Pearl of the Orient

Been back to my so-called kampung (hometown) over the weekend to give my blessings to my cousin Ah-Soon gor-gor. I have been so enthusiastic about this trip for the longest time ever .. well, always enthusiastic about every trip back to Penang, that I just realized I booked my ticket back like some 5 months ago. Don't have a choice, being a cheapo, you just have to be a lil kiasu when it comes to budget airlines. On the contrary, if anyone would have sponsored my flight by generously offering me a first/business class ticket, I would still go with AirAsia .. coz I won't be an idiot to do the whole transit thingy which triples the traveling time.

Tiring Tiring trip .. my parents have been nagging at me since day one like a child that I get enough sleep. Mumzy dearie .. I'm old enough to take care of myself. I will recouperate from any sleep deprivation when I have to. The trip was too short and I fully utilize every single minute I was there. But it did made me realized that I ain't that young anymore and my body isn't that hyper-energetic like college kids no more.

The Newly-Weds. I've met the Mrs every single year during CNY and now it's official. New addition to the Saw family .. and YAY ! additional ang-pow next year! *teeheehee*

A.K.A. Tua-Ee .. Sa-Ee .. Ji-Ee

I do not normally bleach my face with make up, nor do I semangat set my hair for some dinner. But I came straight from the bridal show job I itchy-fide took on which explains why I look exaggerated for this humble wedding reception. Point is .. I have tinted-Green contacts on. Have been wanting to try on for the longest time ever .. and now I broke my virginity .. at least there was "protection". We had to put the contacts on for the show to make us more pan-asian .. don't think it really helps though. But I haven't gotten used to it and it was irritating the hell of me that I had to remove them. So much for wanting to lazer people with those gorgeous green blinkers.

My folks .. any resemblances?

The cuzzies ... Andy, Serena the einstein, and Sarah the cilli-padi.

I didn't expect the main introduction to be this interesting. Quite cool huh ..

.. more cuzzie .. Yao-Yao. I swore that everyone in the family calls him that, though it makes him sound really pussy'fied .. time for an upgrade!

I WAS known as Ting-ger for the longest time ever .. but at least I have been upgraded to Jamie. Ok ... I still get Ting-ger occassionally ... *grunts* but cute rite??? Macam ger-ger

The food was great, prolly coz I was starved to hell from the focassia I had since 10am, but the whole ambiance of the wedding turned out to be some karaoke singing fiesta. Inevitable when both the folks are the, not mistakingly, top people in their singing club.

The only people that will be singing at my wedding will be Rozz from Bagan. That's if I marry a tycoon who loves me so to splurge RM4,000 for 4 hours + misc charges to get Miss Rozz down to wherever I am having my reception! She is unbelievably mezmerizing !!!

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Checked out the hottest and coolest club in town. QE II.

You just have to be here! Setting, interior, music .. MEN .. BABES .. ooh-la-la ..

Why is JB always inferior when it comes to the night scene? We may have the place .. but the people and MUSIC just ain't right .. major langgar ! And the excuse of conforming to customer's demands i.e. This-Is-What-They-Want-To-Hear, is not even a valid excuse at all. How are they gonna change?? IMPROVISE !!!! Please for the dear sake of this city!

Located at Weld Quey or the Jetty, this place plays tasteful house music. There's the outdoor area with counters overlooking the sea and lush indoor sitting area. But the best area is by the bar .. get the best of both worlds. Apparently there's a dining area at the top .. but am yet to try it out .. next trip perhaps.

Peeps ... yes, Cabana is similar ... it needs major improvision!

You people out there can stop trying to convince us to be together .. just because we can legally do so since we're related from my mum's side, doesn't mean we have to. We are that close and loving that people just don't believe we're related. Haha~

My dear Wee-kor will always be there for me no matter what ! Me Heart You !

My darling ... Alan How! Me Heart You toooo ~

.. and the gorgeous LeeVince. If only all men in were this tasty. Yum~

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ENVY

BigOne's flying of to Bangkok for his golfing escapade with the boys tonight ..

BANGKOK !!! I should be on that plane instead of him !!!

You promised BigOne ... Remember your promise !!!

*misshh youu*wink*

Windows Shopping

The internet is one big conspiracy created by a genius to corrupt people's minds and letting them to reach out to unimaginable actions and consequences, where a new hybrids and evolutions of new activities emerge, replacing what we called the good old days.

You really are old when you can think back about the days when everything was so different from what's happening now .. because of the difference, because we went through several eras, because .... we just are!

It's a disease .. a plague .. which creeps into everyone's subconscious minds, letting the web control your emotions and daily activities. Without it, we just don't function properly. Something will be amiss when I wake in a day without connecting to the web, it frustrates me when the server is down, and it'll be the major bitching topic during lunch.

It is also an addiction stronger than any drug ever imagined. Even good ol'shopping has been replaced with browsing through websites from different continents. Nothing is pretty or hip enough in stores anymore, we all want something which is so not found locally. We just want what we saw online. Get cheap sales .. bargains .. great deals.

But am glad all these happened ... everything happens for a reason. And I got my dress! Yippie !!! Pretty ain't it !

It doesn't come cheap .. but at least you get exactly what you saw and worth paying for such reliable service. On the other hand, it is dirt cheap .. only that our currency is miserably insignificant to the Sterling Pound. 7 times! That's so ridiculous! I used to dream of marrying an Italian when I was much younger coz I simply adore the cuisine and would be so lucky to have the love of my life making me the food that I love every single day. Now, I think I'll make a switch .. more realistic .. the love of my life .. who earns the Sterling Pound ! yea yea .. go on dreaming !

