Happy New Year

Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and days of auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne

Everyone sings this song on New Year's eve, before the midnight stroke, holding hands, hugging each others and taking the advantage of hugging strangers in the countdown party blah blah blah......think about it, how many actually know the meaning of this song? To start of, what's the meaning of Auld Lang Syne....

Ok, ok, ok, since it's New Year's eve's eve, I shall not torture you all in starting a google search for the meaning. The word came from the old scottish dialect meaning 'Old Long Ago' and is about love and friendship in times past. The song Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung by most of us on the stroke of midnight each New Years Eve. However in Scotland, where Auld Lang Syne originates it is also sung on Burns Night, January 25th, to celebrate the life of the author and famous poet Robert Burns. Also, do you know that this song is part of the Christmas Carols???

Happy New Year to one and all.....

See you next year

Have yourself a merry little christmas

HO HO HO HO....Christmas is 3 days away and I'm getting ready to celebrate Jesus' birthday...

Went to the Joint Christmas Service last night at the Ecunemical Worship Centre..This is an annual event where Christians of all denomination (under the Association of Churches Sarawak)comes together and celebrate Christmas. Hosting church is by rotation and this year, the Roman Catholic Church is the host. (One fact though, this association consisted of only denominations that are internationally affiliated)

Choirs are combined between the various denominations and I must say they sang beautifully. Benedict & Steven, as usual has never failed to deliver their very best....So beautiful, makes you so christmasy

Some snapshots taken for those who were not there

Our big boss, His Grace Archbishop John Ha, the 2nd from right. Next to him is Rt Rev Made Katib of the Anglican Church, and next to him is Major Lee from Salvation Army...The far right is a Methodist pastor

His Grace Archbishop John Ha, together with the other pastors imparting their blessings on the congregation.

The Choir led by Steven Chin

Alrighty, Papercrazy shall be taking a long deserved and awaited break from Christmas until the New Year! Blessed Christmas to one and all and a peaceful New Year 2007! May the new year brings us peace, joy and harmony

Peace!

Everything so christmasy

Final week before Christmas and what have I been doing??? I haven't shop for pressies, I haven't put up the christmas tree, I haven't this, I haven't that blah blah blah

And I have done this:
1) I have brought cheers to about 200 poor children and their parents last Saturday by organising a christmas party for them. The Youth Wing of SSVP has sweat blood to raise funds for the past weeks and the party would not be a success without the help of all the generous benefactors (we raised nearly RM4,000) and the Parish Youth (for organising the christmas presents thingy) and the ever generous parishioners for making the effor to sponsor at least 1 present. I am deeply touched with the overwhelming response from the parishioners. We put up 220 over requests for presents (items as per req by the adoptees) and our fear of having a no-show presents or lousy presents was not even in existence. Some even go to the extent of buying a 4ft tall food hamper and judging from the contents, I guessed it cost more than RM100. Just in case you are one of the parishioner who sponsored or the youth that helped in the arrangements, our sincere and deepest appreciation. God bless you all..

One of the many many heaps of pressies

Some of the participants

2) Helped out in a funeral. An uncle passed on after 2 weeks in coma and we helped in the prayers and service and burial. My heart really goes out to the wife. She has just lost her daughter 4 years ago and now the husband was taken back to heaven. I've always have fond memories of him after 7 years of knowing the family. He was a jovial man and I can talk with him very openly despite the age gap. Anyway, we know he is in good hands now.

3)After the merry making and sad event, off we went to a dinner reception in celebration of our member's 40th wedding anniversary (Oh, believe it or not, but all these events happened on the same day!!). Dinner was at Kuching Mandarin. I didn't know the restaurant is adjacent to an old cinema. Anyway, since there were so many receptions on saturday, we were put up at the far end of the restaurant (whic was previously the cinema as per A). Food was good cos the tawkay and tawkay nio were invited too but ventilation was bad. Maybe because there were too many people but by the time the prawns arrived, everyone was fanning themselves....nevetheless no complaint about the food and everyone went home happy though sweaty..

Anyway, 6 more days to Christmas............

Crowne Square

Time really flies.....It's already the 15th and Christmas is just another 7 days to go. Very very busy with life this few days: Preparing for christmas (which I have not even started except for confession), Preparing for our Christmas Party for the poor tomorrow, preparing the year-end reports and staff performance appraisals blah blah blah...the list goes on and on and on..And there's an overdue appointment to make (Gotta do it now or else somebody will nag me until New Year!!)

To add more busy-ness to my above list, a relative passed away and which means rosary every night for the next 7 days....I'm really trying to figure out how am I going to juggle myself tomorrow. 8am to 1pm - Christmas Party for the Poor; 2pm to 4pm - Funeral Service; 5pm - Wedding anniversary mass of a senior member; 6.30pm - Reception. How I wish I can put papercrazy on a photostate machine and duplicate another 2 more to help me!!!!

Anyway, all for a good cause and this is what Advent is all about....

Ok, Ok, I'm not going to bore you guys with more and more grandmother stories. That's not I was going to post anyway.

