calligraffiti-ed/ nas-ed

so yesterday was a pretty packed sat. woke up pretty late (ok my idea of late is.. mebbe 10am) due to late night/ early morning wanderings on fri. simpang, arab st, back to simpang. haha. interesting.

went for a calligraffiti workshop at the national library (for details on why, please read rohana's entry) and was intrigued, amused and frustrated by the entire thing.

intrigued
it's art. what more can i say? was truly fascinated by the different ways in which you can write the arabic alphabet and the dedication and practice involved to produce such pieces. so little time, so many styles! the guys who were doing it were pretty darn good too.

amused
the crowd was made up of teenagers mostly. what amused me was that the little boy beside me was trying to chat me up. he was so completely mat sia. what amused rohana was the way i brushed him off. ha. ha. ha.
also when we were supposed to practice writing, rohana and i had brought our own materials so we politely declined the paper offered. unfortunately the organisers came to us one after another and insisted that we take a piece each. we had to oblige lah, tho i didn't even use mine. rohana cheated ah, her notebook had lines. haha.

frustrated
the presenters weren't that great. the slides weren't that great. they were going too fast and sad to say, they lacked the personality needed to engage the audience. i would give them points for effort but they really need to polish it up a lot. when they were descibing the different styles, it would have helped if they had the key features in point form and maybe performed a demo while going thru them or something. talk so much ah, coming from someone who loathes giving presentations... this just means that i'm in a better position to say what works and what doesn't. ya ya i'm critical, bite me.
miss ocd doesn't know how to hold a double pencil and doesn't cross lines. that's all i have to say.
we cabut-ed early cos being typically melayu, the workshop started about half an hour late and we only got a break at around 4.15pm. we were supposed to be done by 4.30pm. ape lagi, we beat a hasty exit. got things to do, places to go, people to meet! very busy women, can't waste our time on you. hahaha.

got home and started making my friend's birthday gift. put my new skills to the test and this is what happened:thank god her name is short.

was supposed to meet the birthday party (as in, party of people, not party party) at 7.30pm. i only left the house at 8pm. wahlau eh. good thing is i wasn't the last to arrive lah, haha. had pretty good pasta for dinner at marina. fantastic view of the city skyline from where we were seated.

then upon my recommendation, we adjourned to menotti for dessert. it's half price for desserts after 10pm daily, by the way. awesome awesome stuff. most of it was sold out by the time we ordered but we did manage to get our hands on a few different desserts. i didn't get my choc mousse! think it was called morbida on the menu. haha. managed to grab soffiatos (i have gone on about this sinful delight before, no?), strudels, canollis, profiteroles, etc. yum yum yum. the strudel was damn rich sia! not the run off the mill bakery type you know. real fruits, real nuts, no cream. just layers of great pastry and spiced filling accompanied by cinnamon vanilla ice cream.

was a well- spent saturday i reckon. and before i forget,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAS!!

even if she doesn't read my blog. haha.

good things come to those who wait

yesterday rohana sent me something that totally made my day. it was a list of movies to look out for in 2007. of course, being excited, i forwarded this to a few others. one of them emailed me back and said that a year long movie pass would be awesome. i told him that movie vouchers were available and that they are a good alternative i suppose, seeing how a year long pass doesn't exist (yet). so i thought, hey, the union offers them vouchers, so i went to check em out.

as luck would have it, i came across this offer that they had- union members get 5% off ipods plus some accessories at certain stores. so i thought, woo freaking hoo, i can go get my nano cos i was actually considering a shuffle, seeing how i'd only use it for working out anyway, but since there's a discount, why the hell not, cos the price difference ain't that much and u get a lot more bang for your buck. so that was me with my mind more or less made up, next paycheck, i'm getting me a nano. i mean, it's about time lah, had been eyeing an ipod since the first generation came out dunno how many years ago.

this would also mean that my pda would have to wait, cos it's one or the other, u know wat i mean. i'm still thinking about getting it cos the idea of carrying so many gadgets around does not appeal to me in the slightest.

i also feel kinda pressured into getting a new phone cos lately my family seems to have been on a phone buying spree. first my mum, then my sis, then my lil bro. but of cos, since when have i succumbed to pressure? real, imagined, or otherwise.