Byno has became the next Geline. Sending me links to websites after websites .. corrupting my mind when I should be focusing only on one thing .. WORK. So .. looks like Geline's been working and Byno has been .. well, browsing.

Oh well .. we women are great multitaskers.

Weekend Nocturne

Been too busy for the past 2 weeks that I have lost the know-how or inspiration to blog.

To keep my sanity in place .. I do take some time off to screen through my daily addictions like a neccessity. But am glad and feel good when things are finally clearing off my to-do list.

I shan't write much .. nothing much to write about in this post.. just pictures.

Perhaps .. some memories are just meant not to be remembered no matter how much there is to know, think or talk about.

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It's been a while that we were out partying in a big group .. gone were the days.

But it was nice to hang out with them again .. only the feel was rather different.

Everything has changed since back then .. what was to expect.

Sis & Sis-Bro outing .. which ended up to be a extension of brother's outing.

It was Zi Jun's birthday as well .. looks like they have a White theme going on there.

The guys wore white .. and the girls wore black.

Ooppss ... there must have been some miscommunication back there for Ace.

*tee hee hee*

As much as I should justify myself .. I'll shant.
This candid picture is just too perfect .. with my spontaneous cover up and Melvin's pleasing expression.

Fruit Zhong will never close his mouth. So stop asking him to.

Sis-Gis .. you should've been here .... I miss you sooooooo much !!

Saturday Night Fever

Saturday Fever Syndrome .. Brain cramming more like it ..

1. Deciding what to eat for brunch
2. Deciding which DVD to put on
3. Deciding whether to work .. or not to work
4. Deciding which curtains to get
5. Cramming my brains to my PSP
6. Deciding whether to go out later ... Esh will so kill me if I don't .. so I don't have a choice
7. Deciding what to wear later
8. A whole load of shit going through my brain ...

My head hasn't stopped working since the moment I opened my blinkers. But am glad that I finally put an end to my curtain crusade .. and decided on the off-bronze-silver one. It's been a tough month .. been visiting just about every curtain shop in JB (i'm exaggerating) in search for the perfect shade, the perfect material, the perfect feel .. and of course .. the perfect price. So bye bye pinkies curtains .. I've had them on since 10 years ago so it's time to say goodbye. I had other perfect options .. but it's just waaaaayyyy beyond my budget. So I just settled for the perfect compromise instead. *tee hee*

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Mr.Manager from the Emotional Control Department is back from his holiday .. however has taken a darn long ciggie break instead. He always seems to get on my nerves on the weekends .. now that the period-production department has had some major problems with sticking with schedules .. this isn't helping me very much at all. September just seems like a lousy month for me. *sigh*

Emotions creeps in .. and I'm feeling the loneliness again. It's just a busy month for us .. and I appreciate the fact that I get time spent even though it may not be much .. but at least efforts were made to make me feel good, thought of, and cared for .. even though he's not always physically present. When it's all over .. I don't feel good again. Sometimes I wonder if I'm being over-demanding ..

the amazing instantaneous powers of what your loved one can do ..

.. but on the other hand, isn't it a good thing when you can never get enough from seeing each other?

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I had plans to home-work over the weekend .. act chin-lao (hardworking) in bringing back all the outstanding work. Haven't laid a single skin on it except for moving the bag within my room from being an obstruction on the pathway. So much for being chin-lao ... pattern only! Now that BigOne has passed me PrisonBreak Season 2 .. dad even had the same thought as I did ..

Die laaa ~ Cham liao laaa ~ No need to sleep liao ~

Buahahahaha~

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Time to go get ready for the Sis & Sis-Bro partying .. it's been a while .. and I really missed you guys !!

Aarrrgghh ... what to wear ... what to wear??!!!

Prison Break

Been lusting over Michael Scoffiled for 2 weeks straight.

Specifically Michael Scoffield and not Wenworth Miller. They're the same person .. but if there were 2 person who looked the same, Michael's the choice man. Wenworth won't even bother turning his head even I was Jessica Alba. *we all know* *wink*

OK ! I know I'm a little slow .. waaaayyyy tooooooo slow in fact to even be starting Prison Break .. Season 1 somemore! *Finishing dee laa .. 1 more disc!!*

The lusting wasn't over his incredibly good looks. It was the whole package .. biggest contributing factor to the neverending-drooling is his intelligence. I jez realized that that's what really attracts me in the other sex.

Intellectual Stimulation.

And that's incredibly sexy! Way way way better than just plain good looks.

Time to go shower and continue the lusting over the final 4 episodes.

I found my Michael Scoffield .. Asian version without tattoos of course.

my damn .gif pic won't move! it's such a waste when it's soooo annoyingly sweet. I need help ... calling out all kindSEXY souls with IT intelligence to die for!

* yawnssss *

The dreaded day of the week.

Even the power of Pink is losing its potency.

It has worked well for the past couple of weeks .. and this silly methodology that I came up with i.e. "Pink Conqueres Monday-Blues" is failing on me. Guess Mr.Blues have gotten back-up from the weather and they sent in their best army .. the RAIN !

Who can ever wake up to that !!!

Coupled with the stock-out of my caffein in the pantry .. I'm so dead today ..

I hope I'll survive for the next half day.

Hope some thoughtful soul would bring me my fix from Starbucks. *wink*

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Dramatical weekend .. with incredible dramatic mood swings from the PMS coupled with a whole shit load of things that just wasn't going my way.

One of those days when everything goes wrong ... so so so terribly wrong.

I never thought I was such a emotional drama-mama. Mr.Manager from the Emotional Control Department has taken an abrupt holiday at the wrong time of the month, when he is needed most to keep everything under control.

