Beyond Me

Home Sweet Home

2011-09-21T01:02:00.000+08:00

It has been two months since I moved into our new place. Happpy!
After having the keys from my lawyers on the 1st July, we managed to move in a month after that! It has been a big and huge task for us. The feeling of joy plus tiredness completely overwhelmed us.
After the painting job done, we managed to scout for bed, bedroom, curtains, kitchen and cleaning accessories before we managed to fully move in!
We kept on going to Ikea, Houz Depot and other furniture shop to find a perfect furnitures and kitchen utensils for our new home. What a great but tiring experience. But HOME sure sweet HOME! Love every moment of it. Sweet home meal everyday whenever you need it. Full blast music whenever you wish it!

Anniversary Food at el- Mason Bangsar

2011-03-28T01:35:00.002+08:00

Marvellous weekend I have. Last weekend is Earth Hour and also our anniversary! We celebrated it with our food galore of Pork! The food is great and we have a marvellous time.
Thank goodness for pork!

Bornday in 2011

2011-02-26T00:02:00.001+08:00

Wonderful birthday begins with a barbeque party at Izen with some good friends. Loads of fish balls from Gabby too. We had our first birthday cake, a black sesame cake.
Then my birthday celebration seems to be continue without me even notice it. Surprised after another especially for my dear. It starts with an ang pow packet delivered to my home on 15th Feb. Inside was a monkey handphone accessories! Haha and I thought what the heck is that? Without a stamp even make it more creepy for me to open it!
On the 20th, I had a birthday surprised dinner from my dear. Did not know that I am going to have a special dinner until I was there at Tamarind Restaurant, Jalan Sultan Ismail , KL. When I reached, I saw some of friends was there too. Is cool and full of shocker to me. Damn it I should have wore something much nicer!! But anyway, I enjoyed the good company and great food. I have an iPod Nano as my gift too! Is especially engraved for me, nice message and meaningful for a pink Nano. Great dear! Not forgeting my 2nd birthday homemade cheesecake from Geraldine too. Yummy. Ended our night at Oldtown Coffeeshop at Jaya One!.
Even though I am bit sick due to flu, I try to enjoy it as much as I can. I thought my birthday celebration has come to an end. Weekend gone by and I celebrated it with my friends. But I am so wrong eh?

I am so surprised on my actual birthday when I received my 3rd and 4th birthday cakes, two dozens of cupcakes and a Baskin Robbin ice cream cakes from my darling and colleagues! What a blast!
After that, I received a homemade skirt from Tasha too by mail.. hahah creativity is in the house! And my final surprised came as a shocker when I received yet another two dozens of beautiful red roses and four stalks of white roses from my office receptionist. Thanks dear Norman :)

It was so romantic that my colleagues kept on asking me to go back and prepare myself for a marriage proposal! LOL. But you know, romantic is about everyday life, respect each other and not only for one day.

Cristang Pork Burger

2011-01-30T00:41:00.001+08:00

Whao.. yummy is the word. Cristang Fusion Restaurant in PJ rocks. Good food and good service.
Basically the famous menu would be the Pork Burger with petai. This was a fusion of both portugese and western style of cooking. Menu consist of P1-P9.
Celebrate Norman 31st Birthday with good food and we are satisfied.
I drank strawberry shake and Norman drank Cristang special coffee.
Here is some of the main menu:

P1 - pork patty (RM 16.80)
P2 - pork patty + back bacon (RM 19.80)
P3 - pork patty + minced pork chili con carne (RM 23.80)
P4 - pork patty + petai stuffed in patty (RM 25.90)
P5 - pork patty + grilled cajun prawns (RM 28.80)
P6 - pork patty + grilled fresh cut pineapples (RM 30.80)
P7 - pork patty stuffed petai + minced pork with petai + melted cheese
P8 - Tandoori Pork Burger (RM 28.80)
P9 - The Korean Inspired (RM 30.80) Kimchi sure one of the ingredients!

P7- This is Norman choice

P4- This is my choice

Cristang Fusion Restaurant

B-G-19, 8 Avenue, Jalan Sungei Jernih 8/1,
46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

Tel: 03-7956 7877

Please make reservation because the place is small!

4 Days to 2011

2010-12-27T21:11:00.000+08:00

New year is here. Each and every person on earth are given the same amount of time each year. So, you and me should have no excuses of saying we have no time. We should not said we want to do this and that but yet end up doing neither. Busy, no time would be the lame excuse ever! All of us have the same amount of time!
After starting my own blog two years ago, I have grown much wiser, thinking out of the box with planing in my head. I am now moving towards getting what I need rather than what I want. I have to forsee what I am in 5-10 years time. That is not that difficult because the aim was to protect myself and my loves one. Time flies, but it cannot be measured by the amount of time I put into action. This is because I need to pool my resourses first. One cannot be stubborn and ego on this. You need to plan!
I want to say out loud that whatever I did was because I can see the vision of my future. I forsee what I need to be comfortable in my life, I forsee that what a person would need to have to be happy, less hassle and stress free. So the basic should be a home, with basic necessity. Clean water, facilities and comfort in life.
I have been planning to get a place of my own so that I have my own space and roof over my head. I think that should be a priority as I do not want to be homeless?
A person a human being ..regardless of who you are, where you are and what you do for a living you need a home. Is a place, a cosy one... but not a house with empty hopes. It was from a home that a person would be able to grow. To live out off his or her life and be happy without any worries. Is basic, yet if you measure by what is worth, is priceless and tend to be forgotten. It tend to be mislead as an asset. But is with this asset you be able to create a lively life!
With this asset, you can sleep well at night, have a home cooked meal, have cosy reading place, a place to hang out without any excess charge......... Is a cosy humble home that everyone should have, is where all the memories and life changing experiences and dreams come into life!

Obituary of Calyn

2010-11-17T00:24:00.001+08:00

I have written my own obituary after read the book Robin Sharma -Discover Your Destiny

Calyn Wong was a women who believed in passion. She believed that every human being have a passionate moment in his or her life. With the power of passion comes determination. A person success came within and with that believed every steps would lead to be a successful person.

She believed that success cannot be measured. Success was a passion in leading everyday life, treasure every moment and loving oneself and giving it all.

Calyn Wong was a simple women. She loves desserts, shoes, reading and writing on her blog.
She encountered so much personal pain but she grew from it, she made a lot of mistakes, some she can't remembered but some she did, but most importantly she learned from it.

She thankful to her family and friends around her, who kept her sane. Thankful to "Helping Angels" for giving her a chance to open up herself to care for others, to let her know that life isn't that bad afterall. And mostly, thankful to have a lovely husband and kids that bring the best of her.

All she ever wanted in her life is to love, to give unconditional love and to lead a happy meaningful life. She had it.
And she hoped everyone else have it too.

Calyn died last night, at the tender age of 89. She hopes that her family and friends leads a happy life.

Robin Sharma Rules for me to Remember

2010-11-16T23:13:00.000+08:00

Rule 1
Remember that life is a series of seasons.Every human have to endures the harshness of a few winters in order to get to the glory of best summers. Never forgets that winters do not last.

Rule 2
Join the "Hope Club".
Da vinci -" Fix your course to a star and you can navigate any storm".

