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Current Addictions - Online

2012-01-29T00:00:00.000+08:00

New My Fair Princess 2011 Season 3 (Mainland Drama) - Please blame Papa. :P

Naruto Shippuden (Anime) - Long time addiction. Please blame Joe & Yen.

Bleach (Anime) - Long time addiction. I only like Byakuya, not Ichigo.

Another (Anime) - New stuff, scary, like Blood C a little.

Skip Beat (Taiwan Drama) - as awesome as the Anime! And I have a huge crush on Choi Siwon since watching Oh My Lady (Korean Drama)

Supernatural Season 7 - Long time addiction. Dean, Dean, Dean. <3

Beelzebub (Anime) - Bad ass characters. Baby is funny but I'm watching the uncensored version. Baby is wearing anything. no diaper version okay. :/ Animax is too slow.

Twitter - I love tweeting! But I protect my tweets. ;)

Google+ - Way nicer than overcrowded Facebook.

Zombie Lane via Google+ (Game)

Resort World via Google+ (Game)

Psst. I'm not a Super Junior fan but I do have a few of their catchy songs on my playlist. :D I only like Choi Siwon.

Let It Be Today

2012-01-28T00:36:00.000+08:00

I have been wanting to update my blog, after so long. Natelppa is being abandoned for several times already. I wonder if I would continue to blog after this post. I hardly have time to tell my stories here. I tweet more. And small progress on Google+, if that counts.

Another thing that bugged me is my DeviantArt. I totally forgot about it. Only remembered its existence after trying to show some of my artwork to my colleague. Then, few days later a friend on Twitter asked about it. I guess it is a sign to update my DeviantArt. Hahaha.

Twitter? Oh don't worry, I tweet actively during office hours. I will only go missing in action when I'm super-busy. Most of the times, I just being busy, not super-busy. Tweeting helps me in various ways. Sometimes, I need to let it out, or just reading some random tweets that either makes me laugh or feel disgusted. Either way, I feel good tweeting and reading tweets. :)

I need to finish up my Firefork project as soon as possible. Don't wanna end up like some seniors group who left the work just like that. I DONT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO US.

My career is so far so good. I'm still at the same company, doing various creative work. Yes, 3D work, Website Design, TVC, Graphic Design. What irritates me is how some people have such a bad perspective towards small companies. Honestly, it doesn't really matter where you work, as long as you put your heart and soul in it, and enjoy what you do while you earn good money out of it. I was questioned a lot on this issue. I seriously learn many things from this workplace. Probably things that I won't get to experience at a big company. I did ask myself if I enjoy repetitive work. And my answer is NO. I realised that quite some time ago. I can't seem to stay at one specialisation. I prefer multi-tasking. I wonder if it is good or bad.

Never mind, I will find it out by myself. :) I'm just being optimistic.

Relationship? I'm very much thankful with this great feelings that I share with Joe for nearly 3 years. Still going strong. He is being understanding and caring. I sensed the maturity in our relationship as we are getting more stability. The only issue is just my father. What can I say? Papa is just being Papa. :) I still believe that he will understand this one day. At least he knows about Joe now. :)

Joe & Me - Nov 2011

I do have goals to achieve. First, retake my driving test for the 3rd time. I want to get my license by February 2012. Must practice more than usual! Cannot delay any longer, everyone is starting to question and point fingers at me already. Next, start my fixed deposit account. Damn, I do spend a lot when I go shopping. Money is never enough, I tell you. And yes, the long term goals too.

So much to do. So little time. Sometimes, I forgot that I'm almost 23 years old. While sitting down with my school girlfriends, we did talked about this. Like one of them said, one day, we will hang out like this, at the age of 30! That kinda wake me up. This is reality. School's over. College's over. Hello to adulthood. OH.MY.GOD. I feel old suddenly. Too much thinking. Nahhh.

28th Jan 2012, the day that I finally update my blog. Also, Nick Carter's birthday. HAHAHAHA. I do remember it okay! Most importantly, Happy 23rd Birthday CK! :)

Kat, CK, Me - Aug 2010

Wordless Wednesday : 3rd Year of College

2011-09-14T21:44:00.007+08:00

My bloody awesome JPJ Driving Test

2011-09-12T18:05:00.005+08:00

I went to the circuit with confidence, hoping that I will go there with "L" license and return home with the "P" license.

I finished my 10 hours of practical and after the last two last hours performance, I believed I was ready for the test. I was told to be cool and do my best, don't over-panic.

So my number is 80. -__- You can imagine how long I have to wait. And while waiting, I met a few new friends. Found a 1st year junior from TOA after I overheard him telling others about his education background. heheheh.

Then, the time comes. It was the Slope Test.
The moment I got into the car, I realise the difference in this Kancil and my instructor's Kancil. I tried my best to control the car. I did land on the yellow line nicely. But I failed this test after failed to balance the engine. :(

I couldn't feel it at all. The car is so different! No power or something. I was very disappointed. Normally during practice, I managed to do it properly. Oh well, I failed. Many people failed too. The good and lucky ones passed and proceeded to the 3 point turn and parking.

I was given the chance to take the Road Test.
It didn't really make me feel better. I can't seem to focus after knowing I failed the Slope Test. So I walked to the counter for Road Test and stupidly made a scene by going to the side of the table instead of in front.

Me: Hi, ermm..saya.. JPJ Officer: Adik, kalau masuk rumah orang, masuk dari tepi ke? *without looking up*

People stared at me and my stupidity. Terima kasih Abang JPJ. I appreciate your bitchiness.

Me : oh. sorry.

So he took my documents and then finally looked up at me and talked..

JPJ Officer: Oh Cina ke? Ingat Melayu. heheh.
Me: *not bothered look* mmm. ye. Cina.
JPJ Officer: Cina campur apa ni? Indian?
Me: no.
JPJ Officer: oh habis tuh? Malay?
Me: tak. Chinese mixed Thai.
JPJ Officer: Ohhhhh Thaiiiiiiiii!

I don't know what is so amazing. Maybe I would understand it if I was at his place. But I wasn't in the mood to talk much. I failed and what's left to do is the Road Test. I have no mood or motivation to go on already. Wanted to call Sayang and hear those motivational words, but I know he is busy at work. I only call to inform him about the bad news.

While waiting, I feel so down. Feels like a loser. Even feel like quiting driving and never come back for another test!

Then, my number was called. I looked at the car and realised I've got a lady JPJ officer. First word that came to my mind was "FUCK". Most people tell me that these ladies are very strict and not friendly. I quickly tell myself that this lady is different from the rest.

Got into the car and did the normal checking routines. All okay. She told me to "Jalan". But my car was parked right behind this Indian girl's car. I panicked. What if I hit her car while cutting out. I turned to the lady officer, " Boleh saya tunggu dia bergerak dulu?". She is okay with it.

After a minute, the car in front moved. I followed. We came to the Stop signboard, and the car in front stopped behind the white line. I have to stop too. I stupidly assumed that I "stopped" already. Then, when the front car moves on, I stupidly go on without stopping. D:

The lady officer stopped me right outside the circuit. Amazing, I failed before going out to the road. How stupid was that? I felt numb she said the word "fail ye.."

I could have at least passed the road test if I was focusing on the road. I guess my emotions were shaken that time. First time taking this test and already failed in the beginning. How do you think I feel? :(

Went back to the circuit after switching place with the lady officer. To come back with different seating shows that you fail. People were surprised to see my face after just 5 minutes of driving.

I'm not giving up yet. I take this as a good lesson. Things happened for a reason. Maybe I wasn't good enough and I must do it again. I was told that the cars for test are mostly not as powerful as the instructor's car. One girl shared with me her first test failure. She failed exactly like me! :O I'm not alone. She advised to press on the accelerator pedal harder for the slope test., and also tell me that it is okay to fail now and learn from that stupid mistake. She passed her second test. I'm happy for her. I wish that I will pass for the second test. I should take in two weeks time, if available. Planning to add 2 extra hours of practice before the retake.

I went home by taxi with this mixed feeling. Glad to know I'm not alone. And I realised that I forgot to eat my breakfast and lunch. :/
and to make things worse, it is the lady's monthly thing today.

I'm now feeling better. I will not give up. I must get my "P" license.

So yeah, I returned home with an L license...In another way, I returned home as a big time "L"oser.

How to Annoy a Designer #1

2011-09-06T23:37:00.008+08:00

Pixelated Photographs

Pixel is an art form itself. I don't hate pixels. So, these pixels-inspired work below are awesome.

What I mean is pixelated photographs that gives you bad quality of image. Tada!
Imagine you are given bad quality images to be used for your design, whether it is static or motion. And you can't say no to your clients or superiors. It means you are about to torture yourself with these bad photographs. "touch up!!"

Even worse when they have no other better photographs to be used for the design they wanted.

" Eh you designer right? Got photoshop what,
do some magic on my photos yeah?"

Some people assume that we designers can save the world by using just Photoshop. If the photos weren't that bad, we are considered lucky. If it is a bad quality and nothing can be done, prepare to use it in your design. Oh no.

What can annoy the designer more? Well, when someone says..
"Oh yeah, please make this picture bigger yeah? Fullpage okay?
I want to capture people's attention with this product of mine."

Sure, capture people in a unattractive way. -____-

Some designers are so numb, so used to it; as long as they get paid, they are contented.
Some are very sensitive about this, cause they care. (I'm one of them!)

If only everyone knows how important it is to avoid using bad quality images for their product advertisements, whether it is on screen or printed out.

As a designer, I try my very best to inform or suggest the clients/others to get a better quality image. Or else, find another solution. But we cannot win always. Sometimes, they just want it like that. It annoys me but I cannot do anything about it.

So yes, I do have artworks that I need to save into two versions: Before Disaster and After Disaster. :D One to be put under my own portfolio. One is for the winning client.

"So please don't give me anymore bad, pixelated images. I can die touching up your images okay!"
-Angry Designer

Ramadhan month is over.

2011-09-04T12:07:00.006+08:00

Did I fast or not this time?
Not 100%.
Didn't want my parents to know, though Mama knows about me & Joe.
I only skip breakfast and had lunch. LOL. "Baik tak payah puasa!"
Last year I managed to fast like normal, because I was still in college!
And more chances to go to bazaars too! I love food!

So this year, I only went to the bazaars 2 times only. Hohoho.
I was very disappointed actually but I'm cool about it already.
Which bazaar I went to? Shah Alam Seksyen 13 (Stadium!) & Seksyen 17.

But what made me less disappointed with the tiny chances to bazaars, is that
someone decided to bring me to his place for a buka puasa session.

I freaked out. Felt like my heart was right at my throat that moment.
That would be the first time to meet his family!
And it is supposed to be on 1st Day of Raya!
Syg, you are so random. But it is okay. :)

I met his family members. :)
What he said was right;
"Kalau tak jumpa sekarang, nanti lagi kekok bila jumpa masa raya"

It did helped me to get along with them. :D
Went to his place for 3 times already, including Raya! ;)
And I feel so happy. I take his decision (to bring me to his place) as a step for making this relationship stronger & serious.

Because I know that he never brought anyone to meet his family before me.
Because I trust him.
Because I know he does not simply do things without thinking.

Thanks for introducing me, Syg! :D

I did learn some things during this month, whether it is relevant or not:
1. Do not apologise if we don't mean it. Be sincere!
2.Do not expect people to speak for us. We speak for ourselves!
3. Ignoring the annoying things/people would be better than becoming just like it/them.
4. The food connects the people! Eating together is fun. Makes the food tastier! ;D
5. I finally know one of my favourite kuih's name, thanks to Joe's mum : Seri Ayu!
6. Finally ate "Lodeh", at his place during Raya. But it was lighter green, not this colour lah.
7. Sometimes, we never had a chance to know other friends in school. After school, when we meet them, and have a good buka puasa session with them, it will make us realise that we could have been friends with them in a better way! :) P/s: Thanks, Amira! ;)

I am so glad that I finally updated my blog. Been too busy with things! I've got my last 2 hours of driving class today! My test is on 12th Sept. I am scared! I hope this last two hours will make me better than before... :/
- May my car engine won't die at the traffic light.
- May my car go forward after trying to go down the hill, not go backward!
- May my car stop nearer to the parking box,so I can park properly.

Okay, I'm sorry. Why am I blaming the car? It is my skills, not the car. :P

I am "Orang Kaya".

2011-08-09T21:01:00.002+08:00

My aunt from Penang came to KL for her conference at Subang. Last night she came to visit us, together with my far related aunt & cousin.

It was good to see my aunt after so long. I never really get to go to Penang to spend some time with her! I hope one day I could do that.

Thanks to the traffic, we canceled our outing and have dinner at home. Oh well, I enjoyed it. Love the feeling of eating together with a big group of people. So that's when people tend to start asking about your career, your studies... you know what I mean.

I do have some issues with my far related aunt because of how judgmental she is. Her words are very hurtful and most not needed at all. But everytime I see her, I push these away and still respect her.

So she started asking.

MK: So what's your sister studying?
Me : A-Levels.
MK: Oh, Form 6 la?
Me : Same level but not Form 6.
MK: wahh. So hardworking ah she. Work & study.

*Everyone just continue eating, ignoring her...

MK: So, you never do your A-Levels ah?
Me : Huh? I graduated already mah. o.O
MK: Yeahla, you never do A-level la right?
Me: Err..Yeah. I do Diploma right after Form 5.
MK: You are Orang Kaya what! *smile

I paused and stared at her, trying to understand what the rubbish is she trying to say.

Me: Orang Kaya? Me?
MK: Yeahla! You straight away jump to Diploma mah.
Me : Yeahhhh, I did and I paid my own fees..Why Orang Kaya?
MK: Because you never do Form 6 or A-Levels mah! You skip right away! Orang Kaya lor!

I was annoyed already. What kind of statement is that? Where did she get this wrong idea about being rich enough to go for Diploma?

Me: I'm not Orang Kaya! And I skipped to Diploma because I know what I want.
MK: But still, you skipped other parts and do it right away what!
Me: Why should I waste my time at Form 6 or A-Levels??

I nearly cursed at the dinner table. Nearly. Thank God my Aunt helped by butting in.

Aunt: Aiya. She did Diploma right away, no need to go through these because she knows what she wants mah.
Me: Yeahla. Why would I want to study non-related subjects and waste more time & money??

I thought this woman will shut her mouth. I was so wrong. Damn it.

MK: Ok, you graduate ady. But you are not doing what you have learned what.
Me: What? What are you talking about? I AM DOING WHAT I LEARNED!
Aunt: She is la...

Now while I am recalling and posting this, I wonder what's the relevance of this last statement of hers to the Orang Kaya part. Is she drunk or something?

MK: Then, then..Why you work at small company and not going to the established companies?
Me: I'm working here right now because I want experience. Here, I get more exposure to various types of work compared to other big places. I'm here for experience.
Aunt: She is doing well la. She handles the Creative Department okay. She even got freelance works and Jasmine also offered her work!
Me: I also got a job offer from Jenny too!

She finally shut up. Phew. Lost of words, I guess? Now I know what she thinks of me. She really misunderstood me, and think that I'm pampered.

Can I say it here, that I had a tough day yesterday? Several discomforting situations that made me feel miserable. People talk & do shit behind my back & I wish that I didn't know too much. Then, when I whined about it, wrong people felt the pinch, and it makes me feel bad! And to top it off, this relative just have to bring me down, without even knowing what is really going on.

Oh yesterday! :/ But I'm doing fine today.

I was told that I will not have a good time for now. Whatever I do or say, people will attack me for no reason, right away. They only see my flaws, not the good side. It does hurt my feelings, but what else can I do? I don't like the idea of fighting and holding grudge against people. Tiring, and so childish! But sometimes, there are some people out there that just won't understand. And yes, also certain people who judge you right away without looking into the whole incident.

It is not nice. But I've got to think positive in order to move on to the next day. Ignore whatever people say and do what I want to do. I can't afford to drain out my energy on things like this. I can't please everyone & not everyone can please me. I'm very sorry. I'm emotionally tired. I do not wish for further silly incidents. Enough.

Meeting Characters is an Awesome Experience!

2011-06-03T21:56:00.005+08:00

It is very true that we meet all kinds of characters in this life, whether at your workplace or in school. Anywhere you can be. You will find someone very different from you.

What kind of characters do we meet? Oh, you can make many, many categories out of it. I would like to put it into 3 groups of characters - The Angels, The Devils, The Medium.

You can meet a very kind-hearted and inspiring person,
So kind that you think they are angels in disguise!

You can have hell of a life thanks to a very evil person,
Those with bad intentions, and enjoy making you feel miserable!

Sometimes, you meet people whom you can't love nor hate.
They can be nice but sometimes can be hurting you too.
That's called "being human" because we are never perfect.

I wonder where do I stand, if I were to be categorized this way by you? :D

I've met:
- A man who doesn't want to accept his mistakes and blame it all on other people when he couldn't submit work according to deadline.
- A girl who is at poor level of hygiene, self-denial, and make up stories just to get sympathy. She is easy to be caught as she doesn't know how to be perfectly dangerous. Stupidly dangerous, that's what she is.
- A lady who is financially rich and also rich at heart. So kind that she is willing to help the poor people.
- A man who cares for his future in-laws' feelings more than his girlfriend's feeling. Respect the elders.
- A man who is already on a good path of relationship but choose to make a silly mistake by cheating. That makes things even more complicated.
- A man who never pay the bill when having meals with close friends. He expect people to pay for him, all the time.
- A girl who loves to inspire people to work harder and want to improve themselves.
- A woman who thinks she is one great superior, and expect people to open the door for her after she knocks on people's door(which is made of glass, transparent).
- A man who only stay with the young girl for lust and to make use of her.
- A man who thinks he is very professional, refuse to admit that he is skilful in certain area and rude to other people. He thinks highly of himself just because his title end with the word Director.
- A girl who puts pressure on her boyfriend for no good reason, making him do a lot of things for her.
- A man who became someone respectful and at high position without any diploma or degree. He worked hard to be who he is today.
- A girl who doesn't like other people to be equal with her in many matters. She only know how to lead, but fail to be a good follower.