I jez needed big warm comforting hugs.

Joanne and Ant was there to hear me whine like a emotional 14-year-old teenager. Thanks Guys!! Love ya loads!!

At least there's a rainbow after every storm.

And answers to all my assumptions.

Yay !!!

Girls Gone Wild

It's been a while since I did girl-outing. Just babes .. no dicks allowed. Haven't really partied without a single male species before. Perhaps there's always a need to have them around to prevent unwanted flies buzzing around us.

But it was fun to have the men drooling over our table and lusting to come over. But they could on lust from afar ... coz they're waaaayyyy out of our league.

Ooohhh .... A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E ~~~

Don't be misled by the statement .. we did not poser all night. In fact, we embarrassed ourselves so much with lame acts and dances, it completely send everyone sticking on the wall. But we were adorable ... ain't we now?

Guess I have to give myself a 2-month break from patronizing Cabana, just in case anyone recognized me from yesterday's image-less night!

I'll shut up now .. you men only want to see the pics! Enjoy da babes!

P.S.# Everyone's taken .. by very eligible men .. so if you think you got what it takes and have a bigger "spanna" i.e. Wrench in proper English, by all means ...

P.S.S.# Geline .. this is what you've missed! I wanna party with you babe!!!

Outrages !

I'm Pissed !

I feel so maligned !

This is completely

INFURIATING !

It's been 6 months since our fateful departure from what we used to call Bliss. But people can't seem to accept that the whole event is now a "WAS". It's so "WAS" that I couldn't even be bothered by the details or whatever should be the details.

I've moved on .. happily .. and I guess he did as well .. so should you people.

So stop going around giving a completely different side of the story which is so gonna humiliate yourself. Get your fucking facts straight before you open that hole in your face of yours. Even if the story was to bend a little, do not fucking make me look like the desperate one.

NO ...

I did not fucking ..

1. ... suddenly came back with a change of heart and decided to just leave
2. ... mass send text messages to the entire world informing them of the incident
3. ... rejoice over our seperation in my blog
4. ... desperately beg his your return, neither did I made any attempts to seek desperate help from his family members to get him back

Instead ..

1. I was forgiving enough to put the past behind me and moved on
2. I was forgiving enough to still even be friends
3. I was understanding enough to give him the benefit of doubt that it was a sudden act of impulse .. whatsoever, I don't care coz it ain't my problem no more
4. I was benign not to go round tarnishing his wrong doings ... there wasn't a need to since the whole fucking town knows about it and have taken much interest to actually be my volunteered P.I. and presenting the facts to me ...
5. ... and whatever happened is our private matter and I respected that privacy

If you don't know me ... don't fucking JUDGE me ...
or create some hoo-haa to make it look better ...
coz it isn't what you think it is, neither does it matter anymore.

On the contrary ..

If it doesn't matter to me anymore .. it doesn't mean it doesn't BOTHER me to be maligned as desperado.

I'm just very very outragesly pissed !

*Sorry for the excessive swearing. We're all human and we swear whenever we're pissed, no matter who you are and what you are .. even babies swear, in baby language, so I am no exception and should conform to the norm of the society. *

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Puberty Strikes Back

HELP !

Anyone have any idea on a good pimple cream that works wonders as advertised? Something like the 3-day-gone gel ? I've been using Clearsil and the spots are still there after 3 days. Maybe it's a spot clearing cream and not a PIMPLE clearing cream. Silly me.

I have 2 annoying zits on the each of my cheek that I resemble Queen Amidala.

Isn't really attractive, nor does it add cuteness of a protruded dimple.

I'm sure within a week, the whole entourage will soon pop out.

I'm fucking 25 ! Too old to be battling puberty symptomps, no?

I need help before it all grows too big like LocoRoco eating too much flowers, and I'll be battling nipples instead of pimples!

Now that's gross !!!

Soupe Du Jour

Not exactly a french dish .. but just to go with the flow of the whole Ratatouille mood in place.

Clam Chowder with Puff Pastry ala Dome Style

The puff pastry was supposed to be "puffy" and "flaky" .. but I'm just an amature,

so desole, pardon moi.

This time .. I had a sous chef to assist me in this whole kitchen rendezvouz.

Char-les got too excited.

It took about 3 hours to whip out this meal .. and 15 minutes to gorge down the blardy thing.

But it was worth it .. coz it was FANTASTIC ! And everyone LOVED it !

BigOne loved it. I was ready to be the rubbish-bin to help him clear his waste but there wasn't a drip left for me. Feels good when people are happy.

Aren't people who know me Happy to have me around??? Hahaha~ Shameless!

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The long weekend was rather quiet. But somehow felt that I haven't had enough of the holidays coz I was busy lazing around. BigOne was busy with his stuff .. but I had stuff to keep me occupied.

When he decided to get me the PSP for my birthday .. he couldn't have made a better decision. The one and only thing that could shut me up from complaining if I was deprived of any attention and company. Feels like a kid. Just put me in a corner with my game console on and I'll be fine.

It was the first thing I pick up when I open my eyes from bed .. plug in my earpiece and start gaming. When I had enough, I'll just snooze it and go for a nap. I just vegetate in my bed. I'll even drag till the very last minute to go get ready before he comes pick me up for dinner. *hehe ... i'm such an addicted freak*

And this got me occupied the whole weekend. Hail ... LocoRoco.

When Char-les downloaded the game to my console, I though it could occupy me for at least a month before moving on to a new one. But I finished it in 2 damn days. Not exactly easy but very enjoying .. and frustrating. I was on it with my earpiece on and was cursing and swearing till Mamamia came in to see what the racket was all about. She didn't understand how can a game get people all worked up when it was supposed to be some form of "entertainment".

