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About Me
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:: in my 20s ::
:: malaysian ::
:: pj, selangor ::
:: don't smoke nor drink ::
:: multimedia designer ::
:: likes hamsters ::
:: likes anime ::
:: sometimes curse ::
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| I Am Moving... |
| 04.16.04 (6:01 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image]... to BlogSpot. My new blog is up & running. So dear friends, if you've previously added my link to your weblog, please change the link from "tblog.com" to "blogspot.com". Thank you for your time & patience. Have a good weekend!
Click here to view my new blog.
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| To Switch Or Stick |
| 04.14.04 (11:15 pm) [edit] |
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[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] I'm still deciding... to stick to TBlog or switch to BlogSpot. Lately, TBlog has been experiencing downtime (cos they've been upgrading some stuff). So I have been tweaking my BlogSpot account during my free time lor. Got some nice ready-made templates, tweaked them a little (too much work to recode everything. might as well, copy paste & modify). Of course, credit will still go to the original creator of the template (I maintained a link for their site as an appreciation). Anyway, with my TBlog account, design can only go so much, since it's a free acount. So... what say you? Should I stay or should I go?
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| No PC To Use... |
| 04.13.04 (12:23 am) [edit] |
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Am using the Creative Group Head's IMac to type this entry. My PC is currently being used by clients to check on their interactive CD-ROM. No machine available... might as well go home right... apa nak buat... tadak pc untuk guna... I don't even have a proper place to sit! Even the conferene table is occupied. Gotta hang around, lepak. Later people...
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| Just Another Manic Monday... |
| 04.11.04 (11:04 pm) [edit] |
The entry below was written in the morning. Streamyx was down the whole morning.
I'm writing this entry on Wordpad, the internet line is down. Been down since this morning, and for those of us who depend on the the WWW for research, uploading of files etc, our work has come to a standstill. Not to mention I can't log on to Dr.Liew's forum! Sigh... The time now is 11.30AM.
Weekend was ok. Got a baby hamster, about 3 weeks old. The name's Biscuit (my sis picked the name out), and we can't exactly tell the sex of the little critter right now. The girl at the shop says it's a boy, but then it could be a girl cos the last time my sister went to get 2 boys, they turned out to be 2 girls several weeks later. So you see, eventhough you run a petshop, you can still get the sexes all mixed up. Boy or girl, doesn't matter lar. Biscuit is really cute by the way. Got white rings around the eyes, look as though he/she's wearing goggles. Biscuit is still very jumpy & jittery at the moment (all baby hamsters are like that). If you put your finger through the cage gaps, Biscuit will definitely nip your finger (ouch!) So far, Biscuit has nipped my bf & my dad *LOL*. Told you guys not to kacau to little fella now, never listen. Just have to give it a few weeks, let it grow bigger & settle down.
I wonder if hamsters dream. Cos sometimes when my
hamsters are asleep, I will watch them. Sometimes they'll twitch a little. Their little paws will twitch a bit, and their mouths move... as though they're eating something. Could they be dreaming. Maybe they're dreaming of a wide open field, filled with sunflower seeds, grains and other hamster goodies. Cute huh? Maybe in their dreams, they're running around, chasing each other, munching and stuffing their mouths with seeds & corns.
I also watched Something's Gotta Give yesteday afternoon - DVD. Nice movie. Pretty funny too. Jack Nicholsan & Diane Keaton provided lotsa laughs. Since it's DVD, you can actually see Jack Nicholsan's butt when he was admitted to the hospital, and Diane Keaton naked in another scene (when she thought Jack was asleep in the other room, then took of her clothes lor. But then suddenly Jack walked pass her room and saw Diane naked and they both screamed. LOL). Keanu Reeves makes a good-looking doctor (yum!).
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| Headache... |
| 04.08.04 (3:21 am) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] Headache... headache... aiyo headache... Uphamol 650, one tablet sure semua head go away punya.
