Best Personal Blog

SPIRITUAL GARDEN!

Thanks everyone, my friends, my blogmates and readers who had voted for me. And if you didn't it's okay too. =)

I won! But it feels so unreal....

Honestly speaking, I was expecting the 2nd or 3rd place, sulk all day in the MSN putting an emo nick and whine "Sigh... I never have the luck of being a winner". You get me? I'm not mentally prepared for this lah....

I feel bad for winning this cause I don't deserve it but thank you, and to the rest of the bloggers who got nominated, I truly feel that you guys deserve it more.


Like I said, I never won anything in my life by myself. Perhaps my mum will tell me "Blog了拿第一有屁用啊﹖ 以前考試又不見得你醬厲害。。"

(Translation: What's the point of getting the first place in blogging? If only you're that good back in your school days)

I'd been starring at the monitor for 3 minutes thinking what to blog because:

a) If I keep bragging about me winning, everyone will think that I'm very sombong and starts to hate me...

b) And if I sound too humble, people will think that I'm fake.

I wish I can go to other blogs who got nominated and say "Congrats, you're a better blogger than me and I really thought you'll win." But..... will others think differently? Like.... "Cheh... Now you win already say what also can lah.... Such a hypocrite. LOSER!"

Sigh...

Sekali got people stumble on this blog, read and think... "What? This is the 'Best Personal Blog'? You must be kidding me. Rotten English, full of crap and nothing meaningful... I bet she cheated in the competition."

But I shall not care what others think. I'm still the same old Nonnie you once knew and Spiritual Garden will still be Spiritual Garden.

Lastly, I'll like to say thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you very much for those who had show their supports.

(I wished I can name them out one by one but this will take me hours... And I bet it'll be very boring too)

FYI, I do read every single comment and messages you guys regardless of the length of it. Sometimes it's impossible for me to reply one by one but really, I appreciated it a lot! You have no idea how long I can stay happy when someone told me that they like my blog.

Also to those who made fun of me and suan me for blogging,
HEY! AT LEAST I WON SOMETHING THROUGH BLOGGING (you know, the time wasting activity that you once mocked me with) ! HAH, IN YOUR FACE YOU SOUR GRAPE! YOU'RE NOT BRINGING ME DOWN!

Now.. that feels nice.
=p


p/s: Erm, anyone here knows how big is the junior suite?
Am seriously considering something here.....

Might want to re-edit this post later.


I already know who I want to nominate for the Best Local Scene Blog! And I bet it's going to be a fierce competition. I wouldn't stand a chance of winning if I'm under that category man....

I don't know what I want for my Birthday!

.... and that's totally outrageous!

A friend asked me via MSN what would I like for my birthday this year, I thought for 5 seconds and told him NOTHING! Because the things that I want are too pricey as a birthday gift. Of course, no one gives "FRIEND" a laptop, a DSLR, Osim massage chair or a sponsored trip right?

Laaa......Not even my mum will buy me that lah.
How about the fat guy? I think that have to wait till I become the official Mrs. Lim plus he get to use it.

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As for my bunch of lousy friends, don't get happy too soon.

Last year I got an oven from you guys, I was thinking how about a hand mixer this time since I'm a little bit into baking lately. Plus, you all always get to eat leh. Oven + mixer, matching gift mah.

But, come to think of it.. I can always borrow it from my neighbor. And my mum will complain again ask where to put since the kitchen is only 3m x 3m.

Then I was thinking maybe a nice shoe rack or cabinet. I have no idea since when I'd been slowly pilling up my shoes and it's getting a bit out of hand. I'm not saying like 100 pairs lah, I think I only have about..... 15 pairs only. *I'm not a shoe fetish*

Or maybe car wash vouchers? Hehehehe.

Good idea eh! No?
You guys always complained that my car was dirty and bla bla bla bla, bah.. give me those car wash vouchers lah since you're not helping me to wash it also.

Never mind, I'll force myself go (window) shopping more often, look for the potential gifts to buy for myself and just inform you guys. I'm doing you a great help okay. Don't say I thick-skin.

But first of all, tell me what's your budget. HAHAHHAHAHAA!!!!

Now, that is super 不要臉。

At least I'm less greedy compare to last year what.

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As for my dearest readers and blogmates out there, neh... don't worry, I'm not going to be hard on you.

I just want 100 comments for my birthday post on 05th of November.

I repeat, 100 comments
on
05th November!!!

祝我長命百歲嗎~

That's easy isn't it? I’m not asking too much right?
It's free and just a couple of clicks and tapping away.

I'm providing entertainment for free bor....

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p/s: No matter what you're giving me, I'll appreciate it... really. I'm not a fussy person.

JUST STRICTLY NO TEDDY BEAR or PINK PIGGIES or any sort of CUTE ANIMAL PLUSHIES!