today, i got a cnet newsletter in my inbox. i love reading about all this geeky stuff cos it's just so damned fascinating. i decided not to read it at work cos the internet was super slow and it was pissing me off. so i left it alone.

when i got home today, i read the newsletter. oh. my. god. suddenly i was the most absurdly happy person in the entire world. suddenly, my dreary day didn't seem so bad after all. suddenly, i was thankful that i'm so fickle when it comes to big ticket items. i was (and still am) methaphorically squealing in delight. i would do it quite literally but i don't wanna scare the cat. i love innovation. i love creativity. i love technology. i freaking LOVE steve jobs. he is DA MAN. no one can argue with me on that one ok. don't you dare. behold, the source of my bliss and giddiness The Apple iPhone.

ipod + phone + pda. i knew this was rumoured and in the works but come on. to think i was just about to get an ipod. to think i was just about to get, heaven forbid, one of the new nokia phones. to think i was thinking of getting a pda, even though none of them had all the features i was looking for.

this is way too much for me. i need to go lie down. enjoy.

because the weather is brilliant

no, i did not say that in sarcasm. it's perfectly sunny outside, great for outdoor activities such as, i dunno, kayaking. which i really wanna go do but alas, i ain't got no kaki. so here i am, indoors, commenting on how lovely it is outside and in a while i'm gonna take a short snooze. but first...

hari raya haji 2006. posing with a sleeping marsya

do u realise how cool this photo would've been if a certain brother of mine had not ruined it by stepping in the background?? i had no idea he was there. if i did, he would've been in trouble. no, i did not check the photos after my sis took them, ok? probably should've...

my mama's 50th birthday on 3 jan 2007. celebrated at el-sheikh in pahang st. or penang rd. or wherever. great food and ambience there! cake is choc indulgence from secret recipe. oh so sinful stuff... mmm... she got a new handphone and wallet from us. yes, she was very happy with the gifts.

2006 in review. kind of.

ok so 2006 has drawn to a close and i must say, 2007 has started off with quite a bang, literally. well, several. i am of cos referring to fireworks and not anything that shaz's dirty dirty mind can come up with. i had 2 lists for 2006, one of which i posted up in my jan 2006 entry. shall not provide a link cos i'm that lazy. if u wanna see then go check back lor. wahaha. anyways, i had another 'things to do' list and i'm quite happy to announce that i did manage to cross some of the items off. they are:

big walk
kayaking/ canoeing
see thailand (phuket is a start ok)
get life insurance
get an investment portfolio
save $5k by end of the year

6 out of 14 ain't too bad right? 43% success rate... well, there is one more thing which i shall not mention here but if i were to add it, it would be a 50% success rate. haha. other stuff worth mentioning are:

my 7th piercing
running the stanchart 10km in 80 min
shed more excess weight
donated blood 3 times (good enough, even tho i was aiming for 4)
debt free since july
watched many many plays
flexed my creative muscles. well, kind of.

i haven't thought of a list or resolutions for 2007 yet lah, been too busy. only just managed to get an organiser today sommore. wanted to buy one but there was a pretty one free with some women's mag so i got that instead. it's so pretty. hehe. no calendar at a glance tho, so i guess will hv to rely on the planner i got from the office. speaking of office, i'm happy to announce that work will remain as low a priority this year as it was in 2006. ahaha. that is, unless i get to do something that i actually give a damn about. insyaallah i will find my calling. still unsure as to which direction i should go in. sighs.

hmm looks like my 'face of an angel with a body built for sin' goal for 2006 didn't exactly happen. i'm on my way there, i promise! my current weight is the lightest i've been since 2000 and i'm damned proud of that fact. still got a few more to go but it'll happen! i can feel it in my fingers, i feel it in my toes...

anyways, shall go fiddle around with my brain and 2007 diary. i loooooove fresh starts. i do it almost every month. haha.

the not so suay week 24 dec - 31 dec

compared to the last week, this week had been pretty amazing. busy like crazy but it was good.