Kidding... my eyes are feeling rather tired now cos I've been looking at HTMLs for a long time today... had problems accessing TBlog today, so thought of tweaking my BlogSpot sikit... kinda like a Plan B. I'm still not satisfied with what I've done in BlogSpot yet... so I won't publish it until I am happy with the results.
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| My Name Is O-L-I-V-I-A |
| 04.06.04 (9:44 pm) [edit] |
My name is OLIVIA, not OLIVER. The spelling is O-L-I-V-I-A. Why do people keep calling me OLIVER? :roll: Hello, Oliver guy name bah, do I look like I have a willy in between my legs? Man... Is it so hard to pronouce my name?
Normally when I introduce myself as "Olivia", some of the replies I got was "Oh, Olivia Newton John..." Ok, I got use to that. Some replies were "Oli-what?" Eh, so susah ke, my name? During school, I used my chinese name SY, which I would later find out that 4 other girls share the same name (different surname): Tan SY, Chan SY, Ng SY & Lim SY. Plus some people always had problems pronouncing SY properly. "Ssccchheeewww Yen?" Wrong lah. Try again, pal. When I started college, I started using my so-called English name my mum gave me when I was a kid (or so she said). I thought it would be a change you know, to use an english name instead of SY, since during school days so many SYs.
Then when it comes to filling up forms, normally I would use the name in my I.C lor. I applied for this BeeDees card before, and they got my name wrong for a few years! The SY became a SV! Each time they sent me a newsletter, it's stated SV. I tried several times to get them to rectify the error, but each time the newsletter comes, it's SV. Until I got fedup, personally called them up and got them to rectify the spelling. I got the same issue with Jusco Card too.
Chinese name oso can get wrong, English name oso can get wrong... I'm not ranting, mind you. Just find it amusing sometimes... :lol:
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| Chicken Pox |
| 04.06.04 (7:59 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] I was reading a blogger's current hiatus from the world of blogging due to chicken pox (get well soon, Fly). Most of us would have gotten chicken pox before we hit 20, but there are many who haven't gotten it. Word has it the older you get chicken pox, the more serious it gets. My cousin got his dose of chicken pox in his late 20s, and boy, did he have a bad time. He said even the insides of his mouth kena! Eeewww... But thankfully, those who have yet to get chicken pox can now get vaccinated against it. Just go to your local clinic and get your shots. If I've not mistaken, there are 2/3 shots. You get the 1st shot, then come back a couple of months later for the remaining shot(s). Something like that. For those who have gotten chicken pox before, chances are, you won't get it again since your body would've automatically build up its antibodies. But there has been stories about recurrence, quite rare though.
Chicken pox got to me when I was 15. I remembered it quite well because I got it together with my sister, who was 13 at that time. I was the 3rd person in my class to get chicken pox during that year. Imagine this: 5 students in one class alone got chicken pox. It was like an epidemic going around! Every 2-3 weeks, someone will be absent from classes. One person falls sick... on MC 2-3 weeks... comes back to school... the following week, another student on MC. Scary huh? People were afraid to come into my class for fear of catching chicken pox. Word was going around school, this class is going through chicken pox mania! Talk about popularity for all the wrong reasons.
Initially, I found some strange looking pimple-like bumps on some parts of my body. The bumps looked like they had water in it. Strange, I thought. Plus I was a little feverish. I told my mum about it, and she suspected it could be chicken pox (since there were already 2 students in my class that "kena" chicken pox). The doctor gave some camomile lotion (in case I scratch my pox) and told me to drink lotsa fluids. Ah well, 2-3 weeks of no school! Can't risk infecting everyone else right? So there I was at home, bumming with my sis. We looked like 2 ladybirds! All the pox marks exploding onto our skin. Yucks! I didn't hide from any mirrors. But believe me when I say even Frankenstein would've freaked out if he saw my face! :lol: My face & body was the main pox area, my limbs had minimal. I had to make sure I don't scratch/peel/burst any of the pox for fear of scars. Which was though considering chicken pox is DAMMMMM itchy!!! To counter the itchiness, we had to apply camomile lotion all over. We went "pink" during the pox duration (the lotion was pinkish in colour). We also had to avoid certain food like eggs, black soya sauce, seafood, forgot what else.... it's been so long.