I know this list will continue forever. :)

2 months & 3 Days update

2011-05-28T11:53:00.002+08:00

I woke up this morning and had this good feeling to update my blog. Maybe because I finally had 10 hours of sleep on weekend. :D

What happened in these past 2 months?

MARCH - Pressure-on month

- I was involved with my company's modeling workshop. I love the stress of getting all the things done. I love handling the art direction. The bunting, banner, crew tag, print ads. Oh I love that task.

- My salary increment. :) I feel so happy!

- I got a job offer at Shah Alam. Something to do with Giant. I have to lead the design work. Sounds like Art Director's work to me. Salary was RM2500. But I declined because I love my current job. Transport could have been a problem. And I'm not just a graphic designer. I feel guilty if I don't do things related to 3D. eeeks.

- Very annoyed with a Marketing staff who doesn't know how to behave herself. Must correct her stupid mistakes all the time until she hates me. Babysitting a 21-year-old is not cool. But she can hate me forever, I don't care.

- The stupid lovebirds finally left the company. Wait, the after-SPM girlfriend is never part of the company. I'm happy that they have nothing to do with the company anymore. Trustworthy issue.

APRIL - Problematic month

- I passed my Highway Code Test. Errr.. I'm still the same girl who finishes her exam/test super early. I took 10mins to finish the test. 43 out 50. Hahah! If I failed, it would be very embarrassing.

- Ajinomoto left her job, so a new lady came in as replacement. She is not annoying, and knows her boundaries. I don't hate Ajinomoto, but she really annoys me. When she is not happy with her stupid bosses, she came into our office and threw out all the negative vibes to us. I don't need that kind of "encouragement". I can't stand negative-minded people. Go away, problematic people! As if I have not enough problems!

- The annoying Marketing staff was terminated. She deserved to be terminated instead of resigning because of her mistakes. Too many mistakes and cannot be trusted. She failed to be professional at work. Personal issues? Oh don't get me started! May you find a job at a workplace where people won't start hating you for all the things you done & said.

MAY - The most happening month.

- I turned 22 on the 10th. :) I managed to make it a low-profile day. No Facebook to remind people about my day. People who remembers my day will wish me. I like these sincere wishes. I don't even retweet people's wishes. I really, really don't want other people to know. Hahah.

- Joe gave me a perfect gift for my birthday. My 1st baju kurung - tailored. He brought me to his bro-in-law's shop to take the measurement. That was when I met his elder sister who brought along the 2nd son and the baby girl, Alia ( Very Cute!!). I was happy to meet some of Joe's relatives. :) They are friendly! His sister said I looked like a Pakistani. -______-" Right...

- I can finally wear a baju kurung to any Malay wedding! Yesss! No more people staring at me like shit! ;D And this baju kurung is also for the 1st time of Raya celebration with Joe. He wants to bring me to his house for Raya this year. :')

- I finally went to the 6 hours of maintenance lecture for driving. I slowed down my timeline to get my driving license. Not enough money la. So I go month by month la. :D There I met some people who refused to believe that I'm 22, not 18. Even more surprised when I told them I'm a working person, not college chick. One guy thought I was a Philippino. -____-"

- 2nd anniversary with him. :) 2 years already. Wow. He is still the one that I loved and looked up to. We didn't really celebrate like what we planned earlier - Expensive Dinner. I forgot what we ate, but I know we went to watch movie at Summit later on. ;D Watched Thor! :D

- I started to dislike a programmer who was arrogant & insensitive. Thought he was nice at first. Hmmm. I know I'm not a professional web designer like your designer. Duh! I'm learning it because it is my interest too though I have Diploma for 3D stuffs! Don't have to bring me down. Talk properly. Learn to respect other people's feelings too. I'm not a fucking 18-year-old who just left school and have no knowledge or skills. Treat me like how you treat my boss. Be professional, please?

- I'm still searching for a good assistant who is good in Ai & Ps, fast-paced, skillful, creative. and know how to behave properly; disciplined, can work together with me. Boss asked me to find.. I wonder who is the person. I'm handling everything by myself, at the moment.

- I'm playing Monopoly Millionaires using my sister's Facebook account. ONLY PLAY THAT GAME, I don't use Facebook for anything else. And I'm never gonna come back. huh!

- I'm officially a WWF donor. :D and I signed the STOP ANIMAL ABUSE petition : http://stopanimalabuse.petfinder.my/

I think I'm done. :D

I win..and lose back again.

2011-03-23T20:32:00.004+08:00

Last week was such a hectic timeline for us at office. All the late nights at office, all the pizzas & vegetarian burgers.. Panda eyes. Finally I manage to get proper sleep this week. I hope the 3 happy pimples that are aligned properly on my nose & lips area will be gone soon.

Now I'm back on Twitter & Natelppa. :D

I was too busy to check my Hotmail. And its painful to know what I missed out.
I received an email from Nuffnang. Please click for a better view of my pain.

I nearly cried on the office floor when I receive this. It was too late when I check this email. I won 2 movie tickets for World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles. And lose it. ARGH!!!!!!!!!! Why such a bad timing for me? I could have grab the tickets. It could have been a perfect movie date! Grrr!

Anyway, I shall share with you my entry that I submitted for the contest. The question was "What would you do if your hometown was attacked by aliens" or something. They want creative comments. So I simply gave it a try with my own lame style.

I'm still upset over this. huh!

Event 2 : The UEFA Cup is in Malaysia!

2011-02-28T20:32:00.013+08:00

I'm not a football fan. I watch once in a while or just joining bf to catch up with the games at certain times. But I can't help getting excited to meet the football's biggest star - THE UEFA Cup itself!It is a real cup, and it was in Sunway Pyramid. I saw it on Saturday & Sunday, not sure about the previous days but I was told that Sunday was the last day and it will be taken to Penang.

Heineken sponsored this tour I assume. Everyone is allowed to take a Polaroid photo with the UEFA Cup for free! So you can tell how long is the queue. Luckily I brought a camera, can snap some photographs.

Some of the objects that were on display :
We were 5 turns away to the Cup for the photography. Suddenly, the 3 bodyguards stopped us. They looked so strict with their suits & sunglasses. We were wondering why they stopped the queue. I mean, its not like the Cup is a human celebrity, got tired of fan photography session or something.

That 3 bodyguards approached the Cup and they started to pray some liquid. They were polishing it. Hahahah! Some people started laughing at them.
Oh yes, in the end we got to take a photograph with the Cup. :)

Wanna guess who is the happiest person on earth that day?
Answer :
Look at that smile! HAHAHAHAH!!! Syg is so funny! :D

He called up his friend who is also another die-hard fan of Barcelona. We waited for his friend for so long that we decided to go for another round of photography. XD Tamaknya!

Joe felt embarrassed that he have to put on his dark blue jacket & cap for the second round.

After obtaining 4 Polaroid photos overall, we went to Nando's for dinner. After dinner, Joe's friend reached. It was such a disappointment for him. He came too late. The Cup was already removed from the display booth. Joe tried to cheer his buddy up by taking some photographs with him. Aww.. How nice of him :)

Syg was happy that I still follow him to the 2nd round though my right toe was bleeding out of the nail area. I felt bad letting him cleaning up my wound at my leg. :( But he said it is his responsibility. :) One good boyfriend.

It makes me smile when he said "Thank you, Busuk". :) [I'm not really busuk as in stinky ok]

Event 1 : Selamat Pengantin Baru, Liza.

2011-02-28T00:03:00.008+08:00

Today is my first time attending a wedding without parents because it is my friend's wedding. So I took Syg along. :D

It was a Malay wedding, held at Putra Ria apartment. I didn't know that Liza & her elder sister got married at the same time! But I'm attending this wedding because I love weddings & I wanted to see my old friends from primary & secondary schools.

I didn't wear Kebaya or Kurung to the wedding. Just leggings with long T-shirt. Thanks to my Malay look, many Malay people, mainly perempuan, stared at me up & down. I felt so not comfortable at first. I know the dresscode should be something sopan. Maybe to them, Malays have to wear Kebaya or Kurung. Oh well, they don't even know me anyway. I managed to ignore them after my friends & bf told me to do so and be cool about it. huh! I forgive you all for not knowing anything and simply stare at me to make me uncomfortable.

I'm going to buy a kebaya for myself as soon as possible, for Raya with Syg & future weddings to attend. I know I'm excited about Atiqah's wedding next year! ;)

Some photographs to be shared.

Here comes the bride(s)..
My friend is the bride in white.

I managed to meet some friends!
From left : Rasyidah, Atiqah, Me, Siti Noripidah, Sham, Farahin.
Gee.. I feel so old suddenly. I compared the old photographs to this.. :')The bride's precious tears.. :') I can only say I understand when I'm at her position.
I'm glad I didn't miss out this wedding. Previously, it was Haslinda's wedding. She invited me via Facebook last year but I didn't get to attend. More weddings please. :)

Syidah asked me a soalan cepu emas.
"Awak ada niat nak convert tak?"

Well, yes since I'm on this path with Joe :)
I really, really think we are all the same. Joe and I did talked about this theory last night while he drove me home. I do not look at Islam as another religion. All religions are the same in the end. This is my point of view. And I'm willing to convert if this is my path, if this is written for me. I can open up my heart & my mind to this. That's why I choose to ignore some insensitive people who doesn't see things the same way that I do.

Syidah : Saya ingat lagi apa yang awak cakap dulu.
Me : Hah..I cakap apa?
Syidah : Awak pernah jawab " Muka saya se-Melayu mana pun, saya takkan convert kepada Islam!"

I was shocked to hear this. I seriously don't remember. Syidah can never forget those words from me because since that day till today, her instincts tell her that one day I will have faith with this religion. Backfired sentence? :O

I'm speechless. God knows what's going to happen next. :) Let it be. Joe heard this conversation and he smiled. hahah.

P/s: OMG 1 am already. Do look out for my EVENT 2 entry. Yes, two events in one day! :)

Stop Giving, Stop the Suffering.

2011-02-26T11:11:00.007+08:00

Mr. Sree, a well-known photographer from Sonic Image Photography came up with a brilliant campaign. The message really made me realise something that I never thought of.

When you see a kid approaching you with stuffs like tissues or sweets, you tend to feel sorry for him. So you give him more money in the name of sympathy. I know I'm like that.

But, where would the money go to? How sure are you that the money would really help the kid you felt sorry for?

I happened to know about this charity campaign. Hahah. If you noticed, I was in this short film as well. :P

I believe this is one of Mr Sree's first few attempts in videography. I think it is nice. :) And his son is so adorable! That's right, the little boy you see in the short film is his son.

P/s: video abit laggy. will do something bout it later.

How to be annoying in workplace

2011-02-17T21:16:00.006+08:00

This is written based on experiences of mine & others. No intention to put anyone to shame. no intention to direct any message to anyone that I know of. This is one random post.

Language: Sarcasm.
Dialect: Direct style.
Level of Sarcasm : Level 1, Mild, Lemon & Herbs. Hahah!

1. Leave the office in the mess so that someone can clean it up.
2. After drinking, leave the cups anywhere you like because you know someone is going to wash it for you. Best part is to leave your cup on someone's table.

3. Blast the music aloud so that everyone knows you love that song. Even better, repeat it for at least 8 times.
4. Leave the overloaded rubbish in the bin so that the next day everyone knows you ate KFC.

5. Use the pen that you borrowed from colleague's table and never return it.

6. Eat up all the delicious cookies from the mini pantry all by yourself.
7. Talk on the phone as loud as you can. Laugh at a high pitch too if you can. Show the world that you are the only happy person living here.
8. Use your colleague's PC and to show appreciation, you change the desktop theme, screensaver, wallpaper. Change the Firefox Personas too!
9. Have some Cheesy Wedges while you type using your colleague's keyboard. After all, sharing is caring. Share some cheesy sticky keys.

10. Update your colleague's Twitter status when he/she left for lunch and forgot to log out. Tweet as nasty as you can.
11. Switch off the modem while your colleague is planning to overtime and do her/his work using the internet connection.

12. Wet the office's toilet seat so that other users have to get more tissues to wipe the seat dry.

13. Leave the toilet bowl without properly dispose any evidence of your big/small/medium businesses. Let people know you are a good businessman/woman. That's your outcome. Your product.

14. Keep tapping on the table according to your favourite rhythm using your fingernails. The louder the better.

15. Keep talking nonstop to your colleague so he/she can't focus on her/his work. At least you have a friend to gossip with.

P/s: I give up putting images for the rest. hahah. XD

14th Feb - It's not Valentine's Day.

2011-02-15T17:01:00.005+08:00

I used to celebrate Valentine's Day in my previous relationships.
Now, I do not intend to celebrate it anymore. In fact, I declared not to celebrate it when I was in the last relationship.

Maybe back then I said no to Valentine's after my ex gave me a splendidly horrible day on 14th Feb. Maybe its because I just want to console myself and say it is okay not to get gifts suddenly. That was old story. end of the chapter.

Since last year, I celebrated 14th Feb, but not because of Valentine's Day.
It was Syg's birthday. Now that's bigger than Valentine's Day coz you know it comes only once in a year. :)

So yes,
14th Feb is now again an important date to me & him. :)
I know he is the type that doesn't mind if there is no birthday celebration.
BUT I WONT LET THAT HAPPEN AS LONG AS I AM STILL ALIVE. >D

I made him spend time with me last night.
I got him 2 cupcakes Bijoux as birthday cake.
I got him some facial product from The Body Shop.
I treated him dinner at Nando's.
I made him watch Tropic Thunder VCD with me.

I asked him if he is happy with this humble celebration that I planned.
He said yes. :')

I'm glad I can finally celebrate a boyfriend's birthday properly.
I'm glad I made him laugh & smile alot last night.
No high expectations, just me doing my things.
I'm glad we made these simple things into special memories.

It is truly good to be ordinary but feel extraordinary. :')

He asked me if I want roses last night.
My heart said "yes please, I'm dying to get first flower from you!"
But I made up my mind real fast.
I told him "Not today".
Coz roses are expensive on his birthday.
Another time, Syg. I will be waiting for the first bouquet of roses from you.

Hehehe. [Syg,that's a clue tau] :)

Lastly,
Happy 25th Birthday, Syg.
I Lapp You.
Stay Busuk forever. Hahah! Just Kidding! :p

P/s: I forgive you for not sharing that Lasagna with me.

CNY 2011 : The Report.

2011-02-13T18:55:00.004+08:00

What was the dishes that we had for our 1st day of CNY?

This is one of the Thai curries that I love - Pickled Fish Stomach Curry. Mama calls it Kaeng Phung Pla but when I google it, it was difficult to find a photograph of it! Maybe its proper commercialised name is Kaeng Tai Pla. Seriously delicious. Don't be tricked by the colour, it is very spicy.

I think most people know this Thai Green Curry. Yes, its chicken meat. I know my boyfriend loves this curry. hehehe. This is another chicken curry but with less gravy yet more spicy. Not really my favourite though.

I have some Vegetarian guests. So they can have this dish with rice :)Yes, another vegetarian dish. Nat was telling me that this is her favourite. hehe.

Oh yes, some ulam, cucumbers, and some other raw vegetables were prepared for Sambal Belacan.

Some translation for those who wants to know:
Phad Phet - Masak Pedas (errr..in English I don't know, don't ask)
Phet - Spicy
Kaeng - Curry
Pla - Fish
Phung - Stomach
Tai - Under
Khiau - Green
Wan - Sweet

Like usual, the dishes were finished fast! Luckily Mama kept some for us to eat later. Some people actually did some take aways. Hahah. I wonder when Mama will start her own food business. :)

P/s: Photographs were taken by Nat based on my request , using that old lousy camera.

My CNY 2011

2011-02-05T21:59:00.003+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone regardless of your races or religions.

Everyone seems to be happy and looking forward to this auspicious day..
I thought of changing my mind, my heart towards this year's celebration.

I used to feel weird and not looking forward to this celebration.
Something was really wrong with me.
Sometimes I questioned my identity silently.
"What kind of Chinese am I??"

Oh believe me. I don't even know why I felt this way.
I'm supposed to be happy.

I guess I failed to see the true meaning of this celebration?
Maybe.

Because all that I see is Mama suffering, having to cook for a perfect Thai lunch with the whole bunch of relatives on the first day of New Year. And don't forget about the money. Yes, Angpau, cooking ingredients.

Please don't look at me and say I make a big fuss out of this things that everyone also went through. Maybe its because I never liked this celebration. Oh this feeling is just so messy inside. :(

So this year, I really thought of pushing this new thinking into my head. I should love this celebration; see happy faces & angpaus. Err. Sorry. The angpau doesn't really go to me. We both volunteered to give it to Mama due to financial problems. Mama felt bad, but I'm not upset about this. Never. Feels like this angpaus are just investment. keep rolling the money. :S

Ahh. put these shitty truth aside.

I was about to love CNY...

I was so busy cleaning up the house with sis, so busy that I just realise I didn't really get a proper new clothes for CNY. Lucky thing I have one new shirt that I didn't get to wear yet. I have always wanting to buy cheongsam. Next year perhaps?