sun: sent barek off to the airport with a few other people. had a great time when he was here, and i'd like to thank everyone who turned up at the various outings. wouldn't have been the same without you guys!

mon: er... i can't remember what i did on mon. but i'm sure it was pretty happening. oh wait, yes i remember! watched night at the museum with rohana and shaz. it was bloody hilarious siaaaaaaa. love octavius and jed!! ahahahahaaha. dumdum, gimme gumgum! wahahahahahha.

tues: took hakka to the vet. vet said he's a pretty boy, very tame, and i made a good choice. :) yeah yeah i know, he's just saying that but still... makes me proud! ahaha. and yes shaz, against my better judgement i will listen to you and spell his name with a double k, ok?

wed: watched eragon with nas and mills. had sushi for dinner. mmmmm sushi... eragon wasn't that great lah. like a b grade lord of the rings. not much star power except for john malkovich and a cameo by joss stone. the atmosphere and mood wasn't there either. pfft. but the dragon was cool lah, reminded me of hakka at one point and i started missing him sooooo bad. hahaha

thurs: had my office party. it kinda rocked. stayed up until 3am the night before to do the deco and i must say it looked pretty good. haha. i won a capita mall voucher in the lucky draw. woohoo!

fri: had my neighbourhood committee party. was supposed to bring tandoori but i didn't manage to drag my lazy ass down to mustafa centre so i had my mum make honey roasted chicken instead. we sat around singing songs while one of the guys played guitar. it was pretty cool i guess, even tho i was half the age of the youngest member. haha.

sat: cleaned up my room and the toilet big time in the morning. having a cat is damn leceh lor. like having a kid sia! first thing i do in the morning is feed him and last thing i do at night is pick up his poop and wipe his ass. haha.
also met up with someone i'm supposed to meet since june. photoshoot in jan or feb probably. ;) this meeting also made me realise what my biggest turn off is. shall blog about this later too mebbe.
met up with suzie and went hunting for a present for my mum's b'day. accidentally touched pigskin at gucci. aaaarrgghhh! fell in love with a ferragamo wallet though. think my mum will love it but when i told her the price she said it was too ex. oh well... toscano or buffel it is then. boring mans. went to metro to check out the toscano and buffel and guess what i saw sitting prettily in the handbag section. my bloody guess bag lor!! needless to say, i snapped it up, even tho it was the last piece. finally, the search was over...
met up with shaz, diyana and farhan at simpang after that. shaz and di sat at the wrong table!! ahahaaha. traitors! gave them shit abt it all night. that was fun. haha.

sun: selamat hari raya haji!! will be going over to my aunt's today as she'll be having an akikah for my latest cousin. should be fun. then gotta get back home quick to prepare for marsya's cukur rambut on mon. yeah i know, packed week ok! but a great start to the new year. :) friends and family, what more could i ask for?

ok lah off to have brekkie. damn hungry ahhhhhhh.

selamat hari raya haji and a happy 2007 to all!!!

the suay week 17 dec - 23 dec

ok, so writing this only because of rohana cos i promised that i would blog about my suay week. haha. i can hardly remember half the things that happened, much less in chronological order, but here goes:

1. came back from KL (will blog abt this later insyaallah) at 4.30am on mon morn. taxi driver was a fool, revved the engine like crazy but didn't switch gears until the last min. each time. he also had this dumdum look about him. doesn't exactly inspire confidence in his abilities but i reached home in 1 piece, thank god. really couldn't make it waking up in the morn so took half a day am leave instead.

2. went hunting for this guess bag that i'm dying to get my hands on. been eyeing it for a few months and this was the perfect opportunity to go get it as tis the season and all. went to the plaza sing outlet, right style and material,wrong colour. girl checked and said it was available at the sutec outlet, so i made my way there. when the suntec girl brandished the bag with a flourish, it was the right colour, right style,wrong material. she checked and said it was available at the raffles outlet. raffles bimbo checked the system and it was available. she went missing for quite a while in the storeroom and came back with completely different bags which were nothing like what i was looking for. they didn't even have anything remotely similar to the fucking bag lor. raffles nice girl took over when she saw i was getting damned pissed off and checked with plaza sing girl. came back and said that they didn't even have the bag that i saw a couple of hours ago and she doubts that it even exists. are you calling me a fucking liar? i know what i saw and i described it completely to her in every damned detail. this would've been enough for me to blow my top and give them a verbal trashing for their incompetence and inadequacies but no... raffles nice girl said she would do her best to check with the warehouses or other outlets. she gave great service too, tho i didn't get wat i wanted. 2 hours. 3 stores. all over the fucking place. no bag. i was NOT happy.