I still have some light pox scars on my body, a grim reminder of my chicken pox experience. I also have a small crater-like pox mark just above my right cheek, but over the years it has become less noticable. Obviously THAT pox mark went pretty deep, hence it left a "crater" on my face. Ah well, part and parcel of growing up! :roll:
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| Am In A Slight Discomfort |
| 04.05.04 (12:18 am) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] I hurt my lower jaw yesterday. not really hurt ler... how to explain... you know if you pull lower lips and look inside, there's a small piece of flesh which connects your lower lips to your lower jaw? Well, hurt myself right THERE yesterday. Don't ask me how it happened... it just did. So now my lower lip... the connecting flesh at least... feels a little swollen now.
Met up with 2 groups of friends over the weekend. Friday night was with my college friends to talk about our upcoming island getaway (yippee!!!). Saturday night was with a small group of secondary school mates, just catch up with one another and stuff. Sunday was at Times Sqaure. Pretty dull place. I saw a fantastic pair of boots from Debenhams, but it's way off what I can afford :roll: But hey, I tried it out for fun!!! HAH!!! I got a couple of DVDs though... *giggles*. I went into the themepark and saw the roller coaster ride. note that I said I SAW, not SAT. The sight of the ride already made my heart weak... no way was I gonna sit on it. My bf was going like "Woooowww..... Shhhiiiitttt!!!!" at the twirls of the ride. Call me chicken, but I got a weak heart when it comes to roller coasters.
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| I Am Amazed... |
| 04.02.04 (12:51 am) [edit] |
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I Am Amazed... as to how some people can spend money. More like, how they spend OTHER people's money. How they can just spend without giving a second thought. That money for them is a very small matter. Money? I've got plenty of it, what's to worry? Buy whatever they like, use the credit cards to the max. And they don't even wince at the thought of money flowing out from their partner's pockets. Perhaps they have endless income flowing into their wallets. Perhaps they have partners that can supply them with endless amounts of cash, hence they don't have to bother how or where the money is spent. Just as long as they get what they want who cares how much they have to spend to get it. I'm amazed. I'm at awe at their actions. I'm bewildered.
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| Blimy... 1Gig! |
| 04.01.04 (10:25 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] Got news this morning that Google is in the midst of introducing its free web-based email service. A whopping 1GB email storage space! Wahlauweh!!! :shock: Is that possible? We can only wait until further notice. Actually, I'm happy with 10MB. HAH!!! I've been using Hotmail & Yahoo mail for quite a while now. My verdict?
Hotmail: Very heavy graphics, takes a while to completely load a full page, only 2MB storage, lotsa SPAM!!! Which is why my current setting is only people in my address book can email me. The rest will never reach my mailbox :twisted:
Yahoo Mail: So far so good. Occasionally I do get spammed, but they wind up in my Bulk Mail, not my Inbox. Lately, I've notice I've been getting junk mails from weird addresses with subjects like "Re: Delivery Failure - my yahooID@yahoo.com". I don't even recognise the person's name/email :? I don't open them, just trash trash trash.
For more stories about Gmail (Google Mail), click below.
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| No Dogs, Cats & Hamsters Allowed |
| 03.31.04 (9:58 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] Yesterday's notice caught me by suprise. On the notice board was pinned an A4 paper, with bold headings. I walked closer and caught sight of the first few words... "It has come to our (management) attention that some tenants are still rearing pets within the condo... bla bla bla...". I thought probably some maniac tenant must've complained about seeing pet dogs/cats around the vicinity of the condo, hence the notice again. I continued reading further and my eyes almost popped out of my sockets... "No Dogs, Cats & Hamsters Allowed". WHAT!!! WTF!!! HAMSTERS!!!