This one issue cannot be stopping me. Half way through the Open House time, I suddenly got flu. It was bad, I couldn't stop sneezing. Next thing I know, I've got sorethroat & flu that night.

Went out with BF on the 2nd Day of CNY. My sickness got worse. Additional package to my sickness actually. Fever. Cilakak betul ! Joe was worried, wanted to send me home earlier but I refused to go home. I don't want to ruin the date :/

It got worse when I started shivering. haiyo!! I really got no luck with rabbit la! Joe nearly brought me to the clinic. I strongly refused to go. I'm afraid of injections and I'm shy(u know why).

I think my health really ruined my CNY this time. I wish I had the chance to re-appreciate the true meaning of CNY celebration. Too bad, before I could give myself the chance, my health interfered.

Last night, I couldn't forget those words Joe told me. It kinda woke me up.
" I rasa I tahu kenapa you tak happy ngn CNY celebration"
I was curious on his opinion, "Oh ye ke?"
" Sebab masa you kecik dulu, you tak dapat rasa apa yang org lain rasa"

He went on explaining those meaningful details. Then I knew. He was right. Since my childhood, I never really had that great experience of joy. There were no proper celebration. That's why I don't feel anything now.

Omg. I have such a sad childhood. Hahah! No la. That's just ermm.. insufficient celebration. :P

I think I'm done letting out this feeling. :) I promise myself not to fall sick nor fail to get cheongsam/new clothes for the next CNY. Most importantly, I promise to give myself another chance to feel the true celebration.

And I promise to update the blog regarding the CNY Lunch at my house, when I'm feeling way better. Still recovering.

P/s: ooo. Got a secret admirer wished him Happy CNY anonymously, how "sweet" was that. I'm not jealous la, Syg. I think it is something tiny that I should put here though its not affecting our relationship ;) I lapp u.

Chow Kit, Nasi Kandar & Shaolin.

2011-01-31T15:09:00.004+08:00

What a title. hahah.

Mama & I planned to go to Chow Kit to buy the vegetables for CNY cooking. Since Papa can't drive, I asked for Joe's help. I'm so grateful to know that he is willing to help us. :)

The weather was just bad - nonstop raining!
Not a perfect weather to go to the market. I didn't really have proper shoes or sandals to go to market. There you go, so obvious that I'm not the type who goes to the market.

We reached there and found a good parking for the car. Got down from the car with the umbrella, and it was so depressing to know that my first step was a perfect landing into a pool of dirty water . Another keyword that can show why I go more depressed - my white shoes. T___T Bodohnya pakai kasut putih to pasar!

Mama was busy buying the vegetables. Me & Joe stood still, well we talked also la.

Joe: Pergila tengok your mum beli, blh belajar.
Me : Tengah tengok la ni.* look-look from a distance*

Then, I looked at him, with the embarrassed smile...

Me: Hehehe. Nampak sangat I org yang tak pergi dapur kan?
Joe : Tahu takper. *that-sarcastic-mean-smirk*

Oh well. Mama bought what she needed. That's the most important thing. :P

We are making Thai Green Curry (Keng Khiaw Wan). Yes, it will be in green curry.
Nah, example picture of how green is the curry. And the must have ingredient for this curry is pea eggplants. (terung pipit)

P/s: These are not my pictures.

I suggested Thai Pickled Fish Stomach Curry (Keng Phung Pla) to Mama. She will consider this. No pictures available on Google. Apalah! Wait for my pictures, coming soon, after the Chinese New Year of course. ;D

So after the vege-shopping is done, we went to Yaseen Nasi Kandar Pulau Pinang. Mama had Maggie Goreng with Sirap Bandung. Joe & I shared a piece of Ayam Kicap for our nasi kandar. Bought their Vades for Papa. Papa liked it! Its only Rm0.50 and delicious. Good. :) Oh yes, take away Maggie Goreng for the sister too. Mama liked this place. Affordable and delicious.

Last thing to do was to spend time with the boyfriend without Mama's presence. hahah. Got down & unload the stuffs for her. Then off we go to Bukit Raja for a movie. :)

He picked the movie this time.I enjoyed watching the actions. Fan Bing bing is so pretty! Nicholas Tse looks so damn good when he became the bad guy. Jacky Chan is funny. hehehe.

I'm not happy with the ending though. I dont want to give spoilers to those who do not want to know yet. So, please select the texts below this if you really want to know. :D

Everyone died except for Nicholas Tse. I'm not happy with this. But the way Andy Lau died in this story is epic. He fell on the Lord Buddha Statue's palm, he looked like he is received by Lord Buddha. :)

The end. :D

She Made The Car Moved!

2011-01-23T18:27:00.006+08:00

Congratulations to myself because I successfully went to college to copy files from server. Now all the final project's environment files are with me, lighting can be done at home ;) Maya2010 installer is missing from the lab server. So I took the 64bit Maya2011. Then, after complaining to Yi Ling about this matter, she kindly shared Maya2010 installer with me on Dropbox. See, Dropbox saved my life again! Thanks Yi Ling. :)

Had SS15 rojak for lunch with Joe & Halimee. They finally have a stall, it is at Bandar Sunway, behind De'Sayang restaurant.

Now I remembered something. I forgot to go to DiGi centre to get my MMS settings fixed. Oh dear..I'm one forgetful person!

Anyway, Joe brought me to Shah Alam. Frankly speaking, we didn't know what to do. So he brought me to the Shah Alam Stadium at Seksyen 13. Empty open space car park, no big deal. We saw a few couples there; mostly were men teaching their partners to drive. Hahahah! So that's when Joe made me learn to drive for the very first time.

I was panicking. Got frightened a little when the car moves forward. I didn't understand anything that he mentioned at first. All I heard was just gear1, free gear,clutch,break,minyak.

Felt so stupid that nothing went into my head. I stopped and looked outside. I told him that I envy those ladies who can finally drive around at this area. Yes I turned emotionally for awhile.

Slowly learned from Joe. And finally can drive around. Bf was making fun of me. He recorded a long video of me driving. Face looked oily. Sweating la while learning to drive. hahah.

Nah, cut short already. :)

I'm so happy to learn these basic driving skills. Thanks Syg. :) You made me slightly more confident now.

Where did we go for our dinner? Pak Li Kopitiam at Seksyen 7, Shah Alam.This is our second visit together. Many students there, I assume they are UITM Shah Alam students.

I ordered Fish & Chips(wished got more vegetables) and Sparkling Drink Strawberry(Loved it!).
He ordered Pak Li Asam Laksa and Asam Limau Ais.

The pictures we took for food were not in good quality. So sad. What to do, we do not own DSLR. Camwhoring je, bukannya professional photographer. ;P (Yes, I'm making fun of those people who bought it just for camwhoring, not a proper hobby of photography!)

Overall our bill came up to RM23. :) Affordable.

While I was away from home, Mama prepared Crab Curry and invited one of my cousins to have dinner. He brought his wife & 2 sons along. Kantoi dating when nephew Nizam msged me "Aunty go dating arh? Im at ur house now". Hahah.

I didn't manage to reach home on time, they left already. I guess I can see them on CNY day 1. :)

The Sushi Zanmai Addiction

2011-01-21T22:42:00.004+08:00

I'm deeply in love with Sushi Zanmai lately. I've dragged my bf into this love as well. Yes, he loved some of the dishes/sushi.

It is not a healthy relationship, particularly in financial matter.

So, we were sipping warm green tea while waiting for the delicious sushi. Miso Soup came first. I love Miso Soup! While having the soup, we both just realised the date - 20th Jan 2011.
Oh. We forgot that it was the 20th month of our relationship. Hehe. It doesn't really matter but it is just good to know where we stand sometimes. :) So I told him, we happened to have Sushi Zanmai for late lunch and that must be the magic from the 20 months. Hahaha. Merepek already. So, the next dish that came to our table is Joe's order. I forgot the name. Only have the picture.Lastly, all the sushi that I ordered came to the table. Oh Heaven! I fell in love again. I ordered Spider Roll, Tamago Mentai, Salmon Mentai. Nah, another shot. Overall shot of what we had. Please ignore Joe's chopsticks. He + chopsticks just loves camera!

What made us keep coming back to Sushi Zanmai?
1. It is the Tamago Mentai & Salmon Mentai. I love the mayonnaise topping. Joe said that's "Sushi Zanmai's secret recipe".
2. I love the environment. :) Not too bright, dimmed lighting yet good enough to sit and eat.

Didn't know much about this delicious sushi. Or else I could have eat these when my bro, Nez treat me lunch long time ago, when he was still in TOA. XD

P/s: This post was created because of the photographs. Guess who made me took the photographs of the food we ate? Him. Yes, it was Joe.

What's new in my room?

2011-01-15T11:11:00.008+08:00

UNRELATED ANNOUNCEMENT : MY FATHER IS BACK AT HOME ON 10th JANUARY 2011. :)

Thank you.

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My aunt sponsored me Rm3000 to get a new pc. No need to upgrade the previous one coz it will come to the same thing. She told me this is my 21st late birthday gift. :D

Finally, after few months of delay, Joe brought me to Low Yat with my sis. I dont have to do much, because I have a perfect person who knows about IT to ensure I get the best. ;) My Abang Tinggi is awesome.

This is the new CPU. Cooler Master Glite 310.
What's inside of this CPU?
- Processor: AMD Phenom 11x6 1055T
- RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR3 1333 x 4 pieces = 8GB
- Motherboard: ASUS M4A87TD/USB3
- Disk space: 500GB
- Lite-On DVD
- Graphic Card: NVIDIA Quadro FX580

Overall price for this CPU itself is RM2525, excluding Yen's WD external hard disk & earphone.

While waiting for the CPU to be ready, we walked around and I saw this new keyboard with mouse in white. Its so like MacPro's keyboard. Love the feeling of typing on it. Experienced it in college quite some time ago. ;)

Yes I bought it, at RM56. Coz I hate my old Sensonic keyboard. tak best, very noisy when I type!The last part of upgrading that really would satisfy me if I could was... A new monitor.

I've got some balance, and add-on some money of mine. Dell's website shown so many options for me. I wanted to get 24in HD Monitor but it would be over the budget. Anyway, I ordered 21.5in HD Monitor instead. Price is RM449 only. Joe was making noise already. He said I could have buy a bigger one, somewhere else with that price.

Nevermind la. Its huge & wide enough for me. I've got rid of my 15in Acer Monitor. YESSS!!

I am satisfied with my PC now. There is only ONE THING that I should upgrade. My Streamyx package. Currently at RM66 unlimited per month. I want the Blockbuster Package, Double of my current Internet Speed, and got some benefits too. RM110. I need to talk to my parents first.

Oh yes. I have to install all the softwares A.S.A.P or else this PC is just for show. hahah.

P/s: Sorry for the ugly photographs. I have no Photoshop in my new PC. Normally I will edit it properly. :D

I feel complete.

2011-01-09T11:54:00.006+08:00

Yesterday I felt good. Well, it was a date with the bf. I didn't go for Firefork project though. Have another plan for this. Did some minor shopping in Sunway Pyramid.

Anyway, I feel so complete right now. I can finally use a new organiser! :D
I was being very choosy. I don't like ugly layouts because that would just make me push the organiser away. Bought it from MPH at Sunway Pyramid.

The Face Shop at Sunway Pyramid changed to another location already. Nearly gave up on searching for the shop. Found it by coincidence. Bought some facial masks, each costs RM6.90. Tried Rose & Pine Moisturising Mask Sheet last night. My face felt good, skin is definitely moisturised. hehehe.Oh yes, and this moisturiser too, and its for final step of skin care procedure. :DIts oil-free. RM49.90. Used it last night. nice. :)

Next stop was TGV Cinema, must watch movie! We watched Gulliver's Travels.I know, there are some reviews saying this movie relies heavily on CG/Special Effects. Whatever. It didn't really bother me. Not so much of "obvious fake" effects. I enjoyed the storyline. Jack Black, you know? & its comedy. Watch it for a good laugh! ;)

Next we went to Guardian Pharmacy to get some important stuffs.
- Maybelline's B.B Cream
- Maybelline's Volum' Express Mascara
- Nivea Intensive Body Milk
- Eyebrow shavers

Ahhh. Feels good to know that my Maybelline eye make up is complete now. I have the mascara & the shaver to join my Maybelline Eye Studio Gel-Liner. Like I said, I feel naked if I dont put on something on my eyes whenever I go out. At least, the eyebrows!

Client's TVC, but my version.

2011-01-04T22:45:00.004+08:00

I have dealed with this client for the second time. Before Deepavali, I did the company's TVC that was meant to be broadcasted on Astro. Yes, he(the boss) is one of the demanding clients I ever had. But I do what I have to do.

Previously, I took one day off and sadly it was ruined when he asked for last minute changes. My boss felt bad for calling me up to settle this. He is even willing to pay for my taxi fare just to get to the office! I was in Bandar Sunway. That would be very pricey. Dropbox saved my life anyway.

In this entry, I shall share with you their latest(2nd) TVC that I worked on. Errm, it is not the finalised version. Client's art sense does not get along with my art sense. That's right, a common issue for every designer in this whole world to deal with. It is okay, because I'm planning to pick my own version to be in my portfolio. Client's version was not really nice to see; details of the clouds are gone, background was some bright blasting yellow. I couldn't stand it.

I removed the voice over and replace with some downloaded songs. hehehe. Ignore the ending of the song, I malas want to edit it. :P I think I kinda messed up the transitions while editing it back to my version. Baru perasan now. wargh!!

Did this in After Effects only. :)

Her name is...Ajinomoto

2011-01-02T11:45:00.004+08:00

People who are following me on Twitter definitely have seen my tweets regarding "Ajinomoto".

Introducing to you, Ms Ajinomoto.
Well, that's obviously not her real name.

She works at the same floor in the same building with me. She is nice & friendly but her bosses mistreated her somehow. Anyway, it has been 6 months we are friends with her. Lately, I realised some things about her and it was not really nice to know.

She is named as Ajinomoto because she loves to "add-on flavours" in the real story. Sometimes, such stories never existed but she created it for attention. I caught her mistakes several times and I didn't feel comfortable with that. Attention seeker, liar, boastful.

She is not a teenager or even around my age. She is around 30+ okay? And she does not portray the right image there. She seems to be having some issues. But it does not mean we can use that reason for all the lies she made up right? All those boasting...I simply cannot accept that. Sorry.

Sometimes, we are really busy and she will just come in and bother us. She kept complaining to us about her superiors. Enough with the repeating stories. My sis even adviced her and all, but she is not doing anything about it. Kept coming to us EVERYDAY. We are sick of that. We have our jobs too okay.

What makes me pissed was she was letting out her anger to us instead of her bosses. As in, all those "bloody words" that she said was meant for the bosses but she talked to us as if we are the target. Get it? That's not nice.

I got so sick of her stories that I just turned away whenever she comes in. I look at my wide screen and do my work like usual, ignoring her.

Weird to hear her telling me how her relatives "praise her beauty", and she ended the story with this ironic sentence : " This is true you know, I'm not bragging".

-_____________-"
Honestly, if you were at my place, you wouldn't believe her stories if you have seen her. And by the way, normally if you are not a bragger, you wouldn't proudly tell people about the praises you got. So lame.

I finally told my sister that I'm not comfortable to make friends with her. Guess what, my sister was feeling the same thing! She thought I was all okay, so she wanted to show respect by being friendly with her. Hahah.

Oh yes, I don't like her over-friendly attitude. Every time I come back from lunch at home, she will ask what was my lunch. Every time I tell her the food, she goes "Ooooh! Yessarrr? Very lucky la youuu"..

Please. Dont have to be a hypocrite la. When she does that, I have to go hypocrite also, saying "hahahaha, no la. its normal". From there, if I don't get my ass into the office, she will start her story telling. And its never ending, I'm telling you.

She seems like a religious person. She kept telling us that "God is great", she "respects all Gods". Sometimes, she even dare to end her lame stories with a very religious sentence - I'm not lying you know,God is here, he is listening to us. What is her intention, really?

How come she doesn't realise that we are no dumb-dumb kids? Nasi lemak also she want to tipu me. Apalah! There was once I didn't get to buy nasi lemak for breakfast. She noticed my empty hands while walking into the office. Then, there she goes la.

Ajinomoto: Why you never tell me? I can buy for you earlier.
Me : Ah nvm la. I prefer buying it by myself.
Ajinomoto: Today she got sell you know...
Me : Oh maybe I was a bit late. sometimes very laris la her food.
Ajinomoto: Yeahla! I told her ady, why not sell more? She got customers.

I was feeling weird. She actually talked to the lady who sells nasi lemak?

The next day, I managed to buy nasi lemak. I asked the lady.

Me : Akak, smlm jual abis ke?
Lady: Takderla. smlm saya tk jual. cuti.

I knew Ajinomoto was lying. I don't know why! Stupid right?

When my another boss(Mr.SK) comes in, she was so into him. She even opens the front gate for him before us. It looked like a race for the moment, who gets to open the gate for the handsome man. Yeah, he is a model & actor. Maybe that's why Ajinomoto can't help falling in love. Her desperation were too obvious. Mr. SK even felt weird and he was telling me stories.

Seems like she is looking for candidates. Unmarried what... But her way was wrong! She acted like a stalker/admirer.

Every time, when he is around, she kept walking pass our office and stare right into our place! More like, looking at him. tsk tsk tsk.

She kept coming into our office to ask him some stupid questions. He was so busy on the phone, yet she tried to come in and interfere! Wtf?

Mr. SK told her off nicely right after she opened up a wrong topic. I didn't really get it what topic was that.