Rule 3
Keep in Mind at all times, that we grow the most from our greatest suffering. As we go through it hurts. But as we move through it, it heals.

Rule 4
Failure is a choice. No matter what happen to you, you will keep walking the authentic path.

Rule 5
There is tendency to let go yourself. as you encounter adversity, have the discipline to maintain your routine.
Eat well, exercise, spend time with nature. Mind, body, emotion and spirits.

Rule 6
Feel your feelings.Use your intellectual power to see the silver lining that every dark cloud brings.

Rule 7
No matter how hard things can get, you are never alone

Shopping for a Home

2010-11-06T01:57:00.001+08:00

I have been searching for a place to call home since last year. I have this thoughts in my mind, but I do not put it into actions as I can't afford it yet, so I postponed it like since late 2008! I did not expect I want it this bad until I realised it would cost me much more now to buy one than one year ago.. sigh. The search is on, full force this time after found out that I have finally have money after 7 years of non stop working!

I have been searching extensively since mid of the year because I realised how important it was for me. Clock is ticking and I do not even have a place of my own yet! Blimy.. the red alert starting to get stucked in my head after reality sink in. I have browsed through i-property for some informations on any available place but to my dismay it was so pricey in this part of the world that I cringed and pondered in anger..
PJ area do not have much to choose from if according to my budget.. so I guess I have to settle in a condo/apartment instead. I like my sister new landed property in Damansara Kim and she told me the other unit nearby was selling at half million, so I guess "bye bye" to landed property.

I start to look at condos and to my dismayed even the Ken Damansara that my sister constantly talking about was selling about min 450K per unit for a 1000 sq ft. BLIMY! I panic. Because I only interested in PJ area. I looked at Kota Damansara, the leasehold area cost a bomb too and I don't think I would like to stay in an area with too high density! Noisy! Jammed ... so I did not do much research there as I prefered other area first before zooming to that area.

Viewing the town house in Villa Dahlia made me a happier person as I found out that this is the same place my ex-colleagues was staying. After viewing, I loved it as it was so serene, windy and decent place for a price tag of less than 300K! But further research shown not much of a good signs as it was near to a sewerage and the leasehold apartment only left with 69 years!Blimy...

Viewing Desa Kiara Condo was also a nice condo with good location, with 1250 sq ft and is freehold this time! Voila! and asking price was at 310K! After further viewing 3 units there I finally settled with this one as this unit, the balcony view was much nicer and no cemetery on your side..But my nightmare just begun!
The agent seem to regret pricing it at 310K, (according to my instinct) as she kept on pestering me to get some loan information and don't really look like interested to answer my questions while I'm viewing the place.
Then she started to make me and my other half in nightmares, countless sms-es.. etc. This was due to condo market value was at 280K only.And the bank only offers 80% loan for this Desa Kiara condo.But I made a decision to buy as I think is a good buy due to my budget constraint. Susan Loh the agent that screwed my life up and down called me and said I must pay 3% tonight! WHAT THE F***. She keep on changing her words and finally when I met her she "hoo haa" again and gave me the F** up excuses with F*** up look. Anyway, I was blessed as she returned my deposit less than a week after that. But is blessing in disguise indeed..Thank good ness.. my bf and me no need to see her face again! EVER! After this episode, I took my time and ponder.. I do not have the mental energy to even view a place anymore but I did it anyway...

So I sms-es my cousin and she mentioned she stayed in Bayu Puteri, PJ. Voila, I'm in the mood again.. but to my dismay the apartment looks like a hostel that I stayed during my Uni days,, blimy and the worst yet to come as the unit look so worn out and screwed up even though the price tag was at 240K only.
So I start calling again to view other units in that condo,but in between making arrangement, I have reply an FB message to my friend as she find out in my FB "status" that I'm looking for a place to buy. She messaged me way earlier before but her price tag that time was more than 350K..I felt is too high for me to even consider it. So, I kept it in my inbox for 3 weeks. Only after viewing this Bayu that I realised I might just give myself a chance to view this fren's place. Finally after viewing two units in Bayu on saturday, we went to view Dataran Prima condo, my ex school mates from MGSS....and yes we loved the place. But then again we are all not excited as we were not very sure what would be the price tag.. I ended up thinking about 2 hours and write a message to my friend and gave her my offer. She accepted it.... when I first read the first sentence of her message .. I shouted yes in my sister dining table. I'm happy and worried at the same time. I stress out for all this matters for quite some time now and finally I have a place to call home! YEAH :) Thanks to everyone involved in my search. Especially my BF, My sister and bro in law. Thank you all and mostly Thank you Jacinta for giving me my dream home!

Summer in HKG

2010-08-29T22:32:00.001+08:00

Life is good. I travelled a lot this year, much more than I expected. I have been to three wonderful places in the world. Cambodia Angkor Wat, Venezia and Roma Italy. What a blast.Starting from 2010, I have travelled to Bangkok, Cambodia, Italy, and not forgetting Hong Kong (Many times). I would be travelling to Singapore for anual company trip and Hong Kong again next month for my business trip. It has been a tiring year for me too. I have been in this company for one year. Much has been done. A success that I myself could not believe. Last July, summer Hong Kong trip for me was a blast! I really enjoyed it. First time, after so many times been to Hong Kong... Is true that no matter where you are, what you do and where you have been..if there was someone to share the joy with .. would be much much better! The Peak,CityGate,10K Buddha Monastery,Ocean Pak, Disney World,Madam Tussuads'

Venezia and Roma Italia

2010-06-17T00:23:00.001+08:00

My boss inform me about my business trip one month before I flew to Italy, attending a Footwear Tradeshow in Venice. I was happy, excited and worried. Everyone was suggesting me to stay there longer for a holiday trip after the meeting. After rushing out my plans for that extended trip with my Singaporean colleague we are off to Rome! We have to stick together for our extended stay because we do not have anyone else. I could not ask for more, 3 days in Venezia and 3 days in Rome. This sudden trip makes part of my dream come true. Because I remember when I started off this blog, I did ask if anyone willing to go back packing with me in Europe. I am living the dream.

Through My Lenses

2010-04-11T23:29:00.008+08:00

Seven person. One journey. Six Days in the land of Siem Reap. I name it ..lived with a purposed. Is was a very humid and hot country. But all that worth it. We managed to explore the land of Siem Reap, one of the seven wonders of the world..this place would only be appreciated by someone who loves sight seeing with lots of walking. The architecture was amazing. No doubt it was one of the most amazing places that I have been to so far. This was one of the place I want to set my foot to because the whole city was build based on religion and cultures. The whole city was build on trust. They survive on that believed. And believed it or not, you have to explore it yourself to believe it!

Green Trekkerz CHARITY CLIMB 2010

2010-03-29T21:49:00.008+08:00

Is was a hot hot day on Saturday 27.3.10 in Damai Batu Caves.I was participating a charity rock climb. I am so eager to go.. but I knew most probably I would chicken out to climb haha. I wanted to check out how high was the hill!
I like to climb is just that I afraid of heights! I have phobia about heights. So I actually wanted to know if I would be able to climb that hill. If it was lower I would have reach the top! Darn. I enjoyed it so much that I am so eager to try again.
It was scary at first, but I managed to conquer my fear, to put on the climbing shoes and JUST DO IT.