When was the last time you went to Crowne Square? It has been experiencing a total face lift for the past half year (I think) and I have been avoiding that place cos of the massive construction. Anyway, went there last Saturday after reading in the paper that Mr Ho's Fine Dining is opening a branch there. And Gosh! Was it or was it not a massive facelift....Very very impressive and mind you, I am not a person who is generous with compliments but I tell you, it is very very nice.....Reminds me of Little Collins Street in Melbourne.

From Main Entrance (Previously the eating place)

Main Entrance

A snapshot taken from KK Diamond Wing. Little colonial windows

(A pity, tot it will look good if it's open)

Another view of the individual retail lots

Disclaimer: Before everyone start speculating where I work, I don't work at Crowne Square...:-)

I have finally completed all the 4 orders of my christmas cards and booklets and am now concentrating on my own christmas cards for friends.

Christmas is just around the corner. What is Christmas all about? It's not just about presents and dinners and turkeys and santas and christmas trees and also about making cards...A sermon delivered by a priest over last Sunday's service: Season of Advent (4 weeks before Christmas) is a time of preparation, preparation for Christ's coming and his 2nd coming and not about preparation for dinners and presents and what not. I'm ashamed to say that I am guilty of such act and I can imagine how hurt Jesus is knowing that we are preparing to celebrate his birthdays by buying presents for others and organising dinner for our family & friends.....Where is Jesus in this whole scenario??

The following email received from a friend really wakes me up a bit and I'm sure it does the same for the rest of you.


Letter From Jesus

Dear loved ones,

As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated. During this time there are many people shopping for gifts, there are many radio announcements, TV commercials, and in every part of the world everyone is talking that my birthday is getting closer and closer.

It is really very nice to know, that at least once a year, some people think of me. As you know, the celebration of my birthday began many years ago. At first people seemed to understand and be thankful of all that I did for them, but in these times, no one seems to know the reason for the celebration. Family and friends get together and have a lot of fun, but they don't know the meaning of the celebration.

I remember that last year there was a great feast in my honor. The dinner table was full of delicious foods, pastries, fruits, assorted nuts and chocolates. The decorations were exquisite and there were many, many beautifully wrapped gifts. But, do you want to know something? I wasn't invited. I was the guest of honor and they didn't remember to send me an invitation. The party was for me, but when that great day came, I was left outside, they closed the door in my face .... and I wanted to be with them and share their table.

In truth, that didn't surprise me because in the last few years all close their doors to me. Since I wasn't invited, I decided to enter the party without making any noise. I went in and stood in a corner. They were all drinking; there were some who were drunk and telling jokes and laughing at everything. They were having a grand time. To top it all, this big fat man all dressed in red wearing a long white beard entered the room yelling Ho-Ho-Ho! He seemed drunk. He sat on the sofa and all the children ran to him, saying: "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" .. as if the party were in his honor!

At 12 Midnight all the people began to hug each other; I extended my arms waiting for someone to hug me and ... do you know ... no one hugged me. Suddenly they all began to share gifts. They opened them one by one with great expectation. When all had been opened, I looked to see if, maybe, there was one for me.

What would you feel if on your birthday everybody shared gifts and you did not get one? I then understood that I was unwanted at that party and quietly left.

Every year it gets worse. People only remember to eat and drink, the gifts, the parties and nobody remembers me. I would like this Christmas that you allow me to enter into your life. I would like that you recognize the fact that almost two thousand years ago I came to this world to give my life for you, on the cross, to save you. Today, I only want that you believe this with all your heart.

I want to share something with you. As many didn't invite me to their party, I will have my own celebration, a grandiose party that no one has ever imagined, a spectacular party.

I'm still making the final arrangements. Today I am sending out many invitations and there is an invitation for you. I want to know if you wish to attend and I will make a reservation for you and write your name with golden letters in my great guest book. Only those on the guest list will be invited to the party. Those who don't answer the invite, will be left outside.

Be prepared because when all is ready you will be part of my great party.

See you soon.

I Love you!

Jesus

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Christmas is just around the corner

(This post is a bit unorganised as I'm posting it up in a haste in between my lunch and meeting. as long as I got the message accross, that matters!)

Just came back from KL.....a day too early for the Year End Sales...:-( but despite that and my terminally ill condition, I still managed to shop!!

This trip has been a very disappointing trip merely because I went on a short notice, came back at a very short stay and was at the vrege of short circuit.....I was coughing so badly when I flew to KL, coughed so badly during the convention which earned me endless sympathetic and annoying remarks from participants but above all, I'm glad I went. Met a new friend all the way from Ghana and played tour guide to her. She bought 3 Guy Laroche bags as gifts for her friends! Gosh! I don't mind to have a friend like that! Why didn't she buy me anything hoh???

Anyway, this is a must-go shop whenever you are in KL or Berjaya Times Square to be more precise. The clothes are from Hong Kong, very nice and very reasonably priced. I bought 2 pairs of blouse and skirt for only RM130.00

I did not manage to go out and eat all my favourite food (especially Secret Recipe) cos I was worried of falling sick and embarrasse myself with more coughing....and first time in my entire travelling life I ordered porridge via room service!!!