Me : So what topic is that?
Mr SK: You know.... err. She should have talked to a girl.

Okay, I still don't get it. Hahahha! But it doesnt matter.

Mr SK: I told her, look I'm not that kind of guy. Please talk to someone else about this. You've got the wrong person.

From that day onward, she seems to walk past our office lesser, talked to him lesser. No stopping yet, but more to lesser actions.

What is wrong with her? :S
She realised how we ignored her. So while I was away for buying lunch, she brought in some bread for my sister. She claimed that she got it for free from "some radio station" people.

Ajinomoto: *Put bread on table* Take la. Its for u.
Sister : Errr..no la its okay.
Ajinomoto: Take laaa! You are hungry right?
Sister: Its okayla, my sis is buying lunch for me.
Ajinomoto: I got this bread for free, from some radio station ppl.

Basically, my sister managed to make her take back the bread. Big time liar. My sister went down before her and there was no radio station people around. There you go, one mistake we caught. Next mistake is, the bread was half torn already?! WTF?! You took half and you are giving it to my sister?

Seriously. she needs help. Heard that she might leave in 2 weeks time. Good la. I feel sorry for her sometimes. I hope she don't have to do all these things. I can't do much, only avoiding her. Its not going to be easy to talk to her, I'm not a psychologist. I'm afraid I will be the one going cuckoo talking to her.

P/s: Why do I always ended up making friends with weird people? -____-". I'm truly blessed.

OMG, that was fast!

2011-01-01T20:37:00.002+08:00

Time to buy a new calendar again. urgh. Its just another year, like the rest of the 21 years in my life. Time flies. wow.

Finally updating my blog. Sorry, I have been very busy & tired. Papa is still in IJN. His heart bypass surgery was successful, and he is recovering. Its very tiring to visit him every day after work. I went to visit him twice a day on non-working days with sis. He is still in IJN till today, so I dont really have a very happy start of a new year.

Thank God that my bf is with me. He is a supportive person; my pillar of strength. His presence itself helped me alot. Believe me, its the love that brings positive vibes to me. Thank you, Syg and please don't kembang lebih baca this statement, though its true. Bwekk.

How was my 31st Dec, 2010?

It was just okay. Joe fetched me, Mama & Yen to IJN. Spent some time with Papa on New Year Eve. After sending them home, Joe brought me to Dataran Merdeka. It took us 15 minutes to search for carpark. Lastly we thought of MGSKL. Hehehe.

Parked there, walked to the place. We were not so comfortable with the crowds. No offence but it feels like we were in ******* for awhile. Too many foreigners that looked quite creepy & suspicious. No thanks. We left. Hahah. Joe got the wrong info from his friend; kononya got some celebration for the Malaysian football team.

We went to Bangsar and did nothing. Just standing and sitting. We were not hungry thanks to the Nasi Kandar. No point sitting at Pappa Rich, not thirsty for drinks either.

Lastly there was a marching band performing. (Did they marched?:S) I think they are from some Buddhist society. Countdown didnt really happened. So lame. No need to put pics. hahah. We looked up to the fireworks, and he turned to me, "Happy New Year Syg". Please excuse me, that was the moment of the melted heart. Hahahahaha!

Then, we saw some syok sendiri teenagers spraying those creams to each other, shouting out like oh that is so cool. Hahahah! Before going home, we took away kuey teow for my hungry Mama.

Very low profile celebration. Wait, was that even a celebration? Nvm, most importantly, I was next to him. :) I never ever spend New Year Eve night with any previous boyfriends before. He is the first, though its very last minute & unplanned. He said this was very "sengal". :P

Crap. I need to have resolutions too, just like everyone!

Whatever it is, I should really continue to hunt for a perfect diary/organiser for myself. Its not easy to satisfy me in this matter. seriously. Without a perfect organiser, my 2011 will be unplanned. Hahah.

I wish to continue my closet revamp. I managed to get rid of over pinky clothes. Yucks. Now its all dead colours. Pale & muted. But I liked it. More shopping to be done.

My career is important. I plan to continue working in this current company. I do hope I can do better each day. Please Boss, I want a raise too. Can I earn RM2500 already? :D Its just extra RM300. I promise I will be a good worker. :D:D Dont misunderstood, it is beyond my greed. I have alot more to pay for my loans. I have commitments. I'm no rich girl, yet.

I want to learn more in cooking. 3 reasons.
1. Mama is a great Thai cook ever! Must get her recipes!
2. Its for survival la. Cant just tapau all the time if Mama cant cook one day.
3. Its for my future. :P Someone told me that he wants a wife who can cook. Yes Syg. I agree with that statement. :)

I have been having dreams & nightmares which were always located at my primary school! I don't know why, but maybe I really need to drop by one day with my ex-schoolmates. I wanted to go, but time is limited. Hmm.

I need to get fit. Yes, I do not want diabetes nor heart attack. I want to fight these diseases. I need to loose extra fats. No plans to be a skinny chick or something. Those who think I'm skinny, seriously, look again. Maybe I'm good at hiding my weaknesses. :P

I realise that I have been deeply addicted to shopping. Therefore, it is a must for me to learn to keep things in balance between shopping & saving.

I'm the eldest daughter in this family. It is my responsibility to get a place of our own, for the family. Yes, a family house. I need to keep searching for perfect places. :)

Papa can't be driving us around in near future. Wait, even after he is back from IJN! I seriously need to get my driving license already. Joe is always driving me around. Now that we share a car, I need to get my license!

Hehe. I want a perfect anniversary dinner/lunch with Joe. We were planning things already. Hope it will turn out great. Good food, good place, good time. :D We both know where to eat! ;)

I do wish to spend more time with my close friends of MGSKL & TOA. Hey St Teresa girls union please?

Nothing much, unless something comes up, then I shall add on without updating this post. ;)

She said YES to his proposal!

2010-12-14T21:46:00.012+08:00

Here comes the promised entry on someone's marriage proposal. Why la ppl think that it was my marriage when I promise this post.? Hahahaha! Adui. Too early la.

My bro, Nezryin wanted to propose to his girlfriend, Eileen publicly. You've got balls, bro! Haha! Since it was a surprise, we need a plan and of course the crew. Who was involved? Me & Joe, Xinyi(another adik to Nezryin), Tim(Nez's cousin). The venue was The Curve, around 7 pm on 11th Dec 2010.

Me & Joe were the cardboard people on the first floor. It means, when Nez brings Eileen in, we need to hold the cardboards up accordingly. Sweating nicely okay? hahah! And the cardboard is all done by Nez. Very ikhlas. :)

At the carpark, before the surprise. Xinyi was the photographer and Tim was the one to bring in the bouquet of flowers.

So, when Eileen looked up at me after Nez pointed at me, the cardboard says "HEY YOU".

She was still looking at me, wondering what's going on as I continue to 2nd piece that says " YES YOU".

Then, Joe came out with the other cardboard "Will You" *turn to next* "Marry Me?". Then, next thing is, Nez was on his knees already, taking out the ring.

While everyone is anxiously waiting for her answer, Joe was sweating and felt so embarrassed. Simply because he is holding "Marry Me?". Hahahahah! I told him, "its ok, kira ada experience la tuh. Practice." :P Teased him nicely. hehehe.

Back to story, Eileen said YES! And they kissed & hugged. The crowd clapped their hands. Some strangers were taking their photographs as well.

After the proposal...

The Crew:Xinyi,Tim,Me,Joe & The couple bahagia. XDWithout Tim, since he took this pic.After the successful proposal, I bumped into Amira Ayoub! Ex-schoolmate from MGSKL. :) Anyway, Nez was very happy. He treat us TGI's Friday. My first time there, so yeah, me & Joe felt out of place at first. But we fell in love with the food there. :D

The staffs are very friendly. :) I like!

Tim purposely/quietly informed the manager that something should be done to this couple bahagia, just like how TGI's staffs will make the birthday boy/girl stand on the chair and sing! XP

I've recorded the moments! ;)

After all that, we noticed how loving they get, we understand. :) So we left them. Gave them privacy :D

Xinyi & I finally met! :)

Anyways, I went to IKEA for the first time. We are so outdated, but we don't care! Hehe!

Joe is cooking something :D
Our far away future kitchen. :P
I dont know why I took this pic. Nice lighting kot.

For the first time, Joe bought me a soft toy. Its a teddy dog. :D From IKEA. Rm39. Nice. White colour. I named it Rupert Busuk. That night, I hugged Rupert to sleep. Hehe.

Let me end this story by confessing this. My hair was not so nice. So I edited the pics of mine. Hehehehehehehe. End of story.

P/s: Papa's heart operation went well. Still in ICU. He is awake already. :) Thank you for your kind wishes everyone! Every word from you people means alot to me, it brings positive vibes to me :)

Papa's Operation in IJN.

2010-12-12T10:47:00.005+08:00

Papa is going for a bypass operation for his heart in IJN. He was given a letter few months back for preparation like dental check up, blood pressure, sugar level..blablabla. and also, he should not be coughing/sick 2 weeks before getting admitted. He also had to stop eating aspirin pills and Chinese herbs. No smoking for at least 6 weeks, but Papa did well in this. He quit smoking few months back.
He really took care of his diet, finally. Normally, he drinks Nescafe frequently, simply take cheesy stuffs.

I'm proud of you, Papa. :)

Friday, 10th Dec, 2010. That was when Papa was admitted. This is my first time visiting him in IJN. I'm impressed with IJN's cleanliness and its interior design! From the porch itself, it looks like a hotel! Hospital KL (GH) was nothing compared to IJN. hahaha.

Happened to see this Malay boy snapping pictures of himself & little sisters at there. Funny to see people camwhoring at hospital. sorry, really funny. :P

Anyway, I didnt have the chance to eat at the cafeteria. Heard from Papa that food was not bad. Maybe today I can try? :D We are going to visit him again before his operation on Monday.

Joe is being such a good boyfriend, brother in law, son in law. XD He offered to fetch us to IJN and also send us home. Mama was happy but she didnt want to show it much la. Papa doesn't know. I dont want to make him go unhappy before the operation. Plus, Joe understands this matter well. He didn't want Papa to know tht he is going to be there too, but outside the room. Kesian Syg. Sabar ye Syg. The day will come. :)

So, we did talk with the doctor. He said that my father's case is different due to his legs condition. He did bypass before on his left leg and its doing fine. Right leg is giving some problem; couldn't even find the vein! It was too complicated. Right hand is out of the choices too; used before. Therefore, the doctor will be using his left hand.

According to the doctor, our hand got one blood vessel coming down from the top to the the elbow, then its parted into two vessels. It is good enough to have one vessel there for our hand. This is why they will take one of the vessels there and then make a "flyover" as the new route for the blood flow at Papa's heart. 3 out of the 4 valves are blocked because of his blood is too thick. I'm not too sure about the smoking habit though.

So I do not want to start being emotional nor negative about this. I just hope the operation will be going smooth. Papa will be in ICU on Monday and he will only be awake from sleep by Tuesday onwards. Been through this before for his previous leg bypass. It is normal, so we wouldn't be calling him on Monday. We shall wait for Papa to call us back on Tuesday.

I trust the doctors in IJN. I know they can help Papa. :) And yes, he must be resting in hospital for at least 1 week or when he recovers. Doctor do not allow Papa to do heavy work for two months. He need to rest and do not carry things more than 2kg for this two months. This is when me, Yen & Mama shall prevent him from doing anything heavy! :)

P/s: Will post about someone's marriage proposal as soon as I get the other materials. ;D

Do you know what is "Pet Peeves"?

2010-12-07T12:32:00.004+08:00

I was answering some questions posted by members in Youthsays till I came across this question.

WHAT IS YOUR PET PEEVES?

I answered it. Then, I scrolled down to see other members' answers.

I was shocked to see most of the answers,

"Cats"

"Dogs"

Adui. I doubt they know what it means. They didn't even bother to find out/Google it before simply assuming that it was about pets. Only one or two knew what it means. You can tell by the answers. So I ended up giggling alone in front of my pc.

How to learn, if we simply assume the meaning? Nobody is perfect and we keep learning every day. Now, it is way more easy to check the meaning of the words we do not understand. We have Google! Online dictionaries are helpful enough. No need to go through the thick Oxford/Cambridge dictionaries.

I shall end this post with the meaning of PET PEEVES:

Taken from Answers.com

Pet peeves : It's your favorite minor complaint.

It's when someone, or somethings, actions really irritate you and you just can't stand it.
It could be irrational, and not even annoy anybody else. It can be different for anyone.

P/s : Got nothing to do with your favourite pets.

Could that be you again?

2010-12-06T21:57:00.003+08:00

While at work this morning, I think it was around 10.30am, I received a call on my cellphone. It was a number from Penang. Code is 04 with 7 digits.

I stared at the phone display for 2 secs. Then only I decided I should answer this call because:
1. Maybe that's my aunt's office number, who lives in Penang?
2. Maybe its my old friend who is studying in Penang?

The moment I answered, I heard a girl's voice before I could say hello.

Girl : Heheh, Ingatkan tak dapat..

Then she kept very quiet. Then only I said hello. She kept quiet again! Nothing but the slightly noisy background. After few times of hello, I got frustrated, knowing that I've been fooled again.

I was pissed off with these kind of calls, ended it after intentionally saying "What the fuck?".

Enough is enough la wei! No life la you.

And then my instincts began to tell me that it could be the same person again. I really, really thought it was the tomboy who was from the photography shop that participated in my graduation ceremony.

Sounded like her too. I heard her voice before, that's why.

Luckily it was just one damn call. I really thought my bf ended this for me. Haih. So true, again, some people just don't know when to quit doing stupid things.

Bf told me to ignore this shit and do not answer any unknown numbers. Okla, sorry if its really my friends. I'm not going to entertain strange numbers anymore, unless they introduce themselves via sms.

Speaking of this photography shop, I went there with bf, in case kena kacau with that tomboy. I collected my stage photograph and also the group photograph. And hey, I bought some 4r photos too, and will only receive it in 3 weeks time. I bought pictures of me with friends. :D

Let me end this post with a special thanks to Momochan for the Cool Blogger Award. I appreciate that alot. Err, my first time award for blog okay? Hehe. What to do when your blog is not cool enough like the rest? But I'm cool with this. Contented to know there are readers out there. :)

Firefork's Timid & The Tough trailer

2010-12-05T11:34:00.006+08:00

This is Firefork's animated short film trailer. Production is still going on. I'm working on the lighting. The rest of my team mates are working on the animation. Glad that I dont have to animate, because I know I can't animate characters! XD

I did my part too. I did the house/environment concept art and it was a horrible situation, having to hold the pencil and draw it out! After getting the concept art aprroved, I started to enjoy the 3d modeling part. Texturing was a little torturing but I'm okay with it. Now, its the lighting.

I do hope I can help in composition of the whole movie later. :D

Here's our trailer. heheheh.
Ignore the super-blasting bg music. Poh Hui picked this song. Crazy betul!

My Project

2010-11-25T22:46:00.000+08:00

For the event itself. Logo was designed by partner/the organiser. The designer is so happened to be See Mei of AD78 :)

My task is to make a 3d logo animation. Its not that great work la. but I enjoyed the process, from modeling to compositing. :)

I hope to do better than this.
Sharing time. Here's the work.

My Phone Number Story.

2010-11-21T20:19:00.006+08:00

If people who knows me and need to contact me, I can accept that they got my number from my friends. I know them, so I'm cool with it.

What's not cool is when you get stupid strangers having your number, and keep disturbing you with missed calls and SMSes like "Hi, nak berkenalan blh?" - Go to hell please. Thanks.

Imagine having friends who loves to be "helpful", trying to be the matchmaker or something. That's very annoying. Dear friends who simply give people my number, thanks for being an ass. Thanks for not informing me too. So much for my phone number privacy. You can go to hell too okay?

But wait. What annoys me is that, some people are smarter than that. They have the access to my info, so it is very easy to get my number.

Recently, (more like yesterday!) I highly suspected this new stalker got my number from the returning graduation robe form. It is a must to leave your number, in case anything happens. I have no choice and I didn't expect this anyway. This suspect/stalker is believed to be that particular person who works under that photography company. This stalker is a tomboy. But your gender or preference is not my interest. It is very unethical to take my number from the form okay?

I wish that these type of people do not have to do this. Come to me and ask me for my number, and I'm not promising that I would give you my number. There is a need to have a solid reason to do so. Honestly speaking, I usually do not give away my number to people. I'm that type that do not like to exchange number with new buddies. I do not know why I'm being so phone-number-stingy.

Oh. Maybe I'm sick of these silly SMSes and missed calls from unknown numbers. Why should I take the risk to spread my number.

Yesterday, while at college for final project, I received an SMS.
"Hai, sape nie?"
I chose not to reply. Hoping that this is going to end.
After 10 mins, this number called and I answered right away.
When I say hello, the person hung up.
Another SMS came in right after that.
"U ni Pern kan?"
I was shocked already. This is no random call. Someone either wants to play a damn prank with me or really a person who wants to make friends with me. I'm not interested la wei! I didn't reply.

You must be thinking this is it. I thought so too. Sadly, this person continue to bug me after 5 hours of silence. Huh! I was thankful Joe was with me. We were at Shah Alam, hanging out with his friends for awhile before going for dinner. Told Joe everything.

It was an SMS.
"Hai, nak berkenalan boleh?"
I was annoyed. I showed Syg the message. I can tell he wasn't really happy. His expression changed. He took out his phone and called this number right away. This person answered and kept quiet!

Freaky right? Joe didn't say a word too. Then the person hung up, and SMSed me!
"Nombor sapa plak u guna nie?"