Trinity Kids Day Out

2010-03-27T15:50:00.006+08:00

I have friends that was so motivated to educate and help the kids. Other than contributing their time in tutoring the kids every Thurday, once a while they would organize a day outing for the kids to have fun!
Some of the wanderful photos for the kids and bravo to the organiser. Ming Yang and the team.
Hope the kids have fun as much as we did...

My Bornday

2010-02-23T00:04:00.004+08:00

Gathering for everyone birthday on the 7th day of Chinese New Year at Jim's place 20.2.10

My Yee Sang number 8.. on the 7th day of CNY at Jim's place 20.2.10

Special Yee Sang from Poesy..Yee Sang number 9 for me at Ampang Japanese Restaurant 21.2.10

Helping Angels group gathering to usher the Tiger year on 21.2.10

My wish come true on my birthday! Thanks Helping Angels .. 21.2.10

A Lamb represent my love.. 22.2.10

In my office on 22.2.10 11 am

3 Pink roses and 15 red roses

At Boathouse.. making a wish.. 22.2.10

I have some nice memories towards my birthday and photos says a thousand words..

Thank you all for all the fond memories especially to my special other half. Thank you so much for the effort and really appreciated it!

My birthday started with a wanderful gathering with my friends on Saturday , the 7th day of Chinese New Year, "Yan Yat" ..an auspicious day for those celebrating Chinese New Year. That was the actual day of my chinese birthdate for this year.

Next day on Sunday 21st February.. I have nice Yee Sang again and an ice cream especially for me from all the Helping Angel group. I am so greatful for knowing them. Way to go Angels.. you guys are my angels too..

On the 22.2.2010 11 am, I received a major surprised from my other half! A wanderful bouquet of roses. Lovely! Send to my office, and it really caught me by surprised ;)

The day ended with a wonderful dinner at Boathouse. Such lovely dinner and great food!

Valentine Chinese New Year

2010-02-16T12:57:00.012+08:00

First Day of CNY with Family and Yee Sang bought by ah dear from KL

Happiest moment for this year CNY

Life is good when you always around

Thanks for all the nice Valentine Days gift dear!

Happiest Valentine

Tiger Roar

2010-02-12T17:03:00.004+08:00

Monkey and Tiger have fighting relationship..coming from the chinese hororscope for me this year. I would be traveling a lot, salary a lot but loose money a lot too. Hmm. Hopefully, the salary part would be true.
I do not think it would be really true because individual LUCK determine by many many factors.
I am truly bless with having a job right now even though I might not like it sometimes.

New year is coming and after the 7th day of Chinese New Year ...is my birthday!
"Yan Yat" in cantonese meant everyone birthday too. This year exactly the year I would be able to celebrate my Chinese New Year birthday and Calendar birthday at the same day!
I was born in the auspicious day! Happy baby it seems.. good baby.. haha and it turns out okay too now.. As I grew up to be smart and cheeky.. muahahha..

Happy Tiger Year !
Kong Si Fatt Chai and hopefully I would buy a house before year ended.

2010 Time to be Rich

2010-01-04T19:47:00.004+08:00

2010, Where is the flying cars? I need it. Then I can go anywhere, flew everywhere, but I have to be the one who drive it (Motion sickness thingy). It would be great.
Is 2010 but still, do not have that kind of car invented yet. Hmm...

My new year wishes, was to maintain what I have done in 2009. Achieve what I have achieved and earn more money to get my own apartment and pay off my debt!

Bangkok for the year 2010

2010-01-03T21:52:00.009+08:00

Is the new year again. The last time I went to Bangkok was in the year 2003. When I was still studying.That was 7 years ago! OMG. So, this year, 2010 would be special as I was out of the county for the first time. Cheers! Live, Laugh and Money year.

The Sum of 2009

2009-12-11T01:24:00.003+08:00

It has been a while since I write anything long in this blog. This is because I am busy with work and new nieces around. Here I sum it up how I fare in the year 2009.

1.In the working world for about 6 years now and guess what..this is the year I should remember! Promoted to Product Manager. Comes unexpectedly with such great excitement. Because all this while I believe my passion is Products. And now I am living my dream. Is no longer a job but a career!

2. One year anniverssary with a bunch of close friends that I glad I knew. Never too late to open up your soul. This makes me want to change my life for a better happier life. No more sad tears only happy tears. Suddenly, I have close friends that I can call up for impromptu potluck parties, birthday parties,deserts parties,Phuture club parties,Bali trip,Cameron Trip,Melaka Trip within a year! Many more to come.Because is just a phone call away!

3.Initiate myself to drop by Precious Homes, tutoring kids for 4 months.
I hope I can catch up again very soon if I manage to settle down in my new career.

4.Contributed my time, chaperone the kids to Aquaria KLCC in McHappy project. I hope I would be attending another one next month!

5.Click click and get to know a wanderful special friend and now my other half.

6.Mindset change completely. Life so short. Live it now or never. Complaining, gossiping was not an option anymore.Never take for granted.Negative thinking only last a day.Next year, hopefully only last a few hours.

7.Manage to read some great great books that I never dream of reading. Books that I never knew it exist.

8.Trying new things and be more daring now. Rock climbing and pole dancing.

9.Manage to climb up to Bukit Tabur and Broga Hill.

10.Have a blast in Bali. Tasted salt water and nearly drown for first time in diving suit. Experience adrenalin rush for the first white water ralfting. Hmm not sure I spell this correctly. LOL.

11.My eye sight near to vision 20/20

Cheers for 2009 and another cheers for expected great year of 2010.

All the dinners with 9-5 friends

2009-11-27T13:54:00.008+08:00

The year 2009 would be coming to an end soon. I had a blast last night with colleagues since early of the week. A company dinner on Monday and last night attended a media launch for Luxury Heritage. Not forgetting brand team dinner cum Ah Fa farewell dinner after that too. So you can say that our drinking session start very early yesterday! Drinking mojito, beers and white wine all through evening up till dinner time. I had a blast because my colleagues were fun. They are great friends too. Photos says a thousand words.

I think I made a right choice for making an effort becoming a newbie for this Levi's Brand Team ( Product and Marketing team ). To another great year ! Cheers...

My Niece Bornday!

2009-11-25T23:31:00.003+08:00

Busy Me

2009-11-03T18:06:00.002+08:00

Time flies so fast that now I am in November!

Get ready to party and drink.. next month. But now I am amused with my new office camera.. We got to exchange a better camera for office and travelling usage. Wah good... heheh ..

This is my messy work place.

Cameron Highland on 5th October

2009-10-05T23:29:00.008+08:00

October starts with a bang... wanderful.. wanderful one day one night trip with some wacky friends! Tasha, Aaron, Ming Yen and Norman!

Aaron sleeping in a squeeky sound extra bed
Norman in super bed...
We slept at 2 am because we have fun playing with lipstick!

Not forgetting taking some retarded photos and made our own spa with some roses too..

Reading Continues and 3 months left before the new year comes!

2009-09-21T12:14:00.006+08:00

Read Read and read .. I hope I wish and I must have more time to read!

Just finished another Coelho book last weekend. Starts another one right away if I have more time... my work schedules full of deadlines for me to find time to read. Unless I sacrificed my sleeping time..