The music throughout the game is annoyingly cute and addictive. I found myself humming to it till today .. and even trying to download it if there's any, to set it as my ringing or message tone. It's just too cute .. some guy even have the karaoke version of the theme song!

Any new games to intro ???

Tribute To My Country

Happy 50th Birthday Malaysia !

Half century old .. and proudly standing strong!

Malaysia Boleh !

Proud of my country .. proud of my nation .. proud to be Malaysian.

Malaysia .. Truly Asia .. Heart of Asia

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The so-called Merdeka party ...

at Sir Tan's penthouse at Indah Samudera.

Well .. the PSP battle between the two neighbour failed to take place that night. Though very very very tempted to find a secluded corner to conquer Loco Roco, after being very convinced by Charles that it is a MUST game to play. But that's just plain rude.. although feeling very out of place that night coz ...

Charles: I only know like 10% of the people here ..

Jamie: Oh, you think that's bad? I only know 5% ... make that 2%

So much for being "well-prepared" .. I was fully equipped .. I even brought the charger.

Shame on me. Hehe!

But it turned out to be ok. My social side of me took a break for some long weekend holiday, so I didn't exactly ya-ya that much. But people around me are sociable enough ..

Ok fine ! I did ya-ya'ed .. it'll never escape me. Happy now??!!

The view from the penthouse was very strategicly facing JB's Dataran Merdeka, where I was eagerly waiting for the fireworks to light up the skies.

But I failed to capture the slightest glimps of my favourite lights.

We knew each other's existence since the day I entered Convent. But we never really got to know each other .. let alone know how he actually looked like until after leaving high school for 7 years.

The Hei-Bai-Cai, NanShen-NuShen-Pei game.

When people aren't much sober, it became the Black-White-Guess, Boy-Girl-Spit game .. or the Hitam-Putih-Teka, Laki-Pompuan-Ludah game. It's just crazy ..

Not very fair game though coz SirTan has his whole entourage waiting on him and volunteering to drink on his behalf, while the kentang (potato) only had me on his side .. which isn't of much use since I fail miserably at alcohol. And he sabo'ed me in the end, and I had to leave him on his own and start my addiction to LocoRoco.

Je Ne Sais Pas Francais

A flamboyant language I will never be able to master. It just has it's air of classiness, arrogance, and aristocracy. Even speaking English with a French accent is so sexy. I'll rank it second to speaking with a British accent.

Simply amazing, don't you think darling.

Ratatouille was fantastic. Picture 2 adults decked in chic office wear strutting into the cinema to what may seem is the screening of an animated rat who suffers an identity crisis. And it didn't take too long before these 2 adults turned into excited kids.

5 minutes into the show ... i exclaimed ..

"OMG .. you are so Remy !"

And he gave me an approving smile ... there was no way he could deny. It was just too obvious!

Fancy saying that to the current interest when Remy so happened to be the name of my ex-interest. Ooopsss !

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I used to be biaised against watching cartoons animated movies in the cinema. I just felt it wasn't worth my penny to catch a "kid's" show. But the tables have turned now .. we are so eagerly anticipating Bee Movie. BigOne's a big fan of Jerry Seinfield that this is a MUST WATCH movie. How big of a fan is he? That his DVD collection is like a most prized possession/treasure that mustn't be lost or touched in any way by anyone without the pressence of the owner.

L.O. : So you have DVDs of the Jerry Seinfield shows?

B.O. : Yup ... all of it .. every single episode

L.O. : Can lend ?

B.O. : No

L.O. : Why not ?!!

B.O. : If you wanna watch it then you have to do it at my place. I just don't want the DVDs to be transported to another place. I don't trust the whole "transportation" thingy
L.O. : Even if you're driving?
B.O. : Yea
L.O. : *roll eyes*

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Does anyone have any idea where to find good authentic french restaurants?

JB to be exact.

And No .. Chez Papa isn't an authentic french restaurant although the chef may be french, but it serves western food just like any other places.

Authentic restaurants as in they serve foie gras and ratatouille .. and where everything on the menu is foreign to me. Just like authentic Japanese restaurants .. God knows what are on the menu, and you can never order properly without the help of the senior waitress.

Although foie gras sounds pretty intimidating and yucky .. but it's a delicacy I need to try.

Well ... since the likelihood of being able to find one in JB is hard, I welcome all other recommendations .. so I could pop by when I do a wee bit of traveling.

Eating has been my current enthusiasm, and without my twice weekly yoga and ol'ye faithful treadmill .. I'll end up looking like Emile (whom btw is Remy's brother) (not Remy Remy .. but Remy Ratatouille). I ain't that young anymore so I cannot go on lying to myself that the high metabolic rate still exists in my system .. coz it doesn't. Accept fact ... and fate. I've enjoyed my fair bit .. no .. enjoyed my massive bit .. so it's time to suffer with all the other people whom god's given gift has expired.

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It's Merdeka eve .. and it sucks .. coz ..

1. It doesn't even feel like a celebrative holiday
2. I'm not in a holiday mood
3. Currently there are no plans to get out of this city .. nothing to look forward to
4. Nicholas made it worse by telling me that the whole bunch of them are on their retreat to Haflin's resort .. and I can't go .. *damn* And he went on to make me feel even remorse by saying "Don't say I didn't tell you" ... grrrr ~~~~
5. I'm still at work

Oh well .. guess it's gonna be the Penthouse party at Sir Tan's .. where me and my BelovedNeighbour will have our multiplayer battle on our PSPs.

We'll see ... *fingers crossed*

Schni Schna Schnappi

Was browsing through old files when I came across these video clips of my Son.