I don't drive a Kancil and I have no intention to open up a zoo at the rear of my car.

But I don't mind the really cool looking one.

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Got tagged by Jewelle, and it's gonna be the easiest tag I'd ever done!

I just need to get a print shot of my desktop and that's it.

You probably already see this in my previous post, I just thought that I might as well use back the same picture. Hehehehe.

And the other one I'd been using is the one I edited for the prom.

Sungkai Buffet

Short Note

Back home at last.
Life without PC and Astro is nothing but torture. I have a Macbook with me but what's the use if I don't have any connection?


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No, I'm not going to post up any photos of food because my beloved Dayang is against it.

We're so ill-fated man. Make plans but always last minute cancel. Oi chabor, raya must invite me to your house okay. Correction, you don't invite me, I go there myself. Kekekkekekee.

We (CIS18) had a mini gathering last Monday in Rizqun. It was my first sungkai buffet for this year and seriously, there's nothing much to enjoy.

Stuck in the bloody traffic for half an hour, spent another 15~20 minutes looking for parking, squeezed myself through the crowd and find my mates.

I arrived there at about 6.15pm and I can see big plates of food on their table already. My friends told me some were already there by 5.45pm and the first thing they did was dashed to the food section.

I thought they're supposed to pray before they eat but no, once they heard the "gong" sound or whatever, they start gobbling down the food like hungry ghost.

I'm not a muslim but I know Puasa is not simply starving for hours. It's suppose to be spiritual isn't it?

And it's painful to see people took a plate of food piled up like a mountain but in the end they just taste a little of each, and of they leave their table and take a second plate.

Hullo? Didn't anyone teach you not to waste food?

Just because you paid $19.90 for the buffet then you got to waste $29.00 of food baru say it's worth the price! Gah, hate those greedy people. Cannot eat so much don't take so much lah, KIASU! I bet the amount of food wasted on a single night will be enough to feed the every single person of any African tribe.

折福 okay!

Think for those who can't even have proper meals, those who eats whatever they found from the floor or rubbish dumps, those who never knew how does chicken or rice taste like.

We eat to live, not live to eat.
Think about that.

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I didn't eat much that day because seeing the crowds and having people pushing behind me had already very much spoiled my appetite. Somemore when I was queuing up to take the ice cream, some idiot cut from my back and terus go front ask his friend to take for him....

Ish! No study one kah these people?
(Pardon my broken English, I need to express my anger)

Somemore I see most of the food are quite "lemak". My friend was complaining that I ate too little and claimed that next time don't invite me to buffet already because very rugi.

I was thinking. If I eat too much of those oily and fattening food, I may suffer from diabetes, high blood pressure or what so ever disease when I grow old and by that time the money spend to cure will be much much more pricey than all this buffet.

Die... later next time no one want to ask me out makan already after reading this...

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Lastly, I'll like to say...

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY

IWAN!!!

Curtin Grand Ball 2007

Short Note:
I almost finished blogging about this entry and CyberGod (if there's such thing) decided to play a joke on me... The whole entry gone missing including the photos!

I nearly died.

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The four letters that best described my (last) Saturday were:
R.U.S.H

I had to pick up my dad from the hospital at 9.30 am (yes, he's happily watching TV at home now enjoying his one week off from work), make sure everything was okay for him and later rushed down Miri for the prom thing as Bobby's hair cut appointment was scheduled at 2pm.

I started jalan at 11a.m, guess what... I arrived Miri at almost 1.30p.m!!!

The queue was freaking long and I was all alone in the car with zero entertainment. When I looked at the left, all I saw was trees and bushes. Then I turned my head to the right, there..happy family with kids jumping on the couch and parents in front looking impatient or loving couples chit-chatting happily. So sad laaaaa..

I was so frustrated through out the journey and the only way to "lepas my geram" was to honk at idiots who cut queue. I hate people who cut queues!!!

No one, I repeat... NO ONE cut Nonnie's queue!

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Oh, I should blogged about the preparations I'd made for the night. Damn ma-fan okay, so I must whined here.

First was the dress hunting. Then I had to look for matching shoes, accessories and a nice clutch to go with it. And all of them cannot be too exaggerating as I still want to wear them out some time.

Told Bobby I wouldn't spend on a freaking dress that cost RM200 to wear once only. And seriously, what is so fun about shopping? It's so tiring and frustrating for an impatient person such as yours truly.

Testing

There, my purple tube dress. I like the color. Black is too common and I'm not adventurous to try out red, pink, yellow, blue, orange, green and brown is ugly.

My Pretty Nails - B$14.00

Too bad it wasn't long enough as I cut them short to play guitar. I stopped 3 weeks of practicing just to grow these nails but still not long enough la...