Currently reading One Red Paper Clip. So far so good....Muahahahahha.....

More to come on the list...

Left 3 months!

2009-09-21T11:43:00.005+08:00

I have been keeping track of times this year as I want to make a change in my life.
A lot of reasons and a lot have happened before I started this blog. Thinking back I have friends to thank for. Lots of them. I have meet wanderful friends from the last christmas party I have attended in Joselyn's crib in 2008. I have a bad time then, I nearly did not manage to attend her Christmas party too. Because I lost my way and the traffic is bad. Excuses excuses .. and plus my mood is not that good too. But because of just a simple step and I make that one effort.. currently... I have loads of wanderful close friends. Some of them have inspired me and I started to see things differently in my life. Life not sucks anymore. But only sucks if we believed in it.
Friends that inspired me to be positive. Is just that simple. Easier when you have friends around you to talk to, to seek guidance, to tease and to joke with.
I started to be more daring and end up with more new friends along the way when I voluntered in Precious Home every Thursday. Things change and one thing let to another.....
And now , I believed I have grown so much for just less than a year!
Take things easier and live easily..
Even though my working stress is not much lesser .. but I believed only time can prove me wrong.
Thanks again to people that inspired me a long the way and give me the wisdom and courage along the way. They might not even knew it but I see things differently and you guys influenced me in your own subconcious way!
Thanks Laling Norman, Ming Yen, Tasha, beloved Vivien, Aaron, Brian and Edmond.

Typhoon at Level 8

2009-09-21T10:43:00.003+08:00

I was attending the last meeting for season SS2010 collections buying trip in Hong Kong and encounter level 8 typhoon. It was bizarre as this is the first time experience for me. Especially, I am quite a frequent flyer to Hong Kong for business trip.
We have been warned a few hours before the typhoon. Level 8 was hoisted and we couldn't get a taxi back to the hotel from Hong Kong office. It was scary as the condition seem to be dangerous. We are quite ignorant and puzzled at first but got really nervous while waiting for a taxi for more than half and hour! The taxi driver mentioned that usually public transport would be limited because they do not have insurance coverage after pre alert typhoon warning .... is hoisted..
The typhoon lasted for a day as we only allowed to be backed to office and continue with our meeting the next day noon.
I am glad to say the experience is not bad at all since I am in business trip and not a holiday trip!

SS2010 Non Apparel confirmed line mini fashion show at LFM ( Line Freeze Meeting).3 meetings before a collections was finalised!First- BCAM Brand Concept Alignment Meeting ( to comments on sketches based on designs and line book from designers)Second meeting - LAM Line Architecture Meeting ( to comment and do changes on samples, plus forecast units orders as a region)Finally-LFM Line Freeze Meeting ( to confirm on orders and check final samples)..Fashion take a lot effort and sleepless discussions.. Just for SS2010 collections,I have to attend 3 meeting.

090909

2009-09-09T22:21:00.004+08:00

The day I received another happy stuff.. happy thought.. happy smell and happy feelings.

Beyond Doubt

2009-09-03T21:48:00.002+08:00

After the twistering night... another weekend is the ghostly and Titanic night!
A bunch of us hanging out at Aaron's crib again. Me, Norman, MY, Geraldine, Vivien, Ed, Tash and Jim. Overflow with food this time.The best is mine! I brought chicken wings..kekeke.
Maybe because of the xBox? Deserts? Foods? But we keep on hanging out at his place.
No alcohol this round too hehe. We are talking about ghost stories and watching a rerun of Titanic! Hmm I can't believed it myself too.
Nowadays busy preparing on Sell In and Annual Operating Plan at work. Busy but I realised that I have catch up a lot during my two month as Product Manager for Non Apparel and Kidswear.
I hope everything run smoothly and my life would not be so tiring anymore..More organize!
I also need a break Laling!

Twistering Night To Remember

2009-08-23T23:19:00.014+08:00

Another birthday bash...happy belated birthday to King King!

We have fun last night poking, kicking, shouting, jumping.. it was one of the most hillarious night to remember. It was a night when we hang out in Aaron's crib again to celebrate someone birthday. Aaron's made us some nice ala tortilla wrap in chicken! yum yum.. and not forgetting the deserts! And lots of laughter.

We have fun playing Twister, a newly bought game from Ming Yen and Aaron.
Edmond and Gabby make us burst into laughter...Not forgetting pictionary games on the white board with monster pens! Wah so fun .... We are TWISTERING.

Broga Hill

2009-08-10T00:28:00.004+08:00

Wake up 4am .. yesterday.. eager to climb and get a wanderful view of the sunrise.. but it seem in vain because after all the climbing I end up seeing haze. I might just drop by again when haze is gone.

Officially One Month

2009-08-06T23:55:00.004+08:00

A month.. phew.. I did it. Is a crazy working month for me.
Excited, nervous, happy, funny, stressful, and scary. This is how I felt.

Excited to be here, learning and doing what I love..
Nervous, as it seems not enough time to digest, learn and make decisions at the same time
Happy as I think I am in the right place
Funny as I work with the craziest and funniest bunch of people
Stressful because I have to be the expert one here in such a short time
Scary because all the people here is so much more intelligent and hardworking ..compare to...hmm.

My target for another month..
I need to learn to use the online e-portal reports, SAP business system, knowing the procedures!
Ciao

Our heart

2009-08-01T01:37:00.012+08:00

Times flies. We always hope to have more time. To put things right, to mend our broken heart, to change the way things were and to do more and think less. But regardless of that.. time still passes us by and the earth is still spinning.. and we.. human still keep on wandering.... what if ... what if I take those actions? What would have happened?
Instead of asking and wandering I think we just need to take it easy and do not have too high expectations. Says the things from our heart ....give from within and be ourself.
Times really flies and so, here we are.

We have passed the 4th month since we crossed each other path. I do hope we have many other months to come. I guess what we have is in our HEART and our TIME to seize.
I believed a risk taker is much more a better person. A risk taker seize the day... He would be braver, would be a fast learner and wiser. Just received a note from a risk taker. A wanderful short note from the heart. Six roses and most importantly two meaningful books. The meaning of life comes from within and always from the heart. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. YOU ARE a risk taker and I am just a LEARNER.

Tasha's Birthday

2009-07-26T00:46:00.005+08:00

What more can you ask for a birthday? A wanderful friends and loves one.. nice place and food! I have been participating lots of birthdays, potluck dinner, steamboat, slumber party, poker night, makan makan and lepaking at friends place since December 25th last year!

Yesterday is another fun night to remember. Is Tasha celebration at The Elephant great Thai restaurant. Suggested by Norman and map by me! Vivien bought a wanderful nice cake that look like a bomb from Alexis Bar... hahhaah nice!

Too bad no drinking just dinner..

Not Bad At All

2009-07-25T23:50:00.015+08:00

Notice Stephanie Chai and Deborah Henry at the sofa watching models struff their stuff

Denise Lau the violinist and a good performer!

Henry Golding , emcee of the event. Lepaking in the fitting room at C Club....when the models is test wearing their clothes.

We double check to be sure is nice!

Lepaking at C Club ...since morning...

Testing champagne and food...Country manager, boss and my new colleagues...