He will do basically jez about anything for food. And eats just about anything.

The most adorable thing ever .. never fail to bring a smile to everyone's face .. a darling and very popular in the neighbourhood. Seriously .. he has his daily visits from his fans every evening.

Mummy lovesssssss you pumpkin!

Sorry if the clips are not straight up .. have no idea how to edit it too. Sorry if you have neck-cramps .. *teeheehee*

The Standing Circus @ 5 months old

Another of his fav games ... Hi-5 !

Cooking Your Way To The Heart

There used to be a saying that to win you're husband's heart, it's through his stomach.

Used to be skeptical about this coz I think that majority of men think and act impulsively with their eh-hemmss instead. No offence, just a random stereotyping thought.

I never thought much about how did that statement come about .. obviously nobody really found out the root to it or even bothered to go looking for it .. till today, only a handful of women are willing to lay their delicate hands and well-manicured nails to the kitchen.

But today, I stumbled upon the real meaning of cooking your way to someone's heart. It is the whole process of putting in your effort, heart and soul to it .. in create something to be felt from within. It doesn't just apply to the "husbands" .. but to everyone. Seeing the joy and delight on people's face when they take their first bite, complimenting it as they take their subsequent bites .. and knowing that they're secretly devouring the rest of it .. gives me a sense of fulfillment and happiness .. to be able to make people happy.

My second attempt at making the Apple Struddle .. and it's a success. The first attempt was a 70% failure .. due to the rock-hard crust which was completely unedible because I used the wrong ingredient. When the recipe specifically asked for pastry margerine, then USE pastry margerine .. and not substituting it with any kind of margerine. It's not the same!

My pastry puff was a success .. it's yummy-licious .. and it crumbles. Yippie!

Can't wait to see BigOne's reaction to my fruits of labour. Am keeping my fingers crossed since he isn't much of a dessert/pastry fan as I am. But since I made it with my so-called "delicate hands and well-manicured (NOT) nails" .. he doesn't have much of a choice. *teeheehee*

Next attempt ... Clam Chowder with Pastry Puff .. or .. Chicken Stew with Pastry Puff.

Depending on the Boss!

P.S# The only reference I had was a random recipe from a cookbook. I'm so talented. I'm so proud of myself. Can???

P.SS# Making pastry puff is a pain! High level of patience is needed .. and it is farkingly time consuming! So the people eating my puffs better damn appreciate it!

So much for loving and giving unconditionally. Hahaha~~

Shuz

Yea rite .. if only I had enough money to splurge on Shuz without much guilt or feel a single pinch .. or perhaps even a tingle at all !

Mommy-Dotti bonding day with retail theraphy is a big NO-NO. When shoes are involved. My dad will faint with the amount of shoes in the house .. and he never fails to complain .. "How can anyone have so many pairs of shoes? How can they finish wearing them?" .. and I'll gladly reply .. "Wear one a day .. for the next 2 months??" .. Yea, very clever of me! Smart Ass!

If only my mom got my genes. The we could save alot on clothes and shoes.

It isn't supposed to work this way .. I'm supposed to inherit her genes .. which I gladly and proudly did. Not physically though .. *teeheehee* Dad deserves some credit in the production too. I got the best of both worlds then .. my mother's good looks and my dad's tall and slender silhouette. *Sungguh tak tau malu ... but I rather have this option than the other way round!* Sorry ... my bad !!! I have to be thankful to even be in this world ... I KNOW !

Think that was bad? I know some people who think the world of themselves and don't even have the slightest shame on self dignity, and yet still professes I-AM-THE-WORLD ! Shame shame on you !

The day when six pairs of shoes entered the Pang Residence. BigOne screamed in my ear with major astonishment when I told him I bought 3 .. which isn't alot waaaaattttt .... If only mom was also a 7 .. we would have got home with 3 pairs .. or 6 different pairs instead of 3 pairs in 2 different sizes. -.-"""

Someone asked me before .. why is my mom's feet so small. And I answered "Coz she's much shorter than I am .. and if she had my size, doesn't that make her a Hobbit?"

The advantages of not having a common-size .. you're shoes will always be there .. unwanted, coz nobody can fit in them. And because of that, I'm being mistaken for a green lover. Since everything coincidentally was Green .. and they only had Green for it.

Shrek Syndrome creeping into moi ! Arrggghhhh ~~~~

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The Q.C. system of shoes should be monitored for its consistency. Who ends up buying 3 pairs of shoes in 3 different sizes?

ME ! Size 6 , 7 and 8.

So much for wanting to get shoes online ... idea goes flush flush flush down the sewage.

If Dreams Came True ...

... i would be the proud owner of 3 items this MONTH ....

The Tote

THE BOOTS

THE DRESS

... but obviously they're just dreams. And dreams do not always come true.

Unrealistic Dreams that it ... *teeheehee*

It's a Friday, and I'm happy ... happy that the weekend is here and I can slack off for the next 2 days before returning for the Monday tourment. It has been a VERY unproductive morning, since I was awoken by gloomy skies and rain, with a considering thought of skipping work today during my snooze. Tried to offset the bad vibes by throwing on a sunny yellow and white ensemble .. but obviously it didn't work this time. I thought it might since Pink tremendously offsetted the Monday Blues last week.

Byno's feeling the slack as well .. as we window shopped on the internet as always. A habit granted to me from my Hell'ish Gorgeous Friend .. madammoiselle Geline. And it somehow crept to Byno like a worm on the internet. The more we shopped .. the bigger the brands surfaced .. the more expensive it gets .. the more unrealistic it gets .. and the bigger our dreams grows.