The stalker didn't realise it was my boyfriend who called. So, Syg typed quite mean words, prepared to reply from his phone. But I told him not to reveal about "I know you are that photography shop staff". It was just my instincts. He retyped the message and showed me.
"Nombor bapa ko"

Amazing how some people do not know when to give up! I've got a reply to my phone.
"Relax ah u..jgn marah2"

Very funny. Who would want to relax when he/she got a stranger bugging to make friends. Syg was angry and called that number up. The person kept quiet and Joe took the chance to say "Nombor bapa ko ah"

Finally, it ended well. My bf was the hero. Yey. The person quit bugging me. :)

Sorryla, I'm not interested with strangers making friends with me this way. And this has nothing to do with my status as a single and available person nor happily in a good relationship. My status would not change my stand.

Psst. Wanna know why I highly suspected that person was the tomboy?
Because while taking my graduation robe, she acted weird, came and took over somebody else's job. She almost got the chance to put on the robe for me. Omg. She was upset when her colleague (not tomboy, a nice Malay lady) snatched my robe from her and put it on for me.

The tomboy did mentioned "Alaaa! Dia yang dapat plak!"

Very obvious la. Some more I'm very perasan type. I believe in my woman instinct. Hehehe. Then, when I was about to return my robe, she was there. She saw me filling up the big form. Her actions made her motive very obvious to me.

I know she might just want to make friends with me. But look, I'm anti-social now. I've got no Facebook. I only tweet in a private account. I rarely make friends okay! And it is not nice to take my number from the form and kacau-kacau my life.

When someone gets my number from other sources without my permission, it is not nice. I'm not desperate for any attention. I'm contented with my ordinary life.

Doesn't matter, because I'm the winner.

2010-11-21T11:11:00.007+08:00

Reminder : This entry contains mild jiwang-ness. Please do not continue to read if you cannot take it. Thanks.

Last night was one of those days that I lost my self-confidence. Usually, I'm not very confident with myself either. So, when I'm down, it gets worse. emotional. I find myself annoying at that moment.

I was being very emotional with bf, thanks to one of the sensitive issues that I accidentally started with. That's silly.

But he knew what to do to make me feel better. :) Thank you Syg. So true, all that you need is positive vibes from your closed ones, be it your family, partner or friends. He helped me to throw away these negativity in my head and restored my self-confidence.

That issue was not a big deal, just that I'm not comfortable with the way this one particular lady who kept looking at me. It wasn't for one or two times. It was all the time, whenever she sees me. Her stares shaken my self-confidence, probably because I know she is a very gorgeous lady, very sexy, everything about her is hot & sexy. All that every man wants? Whatever.

Bf & I didn't know how to solve this silly issue. So we are going to leave it as it is.

Maybe she thinks I'm not good enough to be with the boyfriend.
Maybe she thinks she deserves him more, knowing the fact that
she is very gorgeous.
Maybe that's just her attitude, love to analyze me.

I don't know la. I can't understand these stares. Nevermind. Case closed.

After all, she is not a threat or something. I know that very well. Let her stare at me as much as she wants. I've gained back my self-confidence. Maybe I should stare back at her too. :P

He held my hand and looked into my eyes. He remind me again & again, how much he loves me and yes, I'm the winner. Winner of his heart. Only me, no other girls :') [Jiwang hahahahha!]

And I questioned him on how on earth he fell for me, knowing that previously I dressed up like a real kid. I was very horrible-looking during the first year. Zaman seluar buruk.

He said it was my inner beauty. He liked it when I was friendly with him, not overly-done. We shared few things in common. heeeee :D

Till today, I realised that we can communicate and understand each other because we both agreed on certain facts. Basically, I'm glad that we are both ordinary people. No stress, no pressure as we get to know each other. We motivate each other. Support each other in various ways. I'm glad that we met. :) Thank you, God. We all may not know how's the future like, what's God's plan for all of us, but for now, I'm very much happy with Syg.

It has been exactly 1 year and 6 months that we are together.
Thank you for being there for me whenever I need you.

After Convocation Night. photo taken by Farhan.

p/s: I'm with you too, Busuk. ;)

My Convocation Night.

2010-11-15T21:48:00.009+08:00

I graduated already. :')

I didn't get all the photos yet, but I cant wait to share with you. wheee!

Venue : Sunway Hotel Resort & Spa
Food was okayyyy.
Ticket is freaking expensive; RM120 per person.

But most important is that everyone enjoyed that night. :)

I've got a professional shot for my graduation photograph, but didn't get yet. Family portrait package was damn expensive, so I asked Ruzy for a big help. She took pics for my family portrait. Thank you Ruzy! :)

The Tan family: Younger sis Yen, Mama, Me, Papa.

Ruzy & me

Next are those that I took from Facebook.
hehehehe. I have a gay & messed up "family".
If we were to have a TV show, call it The Family Guys (get it?)Sitting(from left): Chao Giar Daddy & Lai Bung Mummy
Standing (from left): Estrella 2nd daughter with hubby Andrew, Me & hubby.
HAHAHAHAHAH!! Finally, a family portrait for us.
Got son-in-laws some more. don't play-play!

Ok, those who do not know anything, please... This is not real okay, I made them hold hands. They are not real gay couple! XD

Other photos with friends:Jacky Lau & I

Me, Samantha Teoh & Ek Jon

Kwan Yew, Chee Sang, Yi Ling, Me, Hana, Frendy, MichaelYi Ling, Me, Hana, Chao GiarAnd then Kwan Yew came in!OMG, Look, Zi Kang on left side! Me, Nick, Kwan Yew, Yi Ling

More pics but some friends didn't upload yet. Thanks Ben, for your help :D

Eh noticed something? My hair. I curled it. :D I like the volume. Now I can have all the fun in the world to stylise my hair, be it big curls, or small curls. :D:D:D:D

Window shopping is not wrong.

2010-11-15T10:08:00.005+08:00

What's wrong with window shopping? I cannot have a look or survey on your products before I want to buy it? Its not like I menyusahkan you. People who worked at shoe shops are going through more troublesome routines.

Ok, here's the story.

I went to The Face Shop, Midvalley with bf yesterday. We wanted to search for facial scrub for him, therefore you need to survey before you simply buy it right? The lady was friendly to answer us when we were asking about that product. I asked if there's any other choice, she kindly showed me.

It was all okay. Joe didn't want to buy first. But at least we know the product difference. Not simply go in to trouble the people.

We were about to leave the shop, and the lady's colleague (name her C) talked to her, in Cantonese.

C : So, how many? 1 or 2?(referring to products)
Lady: Nola, didn't buy.
C: oh yes ah...
Lady: yeah very normal one la. These people mostly wont buy one. only window shopping, look-look only.
C: yeahla, normal lah.. these people just jalan2 only.

I looked at them. They thought I didn't understand. Then I remembered, I don't look Chinese enough. Hahah!

Joe kinda knew they were talking about us not buying the products after asking few questions, based on my expression and body language. I asked how he can tell. It was when I purposely didn't follow him out of the shop, but standing there konon-konon wanted to buy things.

Seriously, the two ladies shouldn't talk SO LOUD while we were around. Count your blessings that I didn't confront you and embarrassed you. And puhlease, I did buy things from your shop before alright! I bought quite a lot for my sister's birthday that time. I was your customer before.

Geram when these people don't know when to talk about customers. Wait for us to leave first, coz you will never know if your customer is a same case with me - Can I just name this case as Identity Issue?

This is not a big issue but I personally think they shouldn't really complain over this while we are around. It's not nice at all.

I nearly want to reply in Cantonese " We are not here to jalan-jalan, we want to buy but we need to survey first ok?"

P/s: I'm not sure if I want to go back to The Face Shop, knowing such people worked there. Boo! I shall go to The Body Shop then.

Subway : Buy One Free One!

2010-11-13T15:46:00.003+08:00

Omg. I'm a food lover, sorry can't help it.

If you are a fan of Subway, and you read The Star newspaper, you are very lucky, just like me. ;)

Check out the newspaper. Just found it at page 5 under Weekender!
Wey, not just one coupon okay?
TWO COUPONS!

Buy One Free One, for 6" sandwich.
It is a good offer!
Can share with someone or you can greedily take two for yourself ;D

Valid until 3rd Dec 2010, at all Subways in Malaysia.

Btw, its only valid for one offer per visit yeah?
Don't go and use two at once, unless u are smart enough to ask somebody use your second coupon for you. :D:D:D:D

Wah, tmw maybe can eat Turkey Breast Sandwich, extra cheese please. :)
Look at the pic.... So tempting. Plus, I'm really hungry now.

p/s: now everyone is going to go Subway or "read" The Star all of a sudden. :p

It's no longer a secret.

2010-11-11T19:50:00.004+08:00

Last Sunday, 7th Nov 2010 was my Convocation Night. Parents & sis came to witness the moment. :')

Will blog about Convocation Night another time.

Joe fetched me from home to Sunway Hotel. We had lunch together. He finally decided to drop by again later during dinner at the hotel. So, he went home first. Parents & sis came before 4pm.

For your information, Mama knew about Joe already. Papa was the only one that didn't know much about this. Not time yet, we both thought.

It turned out that Convocation Night was the night things got revealed. Mama is being supportive. She actually tried to open the path for me & Joe; trying to let Papa accept the truth rather than hiding it forever. I knew this because Mama told me the very next day. She purposely spoke in Thai, asking me where was he right in front Papa.

Papa kept asking me who is that "friend". Well, he must be very curious and wondering how come Mama knows better. Mama had an intention of getting Joe into the ballroom and meet her and Papa.

It didn't happen. Papa didnt want to meet him after knowing he is a Malay. It made me sad for awhile. I got up from the table and went to the toilet to calm down. Mama tried to calm things down; asking me to join the dinner table. Joe told me to stay on, don't just walk away.

I guess this is part of the challenges for our interracial relationship. It's okay. We expected this.

Anyway, Mama kept asking about Joe while in the toilet. I knew she wanted to meet him. hehehe. Called Joe down from Control Room and the moment has arrived.

They met, shook hands, smiled, had a lil short talk. And it ended. :)

Mama seems to be okay. She said he looked humble and kind, quiet. Good looking and tall, doesn't look like a Malay boy. hehehe. More like, Chinese Thai or something.

Apa ni,Syg! terbalik ngn i plak!

I'm glad Mama finally met him. Papa was upset, I guess. Mama told me to be patient whenever Papa scolds or grumbles, try to understand a father's feeling.

So I expected that he won't talk to me again. That night, I told my family that I decided to leave at 12am instead of 9pm. Let Bf send me home. Let my parents go home first. I wanted extra time with him and friends.

Went home and realised Papa wasn't really happy with me. I ran to my room and sleep. The next morning, he mentioned " I don't know wht's going to happen to me" in a low tone. When I came back from work for lunch, I found out he went to Kapar to buy fishes for home cooking.

Felt worried but when he came back, I was totally surprised to see his mood changed.

He was talking like normal with me! I felt like he was trying to be nice to me after that night. I was doing the same too. Sacrificed my favourite ice-cream and told him I bought for him. :) He accepted it and ate right away!

LOOK AT THE INSIDE JUICE!!! MAKES MY AIRLIUR MELELEH ADY!
We are all good now. Thanks Cornetto :')

I don't want to really talk much about bf in front Papa. As long as he knew, I'm relieved. It takes some time to open up his heart. I do hope Papa would one day understand and be able to accept this matter. :)

Joe's mum knows about me too. :) I did try to ambil hati. :P Syg wanted to buy Korean Lunchbox set for his mum to try. I took that chance to buy for her instead. From Green Tea to Korean Lunchbox set. I hope she enjoys these. :)

I'm so relieved now. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Pic from Sunway Lagoon NitePark date. ;)

Syg, I know you stalk my blog, I can tell. >D
It's okay, I love you. :)

Stop Stretching!

2010-11-04T01:09:00.007+08:00

Reminder : I'm a freaking designer/art person. Maybe that's why I'm strange enough to post about this.

I have many pet peeves, just like most people do. This specially selected topic is one of my pet peeves when it comes to art & design. Or something related to it. I dont freaking care anymore if this is going to hurt any designer/non-designer out there.

Simply because I cannot take it anymore. Tak boleh tahan.

I hate to see stretched images/designs. It makes them looked so out of proportion! You know what I'm talking about?

It happens mostly in digital forms. Photoshop, mostly.
Damn it, why can't they realise that it will take away the proportion of the image when they stretch it as long as they want, as wide as they want? It doesn't hurt to hold down the SHIFT key while you scale the image.

Unless you trying to make yourself looked superslim in the picture.
Wait, no. It will definitely looked so not natural. A little stretch would do, but pandai-pandai la cover.

Maybe with non-designer people, we can always let them know. They should be able to understand that we are just helping them with what we know better, not for showing off our skills right?

But, I find it so difficult to tell the people who are also designers, just like me, Even harder to tell when you know that designer is kind of egoistic and too proud. I'm not talking about one person here. I've encountered this situation several times already. So, it is not something personal, but general, all summed up opinion.

So people, whether you are aware of this or not, whether you are a designer or not,
please, please don't stretch the images till out of proportion?
It hurts to see that.

Remember, when you bukak Photoshop already,
CTRL + t is the shortcut to scale/rotate your image,
please don't forget this "secret ingredient": hold down SHIFT key while scaling.

You should really hold that SHIFT key down,
then you can bring peace to the world.
So for a better world,
remember yeah?
Don't let the world suffer to see terribly-out-of-proportion images.
Keep your images in proportion for a better world.

:D

P/s: SHIFT key, remember!!! :)

Date at iCity

2010-10-31T10:40:00.011+08:00

Reminder :This post is written on Sunday night.

First of all, trailer for our animated short film is ready. Hope nothing goes wrong with it. We were told to finish the whole short film or we won't get our Diploma certs. Wargh. My 50k++ cert. Its okay, I take it as a good motivation. We should finish what we started, right? :)

That's why I was at college again yesterday. Continue to do lighting for animated scenes. Getting a better grip on controlling it. Not as bad as previous times, where I' ll be "cuak cuak, omgggg where to startttt?"

Joe came around 4pm to fetch me. After 6 days, wheee! I see your face. :D

We didnt plan much, went to Midvalley and do nothing but walk around.
Menyampah see extra crowds everywhere, and heartache to see many "50% off" tags around! No gaji yet. Boo.

Suddenly, we decided to go to Shah Alam. I like :)

Had dinner at Pak Li at Seksyen 7. Chicken Chop with French Fries and Strawberry Smoothies. Then we head down to iCity. Finally, one of my many wishes came true last night. RM10 per entry. I was wishing hard that this RM10 is going to make us happy, don't disappoint us!

Not bad. It was a date after all. Too bad we only have one normal camera to snap pictures. NO DSLR. Takpe. We still enjoyed ourselves despite getting blur photographs. So, sorry la, the pictures are not fantastic and clear. But you can roughly see what's going on la. hahah.

Nice lights and errr, fake plastic trees. :P
Look, Joe is watering the cactus. :)

Check it out, my RM5 Minnie Mouse blingbling! Hahaha! Joe kept laughing every time he takes a picture of me. Jahat!

Oh, the colour and the tree itself remind me of Kuchiki Byakuya of Bleach. "Shirei....Senbonzakura"
Look, Naruto's brother! NaruJoe, my busuk. Ok, people who do not watch/read Naruto might not get this jutsu thingie. NaruJoe's summoning jutsu. wheee! :P

The green panda! So cute. Joe's feeding milk while I help to pick the panda's nose. :P
We love the horse's ass. :D Yeahla, everyone's taking the same picture. Malas rebut, so we took the ass part ;)
Tiger gigit.....Joe's version cannot be displayed. Too obscene la his pose. Hahahah!
Syg, thank you for bringing me around. :)
I had fun. Like who doesn't enjoy their dates right?

P/s : oh wow. somebody's pic is finally displayed here. :P

Prepared for Convo Night?

2010-10-24T15:17:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, I went to college and settled all the things.
1. Refund library membership fee,
2. Tried on the robe. (Size S is so big! Can drown in it.)
3. Paid & collected the Convo Night tickets. Bought 3 for parents & sis. Mine is obviously free. Damn expensive. I'm broke. RM360 is gone.

How's Firefork? Should be okay I guess. I was told to do the lighting and I freaked out a lil. But its fair la, I didnt animate the scenes anyway, just environment modeling. Finished only one scene out of 5 scenes. I need to be confident with myself. I'm taking a day off from work on Monday (tomorrow) and will be in college for lighting. Poh Hui said its alright for me not to come but I insist on coming! :) Wednesday is the dateline!!! Or else, we won't get to show our trailer during the Convo Night!

Left college after 5pm, Joe came to fetch me. We went to Midvalley and watched Dinner For Schmucks. Movie was okay, I would prefer to watch Steve Carell with Tina Fey in Date Night. Hahah! We are both broke, so we went to Jusco's laksa stall. I never cared to find out the stall's name. But I know the location. :P We had nasi lemak chicken rendang. The pulut one too, and its nice! :)

Good to see Syg last night. You know, that feeling of waiting for 6 days to pass, just to see your loved one's face? I feel like that feeling motivates me every day. This is totally different from the time when he was still working in college and I was still a final year student. I love you Busuk. hehehehehe.

Convo Night is on 7th Nov 2010, Sunday at Sunway Hotel. The whole of Tan family is going minus Berry & cats. Syg won't be able to attend and its alright. :) I will be wearing the black dress for that night, if nothing goes wrong. First gift from him before we were in a relationship. My 20th birthday gift from him. :) ok tak busuk? heheh!

Dreams.