Dress: RM62
Shoes: RM95
Necklace: RM35
Earrings: Forgot how many Baht already... But should be less than B$5.00.
Clutch: B$25
Facial wash: B$25.00

Car alarm system: B$215.00!!!!!!!!!!!

o_O

Unexpected leh, the thing that cost me the most is my car alarm. I need to leave my car over in Miri so to be safe, I have to had it installed.

But my dress was a good buy. She actually thought it was RM200. It was just simple and gorgeous. (And I can always wear them to who-so-ever's wedding~ No need to waste)

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Bobby and I then went to the saloon at 2.00pm. He had a hair cut and I had a normal hair wash and some curls. I have curling thongs at home but I can't reach the back of my head and I wasn't patient enough to finish the whole head.

I tried straight hair with that dress but it makes me look like 15 years old and I hate it. Straight hair and purple tube dress just don't work together.

I bought faux lashes to create illusions of me having big kawaii dolly eyes but I chucked them away after 3 minutes of trying.

It's so hard to stick them on my eye lids. I have no talent in dolling up myself seriously...

We got back home (as in Bobby's Miri house) at around 5.00 pm and we're left with an hour to get dressed. One hour for guys are more than enough as they just need to shave, wear the shirt, pant and ties and maybe gel their hair. But not for the ladies okay.

And after one hour of showering, dressing up and struggling with my less than amateur make-up skills, we're ready to go.

That's already the best I can come up with.. Don't be fussy

So we drove to Gordon's place, left my car there and he gave us a ride to the hotel.

All ready to charm

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The theme for that night was

HOLLYWOOD a night for the stars

I liked the idea. It was pretty cool...
Well, compared to my ITB MRS night this is way much better actually. At least there's more things to see (girls with thick make up and performance on the stage) and slightly better food.

Us at the hotel lobby

1. "Tahan... Must act chio and yentau ah bi" 2. "But what is taking Luuee so long to take this picture?" 3. "Aaalaaaa.... He doesn't know how to use my camera la.."

Above captions just for fun.



Since it's a "Hollywood" theme, of course we have Red Carpet. Somemore broadcast live for those to see in the ballroom. Can see the organizers really put a lot of effort in it to come up with these ideas.

Our Red Carpet Moment

Hollywood enough?

Bobby's friends were all shocked when seeing him and teased him.

"Aiyaaaa... Bobby it's you! I can't recognized you from the back la. You look so handsome today leh!"

So you can imagined how ugly and shabby this guy was during normal school days with his tee and jeans, somemore don't shave for few days with mustaches long like ambuk.

Gordon said somehow Bobby reminded him of Brad Pitt....

*terkarang... if he Brad Pitt, wa mah Angelina Jolie liao?*

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Even the theme was based on Hollywood, but still I felt that I actually walked into a typical Chinese Wedding Dinner.

Why?

Because I saw so many

Okay lah, they're not actually brides and grooms. But the outfits they'd chosen certainly felt like it.

And I saw...

Cinderella, Beauty, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Snow White that night too.

Hmmm... I thought it's a Hollywood night? Or it's actually "Fairy Tale Princess" night?

... I know, I'm very mean.

It's just so nice to look at those girls. They had to walk so careful not to trip and imagine how to go shhh-shhh with that troublesome long dress.

I'm pretty sure if I was wearing those, I had already tripped myself for the 65465 times!

And, one thing I noticed... They didn't wear matching shoes. It's nice on top, but once they pulled their skirts up... ALAMAK.. a black strap slipper.

A friend told me that they actually got a package for it.

RM180 for renting the (wedding) gown, hairdo and makeup included.

Hmm.. maybe that's why their make-up all looked the same with that glittery eye shadows and super stuffs and shiny hair.

Other than people dressing up as if it was their "big day", there're also some beng-bengs cheering and shouting "YAAAAAMMMMMM SEEEEENG!!!" so loudly.

Tell, what is "yam seng" doing on a prom night?
Can't they use the word "Cheers" instead?

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[Random Pics]

Our Table Candle light and roses
Perfect for a romantic dinner

(Minus bengs and lians walking around shouting to take photos)

Broadway Outdoor Studio

There's an outdoor mini studio charging RM10 for a 4R photo. Bobby and I had a hard time posing in front of everyone and all that on my mind was, "How the hell to hide my flabby arms?"

If this simple photo shot already feels so difficult for us, wht's more to say when it comes to our bridal shot? Cannot, must pull Bobby and camwhore more. Maybe being vain is not that bad after all.

With Mr. Luuee

Bobby was jealous for his height. Claimed that we'll look more matching if he's as tall as Luuee. But I thought that will making kissing difficult and I'm pretty sure Bobby will treat me as his walking arm rest if he's at that height.

Song-Juan, Winnie, The Pimp and the Queen

I like Winnie. She reminds me so much of myself when talking, of course..I'm slightly more talkative than her I guess? A friend of hers walked forward and show her some plastic pebbles or whatever that's lying on the floor and said she's collecting them. Winnie asked coldly, "For your aquarium is it? Or fried veggies?". Exactly what I'll answer if my friend did the same.

