My Wedding

Since my wedding announcement, I have been bombarded with questions after questions and I guess probably the one with the most Qs is our wonderful Paul van Harmelen.

So let me clear the air…tell a story and entertain you my blog fans ..hohoho…and hope Paul stop asking me more questions.

About 1 year ago, it was destiny that made me a consultant and fate that sent me to a certain MLM company to meet my future husband-to-be. Through a lot of obstacles, and objections, and busybodiness, well we’ve finally proved that if a couple were meant to be together, then nothing can possibly stop them from being united as one :)

My bf is a very serious looking guy and as a customer he got me very worried because he seem to be able to tell every time I was bullshitting about the product :-p But as a bf, Aaron you are the best ever man I have ever met that never fail to make me laugh and ever ready to endure my temper and crankiness. And despite his practical nature, yet he further amazed me by being so truly romantic during the proposal. 99 roses for eternal love with words that brought tears to my eyes. Sun, I’m afraid I cannot teach you what he said because the words must come from your heart to work on the gal lar!!!

As for the reason for the shocking wedding.. WHY SO FAST..seems to be everyone’s question followed by ARE U PREGNANT??!!....hmm….as I tell you all…Leave it to your imagination plus you can check on that in about 8 months time ;)
If you see little OiPingesss crawling around then you know we have been naughty, else maybe it was just purely because we love each other so immensely much that we just had to get married fast to be together J

For those that have been witness to our courtship and romance, thank you for your continuous encouragements and support. Both of us will never forget your true friendship and will hope to be able to be that same pillar of support to you in your time of needs. Btw, MC, I took Plan C ;) Thanks for the idea.

Anyway, the wedding date is 25 November 2006. Your company (only if invited…hohoho) will be much welcomed as I truly would love to have all my friends and family to share this special moment of my life with. Until further updates…..I’m busy preparing!!!

Chance or Choice 2

Remember this article I posted many moons back abt chance and choice? Well it suddenly hit me again today and it helped put a lot of things into perspective..well at least for today until I wake up tomorrow and wonder again why life can be such a drag.

Everything in life might actually start out as a chance, but eventually it becomes a choice. Take for example my current job. By chance it dropped onto my lap when I was not really looking, and by choice i decided to take it up. Today I do admit I regret a bit having made that choice, but because it was my choice, so I have to stick with it. Do or die I have to stick with it till my choice becomes a joy.

And that's exactly the same with so many other things in life isn't it? You may dream so much of getting that sleeky BMW and by choice you bought it,but then lives to regret it cause the monthly maintenance fees is draining dry your entire life savings.But can you sell off the car? NO WAY! How can one downgrade a car :-p Well thankfully I got a City so at least it low petrol consumption :)

How about my dog? By chance some bitch decided to give birth to a black and white pup just when I was looking for a schnauzer doggy, and by choice I bought her and named her Mojo. But then mother's choice was stronger (heck I can't even name my own dog!) and Mojo became Crystal. First I thought I got a cute adorable doggy, and the next thing I know is I have a monster that pees and poo at any spot she deems smells "good". But yeah...she's my choice and I have to bear with mother's nagging and poop scooping till this choice becomes a joy too. Did I also mention this choice is kinda high maintenance too since she eats like a horse and not like a dog, and needs monthly "hair-styling" else she looks like some street beggar. Ermm...but no regrets on this one. All the hardwork pays off when she looks into your eyes and give u the most loving lick on your face ever :)

As for the men..hmmm, I think fate is the thing we call chance, and my claws on the men is what we call choice..hahaha. Just joking ok! The men will be so lucky if I even want to lay one fingertip on them :-p But so far I think my choices have been pretty OK - of course they are OK choices till they became history. Now history repeats itself and I chance upon what seem a lovely man again. One thing I learnt though - it is our choice if we want to discover the lovely or the horrible man. It is our choice if we want to be deaf to the unpleasant and our choice if we want to turn a blind eye to that which should remain unseen. Knowing everything and doing nothing is a choice. Knowing nothing and hoping for everything is also a choice. My choice today is to walk the path that remains hazy. I am afraid, I am worried and indeed I am crazy. But eventhough I know I cannot trust my decision, yet I know I can trust God.