Check out this fabulous hotdog from 1901. It was given to us free during the convention. The owner of this eatery was one of the many speakers for the convention. So yummy and the sausages are steamed instead of fried




Christmas is so around the corner now with the beautiful decorations in all the shopping complexes in KL. To put in more mood into the tis' the season to be jolly, try clicking this and start making your own snowflakes! (This site was introduced to me by a dear MIA friend)

Talking about Christmas, I am proud to announced that I have just finished and delivered my 2 orders of Christmas Cards..Hurray!!! 1 more order to complete!

A Wedding, A Funeral & A Birthday

So appropriately worded, don't you think so??

A Wedding on Wednesday
Went to a wedding service on Wednesday morning....Whenever I look at a newly wedded couple, so happily smiling to guests, holding hands, taking pictures, lifting of veils, kiss the bride blah blah blah, I always thought "Gosh! They don't know what they are getting themselves into!!" No, I'm not against marriage, just that they looked so innocent in the sense that marriage for them (at that moment, that is) is nothing but heavens, where they get to be served breakfast in bed everyday, husband so loving and wife so gentle.....sigh....in the sermon that morning, the priest said not to bring your anger to bed every night, ensure reconcilition before the sunset.....sound so scientology!! LOL

From the wedding service, I rushed to my Director's house to pay our last respect to his late wife....and I spent the remaining days blur blur with a little bit of my cough and headache coming back

A Funeral on Thursday
Yupe, it's back! The flu, I mean.....hahahah

Office was closed as a mark of respect and off we went to the funeral service in the morning and thereafter to the cemetery....My first time at Nirvana Memorial...So nice, so serene, so expensive

Then, off to Bau for a late lunch. By then, my whole body was sticky and pespiration seemed to be flowing down like a faulty pipe....I must have stinked too!!

Went home at around 3pm and off to the shower I went.

A Birthday dinner on Thursday
Birthday dinner for Ad.....Initial plan was Elephant (cos it's cheap and we can eat to our hearts' content despite the strong protest from a certain royalty who insisted of going to Suan Chicken Rice)

Lo and behold, Elephant was closed for private function!!! So, off we went to Room 205....hehehehe

Food not bad though I find my chicken chop a little way to small a portion...Waitress very polite and i swear (despite the strong protest from the group) she looked so much like the murdered mongolian model!!! That's not the only eerie part cos we all swear we heard they serves Fried fisherman!!! A friend ordered fisherman's pride and instead of his pride, he was fried and served!! Spooky!

His royal highness ordered a very very very very long chicken frankfurter and it was nicely bent to create a horseshoe shape...I was a little too late in taking a photo cos His royal highness just cut it into half the moment it reached his plate.... Sure look like shit and I bet you can do such a good one if you take mellilea healthfood!!!

Ok, the night finishes at about 10pm and off to bed I went the moment I reached home.

I'm sick again and I'm flying next tuesday!!!

Already eat nothing to do tag

I was listening to a CD when I suddenly thought about Lokter's blog about finding the answers to the riddles through music that was played....Ok, this are mine and shit, it's hilarious!

1. How am I feeling today?
*Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
meaning I should be happy rite???

2. Where will I get married?
* It's the most wonderful time of the year
LOL. Of Course lah, my wedding what!!!

3. What is my best friend's theme song?
* Have yourself a merry little Christmas
D, is this your favourite song??

4. What is/was highschool like?
* Winter Wonderland.
Hahahahahaha.....I loved school days.... so right, very the right!!

5. What is the best thing about me?
* Joy To the World
Hmmmmm.....what does that mean?? Does it mean that I bring joy to teh world?? Awwww

6. How is today going to be?
* Gaudete
Apa itu?? My stolen Oxford dictionary don't have such word...

7. What is in store for this weekend?
* 一I believe in Father Christmas
Awww!!! Am I gonna get pressies this weekend.....Ooooooo So happy

8. What song describes my parents?
* Do You hear what I hear??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....Pa & Ma, I don't hear anything, honest!!! (Crossed fingers behind my back)

9. How is my life going?
* The First Noel
Cool......A good one.....I will always remember the first Noel, the day Christ was born to save our sins

10. What song will they play at my funeral?
* Ding Dong Merrily on High
Bladdy Hell!! I protest, even if that means I have to be resurrected!!

11. How does the world see me?
* Walking in the Air
Hah?? I'm nothing to the world?? Boohoohoohooohoo....No wonder people are singing Ding Dong merrily on high at my funeral *sad*

12. What do my friends really think of me?
* The Twelve days of Christmas
Yeah, I know, I love to give pressies but please don't treat me as just a santa ok.....Think of me as somebody lovable and .....ahemmm sweet

13. Do people secretly lust after me?
* God Rest ye merry gentlemen
*Faint* Whoever lust after me is looking for trouble, it seems....