Woo hoo.. finally working in Uptown. I have been thinking about it for quite sometime. Happy feelings plus nervous wreck. But now I am okay...and my office block is next to Ming Yen's.. one of my closest friend and ex colleague.
Nice environment to work in. This was far more fun and excited than I can imagined. We really work as a team. But I am working with a bunch of hardworking people! Good working procedures, what more can I ask in Malaysia retail industry?

Is quite fun to see all employees and bosses working towards only a brand. We have strong retail team specialists to guide the retailers and a bunch of fun sales team. They are funny but tired. Mostly guys except for a girl. I get to know a guy who is previously from Nike too. What a small industry ....Fun and hardworking bunch. Company also have badminton games every Thursday, but I am too busy currently to join the force. Hehe.

Second week in the office and I have first hand experiencing a wanderful fashion event. Bosses do not ignored the employees during the event and drinking section is great! Hmm finally have fun in the company event...Is the higher end range of products for Levi's. The jeans is made of swaroski crystal..Overall two tumbs up for well invited celebrities!

Is been a while...

2009-07-25T22:53:00.009+08:00

A pair of Timberland shoes at Fraser Hill

Bulat the happy dog in Johor banglo where we stayed in Fraser Hill

Leather 101 -Supplier/Franchisee- Shoji-san, from Iwasaki.Co. My buying HK trip for Levi's.

Wish I can go Japan next time!

Damn fun cycling around Rebak Island Langkawi!

Is been a while since I write something here. Quite busy lately, most of the weekends have been occupied with holidays and friends.

I have about one week gap to rest or to settle matters when I left my previous job. In between before I started my new job... I off to a short 3 days holiday in Langkawi. It was one of the best holiday ever. Nice place to stay. But too bad because the next day is my first day in my new job so my mind was quite off during that holiday. ..not much of a total relaxation. But overall is nice.

I went off to the airport the next day to catch a plane to Hong Kong for work. Darn.

After a week working ..blurry..in my new job... then I was off to Fraser Hill that weekend itself! What a month!

I was so so tired even though it was supposed to be another relaxation holiday. Spinning in the car is not much fun eh. Especially mind and body is not up to it...Anyway is great to be there for the 2nd time. My time in the month of July 2009 just easily swept away. But I have fun.
Great experiences!

Cousin Audi Big Day

2009-06-28T13:14:00.012+08:00

Just attended a wedding dinner in Melaka yesterday night. A very traditional wedding dinner..
Organized by my uncle Mok. He waited so long for THE ONLY SON BIG DAY.
Haha Audi is his name. He was named afer my uncle favorite's car. My uncle is my mom oldest brother. Why must I highlighted it was a traditional wedding dinner? Because it was comical to me. A karaoke section chinese wedding dinner! Unbelieveable. I think Audi could not "tahan" also. I can sense it! It was not his style at all. He was a modern pop rock composer for all the young singers in Malaysia. I do not think he would have bothered to organize hokkien karaoke session on his wedding day!
Me and my sister laughing away while listening to the singing.....But hey.. Nikki, his wife sang a hokkien song too! Hahahah surprisingly. No doubt sound good. She has a vocal like Ning Baizura, her mentor.
Obviously Audi kor kor do not want a dinner.. he just want to fly off for a honeymoon...but of course my Uncle would not allowed it! He has been waiting for this moment for the longest time I could remember. Anyway, Congrats Audi Mok and Nikki Pallikat....
Have fun in Bali dude..See you in Chinese New Year, is time you give me ang pau rather than my mom give you one every year eh?
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/28/nation/4214444&sec=nation

Man Who Change the World

2009-06-28T12:27:00.006+08:00

I attended a motivational camp while I was still in primary school. I thought it would be a bored camp. Wake up very early in the morning just to sit on the floor.
Until a speaker display in a projector , a full list of words...and he explained it was a song by Michael Jackson. That, caught our attention.

From that moment we are so curious....What was it all about.... we are quite clueless (maklumlah small kid) The speaker is explaining each and every word in that lyrics.
This speaker is good, he talked about the meaning of the lyrics vividly!
The title of the song is " Man In The Mirror".
The speaker explained that we have to look our self in the mirror and understand our self first. We have to know our strength and weaknesses..
Before we can blame others.. before we can change the bad things of others ... before we can change the world..
WE, have to look within us, improved our weaknesses first..
before WE can change the world.
After that we have fun learning to sing that song.
I remember this song from then. How it helped to built my self confidence. How important this song can be... and I was just a kid. I do not even know this song exists until I learned to sing it with an understanding of the message behind the lyrics..It's truly REMARKABLE..
Michael, we always loves you ! Rest in Peace ! We will miss you dearly...

"I'm Starting With The Man In The Mirror
I'm Asking Him To Change His Ways
And No Message Could Have Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World A Better Place
Take A Look At Yourself,
And Then Make A Change"

Happy

2009-06-23T20:59:00.002+08:00

Today starts to feel a bit happy, relieved and excited at the same time.
Realized that finally I am going to have my deserved break! Going to Langkawi and do some reading. Left only 2.5 days....

Is also mark the new begining because after 6 years and two jobs in retail business, I finally leaving my executive position... Double joy!
Triple joy is because I finally have someone special to share my sorrow and my joy.

Butterfly in My Stomach

2009-06-15T00:03:00.002+08:00

I have to give three months notice period before I can leave my current company.
Phew, a long journey? You think?
I am still counting my days... but my last working day will arrive very soon!
Is time for me to move on as I have been with them about one year and 1o months. Is exciting but is time for me to do something else and get better paid and benefits in my career.
Especially, I am getting older! Haha I have to admit it.

I am quite nervous, tomorrow,I would be dropping by in my new company as Product Manager. Is under the band : Profesional in the company. It took me 6 years to get what I wanted in my career. Finally, I am ready to be someone boss. Phew, is excited and nervous at the same time. I hope I can inspires my team to work well. That's all I am asking for now.
The company is great. Is one of the retail company that I admired for their business structures. Most importantly the turnover of their employees is much lower. They are based in PJ and do great in Jeans.. hehe.

I hope tomorrow ...and in future ...with this new company would be a great one. I am excited to be part of the team handling non apparel division. Merchandise including watches, belts, bags and most importantly shoes! I took two days off from my 3 month notice period to take over from a girl that is going to be in maternity leave. Good luck to me and I hope Monday Tuesday working in the new company will do me good... to take my mind away from my old office environment. All I need is a candle to light up my dark room !

Unexpected Hiking Day at Bukit Tabur

2009-06-11T22:06:00.009+08:00

Is was a fun Saturday morning as I get to go hiking. Me and Norman wake up at 6am!

Haha, and when I was thinking is just a hike, it turn out to be a climb too!

I didn't know that it turned out to be scary one. It is not the climbing part that made me scared but it was when we moved down from the hill without any harness. Someone did fall and died there. The hill is quite rocky and it would be heaven for those who have enough stamina. Overall I glad I did it, so was Ming Yen.

If Brian can do it so can we! A fun and tiring day...Woo Hoo to 060609!