And of course making a wrong choice once or twice won't kill :D

The love story of tiger and monkey

One day a monkey met a baby tiger at his workplace and the monkey was totally fascinated by the tiger. He had never seen such a strange beautiful creature before and thought her to be different from that of his species. So monkey decided to himself that he must have baby tiger. Now that was not a simple thing because baby tiger was an aloof creature and untouchable. She seems expensive and hard to win over. Ahah...thought naughty monkey..I have an idea *bulb light lits*

Monkey sent baby tiger a nasty email regarding work and that started a frenzy of email war between them both. So now he's got her attention. Smart.... Next he pretended to backdown and admit defeat. Smart..... Then opportunity striked and monkey got to ask baby tiger for her phone number, and of course they started coming out for casual chats and monkey even taught baby tiger how to hang around trees and jungles.

One night as they were hanging around their friendly jungle pub, baby tiger was intoxicated and monkey took the opportunity then. He stared into her eyes and baby tiger returned the stare with a peck on monkey's forehead. The monkey nearly melted from sweetness then. He felt as if he was floating and a million butterflies was flapping their wings in his round little tummy.

He looked into her eyes once again and whispered "you're so sweet, can I make you mine?".
Baby tiger smile her sexy little smile and in a split second opened her mouths and swallowed monkey! "No, you are mine instead" laughed baby tiger.

Moral of story : Baby tigers are harmless, but not females...especially those high on alcohol.

To be continued .....

My life in Bangkok

Sawadeeka....
What is life in Bangkok like? To me there's really not much difference. The people at work are really hospitable and friendly people, and most of the people on the street are gracious and gentle EXCEPT for the guys at the immigration. Somehow morning, day or night they have this sour looking face that's doesn't win any points for friendliness.

I haven't been out exploring the city though as nowadays they have all the pre-election demostrations so I don't feel too safe walking out and being possibly bombed to pieces. I even heard of teksi drivers who kick you out of the teksi if they find out that you're not supporting the same candidate as them? : Did I just say they were gentle people? :S

My favourite subject would be the Thai food. It's really so much more than the fare we get at our local Malaysian Thai restaurants. Initially it was a bit hard to adapt because most of the food was sour and spicy. And now I know I also have to be aware of what I am ordering because they seem to have a liking for blood. Eaten a noodle with beef/pork blood in your soup to make it tastier? O yuck, I only found out after I drank the whole bowl of soup.

And yes, there is a massage parlour everywhere. I think 6 out of 10 shops offers massage services. One of the more interesting service is called 'Body to Body Massage'. Somehow I doubt if I would be allowed to try that out :) But I know plenty of guys are imagining trying it out!!! (And I heard it's really shiooookkkk and not too expensive too) And "chickens" are all over the street but I thinkI am a bit prejudiced coz everyone looks like a "chicken" to me. And then when the real "chicken" is right in front of me, I doubt that she is a "chicken". SOOOO I am no expert on "chicken" watching :( But the other day, 3 chickens went into my apartment lift and there was 3 old hamsap men with them. Is it really soooo fun to have S*x with chickens??!!!

Let me discover and reveal more next time :)
I miss you Crystal, Mudpie and Monkey!!!! It's tough to be away from home :(

Money buys happiness?

A new beginning has started for me, and like all new beginnings it starts a bit apprehensive and a bit shaky. It's always frightening to walk into new territory especially if you have been enjoying yourself in a familiar environment. At this moment I am wondering if I was totally sane when I decided to leave SSA. SSA has been like home to me for 5 years, and I've grown a lot with that company. Life in SSA has gotten so comfortable that I could control my own time and work with very minimal supervision. So what made me move on? I guess I just needed to take on more challenge or maybe more money? Yalah, money is the root of all evil!!!

Now I have to travel weekly away from home and family and dogs and friends. I'll probably get used to it, but right now I am a bit homesick. Ya stop laughing! It might be one day away from home but I sure do miss HOME! I miss you my little MOJO. I miss you my sweet dar dar. So the million dollar question is - can money really buy happiness?

Thinking back, a lot of my decisions in life were ruled by the dollar sign. And admittedly some of these decisions had proved to be a mistake or so it seems at tht point of time. But if you really think abt it, nothing was really a mistake. Every path taken leads you to your destiny in life. What seems like a loss now may prove to be a blessing in future. What I did learn is that money may not be able to buy u happiness, but it can definitely buy u comfort and luxuries in life. And there is nothing more satisfying than being able to pay for what you desire and know you worked hard for it and that you did not have to depend on someone else to grant it to you. That is what I call independence indeed :)

A life with lack of money is a life of misery. Sure you can have all the love, all the health..but money is really the root of all (not just evil). Without money, that happiness and subsequently that health will suffer. So YES, money is very important and is a very crucial factor in ensuring happiness in life. I know I sound really money-minded and materialistic, but if you give it a good thought, you'll probably agree totally with me. Else maybe you should enlighten me as to how to leave the money factor out of growing happiness :)

So unfortunately until the day I had enough of money (which is probably never!), I will need to continue to fight for it, continue to strive hard for it...and like all other mankind..continue to be slave to it. That is indeed the sad fact of life - we are all slaves without realising it. But how many of us can possibly let go and leave this money-chasing game?