It's good to dream .. it creates long forgotten ambitions that we once had when we were a child. I was interviewed the other day during the Female 50 Gorgeous shoot, and they asked me questions of myself .. based on the form that I had to fill up. Simple form .. but yet so ridiculously hard to to fill.

Ambition .. Fav. Music .. Fav. Person .. etc etc etc.

It was all that rage when I was in primary and everybody had a "Autograph Book". More like a Biodata Book perhaps ... coz for autographs people jez enter a short message and signs off. Instead, each of us unleashed our greatest creativity with neon colored highlighters, pens, stickers, glitter glue, etc etc .. to make a scrapbook of 2-3 pages of ourselves.

Name, Address, Contact, Fav Food, Fav Drink, Fav Actor, Fav Actress, Fav This .. Fav That ..
and it really did came up to 2 pages at least!

I asked one of the editors there .. "Are we even entitled to have an ambition now?"

I don't think we do .. not like we have a choice to be what we want now. We just can't anyhow be a nurse, pilot, air stewardess??? (it was so popular back then!) .. lawyer etc etc. We need the qualifications to be great people .. and to be great people, we have to go through years of hell .. and not forgetting .. years of working hell to make your mark.

Guess the older we grow, the more mature we get, the more realistic and idealistic we see things to be. And then .. i just penned down my ambition ...

"To be a full fleged Tai-Tai ... Who wants to work? I don't :) "

But last week .. while chomping down the gluttony in Spizza, I had another ambition ... to be a chef .. of a petite little niche cafe .. where I cook as and when I want to. No different than a Tai-Tai cooking out at home and get people to come by to eat ... *giggles* But isn't it nice that the fruits of your labor brings a smile on people's face when they enjoy it? But then again .. only if it is edible.

And yesterday I had another ambition .. to be the owner of my fav joints .. McDs, Starbucks or CoffeeBean .. and a pizzaria.

Isn't it nice to be able to dream ... makes life filled with innocence and hope.

Scams

You've heard about it .. you've read about it ..

You ridicule about it .. about how stupid people can get by falling for such stupid scams .. about how stupid these swindlers can be, undermining our intelligence to actually fall for such ridiculous ploys ..

To some extent that you become skeptical to on how far the truth really is .. it's human nature and the nature and evil of the mouth .. that a new ingredient is always added to a story whenever it gets passed around ..

Until you really experienced it.

I've been getting calls from some recorded Chinese advertiser in my office almost every single day. The first time I listened to it .. but it didn't make much sense to me, since I was such a big banana and if you throw in any slang in the Chinese language, you might as well speak Russian to me. Second call .. went through like 5 seconds .. Third, Forth, Fifth call .. I jez hung up immediately. It's annoying! So annoying like some idiot keep trying to get their fax through my direct phone .. and tries on relentlessly for the next 10-20 times or so. I'm not exaggerating it .. I really did encounter such before. Too bad I don't have a caller ID if not I would gladly tick that arse off to my heart's content.

Over the weekend, I got a call from "Zhong Guo Pao" (China Press) ... some China lady was conducting a rather harmless survey of some 20 questions or so. I was in a chirpy mood that day so I decided to make her life easier and followed through the whole process. I know how shitty it is to have to work on a Sunday, with such a shitty job conducting surveys over the phone where you'd get probably a 10% success rate at any given day. It was about some Genting advertisement. God knows what .. coz I couldn't quite make up what she was describing to me .. and told me that the organizers will arrange for a gift for you for participating in the survey.

Until I opened Kenny Sia's Blog on Monday morning .. it was a phony HongKong/China scam. Similar to mine since it involved Genting. And it suddenly flicked on the security alarm in me. Alert! Alert!

True enough .. they called me 2 days later. Instead of playing along like Kenny did, I just told them there wasn't such person. And true enough, he was persistent, and asked for a reconfirmation. - Sorry la bang .. your commission fly high high away lo~~

I've got other phonies bidding through my eBay website for the PDA that I'm selling off. Idiots asking me to courier it all the way to their son in Nigeria as a birthday present. And you're stupid enough not to buy one from the UK, where you're staying, and courier it to your own son! Baahhhhhhh ~~~~~~

Phony !

I'm not rich .. I ain't got much money .. so successfully being able to cheat me of my RM20.00 won't give you much pleasure!

The Day I Tried New Things

The weekend .. 2 days .. with 2 extreme differences.

Saturday was a busy and tiring one .. Sunday was Boredom Supremacy.

It's been awhile since I went shopping in Singapore .. so near .. but yet so far.

BigOne was there to run his so-called errands .. and he dropped me off at Orchard to "work-off" all those "porksssss" which I have consumed during brunch.

DimSum at Jade Palace was great .. we did Jade Palace Kitchen at Causeway Point instead, although we very much wanted to head to Taka for Cystal Jade Palace, but we'll probably die of hunger from the queue we'll be facing at the peak lunch-dimsum. Not much variety at Jade Palace Kitchen .. the basics .. the usuals .. but delicious. I could smell the "siu mai" and "char siew bao" when I saw the building .. not my fault for being a porky but it was already 12.30pm and I haven't had anything since I woke up at 9.30am.

Recommended items:

Pei Tan Sau Yoke Choke (Century Egg with Lean Meat Porridge) - really nyum nyum .. the bowl is blardy big, which can be divided into 4 bowls .. is really really delicious. Not too sticky .. not too waterry .. not too salty .. and the century egg is melted into the porridege instead of the "lazy-people" jez chopping up the egg and throw it in.

Char Siew Bao - If we hadn't been such greedy porky's, I would have finished all 3 of it !

Siu Mai and Har Gao - A must in every dimsum meal .. needs no explanation.