3. went to the plaza sing store during lunch the next day and whaddya know, they had that bag that i saw in the first place! took a pic,fully determined to march over to raffles nice girl and prove that i wasn't seeing things. of cos this didn't happen. forced myself to let it go. trust me it was very hard.

4. my bus home broke down. second time this month. on the one day that i was actually going home straight from work and had no plans yet. i happily took another bus that goes to my place, along with a few other stranded passengers. guess where we ended up? at the other end of the bus route lor!! all the way out in whoop whoop!! myself and a couple other passengers were pissed off that the driver didn't warn us where he was going. cos logically speaking, if the bus is at the same bus stop as the other buses that were heading in the general east sdie direction, they would all end up at more or less the same destination, no? gggrrr... made friends with one of the passengers and we decided to take a cab, but the moment we decided that, whaddya know, no cabs!! then the bus turned up, so we took it lor.

5. met up with shaz, diyana, barek and farhan for supper. that was probably one of the highlights of my week. yeah i'm easy. haha. thanks guys. :)

6. weather been crap, but great for sleeping. i had been coming home at 2am, waking up at 7am and been horribly late for work each and every day.

meet haka

the long road to my becoming a 70 year old virgin with 12 cats has begun. i got me a kitty cat!
ok so he ain't my first but hopefully he'll be something long term. lol. check out the pics!



his name is haka and ain't he cute?? he's damn loud tho, kept mewing all the time since he came and OMG i almost strangled him. haha. today he's ok, mebbe he's used to us already, and been playing with my bro and sis all day. or he could be having a sorethroat from all that yelling. hmm...

he is so gorgeous... i can't wait for him to get big and fat. hehe. so exciting. and on the good advice of shereen and about.com, i ain't feeding him no cheap, easily available cat food! come on u guys know, f and w. haha. the fastfood equivalent for cats. but damn ex lar the brand i'm giving him. got a 1kg bag of kitten dry food for $13.65!!! robbery. especially if u get it from those big pet shops... u know the one. haha. then again if it means that haka is gonna be healthy and live all 9 of his lives... i'm willing to get robbed. haha.

i wanna take him to the vet for a full check up and shots but unfortunately i won't be able to until xmas wkend... if the vet is open that sunday of cos. sigh. ok then almost new year?? aaarrgghhh. planning on getting him sterilized in jan or feb... he would be about 6-7 months by then, just nice. i'm assuming he was born sometime in august so i'm gonna share my birth date with him. hehe.

sigh ok enuf gushing... gonna miss him when i go to kl this wkend man. luckily i have minions to do his bidding. wahahah.

stanchart marathon- ed

today i woke up at the ungodly hour of 4.30am after a restless night of tossing and turning and waking up practically every hour. i dreamt that i was super late, and so i was panicked and stressed as well. needless to say, i didn't get much rest. what was i so anxious about and why did i get up so early on a wkend morning, u ask? well... the singapore stanchart marathon, baby!! called mills to wake her up and her royal grumpiness was complaining about getting only 3 hours of sleep. try almost none!! i was all sunshine and happiness as the big day was finally here. haha. bet that irritated the hell out of her. we met up at macs for brekkie then made our way to city hall. our 10km women's run started at 7.30am and we arrived in plenty of time to go looking for the lost wayne aka bag carrier. hehe.

here we are posing at the start line. nice tops eh? check out the crowd!

we managed to stay together only for like, the first 3km. haha. after that i lost mills then mills lost me and we ran at our own paces for the rest of the way. it was super cool lah. never thought in a million years that i would voluntarily get up at 4.30am on a sunday morning to go running. RUNNING, people. 10 frigging km. moi. miss run- is- not- a- word- in- my- vocab. stranger things have happened i guess.