What a girl wants, What a girl needs

Recently we experienced the passing of yet another Valentines Day. I think this day is only welcomed by the girls and even then it is those girls who has a partner. For the males it is also known as Wastage Day because they have to fork out huge amount of $$$ just so they don't have to look at their gf's black face. And for the still single and availables, it is THAT dreaded day when people ask where's your flower and where's your romantic dinner.
Being the nosy parker I am, I caught some of my guy friends to ask what flowers they got their gf and am most surprised that 80% of them did not even get a single stalk of rose. O NO! The death of romantism!! Guys, this is NOT the day to be logical thinking - girls don't appreciate it. I know most understanding gfs will tell you it's ok if they don't get the bunch of roses, or it's ok if you had maggi mee at home instead, but you know what? Deep down inside, they are damn dissapointed that for ONE day in the year, their special someone couldn't be romantic enough to forget being logical.
All guys complain that this is a commercialised day, that guys who does go out to buy those extravagently expensive stuff are either suckers or going all out to con some gal. Not really true. I believe these are the guys who know how to pamper a girl and to make her feel special. Every girl wants to feel special and appreciated and loved by their partner. We actually don't really care about the flowers, but rather it is the action of actually buying it that matters. To us it means that despite you being all smart, all intelligent, all logical and all manly, yet because you love us sooooooo very very much and think I am sooooo soooo special to you, therefore you are willing to be stupid for once and splurge on something even if it's illogically priced JUST SO you can see a smile on my face. Now that's what I call someone special :)
Ok, I can imagine all u males complaining why are girls so materialistic. Well, maybe not all. Maybe it's only me :D Personally, I prefer a bunch of diamonds rather than a bunch of roses that will die in 3 days. (They didn't call me a dreamer for nothing!!) So did I get my bunch of roses? Ummm...nope (*crying crying crying*) I read in the newspaper that HK girls even get so desperate as to send themselves flowers just so they can show it off to their office mates. Lucky I haven't gotten that sad!
But anyway, despite having no big bunch of flowers, and no romantic candlelight dinner (nor a small little diamond..tsk tsk), I had the moon and the stars and the company of a guy who knew it doesn't take $$ to pamper a girl. But most guys don't have that talent so you guys better resort to the flowers ya :-p
Happy Belated Valentines to all, and hope you'll remember that everyday should be a Valentine's Day if you really love someone. Muakssssss XXX

Chinese New Year

Ahh...I've been so busy with my projects lately that I realised it's been weeks since I paid any attention to my blog :( In fact just looked out my office window and realised they have even completed construction of the office tower opposite my office!! Goes to show how unobservant I have become.

So anyway there's another round of holidays coming our way and of course another good opportunity for me to have a nice long break :) Yesterday a friend told me that she hates Chinese New Year (CNY) and only then did I realise I was pretty impartial to this festival. I know many many of my chinese friends get really excited abt CNY and it seems to be the only festival they ever look forward to. Probably for many of the out-of-town folks, this is their one chance to get together with all their family and friends so that's why it's such a special time for them. Of course I believe a lot of the "incentive" factor boils down to plenty of good food, drinking, and of course the much addictive GAMBLING. (CFSwu, I am gonna get my revenge this year!)

Compared to Christmas, CNY is pretty normal to me maybe because I don't really celebrate it in a big way. O we have the normal reunion dinner, and watching the kids play with their 'pop-pop' and wondering why the heck the neighbours with those fanciful fireworks have so much money to burn :) I also go for the occasional house visiting and get deeply engrossed in the gambling activity, but somehow that's no fun when u keep losing to some guy who's wearing red underwear :-p Others might stuff themselves crazy with all the good food, but CNY is a time for me to diet coz I'm not one for cookies and snacks :) The one thing that I get complained about the most is the fact that I never return to Ipoh to visit my relatives. Well I have good reasons for that. For one, I hate to be caught in those massive hours of traffic jam. And secondly, being asked when am I getting married by each and everyone of my relatives is NOT exactly my cup of tea. O, but I don't mind when they tell me I've grown prettier - that is most welcomed...hahaha. Thirdly, after the many years of not seeing my relatives, I somehow feel I don't really know who are my relatives. Does anyone ever have the problem of not knowing how to address their aunties and uncles??!! In my family, there seems to be endless naming convention like 'yee kong','yee cheong','piu ko','tai ku ma' bla bla....and in fact I think my aunties and uncles won't even know who I am if they saw me at the roadside!