14. How can I make myself happy?
* The little drummer boy
What does it mean? I can never be happy????

15. What should I do with my life?
* White Christmas
and keep on dreaming...................(Serious, I dream a lot!)

16. Will I ever have children?
* O come all ye faithful
Hahahahaha.......ok, anyone can be my children

17. What is some good advice?
* Mary's Boy child
Hmmmmmmmmmmm

18. What do I think my current theme song is?
* Jingle Bells
I hate jingle bells lah......more of jingle balls

19. What does everyone else think about my current life?
* Silent Night
hmm....I lead a very boring life, izzit???

20. What type of men/women do I like?
* Happy I'mas (War is ver)
I don't like John NenNen Lennon

21. Will I get married?
* We wish you a merry christmas
Yeah, merry christmas to all

Questions 22 to 27 - no answers cos CD finished liaw....

22. What should I do with my love life?

23. Where will I live?

24. What will my dying words be?

25. When I'm having sex I say?

26. When I meet a guy/lady for the first time I say?

27. When my parents are angry I say?

I am sick

I am sick today....but despite that, I still need to wake up so very early in the moening, bathe and came down to work. My head is so heavy (despite the fact that I have a big head) and my whole body aches ...I know, I know, I sounded like a 80-year old person but I'm really feeling very miserable. It all started with a mild cough for the past 3 days and yesterday morning, I experienced a bit of throat discomfort. Went for a wedding reception(to elaborate in the next para) last night and the sore throat got worst after the 3rd course which is my favourite buttered prawns....Both my ears are so painful whenever I swallow or talk......

Never in my life I went to bed at 10.30pm and without aircond. I hope I'm going to feel better tomorrow cos I need to finish my cards order.

Attended N & C's wedding reception last nite at Holiday Inn. I find the processional very unique. There was this chinese orchestral band playing the processional music (Chinese song obviously, Teresa Teng's song "the moon represents my heart") and a man was singing. The guests were looking high and low for the singer and to our surprise, it was actually the groom dueting with the bride as they walked in! So romantic...

Ok, that's it for now....I can't think straight.

All in a day's leave

It was my chey chey's birthday yesterday and since I have not been spending time with her (and I have at least 30 days of leave due), I left my office and works unattended to go on a spree with her.

I have not been eating that much since puberty.

8.30am
red egg (only for birthdays) and coffee at mum's

9.30am
Off we went to chey chey's favourite coffeeshop at Carpenter Street (Sorry, guys, I only realised that I did not take any photos until later in the afternoon) where we had "cheng" (soup with all sorts of pig's organs, mince pork, seaweed, fishcake, salted vegetables, fishballs and lots more) to go with a bowl of kolo mee kosong (just kolo mee without the char siew)

The shop was graded D (the worst of the worst) by the Council but yet, it is always fill to the brim with people. There's no way you can finish your food and chat cos the next minute, there will be people standing next to your table, watching you like a hawk as if telling you to take your ass off the shaky stool.

10.00am
To a shopping complex to do a bit of shopping.....I managed to buy myself a black dress...(I need something formal now that I have to go out and market my mall). While there, I went to a music shop to propose our mall to them

While there, we shop a bit at the supermarket for our BBQ tonite.....followed by a drink.

12.30pm
After fetching my nephew from school, went to a coffeeshop and had kolo mee sua (the fine foochow noodle)...By then, I was so fill-up I couldn't even talk.....Thank goodness for the coke with salt, it actually ease me a bit!

1.00pm
Went back to mum's while waiting for my nephew to change.

2.00pm
Off to Digi to have my call plan changed. Cool sales guy

3.00pm
Send my car to Toyota for it's long-overdue servicing (actually, just over 4 months lah...) Then off we went to a nearby park and had ABC and belachan beehoon (From this point, I managed to snap some pictures)

Also, there is hardly seats in that shop and while chey chey and I were about to finish, a heavily tired-looking pregnant lady was standing next to our table and she was obviously queuing for our table....Being a very civic-minded citizen and despite the unapproving look of my chey chey, I asked her to pull a chair and sit down with us....I noticed something that spoilt my appetite (tho I did not tell my chey chey)....She was like thanking me and of course, when I talk, I look people at the eye (and once a while, my eyes diverted somewhere else and guess what I saw? I noticed how bushy her armpit was and I actually stop eating and asked chey chey to go......LOL....

Went to a tuck shop nearby and saw all these thought-already-extinct food/toy

The egg-look-a-like candy

Balloons

We ended our day with chey chey dropping me at Toyota to get my car...