the run turned out to be pretty good. i was playing eye of the tiger in my head to stay motivated. haha. when i hit the 5km turning point i was thinking, hey, this ain't so bad after all. i was actually enjoying it. when i crossed the finish line though, i felt like my heart was gonna burst and i'd pass out anytime. seriously. was sprinting towards the end. maybe that wasn't such a good idea. had to remind myself to breathe. haha. but it was worth it. such a great feeling of accomplishment i tell you. mills finished in 70 min and i did it in 80 min... which is cool, cos i was aiming for below 90 min. :) mills i'm proud of you too!! even though u were sick, had bad knees and fell down, you got a great timing! this reminds me of swan river days too. :)

posing with our hard earned medals after the race was run. hot, sweaty and the promise of aches tomoro.

i'm also quite proud of my friend who did the full marathon. madness right? but he finished it, so that's a great feat. well done! mills and i are aiming for half mara next year and full mara in 2008. will probably have to start training like tomoro or something. haha. bring it on!! can't wait... shape run, army half mara, stanchart... ooh. excellent stuff. now if you'll excuse me, i'm off to rest my weary limbs. and maybe bribe someone into deepheat- rubbing me. :)

about a baby

isn't she the cutest thing EVER? marsya m. nazir, born 21 nov 2006, 3.49pm. weighing in at 2.92kg, standing (or lying down) at 49cm. so cuuuuuute. rushed down to the hospital immediately after work and pretty much monopolised the baby carrying time. ahahah. i'm an aunt! auntie kakak to be precise. yeah. i know, will explain later. whatever it is, isn't she the cutest thing EVER??

shoe wheel

i think this is the most fantastic invention i have ever seen. it's brilliant!!

right now my shoes are in a too small shoe cabinet and some of them have been unceremoniously dumped into a large bag and stuffed under the stairs. no, i did not ill treat my shoes, my mum did. sighs. i would seriously love to have this shoe wheel thingamajig.

oh ya, for raya pics please go here. right now they're all public so go see while u can! will upload all the other pics i promised soonish. so shaz, shaved yet??

quickie

ok haven't been updating lately cos as usual, i'm lazy. besides that, been pretty busy with hari raya and visiting and open houses and exploring new gyms and shopping and being lazy. anyways, here's a summary of what i may or may not post up in the near future:

1. pics of food, glorious food, so u can see how much i had been enjoying myself the past few wks
2. pics of hari raya, deeparaya, open house, so u can see how much i had been enjoying myself the past few wks
3. pics of my freshly painted room. ok mebbe just one pic. cos i painted just one wall that's worth taking a picture of. haha
4. pics from the dept retreat i had last wk... no comments

why? becos a picture is worth a thousand words.

oh ya, thanks to everyone who came to the open house! love u lots!

what else happened ah... work still sucks. i'm slacking off big time. i mite also get into trouble with my neighbourhood comm... cos i didn't go for meetings 2 mths in a row. my excuse was puasa and raya. but more importantly, i haven't done some research and follow up tt im supposed to do. ahaha. i'm kinda screwed if i don't come up with something by the meeting this mth cos they're planning the activities for next year... and my great idea is one of the highlights. this is what i get for having ideas but absolutely no discipline to see that they actually happen. sighs. note to self: make it work!!

so as i mentioned earlier, i just joined a new gym. ahaha. wat with the haze and bad weather, haven't been able to train outside for stanchart... which is 3 wks away!!! aaaarrggghhh!! paying abt 1.5 times more than my old gym and the club that i'm using the most (it's right across the road from my office, so no excuse) is abt half the size too. this may not sound like such a great step but i'm loving it!! waaaay better than my old gym in terms of service, location, amenities, people, etc. went for yoga class with my gym buddy the other day and she farted in class. ahaha. classic.

ok lah i wanna go do some shopping. tis the season! i'm gonna be broke before i even start. yaya having her dance performance tonight too. good luck girlfren! u'll be great!

the raya post

ok people, here goes:

SELAMAT HARI RAYA TO EVERYONE

& MAAF ZAHIR BATIN

(FOR ANY WRONGDOINGS, REAL, IMAGINED, OR OTHERWISE)

to everyone who hasn't seen/paid attention to (how dare u. haha) my msn nick, please do let me know if u can make it to my

raya open house, 5 nov, sun, after zuhur till late.

i need to know how many people to cater for!! so let me know asap ok.

email, tag, chat, sms, whatever. will be smsing people to let them know too but feel free to bring whoever u want, other halves, bestfrens, hot single male friends, u know, the usual. wahaha. ok then stay safe... whoever is still collecting and not giving yet... take full advantage!!! wahaha.

new goal

i wanna earn enough to be able to get a couple of items from gucci each time they have a new collection. is that too much to ask?

www.gucci.com

drool at leisure. can only view classics and the fall/winter 2006 collection tho. bummer. i want the shoes! and the furry bags! ahaha. sighs. i can dream ok.

yes yes i've been struck by a bolt of boredom at work. couple this with no supervisors cos they all went for lunch. also, i was being kepo and wanted to find out how to tell a real from a fake bag lah. haha. that's why i stumbled into the above site. i wish i hadn't. click on it and see why... i dare you. *evil laughter*

birthday greetings

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

& BEST WISHES

TO KAVI, SANGEE & BAREK. =)

...

may you guys have a fantastic year ahead!!

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HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY

TO HAJAR TOO!

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sorry forgot to make blog dedication. wahaha.

ramadan kareem

alamak, forgot to put up a fasting post lah. a bit belated but here it is:

selamat berpuasa to all, have a great ramadan!

as usual, i'm pretty excited abt this. even managed to change my working hours and head home at a very early 4.30pm. :) why? cos i can... haha.

anyway, time to do some promotional stuff. want cookies? go to www.thecookieworkshop.com and say naz sent ya!! haha. shon this is for u. :)

want more cookies? call me! my aunt makes em tooooooo! i'll send u a list but i would highly recommend her kuih tart and nutella roll... u guys have tried my nutella roll right? hers is BETTER!! so far i got more than a dozen orders for that from my colleagues alone... and they haven't even tried it yet. based solely on my recommendation and over the top description. wahaha. mmmmm yummy...

also, hari raya open house 2006!! details akan datang but probably on a sun. gonna be the last raya before they enbloc my estate so u know u wanna come!

tales from the crib

so right, remember how i was saying that i'd been painting my bro's nursery? i'm finally done! had no idea that it would take so damn long! granted it's my first time painting a whole wall but jeez... a lot of work sia. was supposed to do the whole room but no time lah. would love to, but baby is due at the end of oct/ early nov and gonna be busy these next few weeks cos of puasa and raya so... no go. i don't like the idea of painting the nursery after the baby comes cos of the fumes, having to move the furniture, health reasons, etc... ok lah less talk more pics. haha.

exhibit A: flowers. there was a pink/ purple theme, therefore the lack of any other colours. couldn't get a shot of the trail at the bottom or a full wall shot. oh well. imagine it.
exhibit B: butterflies. from exhibit A, u can tell where the 1st butterfly starts. i tell u ah, damn tedious ok! but it's a labour of love so i don't mind. have to be really precise and steady with the colouring and outline otherwise will look too messy. used my own normal paintbrushes for the outline cos they're finer and would give a better result. tis true, your tools do matter.

exhibit C: my constant companion during the entire painting process. meet fila the persian. so lepak rite? haha. damn nice lah the fur... takes fila a while to warm up to people but he (she?) did eventually and this is what happens.

i'm not too happy with the end result of the painting though. after i started outlining the flowers in black, i realised that i should've probably done the outlining in a darker shade of the flower colour ala the leaves. doh!! but it was too late to turn back and start again. :( nevermind, it's only the first time. can experiment again in the future...

trois: cerulean seas

ok we went on a day trip to phi phi island on the 3rd day. took a harrowing 1 hr speedboat ride to our destination. 1st time in a speedboat going that fast mah. the rides after that were less stressful. can tertido sommore. haha. awesome experience.

pretty eh?
cave where bird's nest is harvested. i can't get over how gorgeous the water looks. crystal clear ok!