I can understand if you bar people from rearing dogs and cats inside a condo... dogs may bark, cats may scratch etc... but hamsters??? First, can you even tell me which house is rearing hamsters? What loud sound can a hamster possibly make? What mess can they make? I told my mum & dad about the notice and we had a good laugh over it. "Next time, we'll rear goldfish! See what they say next!" my mum exclaimed. Talk about stupidity. I'm guessing the complaint must've been from my spinster neighbour. She complains about any damn thing. She abhors anything that eats & breathes. She hates everything.
I've lived in this condo since 1998, and I can tell honestly say not once have I even seen any doggie or kitty poo anywhere around the condo premise. That shows the pet owners have been very responsible people. They make sure their pets don't litter the place. In fact, I'm ok if my neighbours rear dogs/cats, just as long their pets don't dirty the surrounding place. This is simple toleration, like dat oso cannot meh? Of course I've heard some dogs bark, but it's an occasional thing. And they don't bark at night. So far the only thing that's actually wailing at night is some baby. But that has since stopped. Cannot tahan baby crying? Complain to management and say you cannot tahan baby wailing? DOINK!!!
Maybe my next plan is to get more hamsters. Maybe get a rat! Kekekekekekeke :twisted:
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| Streamyx Problem? |
| 03.31.04 (12:56 am) [edit] |
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Is it just me... or is anyone else having problems using their Streamyx line? It keep disconnecting for no particular reason :? Hmph... so much for "always on, 24/7 broadband connection". Ptui! :x
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| The Metrosexual Man |
| 03.30.04 (7:49 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] It's the latest term to hit the streets: Metrosexual. What does metrosexual mean?
Metrosexuality - noun. (met.roh.SEK.shoo.ul). An urban male with a strong aesthetic sense who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle.
So if a guy takes great care in his appearance, goes for monthly facials, updates his wardrobe efficiently, enjoy the idea of shopping and has no qualms whatsoever about spending loads of cash on making sure he looks great from the time he gets up from bed to the time he steps into bed... he's a Metrosexual. A new breed of man (literally speaking). What makes a metrosexual man different from a "normal" man?
Metrosexual Man : Buys various facial/beauty products. Ensures a smooth flawless, healthy glowing skin. Is not afraid to embrace his feminine side. Plucks his eyebrows to achieve a nice looking arch. A sense of neatness. Goes for monthly facial treatments to maintain a healthy appearance.
Normal Man : Washes face with soap and water, then shave. Wa-la! Job done.
Metrosexual Man : Takes great care in ensuring he's dressed right for the occasion (shirst must match shoes and vice versa). Constantly updating his wardrobe with what's hot & trendy (images of narcissistic young men sporting fashionable clothes and accessories). Think GQ.
Normal Man : T-shirt & jeans. Occasionally a tie for special functions. Practicality mar.
Metrosexual Man on Normal Man : Insensitive, rowdy, slob, unromantic
Normal Man on Metrosexual Man : Sissy, faggart, gay, pussy, ah-kua
A metrosexual man is no different from a normal man. A metrosexual takes extra pride in making sure he looks good all the time, which in term would translate to spending available cash on "products" to make himself look good. He watches what he eats, counts the calories, frequents the gym, sweat in style. A straight guy really, but embodies the heightened aesthetic sense often associated with certain types of gay men.