2010-10-21T10:42:00.004+08:00

Lately, I've been having dreams of random things. If its nice, I do not mind. I'm most afraid of nightmares. It freaks me out, made me wake up with sweats. It was so real. Sometimes, I even wake up and still think I'm still in that dream.

People said dreams can be meaningful in many ways. Quite some time ago, I dreamed of being chased by a leopard. No matter where I go, be it in the bus or climbing the buildings like I'm Spiderman, the leopard kept chasing me.

My sister once told me that if we keep dreaming of something kept chasing u in the dream, it could mean that we are actually trying to run away from something. It could be an unsolved problem or person. She found out from this site that interpret dreams. Its good to read, checked it out once.

There was once I dreamed I was chased by many cockroaches. That still gives me goosebumps whenever I recall that stupid dream, even while typing this out! I fear of these insects. ew!

Last two nights, I dreamed something random. Leanda was telling me something really serious. She told me her mother found out about my blog. I don't know why would I be afraid of that, even if it is really going to happen. But in that dream, I was somehow turned serious and afraid or something. weird. too random.

This morning, it was bad. I dreamed that I was at almost futuristic years, but I dont think we still can have flying cars yet la. Didn't see one in that dream. hahah. I was at this condominium that connects to the other side of condominium with the bridge in the middle. This is so like KLCC. But I knew it wasn't KLCC. What makes it different is that the bridge was on the ground, not hanging in the middle. There was a car park basements underneath.

Very cool place I must say. I remembered watching some show on a plasma tv. Too many people that I didn't know, only recognised my mother and my aunt. Suddenly, we heard a loud bang.

I walked out from that living room to the corridor. I was shocked to see a black hole at the bridge! It was huge and going wild, about to cause explosion to the whole condominium. We were told to evacuate immediately or else the black hole is going to suck us in together with this condominium! I was panicking and didn't know where to get down.

I looked across and saw a fat Chinese lady came out of her unit and she almost float! But thankfully there was a man who stood next to her and pull her down. I don't know how to explain this gravity situation. Its like everyone will be floating and be sucked in into the black hole.

Suddenly, I was told that we could lessen down the black hole's gravity pulling/sucking power by throwing more heavy things to the building nearby.

:S

I remembered taking some aunty's sea coconut drink's tank and flung it up high and it was sticking to the building like a magnet.

I don't know what the hell is this dream supposed to mean. It makes me afraid of the future though. We get too high-tech, and there was no greenery... I'm most afraid of that kind of world to live in.

We will see if this is going to happen. or not. please dont.

Done blogging this out and feels good now. Hope not to dream anything else tonight!

When I'm no longer a student...

2010-10-19T10:17:00.003+08:00

I realised how much things can be different when someone jumps out of college era, graduated and dive into another new era of work.

Because I'm that someone. ;)

Every weekdays are working days. First week of work was a killer, knowing that I'm not used to waking up early to go to work. I was very lazy. Now it has been almost 2 months (full time) of work. I'm used to it.

I now know what is Monday Blues... Just had one bad Monday, yesterday!

Weekends are my favourite. Obviously. I get to rest. Wait, not really. More like catching up with friends and family, dating, doing housework... Let's just say Fridays are awesome, because you will feel so near to your weekend. hehehe. Saturday afternoons till evening are dedicated to Firefork unless something really unavoidable comes up.

Somehow, I realised how much I'm missing my friends, be it from high school or college. Just hanged out with highschool girlfriends last Thursday and I feel so good to see them :) As for college friends, I can only depend on Saturdays. True la, I memang tiada life since the day I started working. Haha. Ahhhhh... To have life, I must catch up with my friends, whenever I can.

Sometimes, I do wonder where would I be studying for degree, if I was not stucked in this situation. It seems like I cannot even imagine that. Weird. Maybe its meant to be this way, at least for me. Because of study loans, and family's financial status, I learn to start working. FYI, I'm no new person when it comes to working. I worked part-time here and there before okay. Hell yeah, I'm proud of myself. Did that for experience and also to pay part of my college fee. :) Feels good to do that. This is not show-off sentence from me okay, I'm not like someone whom we all do not like, who loves boasting about how "senior" he is. Sorry, I think that someone should really look into the mirror first before boasting. You are not that cool. Wait, its your artwork/art skills that's not cool.

Ok. I just bitched about someone. Hahahahahaha. Biarla. Really tak puas hati with the way he acted. Learn to be humble please? No need to act like you know it all. Even I dare to admit I'm not a very talented person. Just an average person :)

Back to topic.

Feels like I'm all on my own now. No lecturers, no tutors. Thankfully, I have been blessed to have a good boss. And did I tell you, my sister & Laveena works here too? Admin & Clerical. :)

Oh yeah, now that I'm the main person to do grocery shopping for the house, I kinda enjoy it, though its my money. I'm starting to be a shopaholic anytime soon? omgggg. dont la. And I love to shop for things that I need/want. Going to make changes to the hair too. Soft curls, thanks to Joanne's suggestion. Will go to CK's Mum's saloon. :D cant wait!!

3 reasons I still can live on this no-life punya life:
(1) I have my family and cats to keep me alive with good and bad incidents.
(2) My bf & I keep meeting up whenever possible. Can say in 1 week, we can meet up to 2 or 3 times if lucky la.;)
(3) I have Naruto, Bleach & Supernatural episodes to entertain me every night. :D

Feels good to blog. ;) Not planning to leave blogging world. Just a lil too busy to blog.

P/s: In office now. okbye.

New template.

2010-10-18T14:15:00.005+08:00

Oh so white. Finally had a chance to revamp it. The header is for temporary display. Will do proper one later. Heeee :D

I'm working after lunchtime for today, thanks to my right eye. Woke up this morning with swollen eye. Probably caused by pressure when I kept sleeping on the right side. :P

Boss is cool about it. I finished the 20 sec tvc, and even made two options. One is according to what he briefed me. The other one is my own way la. hahah. It doesnt matter which one would be chosen. Who knows the client will reject both? eeeks. dont' la. This time, this tvc is going to be on Astro. That freaked me out a little, because I'm only used to my company's own tv network. You can find some of the tvcs that I work on at some restaurants. Simple but I somehow enjoyed it.

Currently, I am worried about Firefork. I do. What are we going to show on our Convo Night? Last Sat I couldn't go to college to do work. I followed my family to Kuala Selangor & also Sungai Besi to pray to my late grandparents & greagrandparents. Thank God I didn't get darker. Wore the sarung tangan. Managed to cover up my arms. Hehe.

Speaking of my job, my main projects are still that big event's 3d logo animation & its official website and also the print ad in Cinefashion magazine for our modeling agency's workshop, coming soon. Minors are like 15 to 20sec tvcs only. And oh, one thing. I hate working with partners who are irresponsible. Inform us la if you can't send the files to us by that particular day that you promised. Have to call and bug you pula. This is not professional okay. And the content you gave is just a copy & paste facts from wikipedia. What the hell. Research la properly. Its okay if you want to refer to that website but can't you just do it properly? Work is incomplete, causing us to clean up your mess.

P/s : I wish more of my friends will join Twitter. Easier to catch up there. Don't bother inviting me back to FB. No thanks.

EDIT : Now this is my finalised header. shy la to show my faces, so i picked Cutout effect to cover me :D

Why.

2010-10-14T17:49:00.004+08:00

When I'm nice to people,
that 's when people will not appreciate me.

When I want to help people,
that's when people will not appreciate me.

This week, a few people that I cared actually hurt my feelings.
Maybe they forgot that I have feelings too.
I did something that helps them but they don't appreciate me.
First, being insensitive and hurt me with those words.
Yet no sorry to be heard from them.
Next, where's the word THANK YOU has gone too?
I feel like everything I do, its troubling people, not helping people.

Sometimes, I wish people would actually realise how much they hurt me with those words. But sad to say that nobody realises that.

Sometimes, I wish people will thank me even if I do one small favour...

Ps: Im still alive.

Friday's Got Dramas.

2010-09-26T12:17:00.005+08:00

Bf's New Job.

So Friday was his last day of work in college. We both expected him to be hunting for new job in these few months. Good to know that he even planned on studying while doing nothing. He didn't want to waste time. I like that attitude. :) Suddenly, he got this two months project from Nez bro. I really think it is a good offer too. Everyone including me, agreed on him taking up this project while not having any other jobs. I was having this mixed feeling at first when he said he have to work at Ipoh. I hate long distance relationship. Its not easy. But after we went for a movie date last night, I feel secured all over again. :) Its just week days. He is still coming back on weekends and nowadays we only depend on weekends to meet up :) I think its fair & square. Insecure feelings should be gone. I trust you, just like how you trust me, Syg. I'm glad that you actually asked for my opinion on this. I feel important. wheee! :P

Mama Knew About Him.

After last night's date, I came home happily and didn't expect this to happen so fast. Mama purposely asked me again about who I went out with last night for a movie. I lied like usual, saying some friends from college. Mama was so serious; I know that she knew already I have someone special. Just that I didn't expect her to make me spill everything out so soon. She was worried. She asked about Joe's race, family background, work/studies...All that you can imagine a mother would want to know. I really freaked out while being questioned. I didnt want to lie but I tend to worry about my parent's reaction. I'm in a interracial relationship and it takes a lot of preparation to let them know about us. That's why I kept quiet for now. Too bad, Mama found out. But then again, I was so relieved that Mama knew. She is not against this relationship but she was asking me to be very sure of my decision before getting really deep. I let her say all that she wanted, because deep down inside, I know she loves me and it is very normal for a mother to be concerned about her daughter. :)
She even advised me to love myself more than bf; afraid that my bf will cheat on me and break my heart like what my cruel ex did. Haha. I know she just didn't want history to repeat again. Me neither!

I feel so relieved now. Just Papa who didn't know much yet. Mama is not going to say anything because she knew he wouldn't be very happy to hear this. One day, Papa will have to know, and that's when Joe & I are ready. :)

Told the whole story to Syg. He was surprised but kept calm about it. He said that its alright, because somehow one day, we still have to let them know. Kantoi awal. heheh. Anyway, I don't have to lie to Mama anymore right? Just Papa for now, until we are really ready for my father's bombs.

Fickle-minded People!

Oh I was so pissed off on Friday. After modeling, animating and compositing the 3d logo animation project, some people just have to changed everything again! Boss called me up after his meeting with them and gave me the bad news. He told me to hold on with the project as they are planning to change to another logo design. So much for the finalized logo design. I'm so upset to know that I have to change EVERYTHING and start back from SCRATCH! Fine. I forgive you people. Lucky that I still can bare with this. EQ, EQ!

Firefork's Final Project.

Oh God. I felt so guilty for not having time to do the extra modeling. I didn't turn up on Saturday meeting because I have some layout designs to be done for the work project and also meeting up with Joe regarding his new job offer. I hope to be able to model it out in this coming week and will try to turn up on coming Saturday for the meeting. Sorry people. :( I do hope I don't have to animate any characters!! I don't have skills. :P

Weekends are Important!

I'm looking forward for every weekend...
because I'm not working on weekends,
because I can watch Naruto/anything late at night,
because I get to meet Syg everytime he comes back from Ipoh,
because I get to go to TOA for Firefork,
because I know I can do anything I want (Sleep, Jln2, blogging)!

But strange though, I don't like to tweet much on weekends. heheh!

The Weekly Updates.

2010-09-19T19:39:00.004+08:00

This week is ending again. I'm so tired. my brain, my soul, my body. I have nothing much to blog about lately. Here's updates for those who care.

1. Congrats Ben & Poh Hui. I heard that they both made it. I'm very happy to know my classmates got the chance to work in Rhythm & Hues studio (R&H) as animators. I heard about how tough were the tests! Eh, don't play-play you all. Its not easy as you think. You need both luck and skills. LOL.

2. My lecturer told my bf to inform me about another opening for R&H's BGPrep Artist. Probably Nov or Dec this year. Here's the story. I did try for the previous opening. But I think I lost my chance when I submitted my resume & demoreel one day before dateline. I don't even get a phone call interview, unlike some of my classmates who applied earlier. I was kinda upset that I wasn't given a chance at all. At the same time, I had this mixed feeling. I was already working in another media company, and still working there currently. I felt like it was such a waste to let go my current job. My current job seems to be challenging and fun for me. Imagine you get to use more than one skill. Frankly speaking, I'm happy to able to get exposed to various projects; be it from compositing to digital signage tvcs, designing and even web-designing! I love my current job. Plus, the extra point is, its just 3 mins walk from home. hahah! So, I don't think I'm applying for now. :)

3. Congrats to my Joe Busuk darling for being Pak Uteh to 9 anak buah. From having 8 nieces & nephews, now its 9 already! Please, don't bully them Syg. Heheh. I almost fainted when I read his sms regarding this. First line itself is "I ada anak..." and I almost couldn't breathe thinking my bf is a father to some child! Then, I see the next line of sms started with "buah..." - Phewww. Thank God! Hahahaha!

4. Syg, I should congratulate you for leaving your sucky job too. Time to get away from people who don't know how to appreciate you and yet know how to use you. :) Come to think about it, seriously, what's up with the politics in that office?? You, the management are the problem, not your workers. This is the truth. Swallow that! Good luck on searching for replacement.

5. I hate the toilet in my office. The maintenance dude is an asshole. I'm calling him that because we, the Tan family hates him for what he has done to my father. Repair la the damn toilet. And hello, people don't come in by back door (emergency exit). Come at the front door please? Learn how to use your common sense please? Thank you. Everytime got big business, I have to go back home tau!! Grrr!

6. I'm currently handling few projects from work. I'm almost done with an event company's 3D Logo Animation. Next is 1Malaysia Wedding Fiesta for year 2011. I'm handling the 3D Logo Animation too. I better pray that I won't screw up. May the creative person inside of me is fully awaken with brilliant ideas. hahah! Apparently, I have 3rd project coming in and its linked to this wedding fiesta project. Website. omg. I'm no web designer but I'm willing to try and learn more. :) I'm ready, boss!

7. When I have nothing to do at office, I play minesweeper or Purble Place. And oh, I tweet too. Just to inform you that I have already set my twitter account to private, to protect my precious tweets. Do follow me via request. I will approve it A.S.A.P. Find me on Twitter!

8. My sister met my boyfriend on the 3rd day of raya. From Sushi King to shopping and movie: Going The Distance, and lastly, went in to MPH as she claimed that she will be very heartbroken if she can't at least get herself a book to read! Oh the drama. So we followed her to MPH - Her dreamland. Not ours. :P

9. I have a pair of 2-inch platform shoes in silver colour to be given away. I'm depressed that I bought the wrong size. Silly me. Its size 38. I need 37 to fit perfectly. I'm like searching for the 38-shoe-sized-Cinderella. Anyone interested ah? Let me know, I will take a pic for you maybe? Its new okay.

10. I got my first duit raya :D Boyfriend gave me because I fasted for 4 days I think. Whee! I'm happy to go out with him on 2nd day of raya. But so far I didn't attend any rumah terbuka. hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

11. I'm stuck on Naruto like how I'm stuck on Bleach. After the drama of being very egoistic, not wanting to watch Naruto, finally sudah kantoi with Bf. He actually reads my stupid blog. Busuk punya stalker.

12. I'm in love with my bf's new hairstyle. Love it! Yerla, you are almost Korean la. Lagi Handsome.Puas hati? He's got his poyo-fied Korean name too. Tak boleh blah punya nama. KJW :D

13. Since everyone in Firefork is busy, we try to meet up on Sats to show progress on our final project. I dont wanna get involved in animation, knowing that I can't even handle the basics well. Poh Hui wants me to work on lighting and maybe the compositing? :P

That's all for this week. End.

Confession of a Lost Pixel.

2010-09-10T20:10:00.010+08:00

Every bit counts. That's the slogan for Pixels78. Remember I posted about my graduation campaign? This is the viral campaign that I'm excited to share with you.

Viral Campaign : Bring The Pixel Home.
Its for getting public's attention and also encouraging interactivity.
Gain awareness about our campaign. Make people curious.

Story : About a pixel that was left behind and its trying to find its way back home. So, this lost pixel walks around the public to ask for help, in the hope that someone will help it find its way back home.

Costume for the lost pixel is made out of cardboard boxes, masking tapes, glue and spray paints. Costume making was tough. The costume team members are Ruzy, Saiful, Sheena, Jia Yung, and Zi Kang(suffered from this the most! I can see that!)

Make up artists : Chun Yee & Lydia.
Filming and editing : So far that I remembered, Joyce Lim, Tiew Soon, Alvin.
Mobile crew : SO MANY. I FORGOT SOME. HAHA. Ben, Ruzy, Chun Sin...

This is it. That lost pixel was me.
That's right, I'm the pixelgirl! Photos for you to laugh at.

Me & Ruzy.
Me & Ben. (Thanks for spoiling the 2nd photo, Ben :P)

I managed to get two photos of people that I talked to. Hehehe.
The role of pixel-girl was between me & Priscilla only. No guys turned up for the audition. hahahaha. It was scary at first to walk in public. felt like maruah jatuh gila-gila. I have to go around and ask for help, with this dialogue, " Excuse sir, I'm lost. Can you please help me? I wanna go home. Can you bring me back home?"

And one perverted dude responded " Sure! I will bring you back to MY HOME". Some ran away from me. Some refused to talk to me. Some laughed no cover cun.

I talked to people randomly. College students, office workers, lecturers. Shooting was done at few places like Asia Cafe, Mentari Court, Outside Sunway Pyramid, PJS 11.

Besides maruah jatuh, I did learn to be more confident. Come on la, if I'm thick faced enough to wear the ridiculous costume, it shows that I can handle it well right? Hehe.