Other group photos

Despite of the cool theme, the food totally sucks. The queue was so long and there was no refills. And when they refilled the food, it was only the rice and veggies. The creamy fish and chicken never got refilled I heard. Bobby had to stuffed himself with rice and bread to feel full.

Very smart of them heh?
Refill only the cheaper stuffs. The waiter somemore had the cheek to say, "We actually got prepare enough food one, just don't expect it to finish so fast nya..."

Yeah right. The my students also can come and tell me, "I really got study one teacher, I just don't expect the questions to be so hard nya.."

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Our dance of the night

They even had to clear up the space to open up the dance floor. Some people was still eating when they cleared it.

Oh yeah, there was this girl who was sitting near to me that I want to talk about. She was quite pretty and dressed up stunningly. The thing is, she was using the toothpick to "liao" her teeth WITHOUT HER HAND COVERING after eating. It was such a turn off and I'm quite surprised that she got nominated for the prom queen.

When the MC announced the list of nominatees for the prom king anf queen, I turned to Bobby and say, "No need to see, we won't stand a chance winning."

And Bobby replied, "You don't need to be pretty or handsome to get nominated. You just need to have a lot of friends and be popular in school."

Quite true heh?

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Eyes on me baby

I used the below photo as my display picture in my MSN and everyone says it looks really cool. Thanis said it looks like a cover shot. Except for Alex calling me vain.

Have to okay. We didn't even dress up that nice for CNY, valentines day, xmas, and even birthday. Got to be kiasu a bit and take advantage of it.

Took it in Bobby's room after prom

Alex even asked me where I took it. =D My photoshop skills is getting better huh? He said it looks like a perfume ad in those fashion magazine.

So Sexy

Randomness/ Vote Vote Vote!

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URGH! I'M SO MAD NOW! I UPLOADED 23 PHOTOS AND INTENDED TO BLOG ABOUT THE PROM NIGHT BUT IT GOT MAKAN-ED!!!!!!!!!

NOW I'M IN BSB, MY PHOTOS ARE IN SERIA!

HOW TO BLOG LIKE THAT?



First thing first,

A HUGE Thank You to my dear Christina for sending me my very first cutesy advance birthday present!

Felt so touched because sometimes I felt like I don't deserve it.

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My old man is back at home enjoying his TV. A lot asked me did I hug him.. Erm, let's just say there are things that need times. I'm still that typical conservative Asian woman when it comes to expressing love towards parent.

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Curtin Grand Ball 2007 was a bit boring and badly organized. I had already uploaded the photos and will blog later in the afternoon perhaps.

I have so many to say for that night.

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Had you stop voting for me?

Don't stop? Asked anyone who knows how to surf and click on the mouse to vote too.

Here, I give you some (not so) good reasons why you have to vote for me:

1. I'm funny and honest. People laughed and cried reading my blog even if I'm blogging with my very limited vocabs and make lots of spelling and grammar mistakes. I'm still learning and I accept critics.

2. I put effort on blogging. I take pictures regardless of being call lame and jobless and spend hours to edit them.

3. I never copy paste lyrics! No offense to those who did that but I thought copy paste lyrics is like cheating.

4. I update my blog often. Never in my blog that my blog had left untouched for one week. I love my blog.

5. I make fun of myself to please you.

6. I'm not your average blogger who camwhore a lot, take vain pictures and post it just to get compliments. You got to appreciate that.

7. If I win the competition, I can stay in the junior suite and have scrumptious breakfast at Orchid Garden.. Take lots of photos and let you read during your free time.

8. My blog is ads-free. (Though I secretly wish I can earn some cash out of it)

9. I'll cry if I don't win the contest, asking God why can't I be a winner at least for once. Then maybe turn to the dark side and become evil. When you click on Spiritual Garden all you see in black background with a lot of goth stuffs and voodoo dolls. You don't want me to be like that kan?

10. If you love me, vote for me. If you hate me, lagi tah you have to vote for me because you'll start liking me after reading more of me. *thick-skin*

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VOTE FOR ME NOW!!!

The Queit House

This is going to be a very personal entry, and a long one too.

I bet most of you who had been following my blog for quite some time noticed that I seldom mentioned about my father. All I can say is that, I don't actually have a "Happy Family" with lots of family photo hanging on the wall and "Family Day" never existed in my dictionary.

Sometimes I even feel that my life will be so much easier without his presence. I don't hate him but I wouldn't use the word "Love" on him too.
Pathetic isn't it?

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It is today's afternoon when my auntie (next door neighbour) received a phone call from her friend saying that there's a car accident happened and a man got hit wearing blue checked shirt was lying on the floor and she thought he looks like my father.

