen dazz. the offer was "Get 500gs upgrade FREE with the price of 1kg cake"! Got the vouchers during xmas, thought it was a good deal. Before we flash our vouchers to the staff, she already promoting "promotion of the month is get free 500gs upgrade with the price of 1kg cake!" without thinking, we did what we intended to do & proceed to the cashier. While we were paying our bill at the cashier, saw a thicker stacks of vouchers with same offer which expires on 30 june. and the cashier encourage us to take as many as we want... wat the... i think this is a new way haagen dazz try to con customer to buy their cakes...anyway, as compare to 2yrs back, i bought the 1kg cake for ed's bday cost RM168, & it is RM144 today! so... dont care la!


mango + passionfruit


macademia nuts

we still have 1 more voucher to clear.. which is given by gsc during cny, "buy 2 get 1 free".. still thinking which OLDer movie to watch next... ~_~ i think today's intake of food has sucessfully fail my diet plan.

Monday, February 23, 2009

230209:fumigation

learnt a word today... fumigate

fu-mi-gate 

/ˈfyumɪˌgeɪt/
Show Spelled Pronunciation [fyoo-mi-geyt] Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object).
to expose to smoke or fumes, as in disinfecting or exterminating roaches, ants, etc.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

220209:communication prob

not sure whether ppl today is getting less patience or am i getting too nagging? it is really amazing that human have the power to influence others as well as to be influenced by others... guess i have been living by myself since 10years ago, eventho i moved back home after i graduated, i worked on the island & lived by myself in a smaller space. things were mostly done in my way, until recently, i moved back to share my space under one wider roof.

i am surrounded by criticism, sarcasm, complains, blames, arguement, nag, comparison every damn day without fail. i guess that is where miscommunications starts & ppl got fedup & gave up.

i began to doubt my communications skill, began to doubt am i over-communicated (eventually became nagging like an 80 yr old grandma) or am i just not good in communication... esp to express my thoughts... or do i even think the "right" way?!

as i used to work in creative lines & communicate with ideas with crazy bunch of people, ideas may be great, outstanding, lousy, shit, childish, sleek, classic, boombastic, shocking, daring & etc... unfortunately, due to the over trust of my "sense", i diverted to diff route. ever since then, i realised that my creative power has decreased. ideas come very slowly these days & they will be gone with the wind if i dont jote it down in my notebook, they cant even register in my brain for long!! which i am very upset about... something must be wrong in my memory space. sometimes i tried to add in a little comments to participate in a conversation, will most likely to be "gun down" by criticism or sarcasm via "m16"... which will commonly lead to arguement.

is my thinking too innocent at times? or am i really a dumbo who doesnt know how to live in reality? or am i always in dreamland mode who thinks things are simple? or ppl around my always make things complicated? or could it be i live in my own world for 10yrs & ppl just couldnt accept my thinking is unlike their "normal thinking"?!

most religious studies would coach human to be forgiving & forget the mistakes that we created. and that we have to believe in changes to be a better person... but i witness rejection than acceptance; give up than give in; pissed than peace!


i tried many times to make a clearer understanding, i elaborated my explainations so that we dont get misunderstanding, which most people usually doesnt understand my intentions & instead will comment that i am being too naggy, which eventually make me feel my communications is redundant.

perhaps i am really that abnormal, tat's why i have communication problem!

Saturday, February 21, 2009

210209:15hrs slow cooked porridge

weather is humid hot + lack of sleep... teddie caught up with cough & fever. decided to make him porridge.

step 1: slow cooked rice from last nite around 11pm
step 2: added freshly bought pumkin from the market this morning
step 3: by 2pm, TING!!!!...i added maggie sauce, pepper & fried garlic into my bowl as "food testing" & it was yummy!!!!!!!!!
step 4: deliver to teddie's door front!

teddie finished it all! PASS!!!

*yay! ^_^V

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

180209:classic telecon

zofox & i went for mrepc 2hrs seminar @ royal penang hotel yesterday. i was introduced to our vendor, mr ong, who is nearly botak, specky & short. the introduction was kinda strange as he looked in doubt to believe zofox & i are siblings... even asked zofox whether it is true?! mmm... strange man...

anyway, the next day morning, i was told to give him a call to pick up some stuff from our office... the telecon went like this...

me: hello, good morning mr ong, i am...

ong: i call you back, you got your stuff ready liao rite? i call you back... (very angry voice)

me: err.. ya, our stuff is ready for pick up...

ong: ok, i call you back, i call you back

the conversation ended.

I din even introduce myself, and our office phone doesnt show caller id for outgoing calls... yet as if he knows who i am & can still ask whether i have the stuff ready.

~_~ the strangest mr ong that i met so far....

Saturday, February 14, 2009

140209:our 4th valentine

it is VALENTINE's DAY!!!!! and the roads are all jammed up like major festival celebration!!! my usual journey from home to autocity would take a short 10-15mins drive, ended up it took me 50mins... & that was not even reaching the bridge toll!

it was supposed to be valentine lunch, ended up we had valentine's high-tea!