And you know, I nearly died wearing the costume. Mind you, it was not comfortable at all. My arms to hand boxes were filled with sponges to support and hold it. Then, my hair. It wasn't easy to put it on okay? Two person have to handle it. Hair was kept in a netting. Then, the cone was place on the bun. The cubes were put together using strings, then go all around my head. As support, I was tortured with 20+ hair clips pinned on the head. Ouch.

Anyway, I'm glad that I took this role. :)

Here's the compiled video.

What do you think about this? hehehe.

First Day of Raya.

2010-09-10T15:49:00.002+08:00

Selamat Hari Raya to everyone, whether you celebrate or not. :)

I didnt get to buy baju kurung/kebaya, which I thought of wearing to Rumah Terbuka. But then again, I doubt there is any Rumah yang terbuka for me. Hahaha!

Don't count my bf's house in please. Not time to make an appearance yet. :)

Funny, I can't feel the celebration this year. Just like last year's Raya, I guess? Hold on, it's only the first day. Let's make the conclusion after one month. :D

If Raya is going to disappoint me, I shall look forward to Deepavali! :) Hey, I'm living in Little India you know. For sure, can feel the vibes in here. Or else, wait for Christmas.

I'm such a weird person. I like all celebrations except for Chinese New Year. Something is wrong. Maybe its because I don't like to see my relatives come to my house on the first day, just to eat Mama's cooking(Strictly Thai food)? Maybe I'm just not comfortable with them? Maybe we didn't celebrate it properly? Maybe its because of no more house visits like my childhood days?

I do not know the answer till today. In fact, these maybes above can't seem to fulfill the right answer. Could it be that, my heart just don't like CNY for no reason? Hmm.

I think I answered that already.

P/s : I still feel like getting a baju kurung/ kebaya. hehehe.

Pixels78. Graduation Campaign.

2010-09-07T22:09:00.009+08:00

For our final semester, we had this subject, Graduation Campaign. And that was the only chance for all students from all 5 majors to come together. To those who are not familiar, we are batch 78, not because we are the 78th batch to graduate. It represents our year and month that we got enroled into. That's right, it was 2007 August. Boom! Dapatla 7 and 8. :D

We called ourselves as pixels. Jared came up with this concept and presented to the whole batch through a very entertaining presentation. Basically, each individual does matter, just like the slogan: EVERY BIT COUNTS. When every pixel comes together, we can form one great photo. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go zoom in into any picture you have on PC, then when its too blur, you see boxes right? That's pixel lor. hehehe. Zoom out, you see the nice picture lor. :D

Okla, this subject has its good and bad outcomes la.
Good
- We get to have fun during the class.
- I didnt know there are so many people that I tak kenal.
- The only subject I can relax during class.- The fun times. There were fun times!
- No assignments. I recycled the papers lecturer gave us.
- We get to see who is really good or bad at teamwork.
Bad
- Its taking up our time when it comes to fund raising.
- The management is so not supportive!
- We are still being "taken care" of, not much independence.
- Lecturer still can reject our work, no risk taken.
- Stress! If don't contribute much, you might fail this subject!
- I cannot come late, or my attendance will be marked as LATE/Absent
- Internal conflict, be it committee or non-committee.
- Last minute change of gallery location just because some lecturers complained. Honestly, I don't care if lecturers can come or not, I care more of the potential employers.

Enough said.

There was one of the ice breaking activities that I enjoyed. LOL! Stepping on one piece of newspaper and share it with 5 to 6 people! And must work together, transfer to the second piece that was given...all the way to the end!
No worries, its All-Girls or All-Boys. :D

Some pictures I took from Facebook:
And we won 3rd place, I think. Hahahah! Sofia's group interfered our path. jahat. XD
I couldn't help laughing at the boys. Some people carried their team members. Most memorable one is Jia Yung carried Jacky. Total gayness. ahahahh! Boys hugging each other. We were laughing at the boys, after we girls finished the 1st round.

Here's our official website.
www.pixels78.com

I have another post about this subject. But I have to hold on. Waiting for the video. Compiling for a good blog post on it. It is the viral campaign. I was involved. I felt so ermm "popular"....Just wait for it. :) If you really check out our official website, you might get some clues on this. hehehehe.

3 Years of College.

2010-09-05T19:26:00.005+08:00

It has been 3 years of college. Time flies. I can't believe it is already 3 years. I have graduated. Omg. And I'm 21. So fast. Everything is happening so fast.

I never thought I could survive these 3 years in college. And I remembered back then, how hard was it for me to get my education paid. I'm not born with the silver spoon in my mouth. My parents couldn't afford it. Not even the first semester fee. I was so troubled back then, thinking hard how to get 55k for my course. That was when I get to hear mixed responses. Some told me not to go for this expensive course. I remembered one of the school Alumni members told me right in my face that this act is just like "jumping into the pool without the float". Some told me to go to other colleges that offers the same course.

I'm glad I stick to own decision. It wasn't easy. But thanks to PTPTN, Wesley Methodist church loan, and my aunt who managed to cover big sums of money. There are other people who helped me too. Thank you, Dr Wee & Ms Melanie for financial & moral support. If it wasn't for you people, I wouldn't have heard of TOA nor the course! I could have been just graphic designer, since that was my basic interest.

Then, there is one friend of mine, Man. Who would have thought he will be friends with me till now? He was one of the private candidates who took PMR examinations in MGSKL. I never thought he would help me out financially. He was so generous that he don't mind letting me borrow 3k from him. That time, my ex-bf wasn't really happy about that. Well, he was able to help but refused to do so. There was nothing that I could do and its not like I asked for my friend's help. He approached me and offered to help, okay? Saya bukan bitch. Case closed.

Oh well. The day I got into foundation classes, I felt so average. hahahah! Yes it was a tough beginning for me. I can't draw well. I can't do ANYTHING well. The only strengths of mine that I realised were probably just Photoshop & Illustrator skills. And oh, maybe Communcation Skills classes. I managed to built a better speaker out of myself. And not to mention, bring out more dramatic side of me through drama classes.
Roles played that I remembered :
1. Spoilt brat princess who was forced to marry another man and managed to kill the cruel mother in law.
2. Act of excitement when I got proposed, then got pregnant and the labour pain act. Yes, I kangkang while lying on the floor in front of everyone, pretending to give birth.
3. Mentally ill child who got possessed. 1960's setting y'all!
4. sick, almost dying wife.
5. a friend who secretly hide her heart disease from bff. Yeah, my character died. LOL.
6. a girlfriend who is also a thief, go rompak bank with bf and somehow in the end must go and save the bf from another badass people.
7. a popular chick in high school who dumped the arrogant bf and coupled with a psychotic stalker who will get killed in the end.

I learn and been through quite alot in this 3 years, in various ways.

1. I cursed more often and my middle fingers are more flexible, probably practiced showing them too much lately.
2. I quit zaman seluar buruk, that made my butt looks bigger.
3. I quit loving pink colour stuffs. Unless its dull or light pink.
4. I got heartbroken: ex-bf cheated on me, left me hanging on, and decided to throw me down after decided to go on with new girlfriend aka his best friend.
5. Make more friends and a few enemies too. Stan, you are frenemy okay!
6. I had my first trip to Sunway Lagoon, like a jakon.
7. I had experienced alot of motion sickness in buses & LRTs.
8. I managed to lose weight a little.
9. I learn to open up and fall in love again.Happy and glad to say that I'm still very much in love with him.
10. I realised that age doesn't matter in college. Its the way you behave that matters! Your level of maturity is more important. Funny to see people who are way older than me but cannot be matured enough than me.
11. Some people are born to be insensitive. Some are over sensitive, very near to kuat perasan level.
12. I'm more comfortable with all my male friends. Used to feel afraid and insecure. But I don't anymore. I take them equal like my female friends.
13. And oh yeah, some college staffs are really not friendly. I wanted to smile to them, but seeing them making that arrogant face, I don't feel like smiling anymore. Some can be weird, tend to look at you and don't feel awkward about it? As if like I did something wrong.
14. I learned that having an IT staff as bf is hot! adventurous. :P
15. I learn to fast with my bf and other Malay friends for the first time.
16. Graduation Campaign was not really helping me much but I'm glad that out of the major uncool stuffs, we did have fun somehow.
17. I realised how ordinary is my sculpture (Loth Demonous), because its not chosen to be displayed, either picture display or the sculpture display itself.
18. There are actually freaky people in the college. Welcome to the real world.
19. I wear heels and proper shoes more often. Learn to choose proper clothes. HAHA!
20. Staying back in the lab for 3d modeling was tiring but fun because of friends.
21. I used to think language is the barrier to communicate with my DG classmates, but not anymore. In fact, I can understand Mandarin better than before. Hahaha.
22. I deleted Facebook and rely more on Twitter & Blog.
23. I learn to love certain animes. Used to dislike anime because I can't stand fanatic people. it scares me. Now not so bad. I like Bleach, Nodame... and erm, Naruto. Damn. Bf is going to tease me if he sees this.
24. I learned that its not easy to get scholarship. I still feel hurt whenever I think of Star Education Fund. Anyway, I should be thankful that at least I made it to the interview. Not everyone gets that chance.

ahhh. Too many to list down. It is 3 years. I have too much to say. Overall, the course cost not just 55k, if u were to count in the other expenses. I might die paying the loans through my nose, but I do think it is worthy. Experiences, skills, the good and bad memories? One word - Priceless.

P/s: Convocation Ceremony is on Early November, if not mistaken.

Yo! Keep It for Another Shorty, Man!

2010-08-30T22:47:00.007+08:00

If you are my friends or someone who stalks my blog secretly, you might know that I do not like to be touched/tapped so easily, particularly when you are not a close friend/someone that I DONT LIKE AT ALL, it makes me feel awkward!

What the hell man. There are so many people who doesn't know how to respect other people, particularly when you are a man, and you don't respect woman. Babi. This is what happened to me today.

It was raining in Brickfields and I was holding tight to my little umbrella, crossed the road to La Salle school side. Waited for bus, finally Bus No.63 came. There were not many passengers. Many empty seats for me to choose. I always prefer the last seats at the back. And somehow it reduces my chances of getting motion sickness.

I sat on the left side of the bus, behind me was an African man. He was talking with his African friend who sits at the other side, but same row with him. The moment I sat down, I kinda noticed this man behind me was acting weird, putting his left cheek to the window. I felt like he was looking at me. Felt insecure. But I didn't want to make a big deal out of it, I thought I was just being "perasan". Hahaha.

Suddenly, I hear him saying "Hello" and then "Hi"..all repeated. It was obvious that he wanted to talk to me. I refused to do so. I'm anti-scoial, so go to hell, I'm not going to be nice to strangers anymore. The last incident is enough for me.

So, I chose to ignore him. I mean, if he really just want to ask for location/help, he would have approach some other people, after being ignored by me right? So its not good to talk to strangers. Fine. I really ignored him.

But guess what happened. He fucking touch me on the shoulder man!!!! I was so shocked and turned around with the very angry stare!

I stared angrily into his eyes and said " EXCUSE ME??!?!!"

He was shocked and put up his hand to his cheek level and innocently said "hi".

I turned around angrily and walked to the front and sat down. I didn't want to confront the idiot and make a drama over there. I was worried about my safety. What if he gets down at Sunway Pyramid? I'm worried because I do not trust people like him! Sounds racist right, but honestly, MOST of these Africans are really troublemakers in my college area! I'm not saying EVERYONE okay? Just MOSTLY, thanks to my experiences and my friends' true stories.

What kind of person are you? So what if I ignore your hello? Its not a must to talk to you, you know? And who the hell are you to simply touch my shoulder without my consent? I love my body and I respect myself. And you should really learn some manners as well. Not just you. I'm talking to ALL THE MEN OUT THERE WHO LOVES TOUCHING GIRLS FOR NO REASON!

I take this very seriously because I have a fucking dignity. If you think it is okay to just touch a girl's body, maybe you watched too much porn! Maybe you just don't have a girl/shorty to touch. Desperate! I'm not some kind of girl who would let anyone come touching me so easily.

And back to you, "hero" of the story, if you touched me just because other girls allowed you to do so, you are so wrong! Save this touching moments for some another shorty! I'm not here for you to touch and be cool about it.

P/s: I know that the title can be racist in others' point of view, but I intentionally do it. And I do not care if the "hero" of this story raps or not. I'm very pissed at the moment. Thanks. Bye.

My TV got abused.

2010-08-29T13:42:00.004+08:00

I have this small TV in my house.
Probably older than me.
The bigger TV is in parents' room.
We always carry out this small T to the living room after temple is closed,
just for TV time with family.

Everytime we want to watch TV, it is a must to slam/slap/smack the TV,
ermm just to get the right colour. hahahah.

See this video of mine. I think my arms will be less flabby if I slam the TV more often. Huh!

P/s : I love FOX channel :D:D:D:D

Awak orang Sabah eh?

2010-08-13T13:31:00.003+08:00

Time was 6pm. Yen told me that our another boss would like to meet up with us at KFC regarding health insurance. He wasn't there yet when we went down to wait.

Note : Our office is just at the other end of this whole building, 4th floor. very near.

We were hungry. And it is so not nice when you go in and order nothing right? :P
So we went to the counter to order cheesy wedges and that new spicy fried shrimps (not bad).

Cashier : Hi, selamat datang. Makan sini ke take away?
Me : Makan sini. One cheesy wedges, and that new spicy fried shrimps? *point@menu
Cashier : *repeats order* MAKAN SINI ke?
Me : Yeahhhh.

You can tell how he tried to ask for assurance again. LOL. I don't blame him. Its funny to me though. So he turn around and order those stuffs and I can hear and see other staffs were like gossiping at the back. I kinda knew what makes them go kecoh.

Cashier : Awak orang Sabah eh?
Me : Hahhh? CINA laaaaa
Staff1: Ohhh CINA laaaaa
Cashier: oh macam Melayu la
Me : Tahuuuuu. dah biasa pun.

Then, he put the food onto the tray..

Me : Awak ingat saya tak puasa eh? :D
Cashier : ahh hahahah. Yerla. Sorry yer.
Me : takperla.
Cashier : Sebab Muslim yang tk puasa tak blh mkn sini, kalau tak kitaorang yang kena..
Me : Yer, saya tahu. Takper. :)

So I went to sit down and munch munch munch with my sister. And the staffs were like noisy again. Kecoh again, gossip! I even overheard one of them saying "Dia selalu datang sini".. LOL. 21 years living in Brickfields. Of course la.

Then my sister got up to wash her hands.
That's when I hear them counting "1, 2 3. GO GO GO!"
Next thing I know, the boy who cleans up the table approached me with a tissue in his hand.

Boy: *gives tissue* this one is for you... *walk away calmly*
Me : huh...?

Then I unrolled the tissue. There was a message for me.
Wrote neatly in blue ink, it says "Hai....." with an arrow requesting for my number/reply. I never expect this cause I'm a freaking regular customer there! Not shy ah you people?

I turned around and looked towards the counter. EVERYONE WAS LOOKING AT ME. Cashier boy smile like usual, the lady manager was somehow there too, and one of them went waving his hand and say hi to me.

Oh God. I didn't know what to do. I don't remember smiling back. LOL. I turned around and continue to eat my cheesy wedges. Buat bodoh jerla.

The lady manager was like "Ohhhhh! Eh korang nie takder keje lain ke??"... when I turned around to the counter that time. She is quite new there. But she recognised me.

I don't know what I should do on the next time I come again.

P/s: To whom it may concern, Muffin came back with some injuries on the 5th day. He is getting better now. But can't jump nor run yet.

Kalvinder's 21st Surprise Dinner.

2010-08-10T13:09:00.019+08:00

One of my close girlfriends, and I call her Kalo.
We've got closer during the last two years of school.
And in my fifth form, she was my table partner.
I used to slap her arms left & right,
bother her with questions like "how's my hair ah?"
and she will always scribble in my notebook!
and Hahahah! this girl used to borrow my books so that she could copy down everything.
It was one long list of books that she wanted to borrow.
I tell you, once I had to rush all my work just to ensure she could borrow by Sunday.
Faking kerja amal with Leanda & her with planned poses...
And she used to joke about becoming sexologist. HAHAH!!

Those days. heeeee!
Anyway, back to the main story.

Kalo's dad dropped by to give the invitation cards.
My task is to inform the people in the namelist he gave.
I was excited and informed the girlfriends.
We almost couldn't make it because of transport problem.

Guess where... Panmoure Villa Hotel in Klang!
But we got the problem solved. Kalo's dad sent one cocky man to take us there. I knew him because I used to work with him for some event managements back in Kuantan. Sah memang cocky fella.

I was somehow thankful that I had motion sickness cause I would not talk nor move much in car! I didn't like the way he talked to us, and I was sitting next to him. Urgh!

We reached there a lil late but we still managed to surprise Kalo with our late arrival. :P Kalo is so gorgeous that night! She's like a princess.

Before we went in, we saw the mirror and couldnt resist it. MUST TAKE PICS! XD
I'm so short and ermm tiny! :( I felt like I was a little girl. More evidence of this matter in other pics as you scroll down!

Check out the banner. Souvenir for Leanda. You may be in Aussie, but you are somehow here with us! (Thank God my fugly pics are not up there!)AHAHAHAH!!!
Now, pics of us!Kathy, Claire & MeMe & Joanne
Then, we took a pic with the birthday girl! ;) See? Gorgeous people and I looked tiny, not grown up yet. hahahah!
Emcee of the night - Sachman Singh. heheheh!
The cake! :P
We girls rarely get to hang out together. Different schedules and all. But I'm glad we had fun that night. :)

You wanna know how we went back home?
DEFINITELY NOT WITH THAT COCKY DUDE!
We knew he is drinking and we do not know how cocky he can get after that right?
Lastly, I thought of Joe. Yes my boyfriend. :D

He drove his sister's Gold Waja all the way from Shah Alam to Klang just to get us home. I thought he wouldn't be able to do so. He is not familiar with this area. He got lost a few times.