While I was marking papers in my room, I actually heard my aunt yelled and asked her husband what my father was wearing justnow when he left the house so I got this bad feeling about it. I immediately get off my chair and walked out from my room, there stood my aunt who was just walking toward my house telling me that there's a chance that my father might be involved in a car accident.

I changed quickly and dashed out the house with my aunt's company. I looked quiet and calm from the outside but deep down I can feel that my hands were shaking. Praying non-stop to God hoping it is not my father or maybe he did had an accident but only suffer minor injuries.

It was only when I turned in a road and wanted to stop the car at my father's working place, then my aunt told me that they had changed the location, the place that I thought my father's working at had already been closed down for years and they'd changed their office to another area...

I felt so guilty and ashamed of myself. It shows that I had taken note of my father very lightly. I had never asked him anything about his work or how he feels. I make a very lousy daughter. I was so afraid that it's too late.

We went to the Seria clinic and the staffs heard nothing about an accident. Hoping that there might be some misunderstandings in this matter, I insisted that we should go and check out the working place just to confirm.

While on the way there, my phone rang and its from a friend that I seldom kept in touch with. I pulled over and picked up the phone.

"Hello, King ah... My father is looking for you. Can you call him back? It's regarding your father..."

My tears were rolling while I dialed the number. Uncle (my friend's dad + my ex-boss from my first job in a workshop) told me that my father was sent to the KB hospital already. I couldn't talk anymore. I forced myself to squeeze out the word "Thank you"and hung up. Told my auntie who's sitting beside me where my father was.

I couldn't cry. I had to stay calm so that I can continue driving down to KB. My aunt comfort me by saying that my father would be in good hands, the professionals would take care of him. All I had in my mind was hoping my father is alright.

The 18km long highway that I traveled everyday seems so long that its taking me forever to reach. Childhood memories of my father piggy-back me in the park flashed back. I remembered I used to sit on his lap while watching tv and asked silly questions, we would fight for the tv because I wanted to watch TV1 cartoons and he preferred TV2.

Years after years I grew up and began to know what is right and wrong. Staying in a corner at the door and witnessed the horrible fight between my parents became a common scene in the house. Those images haunt me even up to this days. I learned that my father is a man with no responsibility and his bad temper had caused a lot of heart-break to our family.

Nevertheless, he's still my old man.

But I had to say that he changed over the years. Maybe because he's getting older and has less strength, or perhaps it's my beloved Buddha's work after going to the temple more often. Or because my mum had grown more patience while talking to a stubborn mule and walked away every time she sensed a fight. I don't know. I just hide in my own room and prefer to spend my time in front of the computer or TV.

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I called up my mum's friend hoping that she'll be able to locate my mum and passed her the news. I definitely need to force my mum taking a mobile phone with her because it's so hard to find her if she's out there working. She just need to learn how to pick up the phone, that's it.

While arriving the hospital, we saw my father lying on the stretcher and was carried down by the staffs. We got stopped in front of the emergency room. My father was unconscious and had blood all over his shirt. I stood beside the counter and saw them transferring my father from the stretcher to the bed... I just couldn't hold it anymore.

Tears just rolled down my cheek and I can no longer feel my hands. My mind was totally blank until the nurse came out and asked for my father's detail. I asked how was my father and she told me that they're still checking on him, had to wait for the doctor.

Minutes after minutes we stood there. Every time any medical staffs walked out my aunt and I would dashed upon and asked... Until one of them told us that he's already conscious and it'll be fine, then we felt relieved and sat on the chairs.

My mum arrived with her friends after a couple of minutes. Like mother like daughter, she looked calm from the outside but I could see watery eyes on her face. I told her that the nurse said he's fine and we don't have to worry much.

Just minutes later after everyone sat down (there's 4 aunties plus my mum and one lady, me... I bet the nurse must be thinking.. "Which one is the wife?" or "Chinese also can have 4 wives kah?"), one of the nurse came forward and asked who's the wife of the patient. I pointed to my mum and asked why. She handed out her mobile phone and said, "Helen cari."

Feeling puzzled, my mum took the phone and talked to this "Helen".

"Ha? Which Helen? I have a lot of friends by the name of Helen wor..."

(Now you know where my straight-forward genes come from)

It was my mum's friend who worked in a law firm. The news spread so fast. She asked if my father is ok already and terus skip to the point.... COMPENSATION!

~#%!#$&@#&%&!#@ ???

What the fish?

What an absurd thing to say!

My mum just layan-ed and said "yes..yes... yes....." through out the whole conversation. There my mum, typical Asian female who's always too afraid to deal with things and prefer to stay quiet when things happen. If it was me on the phone, I would have [insert international hokkien word for intercourse] her on the phone and asked if she's out of her mind. There's my father in the emergency ward and all she care is MONEY?

No wonder she's 40+ and unmarried.