I couldn't care less about what the explanation is. I wouldn't wanna go out with a man who puts foundation on his face and paint his nails :shock: ! Give me Aragorn anytime over Legolas babeh!!! MUAHAHAHA!!! :twisted:
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| Hair Colour |
| 03.29.04 (10:49 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] My hair colour is originally dark brown. It has always been this colour, except for maybe a few strands of lighter brown and white hair. Some of the white is so white, it looks silver :P I've always been fine with my hair colour. No complains whatsoever. I'm happy with the colour. Sometimes under the sunlight, my hair tends to reflect different shades of brown, and some people will ask if I coloured my hair *giggles*
Some years back, I did colour my hair though, just for the fun of it. I wasn't into those canggih-fied colours like bright red, blonde or even purple. Too "yeaa" for me ler. The 1st hair colour I chose was a subtle red tone, one I got off the shelves from the pharmacy. I didn't know how to apply the colour, so I actually went to a salon and got the lady to colour my hair using the product I bought. I was quite happy with the results, something not to obvious yet something new. The lady told me that the dye would probably last about 30 washes, which was fine with me cos I was just playing around with the idea anyway. So there I was, sporting a new hair colour. My 1st experience in 1997 I think... hehehehe :D
My 2nd hair colour experience was some time in 2000. I had just completed my part-time multimedia course, and had been attending a couple of interviews here & there. Then my sister asked me if I wanted to go for this Loreal market survey discussion thingy in Damansara Uptown. Can get freebies wor :P Oklah, so we both went for it. It turns out that Loreal was about to launch a new hair colour product into the market, but before that they wanted to just conduct a survey as to why people colour their hair, which brands to they use etc etc. Some of the participants had hair colour so canggih. Bright vivacious red, flaming orange. Couple that with blue or green contacts :shock:. After that, each of us got a free box of hair colour (can choose the colour you want). I chose a reddish tone (I just prefer reddish tones I guess). I didn't use the colour until a couple of months later. Got my sis to help me apply it onto my hair. I remembered cos it was the same night I made plans to go with a bunch of colleagues to Bali (the club, not the island). My bf (then-colleague) kept smelling my hair in the car cos the afterwash had this great after-wash fragrance. Guess it was driving him wild :lol:
Currently I have no plans to colour my hair. Lazy ler... LOL. Anyway, dowan to damage my hair oso. So who else has tried colouring their hair? What colours did you experiment with? Green? Blue? Pink? Tell tell...!
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| Idiot Behind The Wheel Story |
| 03.28.04 (11:05 pm) [edit] |
Young man drives dad's van to some place. While driving, a motorcyclist accidently knocks side mirror (it happens mar, sometime the cyclist try to squeeze themselves and accidently langgar your side mirror). Young man *tulan, chase the cyclist & starts to hon the cyclist. Cyclist *tulan, calls a few other cyclist friends and surrounds young man & the van. Young man freakes out and locks all doors. Cyclists *tulan, starts threatening young man and banging the exterior of the van (causing some dents here and there). Young man got the fright of his life (or maybe for the day), goes home and gets helluva trashing from his dad.
My bf told me the story during lunch. The young man happens to be one of our family friend's pathetic uni grad son. LOL Padan muka.
tulan : very very pissed
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| Idiots Behind The Wheels |
| 03.28.04 (7:53 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] Malaysian drivers are ultimately one of the worse kinds in the world. Of course we also have several good drivers around, but there are many lousy drivers out there terrorising our gentle lives with their superb driving ability & speeding (or lack of it) skills. Yesterday I was on the way back from up north. Traffic was ok, despite many cars. No jams though... that is, until you reach Selangor state. The weather had been gloomy the whole day, with the occasional clouds and sunshine. But as you reach the Selangor borders, the weather began to change drastically. It began to rain slightly, and the sky was turning dark (in a weird sort of dark way). I guess some idiots behind the wheels decided that it's the sky's sign of telling him/her to slow down while cruising on the far right lane. WTF! You're on the FAST lane, and you're slowing down??? Do you know you can cause an accident to happen? Apparently, such incompetant minds cannot process the fact that slowing down on the FAST lane could result in bumper-to-bumper traffic or worse. If you're gonna slow down, at least inch your way to the left lane and spare the rest of the drivers bah! Nooo... stick to the right lane, drive at 40kph, press the breaks once a while, let the red light flash flash a bit. Syok punya pasai. I could slap your freaking face. Such drivers are the cause of traffic jams in the country. For no particular reason, slow down. Oi! Mana you dapat lu punya lesen! Kopi lesen ka? @&$#%*$^#%@%^#&$
Anyway, while on the way back, I did see an accident. One car flew into a ravine. A few cars stopped on the left and I saw some people helping some of the injured out of the crashed car. Saw a guy's hand covered in red...