Four Months Ago & Another Four Months Ahead of You

2009-04-25T14:42:00.007+08:00

Life started to change about four months ago. Happier and merrier. I do not make any new year resolutions or anything but deep in my soul I am determined to change my life around.
To be a better person, I seized the moment and do whatever I had set my mind to. Quietly.

I wanted to be less worried, minimized laziness and have more couraged to do the things that I wanted. Put my thoughts into action.
These were some of the things I have learned in the book,

" The Road Less Traveled" by M. Scott Peck. It helps to read! Fiction or Non fiction.
Here is the list of things that I have done that make me happier, in just four months..

1. Tutoring the kids in Precious Home every Thursday. I never failed to do so every Thursday since the start of the year.. Yippie.
2. Getting to know a bunch of new good friends who volunteers for Trinity and Precious Home
2. Finished learning exotic pole dancing classes!
3. Did a few weekends of indoor rock climbing, even though I am afraid of heights!
4. I read more books ..now than before! Numbers is growing. *grin*
5. Proud of myself, as I managed to set a standard for my current job portfolio.
6. Got a new job. Promoted to Product Manager in a widely known brand with a principal company. An AMEX card, a laptop, free parking, EPF at 16% ...etc All on its way!.*grin*
7. Organized a paintball game! At last managed to get the adrenalin rush of playing the paintballs

8. Helped to chaperone the kids to KLCC Aquaria in McHappy projects.
9. Got my iPhone... woo hooo I wont forget that! In good price, outright!
10. Got my mini tattoo and holiday in Bali for the first time!

I am glad and proud of myself for the things that have happened to me so far.
Thank you....

Paint Ball

2009-04-14T16:52:00.005+08:00

I couldn't believed that I have just organized a paint ball game last weekend. Haha.. one thing let to another and I have the guts to post invites in facebook too. With the helped from Norman and Raymond, we went to Astaka. Raymond is an expert, he knew Rudy, who is working as a marshall in Astaka.
I managed to get Aaron (picture here :), Norman, Terry, SP Wong, Nicholas and Raymond (I barely know him, only met him once before the game) to form a team. We coincidencely played with another 5 members team that we met there, the so called newly form paint ball team. But in actual fact, they played profesionally! Cis ....they are quite an expert as we ..err ... out of the game in less than 1o minutes for the first round! I got scared as I saw Aaron getting shot at the chest in the first round. Wah, then ...ehem I ended up just hiding away and firing..hehe. But it was a fun game. I saw Terry ended up getting shot the most. Hahah.. a kamikaze style paintball dude. While Raymond is the leader of all. The captain who shout the most. He could not moved around a lot as he can be an easy target..we actually can hide behind him too. Norman is on his own most of the time. Nicholas kept on telling that both of us should cover Aaron. But Aaron mentioned that he ended up covering Nicholas. Hahah .. because I think Nicholas is so excited he run faster than Aaron!
I nearly drop my marker because of one incident involved Nicholas. Hahah.. He managed to get Rudy, the marshall attention too. It started when Nicholas suddenly complaining about getting blur vision with his mask. Then Rudy quickly showed a time out sign in the field and take off Nicholas mask to wipe and check the blur vision. The funny part is when Rudy said " Nicholas, the specs you put on your forehead, you suppose to wear it". Nicholas is so anxious to play paintball that he forgotten about putting on his specs. He is funny. Hahah. Overall is a fun game. We managed to win a few rounds. Aaron shot back at Josh for revenge. Because Josh shot me on my mask. I have tasted the olive oil, orangy pallets in my mouth. Yum yum.

Reading

2009-04-14T16:25:00.003+08:00

You can read anything you want and anyone out there who loves to read have an extra edge of knowledge in certain topics. For the past years after I finished my university, I do not read that much... is more like a month only I can finished a book. But nowadays I do read more and more.Hmm..maybe because I studied Mass Communication, during those days I am more focusing on advertisings stuff and events.Currently I read more and more. Some of my favorites books is from Coelho's. Others such as The Kite Runner, Tuesday with Morrie, Autobiography of Nelson Mandela.Can't wait to read Tony Parson books after this. Happy reading.

Farewell Deserts at Aaron's Crib

2009-04-13T18:00:00.003+08:00

Last weekend is another blast of fun at Aaron's Crib in Mont Kiara. We have pyjamas party! The food is good. The deserts is as what the picture shown here! Vivien rented the chocolate fondue machine and we have fruits and chocolates fondue! I had a great time. Four of us is leaving our current job and move on to a better job. Cheers to happy ending and a new begining...

Vertical Dance

2009-04-02T12:14:00.003+08:00

Yippie...I have fun attending pole dancing classes every Tuesday! Is great.I am determine to finish the whole month classes for Exotic Pole then I can move on to Fit Pole classes.

You need to have lots of upper and lower strength to become good at this dance. Thank goodness I have upper strength to pull myself up the pole as I did a few lessons of indoor rock climbing. Is a great exercise as we need to use our whole body.

A Kid: Why Must I Learn this?

2009-03-28T21:12:00.010+08:00

Is been a while since I involved myself tutoring the kids for the underprivileage home. I have learned another lesson on needs and wants in one life. I kept my eyes and ears opened to some of the changes happened while I was there. I noticed some volunteers were lacked of patience for the kids. Some volunteers only focuses on academic stuffs. Pushing a child and warning them about how important if they finished their homeworks.. about how important to learn mathematics, english or whatever languages that was taught in school. About how important passing exams. Do not get me wrong, achieving good academic results is important.
But we, volunteers failed to realise that kids must be inspired by us to understand the important of knowing the best of their abilities. To discover why at the first place they have to learn all the academic stuffs! They need to find and understand a reason to learn!

Tutoring the kids is about teaching and guiding the kids to be a better person in life. To let them know sky is their limits! They need to know the purpose of learning. A child need to grow up not only with numbers and words but they need to understand the reasons why education is important to them. Mathematics, learning new words, passing an exam can be learn. But do the kids know what attitude to learn to go far in life?
We need to be their mentors. To share our experiences with them. The kids needs to be inspired by us.. volunteers. We are the only human resourses that they have.

The kids are more worried about their day to day life. In their mind, I have no money so why I must study?

I am puzzled with some of the questions the kids asked me. I am sad. Here is some of the examples:
Why must I pass my UPSR?
If I went to a college, where do I sleep? Am I going to sleep in the toilet as I have no money.

Sharing the Joy

2009-03-20T15:00:00.003+08:00

I have been tutoring kids in one of the home for about more than two months now. They are about 4-8 years young. But yesterday, this home have no tutorial section because of the school holidays. So, I went ahead to a different home. I was really glad that I showed up, because they are wanderful too. So eager to learn and study. I learned a lot from the kids and the rest of the volunteers. I admired their commitment. The kids is so polite and eager to learn. A girl that I was tutoring, Alisya, is so shy! And she finished up her homework in less than one hour. A smart girl.We managed to read a story book before we finished our tutorial section. She gets two tumbs up and two sticker as a reward. Even though I prefer to be in this home, I think they have enough volunteers comparing to the first home that I was committed to.

Post It

2009-03-17T09:46:00.007+08:00

We are sometimes too caught up in our busy life. Let us remind ourselves constantly that life itself meant to live. Some of the things that I have to remind myself..

