depressed...

well, the innitial 'high' from my trip has worn off... now back to the grindstone. feeling kinda depressed now. dunno y... maybe it's the fatigue i've been experiencing since i got back from HK, coz have not been getting enuf sleep. or maybe it's the discontentment from my job. or maybe it's a seasonal thing.

*sigh...

no more strangers

i finally get to meet up with my web pal, who is back in m'sia now... i mentioned abt him in my previous blog "t'was the blog b4 HK". so yesterday, we finally met up in midvalley... n he bought me dinner... feel a bit pai-seh lar...

neeways, like online, he's easy to talk to. we can talk abt anything under the sun! n a real nice guy too... too bad we didn't take any photo together, else i can post it here...

the HK Experience...

i've decided not to post any pics here after all, coz i've posted it all in my multiply, complete with my commentaries... i think i've sent out invitations to all my regulars here to view it in my multiply...

anyway, going to hk is really a new experience for me... really great! n sometimes funny!

one unforgettable experience was when we went into their kopi tiam or 'cha chan teng' as they call it... we were sitting down n looking at the menus when the waitress brought a few glasses of chinese tea. i didn't think much abt it, just bz with the menu, which by the way, is all in chinese... so i think if i'm alone in hk, i'll starve to death! anyway, while we were discussing wat to eat, mom took a glass of tea n was about to drink it when i happen to glance at the table next to us... i saw that they all have their chopsticks sticking out from the tea glasses and suddenly i remembered wat M told me: "never ever drink that glass of tea they put on ur table when u sit down, coz it's for u to wash ur eating utensils!" OMG!!! i quickly grab my mom's tea away from her, when she's just about to sip it! hahahaha... everyone burst out laughing when i told them the use of that tea...

but then again... my hk cousin told us we can drink it if we want to... just don't use it to wash ur utensils and then drink it lar...

anyway, it was great meeting up with my hk uncle, aunty n cousins... they were really hospitable that it made us really pai-seh... they kept bringing us out to expensive restaurants, and food in hk can be REALLY expensive!

and my cousins! they were so nice! they even planned our schedule for us... where to go, where to stay and wat to eat... cousin fei even bought me a bottle of perfume as a parting gift. so pai-seh, didn't get them anything.

both my cousins are really thoughtful lar... when cousin fei brought us to ocean park, he even thought of buying bottles of water from the 7-11 near our hotel, coz he's afraid we'd get thirsty and the water in ocean park is really expensive. he lugged that bag of water bottles (at least 5 bottles i think) all the way to ocean park! and my cousin hsiang, he went to buy me a bottle of cough drops when he saw that i was coughing badly... aww... it'll melt any gal's heart! why aren't there more guys like that ar, instead of all those losers running rampant in kl? *sigh... dunno y, all the guys in my family are so super good... after looking at them, i'll feel discontent if i settle for lesser... anyway, both my hk cousins are available now. hehehehe... any takers?

anyway, hk is a nice place to go for holidays n shopping lar... but i'd think twice (or 3-4 times!) b4 going there to stay... the standard of living there is really high! one bowl of 'dong-sui' (dessert) costs hkd16, which is approx rm8! u can get it for rm2 in m'sia... wat the heck! but their portion is really big. a plate of hkd26 fried fice can last me for 3 meals! it seems like hk ppl eat a lot. but they dun get fat, coz they walk a lot!

and life there is really fast-paced... everyone is like rushing to something... *sigh... kenot tahan lar, if life like that. but their fashion really nice. i almost wished m'sia has 4 seasons, so that i'll get to wear all those nice scarfs n boots! but during the time i was in hk, the weather was very dry... i have cracked lips even tho' i applied loads of lip balm... and now the skin on my hands, legs and face is peeling, even tho' i applied loads of lotion n moisturizers...

didn't really do any shopping in china or hk, coz in china, we were mostly brought to visit those crystal and gem shops... where they intro to u their gems and then ask u to buy... urgh! as for hk, they're all selling winter clothes now, so not really suitable for our m'sian weather...

one more thing abt hk is, their houses r really very small n compact. land there is like gold! and i think hk lists at the top among cities with the highest density of ppl in the world. really 'ppl mountain ppl sea'!

as for china... nothing much to say lar, except that their drivers are really crazy! the traffic lights can go green in both directions, and u'll have to compete with the vehicle from the other direction to see who gets to pass first... dunno what kind of system...