Anyway, I wish all a great holiday ahead. May everyone "fatt tai choy" (get rich) this year and o, please treat all dogs nicely too *wink*

Gong Xi Gong Xi!!!!

The Year That Was...and the Year to Come

It's that time of year again when all gets sentimental and makes new resolutions to enhance the quality of their life. For me, I've given up on it. New year resolutions never last longer than a week, and it's just easier to go with the flow *wink*

I've just been on a short break to nowhere fanciful for my New Year holidays, but it's was certainly a welcomed respite from the torturous 2005. Away from the city, there I was just lazing around and taking in the sceneries while breathing in the fresh cool air and watching my loved ones enjoy themselves. With work thrown to the backseat of my priority, life was certainly heavenly and peaceful. Wouldn’t it have been just wonderful if time could stop there and then? But alas, that is wishful thinking, and eventually we all have to return to our mundane life and boring jobs.

During those restful days I managed to steal some silent moments to reflect on my life that was in 2005. The year had certainly been full of surprises – both good and bad. And though I would have liked to be able to say I would not have wanted it any differently, but to be utterly honest, I really wished it was. So many decisions I would have made differently had I known the outcome of it. So many pains I could have avoided had I been a bit more patient, and so much less hurt I could have caused if I had known the consequences of my actions.
But life is not about living in regrets, but about looking forward. And that is why everyone so madly celebrates the New Year – because everyone hopes for a fresh new beginning in which the past year’s regrets can be forgotten, and instead hopes that happiness and prosperity will cross their path in the coming year. So my new year’s resolution this year is to stop asking ‘What If’ in the past, but rather to ask ‘What If’ to the future. I think for everyone, there’s always the opinion that life will always have its ups and downs, life will always seem cruel, life will always be unfair...and so on and so forth. What I do know is that whatever cruel blow life deals me, I will still pick myself up and move on to the next challenge. And I must not forget that between those painful bruises, there’s also the sweet incentive to keep me going.
And to end the year 2005 with a bang, I am listing the top 5 things I hated about it (just to get it out of my system..haha). Happy New Year everyone, and may this year bring you less regrets and more joy than the year that was.

Top 5 Most Hated Things of 2005 (in no particular order):

1. Road hoggers, motorcyclist who bangs lovely shiny red City car, and selfish drivers who thinks that allowing one car out in front of them in a jam would delay their reincarnation.

2. Being dumped by a man who did not know what he wanted from love, and then subsequently confusing myself about what I wanted from love. And to top it off, meeting more men who are equally as confused!

3. Busybodies who had too much spare time on their hands, and thought it was their business to tell me what to do and how to do it. Hello…if I need a nanny I will put up an advertisement, TQ!!!

4. The constant shrill voice of a certain person who thinks the whole world doesn’t mind hearing her negotiation skills in hokkien dialect, or that everyone is just delighted to be involved in her conference calls. Nothing personal, I like you as a person, but I sure hate your voice and the constant phone calls that are all YOURS!

5. Animal abusers, wildlife poachers and the damn measley fine for these people which doesn't even scare my little niece's piggybank! Come on, RM100 for torturing a dog?!! How outdated can our laws be?!!!

And the Top 5 things I wish for my new year :)

1. A dog of my own, and mummy stop nagging abt how dirty a dog is, how much problem they are..etc..etc

2. A 25 - 30% increment in salary and a 6 months bonus (well..we are all entitled to wish for miracles!)

3. A long long one month holiday backpacking across Europe with no concern for money and accomodation....still wishful thinking!!!

4. A man who knows what he wants, knows what he can offer and knows how to pamper a girl - but I think I better settle for the dog instead. I think men label me the DMH - Devoted Man Hater :) come on, I do really love guys - especially those who are in touch with their feminine side. lol!

5. And finally...I wish for all mankind to stop eating/utilising different parts of animals that has not been scientifically proven to have any advantageous effects for their health/beauty. Stop the horrendous killing of the innoccent tigers and bears and monkeys. And o ya..I wish JLo would have endless nightmares of the many minks that died for her stupid fur coat!!!

Remember folks - if there is no demand, there will be no supply :)