The most destructive habit is to worry
The greatest joy is giving
The ugliest personality trait is selfishness
The most contagious spirit is enthusiasm
The most endangered species is dedicated leaders!
The greatest problem to overcome is FEAR.
The most unwanted disease is excuses
The worst thing to be without is hope
The most worthless emotion is self pity
The most beautiful attire is Smile ;)
The most powerful force in life is LOVE.

Just Do It

2009-03-15T22:24:00.007+08:00

I always wanted to rock climb but did not have the guts to do it.
I discovered that I had held back. I had always carried a burden of fear inside me. I dug myself deeper and deeper and found the reason I afraid of rock climbing was because I didn't believed in myself. I only believed in fear of heights! I reviewing how lack of faith in myself had dominated me ever since I could remember, how I used my mind to work against myself. Then it dawned on me that others have no problem with it... even a 60 years old grandma!

Right then I decided, I am through with having this fear! I must do it now or never! If I did not conquer it now I will live to regret it. I do not want to live with that guilt. I said to myself, the worst case scenario, I will die. But hey, I don't care anymore. Anyway, I always want to try it! Is seems fun! So, I did it. the first climb that day is half the wall. But I managed to climb all the way up to the top! I did it, for few times. And this is only my second climb.Woo Hoo..it feels great ;P

Time & Life

2009-03-12T14:43:00.003+08:00

Time rehearses the past,
Wakes up in the future.
A horizon of hope,
A landscape of dream,
A pathway of my discovery.
Weaving a pattern of desire,
Time understands itself by going in the right direction.
No matter how we turn,
The earth and the sun only spins one way.
Making up for the lost time,
Life reinvents itself.

Magic

2009-03-08T23:28:00.004+08:00

The world is full of Magic. Do you believe in it?

Have you make your wish?
Maybe is time to do just that.

It Feels Great

2009-03-08T16:23:00.009+08:00

I have doubt in myself sometimes. But yesterday, I managed not to think about it and " Just Do It". Put it into action.
I cant't believe the results myself!
I rock climb (Bear in mind the picture beside here is not exactly what I did ;). It might be a small thing to some people but is quite a big deal for me.

I used to have fun when I was in school. Outdoor camping and hiking is fun!
I was in girl guides from primary till I graduated in secondary school. Cooking in outdoor is one of my favorite! I did a very good job and earn my badge. I remember I have to start my fire without matches and cook fishes wrap in banana leaves. It tasted good.

Hiking is great too. We have to hike the whole day from morning till midnight. The journey is great. We stopped by to cook, sing and play games. Things that I have learned from there is so much more precious! I have learned to be myself, I build my confidence and I learned my survival skills in life from the jungle!

I remember when I was at a campsite, there was no shoe rack. I thought it would be fun to make one myself! I managed to make a shoe rack for my team, using only some bamboos and ropes. My senior camper even praise me for my determination.
It felt great.

I am currently determine to bring back fun, joy and excitement in my life and put it into action.

Time is Ticking

2009-03-07T01:57:00.004+08:00

Love yourself before you can learn to love others. We tend to forget ourself sometimes. We are too occupied with our daily life. Too busy for love, too busy for living the life, too busy to face our fear or too busy to forgive. We tend to care too much what others might think of us too. Can life be more simpler? The day when we start to realise death is always upon us is the day when we start to live ourlife. Time waits for no man or for my case women.

Not Just a Birthday Card

2009-02-28T17:35:00.007+08:00

I received a belated birthday gift with a card yesterday.
For the past 28 years of my life I have not been receiving any gifts that is so meaningful and thoughtful as this. Especially when I least expected it. Thank you Marilyn you are a GREAT ex- boss! I am going to miss you.

Is not the gift that I treasured. But is the messages inside the card.
Is well written and touches my heart.

Here it goes:
You don't need some precious charms or a four - leaf clover
You don't need an open door to hang a horsehoe over..
You don't need to sing a chant or do a silly dance.
You don't need a special shirt or "lucky" underspants..
You don't need a magic coin to slip inside your shoe.
You've got everything you need right inside of you!

To a talented and special person.. Li Ching
It's been a pleasure working with you and I wish you all the best moving forward. Our paths shall cross again..

" The ultimate measure of man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy" Martin Luther King, Jr.

The only time you are growing is when you are learning..

I got you this because you are growing in your career and what moves you forward is when you can gain the testimonials of people you work with.. all the more powerful when they are external.
Go forth to be what you can!

Thanks a million .. This card came in just at the right moment.
When I needed it most in my LIFE.

Tomorrow

2009-02-26T01:05:00.003+08:00

I hope tomorrow would be a better day. Each day would be a better day for me. I need some inner peace. But I do not know where to look for it. A few things in my mind right now:

Number one on top of my brain is my job as a fashion buyer.
Do I need a career change? Could I afford it? Do I have a good reason to change?
Do I really want to change? Maybe I dont't? Maybe I have no choice?
Some friends look up to me and says " What a fun job you have".
New friends only starts to notice me when I mentioned I was a fashion buyer.
Maybe I am just plain tired today. Just got back from business trip in Hong Kong.
If you think I am lucky, then you are very wrong.

My friends.
Just can't live without them. But you know, things wont't last long. Even friends. People just grew bored? They will move on with their own life sooner or later.Not going to be by your side , all the time right? Rarely old friends keep in touch every month or every year anymore.

Relationship.
Mmm.. one and only thing in my life that I would not be able to visualise.
After the last relationship since July last year, I thought I can and I have move on since the start of the year. But, occasionally, it still hit me like a bullet, deep in my heart.

The story of my iPhone

2009-01-31T13:41:00.006+08:00

Wah such a relieve! I finally upload all my precious contacts into my newly bought iPhone.
I know about iPhone 2 years ago, October 2007 to be exact! Ex colleague, Jia Wei is so crazy about it then. And we get to see for the first time too at TBWA ad agency. It was cool and I remember mention it to my ex other half. He seem to be unfazed about it. But I doubt he would reject the idea of having one in near future.

It started when I get to know Aaron Wong from Ming Yen. He is such a cool guy from USA. His nick name is Mr Wong aka Mr USA. One that is very observant and pay attention to details. I requested him to ship an iPhone for me. Because I think is time for me to get a new phone and throw away the bad memories of the old Motorola phone. Not forgetting the Adidas key chain on it too. The old phone is full of empty promises and lies. Maybe that is one of the reason I was so excited to get an iPhone. It would represent the new me! Not only because iPhone is the coolest gadget I have own (so far) but it was more meaningful when a friend get it all the way from States! Thanks a lot to Aaron as he helped me a lot in setting up the phone. Such as 'break it" and"sync it". With all the uploads and downloads of iTunes I would never get bored. Especially I do not have a share of an iPod Nano anymore. I hope The iPod would be appreciated by "him". It was a birthday gift from me. Anyway, now I am the new me and 2009 starts with a bang!

Thanks Ming Yen for waking me up from my nightmare. Thanks Aaron for being the techie guy.

Thanks Bryan for being you and Tasha for being there. Thanks Vivian for being fun and Edmond for his wanderful smile! Love u guys and muaks!