Oh, check out this card that I made for my chey chey

Sorry lah, can't reveal the faces but I assured you behind the darkened spots are 2 beautiful and cute little girls...All I can say the girl with the bigger head was me...hehehe

Calendars for a good cause

This is going to be a community post as well as advertisement

The 2007 calendars printed by the Society of St Vincent de Paul Malaysia (SSVP) are now on sale in the market. Selling price is at RM12.00 only with full-coloured pictures of saints for individual months. Please patronize. Free delivery within Malaysia

SSVP is an NGO under the umbrella of the Catholic Church and our core calling is to to reach out to the poor and needy, both in cash and in kind. In the archdiocesan of Kuching, we have about 5 Conferences (Kuching, Serian, Bau, Kota Padawan & Lundu). Our funds are purely donations from parishioners as well as from members of the public. The sales of these calandars are to raise funds for our conference. Oh, btw, donations of any other sorts are also appreciated. Email me for further details.....(heheh, sound so commercial like dat)

A glimpse of the calendar:
Size: 12"x12" (a standard scrapbook size)
Full coloured with matte finishing

Front

Back

Inside

Busy Bee

Hi guys! I'm back, finally.......phew.....I'm not really free from all the hustle and bustle of my work but at least I can find some time to blog and blog-skipping....

We have just finished with the sales launch of an upcoming mall and I shall be very busy between now and 2008...We were so busy with the decorations, the set-up, the freebies and lastly, the talking on that day! Food was great though I don't really get to savour them until the whole function is over. All's well ends well... Oh one thing, I have had enough green and orange for the year!

The paper flower balls that we made..

I especially loved the bagel with salmon and scrambled egg and the spinach cannelloni was great too....(though my the time I ate them, it was kinda cold & hard already)

Last but not least, check out this nail painting job that Malau did for me last nite. Nice eh?

What a Beau!

Yes, I know I've told you all that I shall not be updating my blog for the next week or so.....I have to break my promise and you will understand why I have to after seeing these pictures....

The lily grows in T's house and it was through his gentle nurturing that we all get to enjoy this wonderful bloom........ thanks T for sharing this beau..I am using the 2nd photo as wallpaper for my handphone, my msn and my desktop.

I'm speechless!

Things I never get to do during my childhood years

I'm gonna be a very busy bee from today until end of next week, so u might have to stick with this post for the next 2 weeks or so......I was running out of idea on what to write but for the sake of your and my sanity, I decided to crack open my head, pull out the writer trapped in head and force it to think of something and write. Don't want to bore you guys with the boring printer's dilemma, do I? (Anyway, on that, I'm yet to resolve the issue...shall let it rest for the time being)

What are the things that you used to do or like to do when you were young? (Young as in like in yr pre-teens, before the boys had the croaky voice and the girls the once-a-month dilemma and a good excuse to participate in the PE class) Sidetrack: I wonder why that was a frequently-used-excuse in order to escape the sweaty running around the field activity.

Anyway, the very few things that I never get to enjoy or learn or experience during my days as little girl who loved to wear just the blue pinafore (take out the white shirt) on Fridays:

1) Rope Skipping - I can never get the hang of it. I used to fancy my classmates who can perform a non stop skipping while talking with you.....

2) Rope jumping or Zero Point (is that what it was called??) - I'm only good up to, like 1 ft above the ground??? Some of my friends can actually jump accross a rope as high as their classmates......and then u get to like twist and turn with the rope??? I sure pelanting doing that....Also, there was no shame shame business then....imagine wearing the knee length dark blue pinafore doing the jumping?? Ngai tee......can see all the sloggis, sorella or even some cartoon patterned undies.....(Oh, some even wear the gross nylon type box shorts with 2 white lines at the side)

3) Riding a bicycle - No, I don't know how to ride a bicycle. Not before, not now, not forever.....I'm terrified of falling down.

4) School Prefect - I've always envied the school prefects and has always been my dream to be one..... As a matter of fact, I was made one in primary 4 but only for a month....Nope, I was not stripped of my datukship, prefectship because of misconduct but more of school transfer....Pop was transferred to another department which is further than my old school and sis and I were forced to be transferred to....Sad..I remembered crying for few days....

5) Play with neighbours/cousins - We moved out to the city when we were very young and we don't get up close and personal with cousins or aunties or uncles until very very much later....We played among the siblings (there were 3 of us then). The happies moment was when I've learnt that my childhood friend (whose parents are somehow related to my aunty) decided to move and stay next door to us.....

6) No birthday parties - Would you believe it if I told you that I have never been to a friend/classmate's birthday party during my primary school years???? Either it was not a norm then or my friends' parents were just too stingy to hold one....

7) In addition to Item 6. I have never celebrate birthday too....Come birthday, mom will bake a small cake with the real icing sugar icing and some red eggs....and that's about all.....oh yes, pressie of course but a very simple ones, like pen, notebooks or shirts..

8) Board an aeroplane - The furthest destination was Sibu and that was normally by land. I remembered vividly the first time I was on plane was when we all had to fly back to Sibu when my aunty died in an accident.

What's yours?

Decisions, Decisions

Sigh......I am conpius......maybe you all can help me to make a wise decision...

Ok.....U all know I got a new laptop to replace my Compaq Pentium 100 (laugh at myself)???? Ok, story is like this....When this compaq was thrown at me some donkey years ago, I bought a printer lah and as usual, I went for Epson and any fool will know a compaq pentium 100 mada ada itu USB port, so I bought a parallel port punya......I happy happy use (not really happy lah cos printing a page took me at least 20 minutes (lagi worst if got pixs punya) Now, that I got my laptop, another fool will sure know laptop mana ada parallel port punya..So, u now understand my problem?