(Okay.. I'm being mean here. But won't you get pissed too if the same thing happen to you?)

She grabbed my contact number and called my mobile phone instead reminding my mother has to go to her office later. Just 5 minutes later after hanging up, she called again... She said can't claim from the other party's car insurance because that car doesn't have a road tax.

. . . . . . From the policeman, I came to know that the driver was a Malay guy same age as me and driving a car without road tax. According to his statement, my father was too near to him when turning into the simpang and he couldn't brake in time to avoid him and thus hit him from the side and my father lost balance and fell down from his bicycle, and hit hard on to the concrete road and injured.


He has 4cm stitches at the back of his head and some bruising all over his arms and face. After several check-ups ,the doctor told us that we don't need to worry. He'll be fine.

=)

He then got transferred to a normal ward and we finally get to see him. His right eye was swollen and I can see from bruising around his fingers. His head was wrapped with bandages and my mum's friend was joking that he "Naik Haji" already. After checking that he really is fine, my mum came up with a very... don't know what to say question.

"Where's your new glasses? Did you lost it?
Sayang also since you just bought it last Sunday..."

o_O

Please do not misunderstand that my mum is heartless or cruel or whatever, it's just that my father is the very careless and clumsy type.... (Now I know where my clumsiness comes from!) and he bought it with his own hard earned cash so it'll be such a pity if he lost it.

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Random stuffs-

Yesterday was the day that I received most phone calls.

Yesterday was the second time in this month I went into the Balai Polis.

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Yesterday was the day I learned that Seria people are very kaypo but not helpful at all...

My aunt's friend told her that there were people who witnessed the whole thing and saw my father lying on the road yet no one bothers to help! Everyone was just basically driving at a speed of 10km/hr just to see what happen and who was it.

NO ONE CAME DOWN AND OFFER HELP!

I have no idea who's the kind soul who sent my father to the hospital but thank you very much.

CORRECTION!

I just got explanation from my mum telling that the young driver who hit my dad came over my place and apologized. He didn't left the scene like I thought. In fact, he came down and blocked the cars coming from behind to make sure my father wouldn't get run over.

And there was lots of people who came down and offered help.. Just that they didn't dare to move my father since he already passed out and had blood all over.

Fellow people of Seria, you didn't disappoint me after all!
I know I can count on you!

=)

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And one more thing... Can the ambulance go any faster?

When I received the call from uncle, he told me my father is already on his way to the KB hospital. But how come when I arrived the hospital (I was only driving 80~100km/hr), the ambulance just arrived too...

Maybe they thought my father's case is not serious kua?

怎么救人可以就的那么慢， 但说到赔偿损失的部分又会有人变得那么积极？
难道金钱真的有比人命来的重要？

可悲呀。。。

Not forget to mention the kind police from Seria who still remembered me and called me up when this happen, he was telling my mum that we should go pray pray and "Buang Soi". LOL!

Somemore he just had to say..

"Last few weeks the daughter, now the father..."

Sigh..so malu can die on the spot!

Don't ask, I will not tell you what happen. Those who needs to know, know it already then can liao~

Kaypoh less and make our world
a better place to stay!

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My old man is discharging tomorrow, I mean this Saturday.

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Some little things I found out after this incident:

1. SweeLeong's dad know my dad because they work together *jaw drop*

I was shocked when SL told me that his dad is going to visit mine, and he said it's no surprise since their colleagues. Man.. Seria damn small lah. I jokingly told SL then next time if he comes pick me up then I can say he's so-and-so son.

SL said it is MY father who told his father that he always come to pick me out.

LOL! I can imagine that...

"Eh, your son always come find my daughter leh.. "

2. There's no point my mum brings food and drink over. My dad's bedside drawer is stuffed with oranges, apples, Milo, Nestum and tins of biscuits. Terror I tell you.

Rose Sandwich/ Mid-Autumn Festival 2007

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Okie, back to (normal) blogging.

I bet some of you can't wait to know how I make those beautiful Rose sandwiches.
Pretty and delicious, yet very easy to do.
Can always make it to impress people yo!

*Heard loud applauses and "Thank You" everywhere*
YES! YES! You're Welcome~

[Syok Sendiri-ing]

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NOTE: I LEARNED IT FROM THE TAIWAN TV SHOW "GOOD IDEA" 生活智慧王(I know I know, only aunties watch that.. But I love the show! It's so bloody cool!) , I'M NOT THE INVENTOR OF THIS DISH SO DON'T PRAISE ME.

(Shows on Channel 33 every Saturday 8.00pm, repeat on Sunday 9.30am and 3.30pm)

.... But you can thank me for sharing lah. Hahahahaaa. Or vote for me!

Stuffs you need to prepare

- Bread slices (doh....)

- Chicken toast, Beef Salami, Cheese, tomato dices, cucumbers, cheese... Basically what so ever you feel like putting in.