Berhati-hati di jalanraya.
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| Hiatus |
| 03.24.04 (1:06 am) [edit] |
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I will be away for a few days. Catch you guys next Monday. Adios! :wink:
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| Lucky |
| 03.23.04 (11:42 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] I remember Lucky very well. He was the family pet. I don't know what breed he was, probably a mongrel of some sort. But he was our dog, our lovely pet. I was living with my grandparents since birth... that was like in the late 70s (my parents moved out much later). I remember my mum telling me that Lucky was brought into the family a couple of months before I was born. So technically, he was born a few months ahead of me, which makes us the same age in human years.
Lucky was adorable. He was quite a big dog. Obedient and fuzzy. Whenever my sister & I went out to the garden (we had a huge garden), he would be tagging along. He would give us piggy rides, since we're like midgets at that time. He also has a very keen sense of hearing. You see, in the garden there's this round marble table. Everyday at a certain hour (like around 5 - 6pm), Lucky would go to the table and sit on it. It's like he's waiting for something. Lucky could actually make out my dad's car's engine sound. Lucky knew if the next car to drive by was my dad's car or other cars. And Lucky was never wrong.
Lucky was never allowed into the house. My grandma was very strict about letting him into the house cos Lucky has long fur, and dogs shed fur so... Lucky was always outdoors. There were times he managed to jump into the house... then you see my grandma having a fit! "Chut hui ahhh...!" which means "Shoo! Go out!" Sometimes Lucky wouldn't listen, and my grandma would be whipping to rotan to scare Lucky... which works everytime. Lucky also likes to run out to the main road when my dad opens the gate. My dad would be shouting at him "Lucky, get back here!" but Lucky will happily trot here and there... probably he knows he can get away with it. Sometimes my dad would punish Lucky if he doesn't come back into the compound. The punishment: Lock the main gate. Poor Lucky will be walking up and down the gate with a pitiful look.
Giving Lucky a bath can be quite a headache. One: He's a big dog. Two: He's stubborn. Three: After a bath, he has a tendency to fling dry himself making sure YOU get wet in the process. Four: After drying himself, he goes to the nearest grass-cum-dirt area and gives himself a dirt-rub. Man....
I was 7 when Lucky died. Till today, I'm not exactly sure how he died. Probably due to old age. 7 human years would be equivalent to 49 for dog age right? 7 x 7 = 49. I know most dogs can live until the ripe old age of 14/15. I think before that, Lucky was sick. I remember someone took Lucky to the vet (can't remember who). I remember on the day Lucky died, he was just lying there, motionless. My mum didn't let me go outside, so I sat by the window looking at Lucky's motionless body. I was crying my eyes out. My tuition teacher was comforting me cos I was crying and had no mood to do anything. My dad covered Lucky with sheets of newspaper and got some guys to help carry Lucky's body off to someplace (I don't know what they did with the body).
Subsequently, we got other dogs. But Lucky will always remain in our hearts. In fact, we have a photo of Lucky. It's the one and only photo we have on him. It's in the album somewhere, a memory of our family pet & member.
