Attended a very good friend's wedding last Saturday. I know both the the bride and groom, as they were my uni classmates. So, the dinner was held at the Bukit Jalil Golf and Country Resort. Photos? Got some but none of me and the couple. Will have to wait for KC and Althea to e-mail me some of the shots taken by professionals they hired.

We were seated at table 16.



Very nice purple menu. And look at the pretty cupcakes, all tied up in pink.



Wedding favors. Cupcakes from the couple and chocolates by the restaurant.



Mum and Melissa was also invited. So we were of course sitting at the same table.



Camwhoring with Melissa. We were waiting for an hour half before dinner started.



Guess who was sitting at the same table as we were?



Siew Ming la of course. KC's heng tai's were all at a different table. Let's see. There was Boon Leng & girlfriend, Chang Seng & wife, Mani, Soon Yien, and Suresh. It has been AGES since I saw them.

Anyways, because of the lack of a proper hassle-free camera, most of the photos were taken with my baby dopody, which somehow won't produce nice clear photos. Which is why I will be getting this sometime this week!


To be used for my Manila trip coming up next week! Woohoo! I'm going for a long and overdue holiday! Yay!

And I will be the one of the official temple wedding photographer for me cousin when I get back. All the more reason to get another camera. Hmmm... wonder if I can get sponsorship for this? Hehehe...

Today marks papa's 3rd year anniversary...

... the 3rd year papa has left us.



We went to the temple yesterday to pay our respects... and brought him some of his favourites.



Paid our respects to grandpa too since we were there.



In Loving Memory...

It was mum's birthday so I took her to her favourite place for dinner...


Sakae Sushi!

I already bought her an early birthday present so got her favourite flower that night.



A stalk of lily.



Eating. Yummy!



Then it was time to do some camwhoring!



Mum and I.



Melissa and I.



And the person who paid for dinner plus plus...



ME-lah! Who else...

CONGRATULATIONS TO ABE NIK AND WIFE ON THEIR NEW BORN BABY BOY!

We'll be seeing you.
... and your new born.
SOON!

Inspired by Karen Cheng (Sir Gary's friend).

Planning to frame these up and hang them on my walls. New photo deco for my kitchen wall perhaps?

Bobbi ~ his younger days...

Nikki ~ During her younger days...

A view taken when I was in Fraser's Hill.

I was part-timing for my wedding planner friend at Carcosa Seri Negara.

Part-timing again at the Manhattan II Ballroom at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel.

Lemme rummage into my digital album. I know I have lots of 'treasures' hidden somewhere...

I received this in my e-mail today. You may have seen or read this before but well, what the heck! It's my blog and I'm posting it up anyways.

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.

He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still. (Note: Obviously I have no son. This is fiction!)

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,

"While dealing with a stranger, common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."

I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."


FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days.

But the family we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than into our own family, an unwise investment indeed, don't you think? So what is behind the story?


Do you know what the word FAMILY means?

FAMILY
FATHER
AND
MOTHER
I
LOVE
YOU

BLUEH!

Very very very the BLUEH!



I may look like this though...



So, obviously I'm not in the mood to update my Black Eyed Peas experience, and everything else.

My Hari Raya holidays officially started on the 11th October 2007, and we will only return to the office on the 22nd October 2007 ~ which means I have 11 DAYS OFF!!!

So how did I spend my week?

Firstly, my family and I drove up to Penang to visit my 4th Grand Aunt. Without any dogs traveling with us, this time. Too much of a hassle. Anyways, as you can see, we got kind of chirpy during our journey. So, what did we do, we started taking photos... of ourselves! Hahaha...



Photos taken overexposed for bee-you-tee-fool effect. IMHO, it worked!

What did we do in Penang? What else ler... Besides visiting my Grand Aunt, Penang = eat and shop! That night Uncle and Aunty took us to an Indian restaurant just about 10 minutes drive from their place. Food was not bad.

Next day, has lunch at the Tanjung Bungah Club with Aunty Pat and Grand Aunt. Yummy!



After lunch, Gurney Plaza for some shopping. Bombed me-self with 3 bags! Actually was planning to get 2, but after some hesitation on my part, the 70% on offer last piece bag was sold mere minutes when I have decided to get it!!! So had to console myself with another 2 bags!

That night, of course HAVE to just go to the Feringghi Night Market for some shopping. Dee-vee-dees here are plentiful cheap. A.O.D? Nahhh... Also bugged BossS through PacMee; beating his record of 30 pieces! Hehehe... I got 44! Also spent on lanterns and knick-knacks for friends back home.

Left Penang on the first day of Hari Raya... Overall level of stay satisfaction... GREAT!!!

On the way dropped by at Aunty Teja's place at Bukit Merah for a visit and stopover. Tapau-ed asam laksa and curry laksa for them (it is NEVER complete without asam laksa if we go to Penang!). After the stop, headed down to Teluk Intan for the remainder of the weekend, and to celebrate Hari Raya with my relatives there, and also to visit my Grandma (mum's mum).



This is me cousin. I was there bugging him. Hehehe... He always get bullied by me (hihihi)...



He's touching his tummy which means he's hungry. He's always hungry... Hihihi...

Anyways, this is how MUCH I have driven over the weekend!