And other stuffs like rolling pin (not necessary actually), oven, cups and.. knife? (Double-Doh...)

As you can see, I'm slicing it on a piece of aluminium foil. That's because the cutting board was occupied by my mum and I was desperate to try making it liao.

Of course, you have to cut all four sides.




Now you know how limited my mum's kitchen is. She doesn't bake so no rolling pin...and even mixer and weight scale. Whenever I feel like baking I have to borrow it from my neighbour.

So I used my glass instead, serves the same function anyway. The bread slice need to be thin and flat, that's it.

(Follow the red line)

Be careful not to slit it fully and make it into half or quarter.
The center of the bread is going to be the base to hold the salamis, that's why it's important that you leave more than enough space for it.



Okay, this is the part I find it hard to explain liao...

Ermm...erm... After cutting the slits, you get 4 parts right?
So all you need to do is put one behind another, forming a flower-like cup...

You get what I mean right?

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(Here, if most of you get lost in this step.. I'll film a short clip to show you guys. Just drop me a message in the comment box)




I can't find any small steel cups thus I used aluminium foils, put it in a small bowl and get the shape printed.

(Some more no need to wash lagi.... I'm damn smart!)

Toast it for 15 minutes using 150 degrees.

Note: We just want the bread slices to get a bit harden and crispy forming a a flower bud.


While waiting for it, it's time to prepare the ingredients for the sandwich.



Make sure the egg is not too thick else it'll be difficult to roll later.

Actually the rose sandwich will look much much more nicer with smoked salmon. But I can't them in KB/Seria! For those who ever eat sashimis will know how pretty the chefs always served them in the wooden plank.

We can do the same too, just arrange two to three slices in order and roll them up.


Anyway, after toasting - put a spoonful of mayonaise on to the base of it.
(The part I say don't cut fully one leh?)



The mayonaise is used to give the sandwich a better taste and support so that it looks more like petals in it.



Then now you can roll the salamis and put them into the "flower bud".


*cough* I made a mistake while editing.. The below picture is suppose to be Step 9 but maybe I was too hungry so I typed 10 instead... Sorry ah.....

[Paiseh]



As you can see, I put in some diced cucumber in it to add some colours to it.
And... it kinda makes the sandwich looks more healthy isn't it?
No?


The above one is egg with beef salami topped with tomato dices.

And the picture below is chicken toast with egg.

The other combinations I tried was cheese with tomatoes, cheese and eggs, cheese and chicken toast, cheese and beef salami... That's why I said basically you can try anything you like as long as it's thin enough to roll.

So pretty right?

Perfect for a gathering to impress your friends, boyfriends, future parents-in-law and your pet cat.

And I just had to post a picture of me with it (and spoil the whole beautiful post with my big nose) because it's my first time trying!




Serious, they're not just posing or acting in the above photo. They really think its cool and delicious! Even though they're my best friends and... I did threaten them with my fist if they say it doesn't taste good.

But you can see how sincere they are with the wide smile telling you it's really good right?

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And us, a bunch young adults (average 25.6 years old) played lanterns and walked around Kelly's neighbourhood with lots of cars passing by and looking at us.



Malu?

Why should we? It's Mid-Autumn festival man.. We only get to celebrate it once a year.
Chinese culture okay~ Must follow.

What's so malu for a 25 years old bride-to-be carrying a Ultra-man lantern and a 25 years old engineer holding a Sakura lantern? No big deal what.

*kekekekkekkeee*


Note to self: Next year buy battery-operated lantern with music one. So no need to keep lighting new candles and lousy friends won't see-low me sure burn the paper lantern.

I didn't burnt my lantern okay. Professional kali ah~

Sukchin's Farewell BBQ

I have so many things to blog lately. My blogginspirations is BACK!!!
Yeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa =D
The problem is... I have no idea how long it's going to stay...

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Our dearest SukChin is leaving for her master in UK (not Ulu Kapit okay) this coming Tuesday and so we decided to throw a mini BBQ gathering over at Mable's place, more like an excuse for us just to see each other in a less awkward way than asking out to yum-cha and no one turn up in the end.

It was fun, seeing ex-classmates (whom some times I thought die already) , BBQ-ing, eating and blabbing nonsense. Then there was Mable's dogs and puppies who kept follow behind us hoping we'll feed them some food. Random kids shouting in excitement while playing on the see-saw and some uncles and aunties checking out their kids which I personally think their real motives is to have a clearer look of us and brain-storm who our parents are.

You know lah, elder people (age 40 and above) loves to do this relation-mapping thing trying to see how everyone in connected in the teeny-weeny Seria and they love telling you your family histories straight from your kong-kong and poh-poh (grandpa and grandma). And you'll be shocked that someone actually knows your family background better than you, which can be quite embarrassing at times.