But of course, he made it to the place we were at. :) Lucky thing Kathy saw that we did pass by Centre Point or something when we were on the way here. She told Joe that and he finally reached the right place!

For your information, the moment my girlfriends got into the car, that was the first time my darling meets them. Heheheh. It was a good ride. Joanne was trying her BM with him. So funny! I bet Cikgu Roziah is so proud of her! :D

Joe sent them home one by one and I was the last one of course ;) That was the first ride in a car with him. :) Very used to hug him while on the bike. :P

Thank you Syg. I felt bad when you got lost. But I'm glad you came just to get us home and of course, you saved us from Mr Cocky! I lapp youuu.

I was very happy at the end of that day because of my friends and my boyfriend. I love my dress, that's another gift from Joe. :D

P/s: Need to learn how to wear make up or will turn up pale and shitty like in these pics.

I miss you.

2010-08-07T14:43:00.002+08:00

Muffin, where are you now?
I miss you so much! :(

Please dont make me & others worry too much.
I hope you will come home soon, like you always do.
We kept some food for you but you never come home.

It has been 4 days. Not 3 days.
The last time you went far, it takes 4 to 5 days for you to come home.
Please, Muffin, be a "good boy" like how we always call you.

Come home. Please?
We can't find you at the nearby places.
We know you will come home.

We are still waiting for you.

I'm abit afraid because Nat's cat went missing for a month plus and never return! I hope Muffin will come home safely. :(

Ahh. Only cat lovers will understand my feelings right now.

Any cat lovers out there? You all know how it feels like to miss your cat right? :(

Clash of the Designers

2010-08-04T23:41:00.003+08:00

Oh yeahhhh. This is totally fresh & new, just came out from the oven.

My part time job is part of my life now, handling many things at once. I do more than just one position person does. But I'm not complaining coz I'm all in for it.

- compositing/animating in Maya, SwishMax, After Effects. NO CHARACTERS INVOLVED. Just 2d/3d objects, texts, images..blablabla. So, I have done 3D logo animations, Digital Signage TVCs, motion graphics.

- modeling out logos in Maya. That's for 3d logo animations.

- I do graphic design work too. I still have plenty of love for graphic design, just like how I am back in form 3 :). So I have done logo designs, brochures, buntings, contract forms. blablabla, all that you can do as a graphic designer.

- I have interest in Website too. And lucky me, I have the chance to design the layout but the rest is up to the real web designer. 3 websites so far.

All-rounder? Multi-designer? I honestly don't know but I enjoy my work. Planning to go full-time by September. Now just part timer, making small money. But enough for me to go for Sushi Zanmai & shopping. hahahaha!

Wanna know something? I just had a real first issue at work. Apa itu...Politic? You can call it whatever you want. Before I came into this company, I was told that their not-nice-website design is done by this one web designer. We shall call him Webbie.

I was given the task to re-design and continue designing all the sub-agencies websites' layout. I didn't ask for it, no intention. But I did tell myself that, if I was given a chance to revamp the ugly design, I would. It was an eyesore. No, more like embarrassing our company's image. The colour scheme is not really suitable. Non-artistic person can tell its not nice too okay?

So, my task is to design the layout of the websites and make sure its cut-able. My partner is the one in charge of the content. Files will be sent to Webbie whenever its done.

To cut the story short, he has been delaying the work, no progress to be seen. He never bother to contact us for any assistance. Tonight is the dateline for the websites to be uploaded. I have one swf file to be sent to him via my sister(she is also the partner to deal with Webbie). My sister called him on the phone to let him know about the email.

Here comes drama.

Somehow, he was asking something and my sister have no choice but to pass on to me since I designed it. When I admit that I'm the layout designer, wow he says all the most beautiful words ever. Here's the weapons that insulted me & partners.

- Why are all your layout designs not consistent? (3 sub-websites under one main page)
- Your video(motion graphic) is crap.
- Don't you all work together as a team?
- You know I'm only free to do this work at night?
- Now you go and convert the flv file to swf file and send it back to me.
- That's the point, you guys don't work together, sending me files bit by bit only.
- See who's the one really screwed up now?

It amazes me how he tries to lash it all out on me and partners. How not professional. Its a shame that he tries to push the blame on us when he was the one delaying and not contacting us to get updated. Its always us who will always call him, bug him, push him to make sure he does his work. He was being irresponsible. He never even check what we typed out in the emails we sent to him. Always never fail to make mistakes.

Its shocking enough to hear him complaining about the layout inconsistency. My boss wanted a different approach for each sub-website because its all from different category. My boss approves 100% of all the web layouts that I designed. So dear Webbie, I think you should just shut up and do your work. The designs are not in your hands anymore. Don't lash it all out on us when you are rushing tonight.

Oh wait. Maybe he is just pissed that I took over part of his job?

Nice word, Webbie. He said my motion graphic is "crap". No other better word for a designer to give a constructive criticism? And by the way, its not even in your field to do motion graphic so don't complain about my "crappy" motion graphic. As long as my boss & partners liked it. You only need to use it as the intro, and again, it has nothing to do with you when it comes to layout designs.

So adorable. I have my very first clash with this Webbie. I didn't really argue with him, because I do not want to be like him. 2 kali 5. Buat apa...

I choose to defend my side at certain parts only. Let him say all he wants because I'm going to bring this up to my boss. Seriously, I do not want to work with this outsource Webbie anymore.

Can we seriously get a proper web designer? One who can choose the right colour for websites? One who knows how to be profesional at work? One who knows how to respect each other?

I was told that my boss liked my work. Im happy enough. But I cannot tolerate anymore with Webbie. This is going to be the first and last clash, I hope. I'm planning to tell my boss that I'm gonna give up on the websites and let him take back the damn job, since he is throwing tantrum already.

My work is too crappy for a crappy designer like him. :)

Its so not nice when you are a designer and you do not know the right way to communicate with other designers. Tak mau la aku kerjasama ngan kamu.

If I were you, I would have tell you off on the phone, how much I "adore" your beautiful choice of colour! And owh, your designs too. Woohoo!

Let's be nice and endure this pain first. Its all in my boss' hand too. Told this to Joe Darling, and my partners involved in this website design.

You Kill PutPut, I Kill You.

2010-08-02T13:05:00.007+08:00

Wait, some of you might not know who is PutPut. She's here. Yes...She is. See on the right side of my blog. See a weird curly hair girl? That's her.
If you can hear voices in the middle of the night while reading my blog, dont worry. Its not in your head. Its just PutPut. :DSome of you people are so cruel. Bwek! Stop killing my PutPut. She will die when you feed her poop. Everytime I check her health status, its always stated as POOR. grrrr.

And omg. PutPut was killed again. This time in Jared's comic - THE GRCS. And eh, I didnt know my character is still alive; thought I died because someone ate me up? I must cut out from his comic. See See! Bukti that Jared membunuh PutPut.

Hahah! That was so me. I blogged about it anyway. Here's your punishment, Jared. >D

P/s: You dont mess with the apple. hehehehhe!

Now I'm a Suspicious Indonesian.

2010-07-28T22:40:00.006+08:00

Ah tidak! It looks not cool when police checks my IC in front of my house! So wrong image. Uncle Tan's daughter is a GOOD GIRL okay! :P Ok, with inverted commas.

Joe decided to drop me off at the junction, not willing to turn into the illegal way anymore. So I walked towards my house. That's when I saw 4 policemen on motorcycles pass by, probably doing some routine check-up. Brickfields is no longer the same place it used to be.

Here's the surprise.

I was about 5 steps away from my green gate, and I hear some motorcycles sound approaching me and slowed down. I quickly turn around. Apa lagi, abang-abang polis la. Ok, I know its one way road now and it is illegal to come in from left side, but I'm just walking, not in a car wht....

Police 1: Kak, mintak tengok IC.
Me : Saya duduk sini la *points at green gate*
Police 1 : Takper, nak tengok IC utk kepastian.
Me : Ok...

Took out IC and gave him. I was putting on a serious face, not going to entertain them much on what I was expecting. Police 2 was on the same bike with Police 1. He got his jaw dropped a little after seeing my IC.

Police 1 : Cina rupanya! Nampak Melayu.
Me : Mmmm.
Police 1 : Sorry ye, terpaksa check.
Me : Takpe, saya faham. Tugas kan.

Police 1 did not return the IC back. He took out a form instead. I saw it. Borang Pemeriksaan Orang and he wrote down my name, address and IC number. Curious, so I asked him about this.

Me : Nie, rutin harian kan? Just check-check and isi borang?
Police 1 : ahh, takla, just check sebab nampak..
Me : MACAM SUSPECT?
Police 1 : Takderla nak panggil sebagai suspect, cuma nak check untuk kepastian. You nampak macam Indon skit gak.

AH!!!!!!!!!! Now I looked Indonesian. I regret tying up my hair. hahahah! Private joke. Earlier when I was tying up my hair in Joyce's house, I told the group of people how I dislike tying up my hair coz I will look more Malay... Didn't know it will be Indonesian. -__-"

Me : Oh Indon. Hahaha (fake laugh)
Police 1 : Kerja mana?
Me : Student saje.
Police 1 : Student kat mana?
Me : One Academy.
Police 1 : oh. Bila abis belajar?
Me : tak lama lagi la.
Police 1 : Sorry yer, terpaksa check sebab duty.
Me : Takper-tkaper. Saya faham. Sini mmg banyak orang Indon pun.

OK. When he was about to finish filling up the form, I was about to get my IC back. Before that, he gave me a surprise.

Police 1 : Ni kalau nak mintak nombor telefon boleh?
Me : Ah... Takperla. hahahaha(Fake laugh again)

No comment anymore, always get "special treatment" from abang-abang polis. I'm numb ady la. It wasn't a surprise actually. If only Mr Boyfriend was there.

Marah Abang Joe, when he finds out. Heheh!

By the way, I'm so tired right now. Body aching thanks to the video shooting this afternoon. I forgot to bring my jacket, ended up with whole body got "chilled" nicely in Sunway Pyramid. Joe offered me to wear his big jacket instead. So comfortable, so nice smell. Very busuk indeed! ;)

You don't look like Chinese, I don't believe you.

2010-07-25T18:24:00.006+08:00

This is yet another experience of the couple (me & him) going through another wonderful roadblock at night.

The road in front of my house is a one way route. So, who comes in from left side is now considered using illegal way. Last time it was two-ways yeah.

Joe always drop me off at the end, left side of this road because I know some neighbours are just way too busybody and will probably put me into trouble if they tell my parents " omg! I saw your daughter on a bike with a guy!!"

Its not time to reveal Joe's identity yet. heheh! So each night that he sends me home, that's where I get down and he will watch me walk back home safely.

Last night was a lil special. There was a roadblock right at where we always stops. I told Joe to stop by at the junction and don't turn in. We are not scared of you policemen. We are just so sick of taking out ICs and talk to you. So many roadblocks nowadays.

Joe said he didnt realise they were there, so he accidentally went into the illegal way. AGRHHHH! $£$&£%*^%&!! Joe busukkk!

So, the leader of the policemen asked us to stop and come forward for check-up. We were trying to be smart. No, more like Joe was trying to be a hero. hahaha!
" Takper, you jalan dulu, takde apa2 punye".

I walked past one of them.
Did you really think they will let me go off just like that?

Police : Adik, tunggu sekejap.
Me : Ah? *look at Joe* I duduk sini la..
Police : Takper, tunggu jap. Tgk IC?
Me : I cant believe it..*bitchy abit*

I think the policeman felt challenged with that sentence
and he also speaks English.

Police : I...cant believe it also. I have to.. to check.
Me : Mmmm.I know. *while taking out IC*
Police : Its my job..
Me : I know its your job, I didnt even say its wrong. -__-"
Police : okay..

As he was checking our ICs, the leader(Chinese) came to join in.

Leader : Macam takut polis saja (Chinese slang)

Excuse me? Hell no. Why should we be afraid of you?
I immediately speak Cantonese.

Translated to English
Me : We are not scared, I happen to live here, I'm just getting down here like usual.
Leader: You don't look like Chinese, I don't believe you.
So he checks my IC while the policeman was still holding it.
Leader : *shocked* Ohh.. But u dont look like one!
Me : I'm mixed mah. Thai Chinese.
Leader : oooo. And who is this guy?
Me : My boyfriend.
Leader : ??? *looked confused*
Me : He is Malay.

Joe was all the time left out probably because we spoke in Cantonese. Hahaha. So kesian. :) And the leader looked at Joe.

Leader : oooo! Pandai ah you. Boleh pikat pelempwan Cina. Lagi dia mixed, cantik ah.
Joe & I laughed together like hahahaha so funny oh.
Leader : How you all meet one?
Me : Same college.
Leader : oo. What course you study?
Me : Animation lorrrr.
Leader : Then he leh? *looks at Joe and ask him* You?
Joe : *laughlaugh* Staff, IT.
Leader : Oooo. Assistant to Lecturer ah?
Joe : No, IT Support.
Leader : Sini you blh kena saman you tau ka?
Me : He just drops me off here coz scared parents see.
Leader : Makes no sense drop u here. Next time drop at the other side okay?
Joe & I : ok.....
Leader : Ah saya kasi chance sama you, tak saman you sebab dia cantik.

HAHAHAHAH! Its my identity that saves us from getting summoned. Joe of course never liked that. Its always the police will go "oh I let you go coz of your girlfriend". He even teased me on the phone that night.

Oh well. I dont care much about what the policemen said. As long as Joe & I are safe from anything. :) And before he sends me home, he finally brought me to that Yaseen Nasi Kandar Pulau Pinang shop. I got my favourite Nasi Kandar for dinner. ;)

Sayang, is this because I helped you earlier to do some minor PC maintenances in 3dlab1? XD Or is this because like what you said " sebab you mengidamkan nasi kandar!" ? Sounds like I'm a pregnant woman pulak!

P/s : I will update the blog whenever there's drama okay? Stay tuned.

There is no Babi in Parkson la.

2010-07-14T10:20:00.003+08:00

On Monday, Joe & I tagged along with a group of his colleagues (new guys from IT/OP dept) and had Kebab for dinner in Sunway Pyramid. And for those who are not familiar, we are walking from college to the place; so we will have to go through Parkson (Perfume area).

One of Joe's colleague was pretty funny and "mulut laser". hahahah! I didn't really know what he did or say till he offended someone who is working at the perfume area.

That someone is a woman, was a man. You get it? Yes yes, pondan. But I have nothing against them okay? I'm gonna refer this person as Miss Perfume.

Miss Perfume was somehow offended by what Joe's colleague did or say. And I remembered some of her words - " bastard" , "How dare you..."

I didn't do anything but smiled at how this group of people were laughing about this.

And YESTERDAY ( Tuesday), Joe & I bumped into Miss Perfume and gang at Habib restaurant at about 5pm. Nothing happened. Plus, its not like we care anyway.

During dinner time, we went to Pyramid to get some sushi and check out some clothings. We passed by the Parkson perfume area. Nothing happened.

On the way back, we go through that area again. Something happened you know. I noticed her from far, trying to get a chair to sit at where we going to pass by. I'm not sure if she purposely waited for us.

Suddenly, as we just passed by her place,

Miss Perfume : Babi! * hit table softly*(bitchy & gedik style)
I turned back to her, happened to catch her stare and roll her eyes at us. And that made me puzzled. She continued...
Miss Perfume : Babi, babi babi!

I felt funny a little with her gentleness. Hehe. Not so offended though, coz I'm not a Muslim. Calling me babi got no effects on me, yet. I used to eat pork and I cannot get offended for now. Maybe she should try Lembu? Coz I cannot eat beef? :D

I nudged Joe and smiled. Told him that she was calling us babi. how cute was that. We ignored and walked away happily with sushi bags.

I was thinking about it last night.
Miss Perfume called us Babi for some reasons.

1. Maybe she thinks its fair to call us that for
being in the same group with Joe's colleague on Monday?
2. Maybe she is pissed that Joe didn't approve her friend request on Facebook long time ago? And she was pissed enough to search high & low for Joe's profile after noticing him with a friend, checking out perfumes?
3. Maybe she is just jealous that I'm Joe's gf not her. HAHAHA.
4. Maybe she sees Babi in Parkson? Mana ada babi dalam Parkson? Hehehe.

Oh well. This is my first encounter with such a rude pondan. I thought they could be nice as well and I didn't even want to pick on them! They deserved to be respected like how we are too.

But in this case, I don't know how to respect her. And gosh, you should know by now how frequent I have to pass by her area.

Let's see what's going to happen.
Joe said " kalau dia buat apa2 kat you, bitau I"
I asked " you nak bwat apa?"
Joe replied " I pergi marah dia terus!"

I hope there is no need to argue with people like this.
I didn't do anything wrong.
I did not offend her!
So unfair that she just called us babi JUST BECAUSE WE WERE WALKING TOGETHER WITH THE GROUP OF PEOPLE.

Who's the babi now, artificially beautiful Miss Perfume?

P/s: I'm aware that anyone could be reading this and this is not a post to tease anyone, it is what really happened to us. If this particular Miss Perfume reads this, go ahead and read. I have nothing to hide. [wait a min, my blog is not really that popular right? hehehe]