884KM! Can travel from Singapore to Perlis! Darn!

The next day, a good friend Diana from Singapore came to stay with us for several days before attending a Sunday night wedding dinner. So we took her round for window shopping and food.

First we went to Sakae Sushi.



The next day, lunch was at Vege Green (a vegetarian shop in a corner in Curve)... icky mushy green stuff!



The Mixed Fruit Tea is nice though... I am not a vegetarian fan, so this will be the only special time I will be having meals there (unless Diana comes down again - hehehe...).

Then after that went round walking between Ikano and Curve.



This is Diana with her all-time favourite Doraemon! Hehehe...

That night dinner was at Absolutely Thai, Sunway Pyramid with our old uni-gang; Althea & KC, Siew Ming, Jess & KW, and me. Was too hungry to snap any photos. And was too busy catching up with old news and gossip to bother whipping out me baby dopody for some photo ops.

Thought that could take her to Marche for dinner the next day but sudden change of plans, Diana followed her family, who are down here from Kuching, to Ipoh. So the rest of eating and shopping plans were Poof! Anyways... nevermind-lah...

We took Uncle Sai Yoke who was down for a day to Marche instead. And the next day to Sakae Sushi for lunch, coz I know he loves Japanese food (especially raw ones...)... before taking him to Hentian Duta to catch his bus back to Teluk Intan.

From then till now... I'm resting...

It has been a hectic week!

And there goes my week long holiday!

Oh and before I finish this entry, sigh... my car back passenger window got hit by a stone (or stones) when one of the grass cutters were around yesterday. SMASH!!!



Or I so thought it was the grass cutters. But nevertheless, need to fix it and spend some moolah to get it fixed.

Sigh...

To all my friends... and the occasional random reader (if there's any).

Here's wishing you a very very very...



Note: I start the Raya holidays tomorrow till the following Sunday! Yippi! Long break ~ like going back to school! Hehehe...

It was getting a wee bit better (but still got the poker face and frowns lah) and today someone has to go screw it up all over again.

You know who you are.

Damn-a-ni-tion!

... I have a craft studio like this!



I am so jealous of Liquid Paper!

The silent marathon since Sunday morning...

Ignoring it ~ going about my usual days...

Dreading the time when I have to face the silence again...
and ignoring it...

It's day 3 today...
Predict it to continue till day 5...

It's not easy for me too...

Am currently so addicted to this!



A Facebook application.

Like Chipster... Nothing Else Matter! Hahaha!

(not in any preferred order ~ all based on memory recall)
Mummy Ho ~ for the unexpected sms... oh and the angpow too!
Melissa ~ for waking up in time to go for lunch! Peking duck sommore!
Tze Han ~ thank you for turning up at Neway!
Jess & KW ~ thanks for organising the Neway event... and for the pressie.
My department workpals ~ for singing a very PUBLIC birthday song in the middle of the office!
My Ex-Webteam pals ~ for your good wishes... in the midst of TV series emails! Hehehe...
Ema & Syami ~ for my 1st birthday pressie this year...
Azim & Reny ~ for my cute birthday pressie...
Nick ~ it was an unexpected wish from you...
Yin ~ for remembering...
Ryan ~ for remembering...
Kak Chik ~ for remembering every year...
Fadhlina ~ for remembering... even if it was after a day...
Joan ~ for remembering...
KKChan ~ for remembering...
Shir Ling ~ for remembering every year...
Ucop ~ for always wishing me on my birthday...
Kevin ~ for being the only 'celebrity' to wish me...
Diana ~ for wishing me plus all nice advice given...
Siew Yeong ~ for remembering...
Ganesan ~ for remembering... and calling me... and getting it right this year! Hehehe...
Sity ~ for remembering... pleasant surprise from you...
Ing Ing ~ for remembering... and for the early dinner and nice pressie (oh dear, did not post it up yet)
Faiz ~ for remembering... and saving his credit to sms me all the way from Zurich... and for letting me wait in anticipation for my new lappie! Hahaha!
Swee Yeong ~ a new friend following me and vice versa on PacMee!
Friends on Friendster who wished me ~ you know who you are...
Friends on Facebook who wished me ~ you know who you are...



Many thanks for remembering my birthday! I had a very nice birthday this year thanks to you peeps! Muaks!

Got a pressie from Reny and Azim today!



Thank you pals!!! Muaks!

Note: "Muaks!" only applicable for Reny. For Azim, maybe just a handshake... Hehehe...

Lunch today was 2 hours, so I took mum and Melissa to China Treasures at the Sime Darby Convention Centre to have some Peking Duck for lunch. And we also decided to have the buffet dimsum ~ which was pretty good!

The food...



The company...




Lunch was nice. So full after that. Tonight another round of eating binge and karaoke session! Will post photos if I have photos...

My first birthday present this year! (Dopod not counted...)





Thank you Ema & Syami ~ Will open the pressie after work!

Muaks!


Updated after office hours...

Opened the pressie!



2 bottles of rum (aka shower gel) and a mini basketball! - which is actually a bath fizzer! Never had this before ler... I will now need to go more often to hotels to borrow their bathtubs. Hehehe...

Again, THANKS Ema & Syami!