After having been in this world for 25 years .. and being a Chinese .. and being exposed to all the delicacies of "kai keok" (chicken feet) .. and being persuaded by almost every family member known to try ... today is the day I broke my taste-virginity to the ChickenFeet. BigOne did the persuasion effortlessly. But I only had one leg .. with 2 toes. That's it. It was OK .. nothing too wow or so yummy that I would have another serving. I jez don't fancy having sucking that thing in my mouth. I have stewed ChickenFeet with YellowBeans at home. It's amazingly delicious that I could have just that one dish with plain rice and it'll be enough. Only that .. being the "special" child at home .. they added the chicken meat for me. And yes, I'm the only one who eats the meat .. and the rest devours the ChickenFeet like hungry vultures. -I just don't get it !

Shopping was ... "fun" ... had all the time to myself to slowly choose, try, consider, pay, and queue throughout all 4 processes .. and not have anyone rushing me. I could enter any shop I want .. walk anywhere I wanted .. get lost .. and buy anything ugly and not being complained.

The sale is still on .. not that great .. beats none at all. I'm such a cheapo .. so I wasn't exactly broke. Haha~~ It wasn't exactly retail therapy .. I try to keep all purchases to a minimum, coz I just have too many new clothes with tags still on it!

BigOne picked me up some 5 hours later when I nearly broke my back and feet from all the walking. As if that wasn't enough, he smirked at my so-called "abilities" as a shopper. And fed me well again after losing all those dimsum calories. Headed to Spizza - great place for Pizza. We kinda lost faith in Gianni's for our delectable pizza coz they let us down after the 2nd and 3rd visit. If only Spizza opened in JB .. I'll mutate to become a turtle. Try Spizza the next time you're in Singapore .. it's at Club Street.

Recommended Pizza: Isabella - Tomato, Mozzarella, Parma Ham, Rucola Salad

and of course ... Tiramisu.

If you can't decide on which pizza to order .. they have an A-Z name for their pizzas .. jez take a stab at any, just like we were supposed to do Juliana and Vittoria, but ended up with Isabella and Margaritta. And I now eat Olives. Wow~~ I detest those things in my food! - Used-to .. and as-Was .. from now onwards!

I've been craving greens in these recent months .. and it has became worse these few weeks .. coz I've been suggesting to have "lei-cha" almost everyday, but too ashamed to say it out. Previously my lunch craving was "McDs" .. but I try not to do it coz the cough hasn't fully recovered yet and I have such a bad throat immune system. Rucola or Rocket Leaves (don't ask me .. he insisted!) is sooo yummy. Am so loving fresh greens that I feel like a cow now! Time to go to Cold Storage to stock up on them! - if only they have them!

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Was supposed to work-off all those sinful calories today .. but gave in to vegetation-meditation. Not eating greens .. but being no different than a "vegetable" and laze and sleep whole day.

They say you burn more calories sleeping than staying awake. I just put it to test. And it's just a lie .. tricking us to sleep early which is good for us. So what has it got to do with burning calories???!!!

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Time for bed .. the chicken essence is wearing out. And I'm gonna be soooo in for it tomorrow. Helloooooo Monday Blues!!!

Too Spicy

They're back ! With no brand new acts !

Was kinda shocked when Nic told me that they're back and they will be touring end of the year.

There goes to show how outdated I was on all these entertainment news. I don't have much time for TV so E!'s out of my life momentarily, and I've stopped reading SmashHits a decade ago.

Nic was so furious that they didn't included Malaysia in their tour itinerary. Come on .. Singapore will have a bigger chance to be on the list than Malaysia. Haha.

The Spice Girls. Not so spicy anymore it seems. Mel C (far left) is the only one that looks good, or much betta since they've split, as if she went to explore the world of modelling ... while the others explored the world of motherhood. The rest look old man! The whole Spice GIRLS just don't seem to blend well with the image. Decently clad in demure attires and subtle middle-age styles ... ain't spicy at all. Some Desperate Housewives replica.

Susan-MelC , Edi-Emma , Bree-Geri , Gabrielle-Vic , Lynette-MelB

I can imagine these middle-age woman shaking their booty to teenage music.

Soooo Langgar man !!!

All wearing outrages skimpy PVC outfits and yucky platform boots. Geri with her Union Jack, Emma with her pink Britney-ala-virgin fluffy feathery tutu (ewww...wats worse to have auntie acting cute!), Victoria .. she'll be fine with her basic plain Black or White .. she has style so I'm with her, if only she could smile a wee bit more. Mel B in animal prints .. which I so prefer her to do military instead. Mel C is fine too .. how wrong can you go in Adidas?

They have to resurface with how they're being remembered for rite? They can't just switch identities rite.

Jamie: I'm so gonna blog about this now man!

Nic: You say nice things about them H** T***!

Jamie: Spice girls .. more like Spice Aunties

Nic: Don't be evil P*** H** T*** !

(Nic is so annoyed that he resorted to commanding me in my full name!)

Jamie: Ooops .. my bad

Nic: I'm sure if the backstreet boys reunite or boyzone comes back u'll hyperventilate too

Jamie: I can imagine man .. all old man and fancy calling them teenage names. What's with the "GIRLS" and "BOYS"

So if the next time a new band pops up in the music scene with the name "girls" or "boys" in it, it'll definitely be short-term. It goes to show that they do not plan for themselves to stay in the industry for the next 2-3 decades coz definitely the band name has to last for the number of years that they plan to last right?