fishies!!and a parting sunset shot on patong beach.

deux: crimson sunsets

this is the street along patong beach. rohana had her hair braided so i busied myself with trying to take happening/ urban- looking shots.one of the items on my to-do list got crossed out: ride in a tuk tuk. check!!



and of course the all important sunset shots. so pretty right? mebbe we should've gone over to karon or kata beach for a better view but wat the heck... there's always next time. this by itself was pretty spectacular already.

oh ya, afternoon was spent in a spa... it was pretty good. i still prefer javanese style tho.

une: azure skies

ok so here's a breakdown of the getaway rohana and i had to phuket. er in pic format cos i'm lazy with posts now, as u can probably guess... for details please go to rohana's blog. wahaha.

our home for 4 days and 3 nights. my fave part abt the room was... channel v. wahaha. had an overdose of justin and scissor sisters... i like. i also loved the loo. got the spray2 thingy. in fact, all the loos i went to in phuket had them. they're clean and odour free too!

first look at patong beach. not bad... had beach brollys and chairs along the entire stretch... 100baht for a pair. attentive beach bum aka Aka optional and foc. wahahaha.went parasailing! it was pretty cool, but too short lah. my theory of wearing a ring so u won't get disturbed was proven true. the parasailing dude was like, so r u married. i'm bad at lying, so i said no. then he asked, got boyfren? i just flashed the ring, and he got the picture. wahaha. see, i didn't lie mah. of cos rohana wasn't as deft at taichi-ing such questions, therefore our relek session by the beach was cut short. haha.

this is the bus which we escaped on. 20 baht for a ride to the city. quite fun. rohana has a souvenir from it, ask her.

having lunch at the shopping centre... the breadstix u see above were awesome... so was the seafood pizza. yum yum. was meat deprived for 4 days ok!! everywhere also pork and non halal... so stuck to seafood. i would go back there just to try the cinema seats. super cheap and the 'sofa sweet' looked damn good. wahaha. bought 2 pairs of shoes for 400 baht. that's about sgd17 for both. hehehe. ya ya shopaholic i know.

comexed. 31 aug, 01 sept 06

comex is a tech geek's dream come true. then again, it's a non- tech geek's dream come true too. i went twice. almost made it a 3rd time but my laziness won out. now i'm going to haunt the aisles of sim lim for speakers and dvd media... hmm.

so right, i got me my first desktop pc last friday. cost me $1034 (after a 3.5% credit card charge. was actually $999. bah. should've brought my other bank card sia) and i must say, it's a beauty. i have just discovered the joys of a 17 inch lcd... of cos this is nothing compared to rohana's 19 inch but hey, i loooike. so big ahhhhh s.g. beng also can see one!! wahaha. i still haven't decided on a name for him but somehow 'taylor' comes to mind. this name is unisex rite? i dunno...

also got a panasonic lumix, will extras thrown in. mebbe i will take a pic of taylor with it. it too, does not have a name as yet. haha. dunno if i should tho, cos it's a 'family' camera. ie. anyone can use it. of cos it's safe in my room rite now so... IT'S MINE!!! until my uncle returns my other lumix anyway. still deciding on which one to bring to phuket. hmm. shall do some testing and see which takes better pics. yeah yeah i know the newer one is, er, newer, but oldies r goodies mah. and i don't have to worry so much about losing the old one. not cos my mother will kill me if i lose the new one but cos the old one is so damn huge. wahaha.

speaking of which... phuket!! 2 wks away!! wooohooooo!! rohana bila mau book hotel ar?? i hope the weather will be good... seriously. weather here so unpredictable lately man. rain one day panas terik the next... sheesh. whatever it is, planning on spending a good part of the time getting pampered at a spa and another part exploring islands.

OMG i'm so fucking sleepy now it's not funny. even writing a post at work is not helping. noooooo. best part is. i think i slept well last night. got a new pillow from the JL sale at expo. it's niiiiiiice. one of the best sleeps i've had in a long time. gawd i need a break. 9 working days to phuket... 9 working days to phuket.. 9 working days to phuket... 9 working days to phuket... *snore*