Josy's & Gab's Birthday Party

2009-01-31T12:42:00.008+08:00

I attended a birthday party yesterday. It was supposed to be a barbeque party but it ended up as potluck. Nobody bring anything raw to barbeque! But it was a fun night as some of the girls were really funny. Especially Gabby. I got a few red packets too due to Chinese New Year celebration! Thanks to Bibi, Charise, Hui Sin and Vivian! We have some tossing of yee sang too ! It was fun as everyone is enjoying the moment.

We have fun when we play a game called " Cranium". It was mix of charade, sketches, mind games, spelling and vocabulary. It was shipped all the way from States by Aaron Wong.

I have to do a charade for "Tofu" my gosh, it was tough. The easy part is to talk like "Gandhi'. Bryan was good in this game. Our team won ! After that, most of us seem to be sleepy at 1.30 am. Some of them is playing poker and Aaron is a pro. Haha.. not forgetting Jim swearing all the way because he is loosing money!

The party ended earlier than expected but all in all it was fun catching up with them.

Everyone is sober too. None of us need to sleepover at Jim's place. Jim did not get the revenge that he needed. ( He sleepover in Aaron's place before :)
It was a fun new year and birthday celebration. I hope it would be fun and exciting year for me too in 2009!

It Was Faith

2009-01-25T23:22:00.004+08:00

Remember to See
Remember to Touch
Remember to Give
But most important is to Feel

It Was Faith
You are the sad one
I am the happy one
We are the better one
We are meant to be one

Not once I was restless
Not once I was losing hope
Not once I was priceless
And not once I was selflessness

Hope things would be easier
Hope things would be clearer
Hope things would be better
As time passes by each day

But It Was Faith
It was an Understanding
It was not long nor short but It Was Faith we meet
And It Was Faith we felt apart at the same time.

Customer Service is the Key?

2009-01-15T16:30:00.005+08:00

Retail theraphy anyone? Retail industry in Malaysia need some support here!
Business is going to be tough for the next few months. Some businesses try to contain costs with the slowdown of the economy and the soft retail market. But it is wise to take note
that amidst such a background we must find a way to improve on customer service.

I had just read an article by Ron Kaufman on how important customer service is during this challenging times. I enjoyed reading this article shared by Sunway Pyramid. But I was wandering if it is applicable to our Malaysian customers?

Ron Kaufman says that when people buy during an economic downturn they are extremely conscious of the hard earned money that they spend. So they want more attention and appreciation when making purchases. They want more service to be sure they get maximum value for the money. Because in good times, a single bad purchase can be quickly overlooked or forgotten, but in tough times every expenditure is scrutinized!

I guess when times are good, people move fast and sometimes do not notice every extra efforts. In tougher times, people move more cautiously and notice every extra effort that we make. Retailer have to make them feel good when they buy.Because I think when money is tight, many experience a sense of lower self esteem. So when we make an effort to talk more to customers, it boosts self image. Positive word of mouth is a powerful tool too!

I have to highlight that to motivate sales person to provide a better service is so much tougher these days. Sales person have to be reminded to smile and greet all the time.
I guess it has to start somewhere.. training is a must and important to improve our customer service. Sad to say I have not achieve this yet and it would be tougher now that the economy is very bleak in retail.

Appreciation

2009-01-07T23:03:00.008+08:00

We learn as we grow older. We never know what we are going to get until we open up to all possibilities and seek our options. As time passes by, decisions are made base on our instinct and to our best knowledge. We have to realize that whatever we did in the past will make a great difference in the future. Life is far too short!

We never know what we could do and could not do until we start to appreciate the things that we have and things that we do not have.

Yesterday, I attended a funeral sermon. It reminds me of my grandpa that past away 5 years ago. I remember, I was by his bedside, I am the only grandchildren that is lucky enough to be around when he was on his way to heaven. It was a sad moment for me as I have been away for quite sometime because of my first job experience in KL.

A caring grandpa and a very good story teller. He always reminds me to appreciate all the things that we have. He also told me all the great stories of his life learning experiences. The story of appreciation. Let us seize the day and seize the moment ! As we have only that one chance to make a difference. (One line of lyric from Eminem song " We have only One shot in Life!")

My favorite quote from Sir Winston Churchill

" Never in the Field of Human Conflict Has So Many Owe So Much to So FEW"

The Beauty of Life

2008-12-28T20:28:00.002+08:00

Passion for the Year 2009

2008-12-28T14:10:00.003+08:00

I have more time for myself this few days because of the holiday season and clearance of my annual leave. I am glad to be back home in Melaka. The much talk about town. Is all about Shah Rukh Khan Datukship and Heritage City. Not forgetting the jam when it comes to festive season. Kekeke.

I seldom come back to my hometown because I hardly took long leave ( more than a day).
But now I am back. For more than two nights! This is because I scared that if I took long leave I have more to catch up in my work, more than I can bear.
But thank goodness ...I am one of the lucky few who still like her job. I do proud to say I like my job haha and don envy me. It does not come easy though.

On a personal note, I remember getting two offers at one time. Is kind of weird because I was looking for jobs .. months without any good news. Then suddenly I get two .. mm..weird. It must be my determination. By the way, I interview the two jobs in the same day! That was 5 years ago.

One is my passion job- Broadcast Journalist , but it was only a contract basis for 2 years in one of the popular show involving advertising (do not want to name the show hehe). Another one as a Brand Executive ( eventually becoming a buyer for shoes). I do not set my mind to be in Retail Industry but I was getting some fun out of it. Not forgetting the suffering too.

I make a very hard decision with the help of my older sister. I finally choose a more "proper" job. I was brainwash. But I am glad because I chose the correct one.

It has been 5 years! Lots of up and down. My solution to all the down is to work hard, sheer determination and PASSION. Without liking what you are doing you would not be able to 'work hard and had determination" on your list.

I hope I can continue to be passionate in the year of 2009.
BTW Anyone out there want to go backpacking in Europe?

Yes Man in Me

2008-12-28T03:34:00.005+08:00

Is 3.37 am in the morning and my eyes still wide awake. Thought of writing about this movie
" Yes Man". It relates to our lives I must say...is a great movie.

The story is about how a person optimistic approach in life , changes his life completely!
I love the humour part of it too. NO doubt is a fun movie to watch, but is meaningful too.
I learn something positive from it too. Kinda relate to me ... mmm...
The main character struggling to stay alive...when he was sad, dump, dupe by people around him. But he manage to improve and found his way out of his misery. All he has to do is stay positive all the time and follow his gut feeling.
Life is a path where we learn and make mistake, but it is more important if we can just MOVE ON to the positive side .. be OPTIMISTIC. I hope we can all do that. Life would be more cheerful , peaceful and meaningful like The movie in "Yes Man".
Is tough, but is worth trying.

When the going get tough we have to be tougher.
I know is easier to say than done but we have to move on. Cheerios to 2009!

Warhol of me - For fun

2008-12-19T22:59:00.003+08:00

Proud Owner of a Nike Watch - GUESS the price?

2008-12-18T22:13:00.004+08:00

Exchange Gift In FJB today - Ho Ho Ho

2008-12-18T21:33:00.003+08:00

My Gingerbread

2008-12-18T21:29:00.005+08:00

My first Niece = Me

2008-12-17T22:50:00.009+08:00

Cal Wishlist

2008-12-15T22:59:00.004+08:00