Last time : Pentium 100 + Parallel port printer = usable but slower than a tortoise on a sleep walk

This time: high speed laptop bangsa centrino + parallel port printer = Tahi also tidak dapat print

This is where my headache comes in:
Planned to buy a new printer. (epson C67) since buying the converter (USB to parallel) is not worth it. The cheapest is RM65....might as well buy a new printer rite??

Then, if I buy a new printer, what am I suppose to do with the old printer?? After several sleepless nights, I decided to buy first and worry later...So, come Saturday, I went to look for printer and to my horror, I was told that the model that I want is lousy (the ink easily dries up after a few days of idle)

Now, I don't know what I want liaw.......perhaps u all can help me in making a wise decision....

Ok, your reply to me will be "Why do I want to buy Epson C67? Buy other brand lah, u moron"

My reply to you lei "Because that's the cheapest epson printer with very nice resolution and suits my card printing!"

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9 Weird things

Thanks to Chen, I have just been tagged by her during the hari raya hols. Am asked to write about the 9 weird things about myself....Can't really think straight cos I'm still suffering from the curry & lemang deficiency, but will try my craziest best lah hor..

Here goes:

9 weird things about myself.

1) I can't take hot and spicy food but I'm addicted to laksa

2) I only eat long beans that are finely chopped and fried with egg....any other way of chopping or cooking is unacceptable

3) I am not afraid of dying and I don't mind if I were to die tomorrow (Tot I heard someone saying ochipala again!)

4) I will go all the way out to get things that I wanted but the moment I've got it, I will just tossed it aside.

5) I don't regret over life but I usually regrets over things that I bought. Refer to Item 4. I will go all the way out to get something and once I've got it, it's off to the shelf.

6) I always get goosebump whenever I listen to classical music ( and I love classical music)

7) I love buying things for people. Whenever I go holiday, I will never enjoy my trip to the fullest unless I have bought gifts for my family & friends

8) I love buying watches but never use them

9) I'm a messy person. I can never keep my workstation tidy for one single hour. As a matter of fact, I love being untidy....I can never work in a clean environment

Aiks....have I reached the 9th weird thing about me self? Since you all like to know how weird I am, I shall continue...

10) Am never good in listening to instruction and love to break rules. (Ok, ok, not to the extent of going against the National Security or ISA) See, people say 9 things, I go beyond

11) I have a XX-year old unwashed companion (Can't reveal it's age.....she's a shy person. Panglima, U quiet ah)

12) I grow up on condensed milk.

13) I am not a fighter. The moment I start a quarrel, I'll cry first (How to fight like dat??)

14) I like and can eat everything in a pig except the brain.....

15) I used to get tipsy over a can of shandy

16) I don't like to be tied down on installments or prepayments. (I supp that answers why I never get to buy a house....ok, with exception to my car lah...)

17) I normally pay the credit card company more than what I should be paying

18) I can never sit in a room without starting a conversation with anyone (of course, it's a different story lah if I'm alone)..I'd rather die than sitting next to somebody without talking.

19) I love working......(Weird or not? Thank God Hari raya holidays were only 2 days, else I'll die of boredom)

20) I love answering questionaires and I guess it includes tags too......Anymore tags??

There......20 weird things about me self.....Not going to tag anyone cos I love breaking rules....

of food and of food

Sorry for the semi-hiatus status.....Was busy and am still busy but I guess I would not be doing you all justice if I did not post something before the long hols....Well, not really long exactly but hey, beggars cudn't be choosers...It's a WORKING DAY for us Sarawakians and honestly I'm glad that the state government did not declare a holiday cos I don't like long holidays...Makes me dizzy.... Neverthless, this is what I have intended to do over the 2 days holidays:

1) Sleep late
2) Making a raya visit to one or two houses (and my lunch is settled)
3) Make christmas cards
4) Bake some char siew puff/beef cornish/chicken pie (substitute of bake = buy)
5) Sleep late
6) Make some sample wedding stationeries
7) Blog (??)

Let's start the day by making you all drool on your pc and yr stomach growl like a faulty hard disk

(Note: Beware of long post cos this is a..............long post lah :-)

FRIDAY

Was invited to a wedding reception at Hilton. Since my office is just a stone throw away from Hilton and my meeting finished late, I've decided not to go home. Instead, I went for a hairdo and had my long and silky frimsy looking hair curled. I have mixed reactions from friends and enemies alike... but I guess at the end of the day, I m better off with straight hair.

Anyway, dinner was great, wine was served and we ate to our hearts content...One complaint tho....I was basically lost as far as understanding of languages are concerned. Everything was in Mandarin. The MC spoke in mandarin, the singers sang in mandarin, my fellow tablemates spoke in mandarin and at one stage, I was so tempted in ordering Sunquick mandarin oranges drink.....but thank goodness for my secretary who acted as an interpreter that nite.