Forgot to mention, we (the youngsters) weren't alone. Mable's folks invited their family friends over and had their little gathering inside the house eating some nice catered food while us sweat like pig, feed mosquitoes and enjoy the total freedom outside the house. I'm not complaining, just describing.



He warned me not to upload any of his pictures in Facebook or Blogspot or anything like that. And if I really want, I have to cover his face up like one of the anime character in "Ghost in Shell". Problem is, I never watch that so I have no idea what kind of mask is it. So I hantam put a funny smiley on his face. Better than pixel or putting a black stripe over his eyes right?

Those in the aluminium foils was prawns, marinated only with red wine. We had very limited resources that night because everyone was lazy to walk in and out the kitchen passing by a bunch of uncles and aunties.

L-R: Stanley, Alex (Yuck... Why I called him that? SL lah....), Kennis (LOL! Feels weird.. Pig-Theen sounds better),
Ah King and Justin.... (Soon Lung)

Seems like everyone loves to feed me huh? I know laaaaa..... I'll be a threat if I lose weight kan? Hahahahaa. Syok-Sendiri.

SL and the pups

I'm just kidding about the caption. Actually he's the only one who bothered to feed the doggies using 2 satay sticks as chopsticks and dig out the bones. That's why the dogs kept following him. Somemore.. he talked a lot to them... o_O

On the Menu

We had chicken wings, lamb chops, beef steaks, sotongs, prawns, sausages, all sort of "balls", seafood tofu and marshmallows! And Mable's dad asked each one of us to eat inside first before we get to eat the BBQ food, curry, fried meehoon, eggs, veggies, lots of chicken cooked in different styles...

So yeah.. I think I gained back the 2kg I lost and added more.

Question:

I'm not sure if it's lemon grass but Chinese called it "Xiang-Mau". Normally people used it as a brush to put oil and honey on top of the meat.

I keh-kiang (pretend to be pandai) took it and dipped it into the oil on the leafy part and got scolded for my stupidity. They said it is the root that is going to transform into a brush because that is the part with all the aroma, and not the leaves.....How would I know? Normally when I kaypo around the grill it was already there. I never took part at the making of it what.

To turn it into a brush, cut the end away and flatten it and wa-la, organic brush!

Love the idea. Environmental friendly and no need to wash it after using, just throw to the bin. Or if you want, just hang in on the door and it can chase evil spirits away. Two-in-One, aromatic and give protection, good leh?

... Okay, I made the last one up.

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FYI, the signature traditional food to be eaten during Mid-Autumn Festival is not only that fattening and tooth decaying moon cakes! We got more than that, the healthier ones... albeit less delicious.

Peanuts, yams, pomelos, and niu-kok (牛角)... the one that looks like the ox-horn.

By the way... a little rant here -

PLEASE! WE'RE NOT CELEBRATING THE FORMATION OF MOONCAKE, WE'RE CELEBRATING MID-AUTUMN! SO DON'T CALL IT MOONCAKE FESTIVAL...IT'S MID-AUTUMN, I REPEAT MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL!

And my dear fellow Chinese, it's Zhong-Chiu-Jie, not Yue-Bin-Jie okay. Kana teased one if say salah.. Malu to be a Cina.

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And Mable just had to provoke me by taking out her eraser collections to show off to SukChin and I. Must.... win ..... hers! =p


Oh shoot.. I just realized I spelled her name wrongly in the above photo.
She's so going to kill me..


Damn jealous lar... She has so many that I don't have. She's lucky to find them and I was surprised because I went to the same shop but never found any of those!

*sigh*

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And this Stanley.... stick these stickers on his car's windscreen...

Cheh, here got Burger King meh? So li-hai drive to KK lor... Wait, even KK also don't have a drive-thru... I think? Kiasu.

And the woman who's sharing her right eye with a lizard stickers look so freaky, in a cool way.

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After stuffing ourselves to death with food and cleared the place up, we proceed to indoor activities,

Too bad for those who left early because they missed Soon-Lung's amazing voice. There wasn't much guys I know personally who are not tone deaf with good pitching, Soon Lung makes an exception. Must have practice a lot at home liao one this guy...

And SukChin was teasing him that his favorite "Yam" song is "Opps.. I did it again!"

Hahahhahhahahhhaa!!!!

Kudos to the see-saw, it can takes 8 fully grown adults weight after eating several rounds of food! Don't play play.

And.. I wonder what's wrong with my camera.. the pictures are getting blur-er.
Time to get a new one? Or maybe because I dropped it off from James car's roof top while trying to set it on auto-timer.

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By the way, say hi to my new so-very-panjang monitor.

19" Widescreen.

I'm still trying to get used to seeing everything stretched and everyone looks fatter.

And Bobby claimed that he felt like panggang (BBQ) my pink piggie...
(The arm rest I made myself...)

Eh! Pet Abuse ah!