Destination 1: noodle station at e-gate
-thai style koay teow ladna x1
-springy noodles with chicken wonton x1
-passionfruits with mint soda x1
-some cough mixtured alike x1
total bill: KACHING!! RM20+


destination 2: queensbay
wanted to catch a movie, but the Q was again like CNY Q... damn long & the movie times were odd too! we started to doubt why must couples choose to watch movie on valentine? we went for window shopping & decided to pick a nice place for a drink to snack-out, so as to look at other couples. We chose paddington house of pancake (phop). We spotted many wears couple T or uniforms, some are nice & cute, some really old style...haha, those age group were from from 14 may be to 30+. many girls received plastic flowers tied up with soft toys... and guys were carrying it for them, together with their handbags! We also noticed various combination of couples, fat man + slim woman, fat man + fat woman, thin man + fat woman, thin man with thin woman, chinese man + indian woman, indian man + angmo woman... wah...macam-macam also got.

we ordered classic pancakes x1, kiwi lemon blend x1, again another cough mixture taste alike blend x1... total bill: KACHING!! RM47+


And finally we managed to buy 2 tickets to watch Under World 3:Rise of the Lycans @ RM10 each & met siew yen infront of one of the shops with her sis ^_^ she looks great!

ok ok... let's reveal the v-presents... *previews*


it has "furry" surface in felt material...for him
TAADAA... a design book! teddie cant get his eyes off it...already started flipping....idea behind is to give him a little support to improve his creativity to build a stronger career path =)

her present.... which flies with the music...err.. it is so obvious...


TAADAA!!!! flying with the stars.. hello kitty, donald duck, mickey mouse, winnie the pooh, stitch & some bear... idea behind is, hope i get my freedom to fly high to archieve my dreams!~
sweet sweet sweet... sweet pressies & cost saving valentine 2009 ^_^V

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

110209:meeting shaun tan

it was a pre-booked course dinner @ crc a week ago. was told that newly wed: mr. shaun tan is visiting penang for his honeymoon & also to intro his beloved wife inari to the tan's families.

"hi, i'm shaun, nice meeting you"...

"hi, i'm kate, nice to meet you, congratulations!"

while waiting for other guests to arrive, shaun & inari decided to walk over to have a short chat so socialize with me & teddie. teddie got his tongue tied & showed them a shy look. & shaun mentioned that it has been apprx 20yrs since he last saw teddie, he was only 13 & teddie was only 9... & they had a cousin reunion then at Holiday Inn Hotel for a swim...haha... teddie replied with his smile, remained speechless... so without making the situation weird, i took the opportunity to self introduced myself & began to ask questions like....
"how many days have you been in pg? do you enjoy pg? which hotel are you staying? are the food good? where have you visited?".... and i also recommended a few heritage places for them to visit.

after the arrival of all guests, we started our course. it last for roughly 2hrs and we ended with photography session with the newly wed.


our photo with the sweet sweet couple
shaun brought some of his drawings with his signature & date on it, he gave to all the uncles & cousins as a token of appreciation to celebrate his "wedding" in penang. (how i wish i was one of the cousins too ~_~")

teddie got this drawing from shaun....

while everyone was chatting over the drawings with shaun, teddie's sister asked me to chat with inari & also to bring her around penang since it was still early. so i approached inari & continue to chat like an old friends. then i realised that she is a graphic designer & eddie joined the chat.

we picked them from evergreen hotel & brought them up to batu ferringhi for 'late nite street-stalls shopping", too bad it was already 11pm when we were up & most stalls were getting ready to pack up... but we have funny conversations & had fun browsing thru those lightings, batik, watches, dvds, deco accesories... haha... i guess that's the fun bit of exchanging ideas with the creative people. also discovered that shaun have worked with big boys such as dreamworks, disney, pixals on animation movies! He was part of the team to involve in Wall-E, Horton Hears A Who & etc....

we had a drink at coffee island at gurney drive after that till near 2am, chatting, catching up, sharing thoughts, exchanging ideas and ofcos took some photographs too!


it was our pleasures to have invited to shaun's wedding dinner as well as to have known shaun & inari today, and i must say they are very nice, polite, humour couple... i feel damn proud getting to know someone famous in person, the feeling is much better than watching faye wong or eason chan's live in concerts... hahaha....


we wish them well & enjoy their 1 month honeymoon in LA, Finland, Switzerland....;)

*visit www.shauntan.net to check out his work!*

Friday, February 6, 2009

060209:learning of the day

today i learnt...

1. Sending DHL using Global Mail options, which helps to save cost... only applicable to non-urgent mails only.

2. Sending Post Laju

3. ISO 2000 VS ISO 2008 updates

4. Emergency Teams of Safety Rules by JKKR

5. Cooking curry using tomato soup...

Monday, February 2, 2009

020209:unconditional love

"Parents can support you, but they do have their limit too!"
-quoted from a father to a daughter