SATURDAY
Went to Casa Davide for dinner to celebrate the usual long overdue birthday dinner of our pal. Can't reveal the age thou. All I can say is that she's forever young!

Food and service just so-so but David (the owner) is a nice man. Mine came last (tho mine was the easiest among all the mixed grill and marijuana, marinara) but I must commend on david's professionalism. He must have heard us talking and complaining cos he was behind the open bar all this while in his fisherman's hat and casual wear. We did not realise that that was him until he came to our table and apologised on the delay. Anyway, to cut a long story short, my 2nd drink was on the house!! (Damn, I shud have ordered a vodka...heheheh...just kidding, I don't drink vodka)






mixed grill








my carbonara





A friendly man and sure earned a brownie point from me for being such a dear! Oh, David, just in case u reading this, perhaps u cud increase the portion of the mixed grill....It's kinda small, actually, or maybe because we are all growing up kids and big eaters....:-) and yes, I forgot to mention, we were given 20% discount and charged an additional RM1.50 for mineral water that we did not order....but we were to high to go to our next destination to notice the small amount

2 guys were seating next to us and they were busy snapping away photos and all that. My royalty even suggested that they cud be bloggers too and asked me to go and introduced myself! bleks!

After the dinner, and since we are living in a multinational country and it was so happened that Saturday was deepavali, we decided to travel from italy to india for our muruku and pappadam.
Went to Sri Shan Curry house and had our 2nd meal there....Had roti cheese, roti pisang, a plate of muruku and a plate of pappadam. Is it or is it not our lucky day...First, it was the 20% discount and the free drink, and here, we had the muruku, on the house too!

Noticed the hanging fork & spoon??? Somebody insisted that he wanted to be featured in my blog but i refused to take his pix....

Oh, I learnt something new that night....the roti goes well with condensed milk........So, condensed milk is not only for making milo or coffee or horlicks....it works well with the indian food too.....

What Life is all about

Sometimes I wonder, why is there always a sadness after happiness and vice versa? Is this what life is all about?? I have people questioning as to if God is ever merciful, why is there suffering and death? My reply? God has reason in everything He does....U might not be able to understand now but in time, u will...Refer to John13:7

Anyway, my maternal stepgrandma has decided to call it a day after almost 2 years of struggle against breast cancer. Being an early bird, she took the 1st flight, ie 12 midnight. Might sounded cruel but I guess it's a blessing that God decided to take her home. She has been struggling and suffered so much. Being a nice lady, she doesn't even deserve all this pain and sufferings.

They are yet to fix the date of the funeral but pa and ma are flying back tommorrow....It's sad to note that I have no recollection of her until our last trip back in May for her birthday. That was the 1st time I got to see her and talk to her...Read it here about her birthday celebration.

Rest in peace, sleep well Ah Ma....I know u must be at peace now and very much relieved of all the sufferings that you have gone through. No one and I mean no one can understand how much u suffered throughout these years......

I'm sorry I don't really get to know you all this while but meeting you on your birthday was the happiest memory I'll ever had and will cherished forever.

You have fought the good fight, you have finished the race, you have kept the faith (2Timothy4:7)

My diagnosis

I've been so restless of late, I can't think straight, my mind doesn't seem to be working right and I just couldn't find the energy or the strength to blog, what more to say, thinking of what to blog.....

At first, i thought I'm just suffering from a writer's block of which I appreciate all your concerns and suggestions in ways to unblock the poor writer trapped in my mindless mind....

I've decided that I have had enough suffering and it's not fair to all my loved ones, that I finally gathered my much needed strength and courage to checked myself in to a private hospital to have a check-up and the worst is expected....


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I'm suffering from a very rare disease called blockedbloggingistis..........No doctors in Kuching can help me....I need to get treatment soonest possible as my condition is deteriorating......I may still be able to type short posts but was told that the final stage wud be a total clean-up of idea and by then, I will have no ability to blog and can only read other people's blog.

heheheheh.....sorry lah for this very lame joke but I am really runing out of idea...(tot I heard somebody scolding me ochipala??)

Sorry folks for the long absence in posting...My mind is so occupied with our upcoming big project (No, I'm not doing the what's for dinner card at the moment)...I shall be very busy between now and mid November, so please pardon my lack of posting....but then again, I might be able to squeeze some time to blog........never know.....

Hazy Card

Look what I've created in my cards & gifts section:

White

Grey

The picture is printed on a card with a layer of vellum (tracing) paper on top to give it a double layer effect. Did not realise the significance of this card with the hazy weather until I try to take a pix of it. I was adjusting the camera and all that when A walked over my desk and look at my card. What came out from his ever-chirpy mouth was "What's the point of taking photo in this hazy weather?" I cudn't make up what he said until I have a closer look at my card and I burst out laughing. Don't u think the picture of the mosque look so blur from the effect of the vellum paper as if it's in a very hazy condition???

Talking about the right card for the right ocassion/weather!!!

Ahhhhhh..the rain

Whenever I see the rain, the song "I can See Clearly Now" comes into my mind...And thank God for the rain on Saturday and this morning. A breath of relief to most people in Kuching.