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| Latukship... Tan Sli-ship... Which one you wan? |
| 03.23.04 (1:44 am) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] Has any of you realised there are so many Datuks, Tan Sri's, YB whatever titles in Malaysia? Like it's so easy to obtain such a prestigious title in front of your name these days. "Let me introduce myself. I am Datuk Fancy-Name" or maybe "This is Tan Sri Lagi-Fancy-Name" On namecards, you can find such titles printed in bold, for your eyes to read it clearly and address the person using THAT title lar. Every year, there's a long list of names to be conferred such titles by the sultans. Seems like an easy way to gain prestige, eh? Even a taxi driver can become a Datuk. How to apply for Datukship you ask? Very easy only, you got money, can get Datukship/Tan Sri-ship liao. *ka-ching ka-ching*
I don't know how much it would cost to "buy" a title... but the figure's probably in the several thousands. That's right... you can BUY the title now you know! Refer to TV Smith's entry here for some humour. Cheee... few hundred thousand only marrr... kacang putih lah. Which explains why ever year, several prominent businessmen would be lining up to be conferred the title. Where else can you find the whole street full of Datuks & Tan Sri's. Only in Malaysia. Malaysia Boleh! They say if you throw a stone out your window, you're bound to hit either a Datuk or Tan Sri. I must try that one fine day...
So what's makes such titles so desirable? Easy lar, status mar. Got Datuk/Tan Sri in front of my name wor, sure people respect punya. Dun pray-pray ok. I am Datuk. I am Tan Sri. I very the powderful... I mean POWERFUL. Evetho my Engris hor, not vely good lar. But I still Latuk/Tan Sli you know. Your Engris so good, you Latuk/Tan Sli meh? You got deglee or MBA, you Latuk/Tan Sli meh? No mar, so I bettoh than you lor.You dun make me angwee ok. Dun make me tulan. If I tulan, I fire you kau-kau. I Latuk/Tan Sli ok!
So do I think that having a Datuk/Tan Sri is anything to be so f***ing proud of? I see such mindless titles as a damn cheap way of making one's self feel "more important" than the rest of the "normal" crowd. I Latuk/Tan Sli ok, you listen to me. I am God, ok? Such peope don't deserve such prestige. Prestige that can be bought is not prestige in any way at all, no matter how you look at it. You didn't do anything to deserve any title. Soon, the whole Malaysian population can afford to buy such titles. Then we can all be Latuks & Tan Sli's. Eh, Latuk *Char-Kuey-Teow! Gimme one plate, no chilli ar. Add more *see-hum oso!
*Char-Kuey-Teow : fried flat noodles
*see-hum : cockles
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| Nothing To Blog About... Blogger's Block! |
| 03.23.04 (12:19 am) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] Help! Got nothing to blog about lah. How...? How...? Damn sien rite? Not my fault... :oops: Really nothing interesting happened wor... What did I do today leh? Wake up, brush teeth, go to work, makan breakfast, read Dr. Liew's forum sikit, reply sikit, check email, go toilet, pangsai, read summore Dr. Liew forum, reply summore, finally start work, stupid people ask me do stupid stuff without giving me proper instructions (again), give them dirty look, do summore work, lunch time, makan-makan, come back, read summore forum, reply again, do more work, surf surf sikit, read the news, continue do work, check forum summore, now waiting for 5pm... 8)
Ehehehehee...
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| Such An Uncanny Feeling |
| 03.21.04 (11:14 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] What's the hottest topic of today? Why no holiday??? Lotsa people been asking that million dollar question. At least the schools got the day off. What about us working people? No sound from PM yet so... just have to wait kuaaa... Probably declare Saturday as an off day. HAH!
Read this: If you come to work late 3 times in a month, you get a warning letter. 4th time late, 2nd warning latter. 5th time late, 3rd warning latter. 6th time & more, deduct leave. If in any case no more leave, deduct salary. If you have to work on Sundays, must inform HR by Saturday 12pm. If not, no compensation. If you inform HR after 12pm, no compensation. If working on Sunday, < 5 hours, entitled 1/2 day annual leave. > 5 hours, entitled 1 day annual leave. If you work until 3am, you come in by 11am the next day. If you work until 5am, you can report in by 2pm. If you work beyond 6am, then you get the day off.