Imagine BeeGees having to name themselves "The BeeGees Boys" or "BoyGees" or "GeeBoys" (ok .. the last one didn't sound too right there, sorry 'bout that). Some 10-20 years down the road, they're bunch of retired man trying to be hip and buying into teenage pop market. NOOOO ~~~

But on a more positive note, I admit I used to like 'em .. not worship them obsessively like Nic does . I'm sure we all somehow know the lyrics subconsiously and sing to the tune whenever we hear them. Just admit it ! As much as you hate to admit it .. they're part of our present lives, we live through it .. and they're back to haunt us again !

GIRL POWER !

Mane Issues

One of the few people that people really trust are their hairdressers. People do not just randomly go into any salon trusting just about any hairdresser to do their mane. Although I don't really have much choice on what I want to do with my hair most of the time. *sweats*

Really. BigOne always tells me off and finds it ridiculous that how can one go into a salon and not know how their hair will be done. My hairdresser calls the shots .. he always does. I'm the only customer that doesn't get to decide. He determines how my hair's gonna be, what it'll be getting, an does not tell me what the next color of my hair will be.

Billy: I'm gonna straighten it .. then color it.
Jamie: What color are you gonna give me?
Billy: You'll see ..
Jamie: Err .. I'm curious. Can I see the color chart? -at this moment, BigOne's spirit somehow seemed to have found his way to my ear and started telling me off .. like how he always does, and I panicked-ly request to see the color I'll be getting. I know for a 200% (make it 300%) that if it doesn't come out well, he'll be staring at me annoyingly for the next couple of weeks or so until I get it corrected. Stress rite ??!!!!
Billy: No
Jamie: Describe the color then. Brown? Light Brown? Red? Copper?
Billy: It's gonna be a healthy color.
Jamie: What's a healthy color? Is this a "healthy color" - pointing to my current hair color of dark brown.
Billy: No
Jamie: Fine. -gives up-

And I still let him go ahead with it .. fingers crossing that it'll turn out ok.

This is ... TRUST.

And I loved the outcome. The color is great .. Dark Reddish Brown. Brings out the glow of my skin, making me look fairer, but not pale. Dark enough, but not boringly black. And a lil dash of attitude and style under the sun when the red shines radiantly.

Straight is back. I've gotten my curls flattened out. Coz Billy and Leslie shrugs in disbelieve to see my curls looking like scattered straw extensions, and sighs in disappointment that a model, whom is supposed to be an expert in vanity, to be .. well, not such an expert in her hair, furthermore, it's jez maintaining plain simple big curls that doesn't need much skill to master.

Should I have my curls back?

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Schnappi isn't that lucky though. His hairdresser went down hard on him.

He got a lion-cut. And it isn't very flattering on a shihtsu, considering the fact that shihtsus are supposed to have long mop-like hair/fur.

I didn't have much of a choice coz his hair/fur was all tangled up to its point of origin that it's beyond cure. The "stylist" didn't even consider trying to detangle it. So .. shave shave shave ..

I felt so guilty during the whole process when Schnappi looked at me with the saddest face ever and all I did was just stood there and watch when they balded him.

She didn't even let his feet off ... and they're no different from chicken feet now.

Pity the poor child. I still love you as much despite how "special" you look now pumpkin.

Steven Lim ... The Millenium Legend

We've all heard about Steven Lim .. the eccentric and the extraordinary Bastard , Asshole LOSER that kills us all instantaneously with his miracalous acts.

Really ... I never thought anyone could be as bad .. nothing comes close. You think Jim Carey is beyond hope with his so-hai acts in Ace Ventura i.e. making his ass talk, you gotta meet Steven Lim. To me .. he's a LEGEND ! That could very well drive anyone to jump off the building whenever watching his videos.

I don't know if I should admire or dispise him. Afterall, it takes so much courage and self-confidence to actually portray such image and trying to convince people he's actually S.E.X.Y. and D.E.S.I.R.A.B.L.E. I have loads of self-confidence, but he just makes me or any overconfident individual look like Mickey Mouse just even wanna compare to him.

His level of Lame'ness, Loser'ness, Stupidity, So-Hai'ness .. Self-Indulgence, Self-Confidence, Narcissism, Self-Denial ... ranks SUPREME !

His retaliation video to XiaXue's entry on the "7 Most Disgusting Bloggers in Singapore Blogersphere" is overrated. Lame. Stupid. Tak Jadi. So-hai. _______. (just fill in the blanks .. watching a whole shit load of his videos just now just completely wiped out every single vocabulary in my brain). There were many i.e. Billie Jean, Whatever, etc etc ... until I stumbled upon this video ...

... and you thought you'd see everything coming ! With the toilet roll in his undies to enhance the "size" .. and the wannabe sexiness of male-after workout-hunky-perpiration ...

He's da Man laa .... CLASSIC !!! Try beating that !

The introduction of his existance to Sis-Esh nearly killed her and she was never so intrigued by anything non-artistic before. It killed her. She was about to go smash her brains on the wall to stop the "Oh my F%$king God" swirling around her mind.

I killed her 3 days ago. And I was about to kill her for the second or probably third time today, by forwarding all the links from YouTube.

Feels addictive .. just like killing Kenny.

Huat died too.

Huat: Jamie, please stop liao.
Jamie: You have to watch the last one .. the rest don't watch nevermind, you MUST watch the last one !
Huat: My eyes need Dettol !! I can't tahan liao .. I really admire his bravery! He's really a brave loser .. why got ppl like him wan ?
My eyes and brain need cleaning coz I've recorded all his videos in my brain, if not tonight sleep sure got nightmare !
Jamie: *Evil Smirk*

If only he was more creative and spend some cash on more attractive undies. The gray ones with sweat stains (if it is .. coz it's like there permanently in every video .. shit, to think i actually took notice of it .. DAMN !)