Doesn't help much but hey, let's be thankful

Got the lyrics here. I know this is quite and old-timer song and I get to know this song after watching Antz.

Artist: Johnny Nash

LyricsSong: I Can See Clearly Now

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone

All of the bad feelings have disappeared

Here is the rainbow I’ve been prayin?for

It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

Look all around, there’s nothin?but blue skies

Look straight ahead, nothin?but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,

I can see all obstacles in my way

Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind

It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright)

Sun-Shiny day.

That's all for me today....I'm suffering from writer's block...

*Knock my head against the wall to unblock the writer trapped in my head*

A dinner, 3 friends and an insult

What was supposed to be a no-frill, friends-get-together dinner was turned into an insult at the end of the dinner which causes me sleepless nights and disturbed mind.

Read on......

A dinner & 3 friends

Went for dinner with Junoesque & T at Topspot. Dinner was great and we had a good laugh and we sat there for hours and the parking cost me RM3!!!

Let's talk about the good part first. Check out what we had (Boy, i seriously hope we are hepatitis-free else we sure gonna be in deep shit. Anyway, I'm not):

Deepfried oyster omelette. T & my favourite. Because of you this, we insisted on eating at Topspot (despite the haze) cos they serve very good oyster omelette. Would you believe that T & I finished the whole UFO size omelette? Junoesque saw how desperate we were in fighting the bigger piece she decided to pull out and let the 2 of us have the whole thing

Butter prawns.

Deepfried Soft-shelled crabs. This is really very very nice though J & T claimed that it was too salty. So, Malau & Pinkcotton, if you think the softshelled crabs at Lok Thian is great, wait till you try this. It's heaven.
Hah! The half-open crams clams fried in ginger, lemon grass and soya sauce. Note to the #*&%&$^ tourist: Yes, you food copycat moron, it's soya sauce, no special sauce whatsoever...and I hope you get hepatitis (cannot, too mean) stomachache after eating all the food last nite.


We wiped out clean everything on the table except for a piece each of the crabs, prawns and deer meat.

No one can guess how ridiculously cheap our dinner was last nite. The above 4 seafood dishes plus midin and stirfried deer meat and some discounts on Junoesque's royalty membership card, it cost less than RM85!!!! You don't get this price if u dine without Junoesque, mind you. So next time if you feel like splurging on seafood but could only afford a dinner of kolo mee, please bring along Junoesque but....but (of course, there's a but), you have to bring me too cos I'm not going to give you Junoesque's contact....Acting as a middle woman lah.

And yes, it's the same stall that I blogged before.

Junoesque in her new bracelet

Ok, now the next part:

The Insult
I am still fuming hot even as I typed this...anyway, 2 couples (caucasians, obviously tourists as claimed by that *&$& woman) were searching and surveying for food to order when they came across our table and T being the hospitable lot started to chat with her and introducing to her all the dishes that we had and obviously she ordered the same dishes as ours!

We ate, they ate, we talked, they talked, we laughed, they laughed, the men smoked, we don't, they called for the bill, we still talked.....(and no, though we wish they will, they did not pay for our bills)

Being the polite tourist in the land of the hornbills where food is cheap and glorious, where the monkeys eat together with the human beings, where the human beings stays on top of a tree, where their currency is 4 times larger than ours, where where where (ok, ok, stop it, papercrazy!!) , they came to our table to thank us for introducing them all the glorious food....after several thank yous, goodbyes and enjoy your meals/holidays, guess what was the lady's parting word to me????????

In her very caucasian slang "oh, u better stop eating now, you r getting (with hand gesture some) fatter!

Can't really remember the exact word but it's something to that effect

I was SHOCKED in capital letter!!!

FAT? Excuse me, FAT???????? Why, of all nerve, calling me FAT as in F-A-T??? Obese, corpulent, gemuk, pui, fei!!!!!!!

It did not drown on me what she exactly said until she left and Junoesque started to laugh out loud!

I would have walked up to her at the lift lobby and ask her to repeat what she said if it's not because I was too shock to move.......Maybe she tot that was suppose to be compliments in the land of the hornbills, where food is cheap and glorious, where the monkeys eat together with the human beings blah blah blah (yeah, u got it)

I weigh myself and I don't think I'm obese or even fat for that matter.....I might be a shortie but that doesn't entitle me a fatso!! I'm depressed now...

Tell me, is 45kg for a 5ft tall cute little petite girl with innocent look considered FAT? On 2nd tot, I think T is to be blamed for all this. Without his ever-hospitable character, we wouldn't get to know the tourists and I wouldn't be insulted then. Thanks T for making my day! Duh! We should have just be typical malaysians when they asked us about the food, acted aloof and pretending we don't understand what they were saying.

Saw them walking on the road as I drove down from the carpark....If it's not because I'm a good Catholic, I would have rammed into the curb and knock them off!!! (hehehe..just a thought lah, I don't think i deserve to be locked up in jail over a silly remark!) but I would have wind down my window and shouted to her that I am not fat if it's not because of the quick moving traffic then.