Hmm.... :roll:
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| Hmmm... |
| 03.19.04 (7:36 pm) [edit] |
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[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] I don't know why I'm getting this feeling. I feel a tad disappointment lingering in my chest. I try to tell myself it was all due to a miscommunication, but another part of me is saying this is all not worth it. The amount of work put into it was all futile. I hate this feeling. I feel like stuffing my face with food...
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| FOOD!!! |
| 03.18.04 (10:43 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] I can't think about anything other than seafood!!! I've got dinner tonight at Port Klang, and seafood is drifting in mind...
Crab meehoon....
Deep fried garoupa with sweet & sour sauce....
Fried rice with "lai-liu-har"....
Bamboo la-la
Steamed crabs....
*slurp slurp slurp* *drooling~~~*
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| Marie Claire Magazine & Me |
| 03.17.04 (11:23 pm) [edit] |
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[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] OH MY GAWDDDD!!! My colleague from the other dept downstairs is too damn free!!! He just buzzed me over the intercomm and read a line out to me..."He's a burp king and he does that in long streches... Oooohhh... gross!" I was stunned! "OMG!!!" I said. "You're reading Marie Claire!!!!" He laughed so hard at me while I giggled. Ok ok... so I was featured in Marie Claire once, that was like a year ago. I was helping a friend out for an article in the magazine, so there was a short interview and they took some shots of me and my bf to be used in the mag. No, I didn't get anything like freebies for that. I got the issue for that month free though :lol: HAHA!!! Can't believe there are still people reading those old issues... Oh man, those fella downstairs are gonna like, start telling everyone that someone from this company has appeared in Marie Claire before. Aiyo.... where to hide my face.... :oops:
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| Wedding Dinners: Traditional or Buffet |
| 03.17.04 (7:15 pm) [edit] |
[image]oliviasy_644921841 .gif[/image] My sister who had just recovered from a flu messaged me via MSN messenger yesterday and we had an interesting converstion about wedding dinners. She was asking me when I was planning to get married.
Sis: Eh, when you getting married lar? Marry lah!
Me: Eh, you think so easy meh?
Sis: Easy mah. RM 40, go temple, sign papers. You get one witness, he get one witness.
Me: LOL. Okok... I go ask bf then. When house ready 1st lah.
Sis: You wan to belanja makan ah?
Me: Makan?
Sis: You know... the dinner...
Me: Oh, dunno yet wor. He wl most probably do it in his kampung. But one our side (female), dunno ler.
Sis: J (her bf) & I wl probaly have sumthing like a poolside buffet. So easy, dinner only mar. As long as got good food & beer, can lah. Wedding dinner cum house warming!
Me: Eh... good idea oso hor. 2 events in one. Anyway, most people only come for the food.
Sis: Yalah! No need for me to clean up summore. Dun care about the aunty uncle all lar. Wedding only mar, no need to make a big deal.
Which got me to thinking... Typical chinese couples would hold typical chinese wedding dinners. Either in hotels or chinese restaurants. Rarely do I hear people opting for buffets. Then I realised it's actually the chinese perception that when a person get's hitch, it's like a tradition to hold a typical wedding dinner to commemorate the happy occasion. So it's all in the minds. And if you choose to do it a different way, people will start to question you... Why lar, dun have 8-course dinner, why no sharks fin, how can like dat wan? So I conclude that most chinese couples abide to the typical chinese dinner rule not because they want to... but because tradition says you have to.
I don't know how my wedding reception/dinner would be cos I have yet to think about it :lol: But my sis did gave me a good idea: Poolside buffet. Actually hor, those chinese dinners sometimes can be quite *ma-fan. Why not just simplify things? Anyway, 30% of your guest are actually coming to celebrate your happiness. The rest are just there to eat. As long as the food is good, can pass lah. Complain got no sharks fin??? Eh friend, nowadays where they give you sharks fin? Soup & starch got lah. I invite you to come, you either come and eat or don't come at all. Complain summore, throw you into the pool :lol: Nolah, just kidding there.
*ma-fan: a cantonese term which means fussy/difficult
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