anyway, seeing all the xmas lights in hk made me realize that the year is almost over n helped me reflect on this past year... i think the highlight for this 2004 is my involvement with his-swineness. really a year of roller coaster emotions. to think that at this time last year, i was feeling so happy and up in the clouds. who would have thought it's all a big nasty joke? *sigh... one whole year wasted on him. so stupid n so blind... dunno what i see in him also. well, as the song goes, "shame on u if u fool me once, shame on me if u fool me twice". so i'll seal off my heart to all the selfish losers out there and start looking at super good ppl from now on (if there are any to look at, that is).

back to reality...

phew! i'm finally back, after one full week of holidaying n shopping n playing n sight seeing n eating... kekeke... dem tired man! touched down at abt 6pm today (or yesterday, since it's past midnight now), reached home at 8.30pm... just finished unpacking, changing bedsheet, mop floor, washing all 8 days' worth of clothes (still some left in my laundry basket, will wash it on my next laundry day), hanging the clothes, take bath n gongyo... now just clearing my e-mail, coz my housemate told me it's full to exploding point.

neeways... will blog abt my hk n china experience some other time, now too tired. furthermore, i've not downloaded all my pics yet... will include some of the shots i took in this blog. hmm... too bad my bro is not using a digital camera, coz i think he took some pretty good ones too, especially the night scenes. he's really into photography, so his pics will have a higher quality compared to my point n shoot ones... maybe i'll scan some of his that i wanna share here... but that'll take some time coz i'm not sure when i'll be going back to m'ca. too tired to think now. luckily i took an extra day leave tomorrow... so i'll be able to catch up on my sleep! have not had enuf sleep during this whole tour, coz our time was too packed!

my impression of hk briefly is, a lot of ppl, expensive food, saltish food, ppl walking everywhere, big portion of food, everyone speaking cantonese even foreigners (i swear i saw an african speaking cantonese on the phone!), up-to-date fashion...

as for china (shenzhen, zhuhai n chongsan), not really clean, crazy drivers, fake renminbi, ppl talking loudly, loads of ppl...

ok lar... gotta sleep now... can't keep my eyes open di...

t'was the blog b4 HK...

well, this will be my last blog b4 my much-anticipated trip. hehehe... can’t wait! but i have not even started to pack yet! b4 that, i’ll still have to finish up some work (which i’ve not even started), attend the 2040 performance tomorrow (which PK has so sincerely and bersusah-payah procured the tix for me from other region, coz i missed my own region’s), mop the common area of my apartment (meaning the living n dining area, dry n wet kitchen, balcony n the tiny space between the gate n the wooden door where we put our slippers - it's my turn for duty this week), as well as iron some clothes. now i'm waiting for the washing machine to finish washing my clothes. looks like i'm gonna be pretty bz b4 flying off!

as for my hk trip, initially i was planning to meet up with my web pal, a malaysian working in hk now. we’ve been chatting for years, and i consider him my good online buddy, but somehow or other, we’ve not had the chance to meet. so we thought maybe my trip to hk will present a good opportunity for us to at last meet each other face to face. we even planned to ditch my family members n go for drinks or something. but as it turned out, i’m the one getting ditch! as fate would have it, he’ll be coming back to malaysia the very same week i’m in hk! talk abt bad timing! it’s so funny. so looks like we’ll have to tunduk kepada takdir and remain online buddies till the end of our days! or rather, till disconnection from the internet! neeways, i’ll just dedicate a little paragraph in this blog in his tribute lar! i think he’s a great guy with whom i can really talk to (or TYPE to!), n i must say he's stuck with me thru all my high n low ebbs!
--> hey buddy, if u’re reading this, thanks a lot man, for always being there ‘in my chat list’ n enduring all my sighs!

neeways, i met up with ss today, coz she wanted to 'bomb' me with her wedding invitation card. really nice to see her again, still as pretty as ever! *sigh... how i wish i have her flawless, fair n translucent skin! but then again, my is skin not that bad lar... at least it’s clear of pimples n other skin problems, so i guess i should count my blessing!

anyway, we planned to meet up in midvalley today, but she couldn’t come earlier. so i went there first after work n shopped around while waiting for her. dun worry, ppl! didn’t really buy anything, just a scarf for my mom for the trip (she’s been wanting one). having done my shopping n finished roaming into all my ‘regular hunts’, i was walking aimlessly around the mall n looking at the booths set up in conjunction with the deepavali n hari raya festival, when i happened to see a booth giving henna service! dunno what came over me, maybe it’s the spirit of festivities or something... but i went and got one on my left hand! n i kinda like it! it’ll last for abt 1 week, so i’ll get to show off my henna-ed hand to my hk cousins!

after meeting up with ss, i was feeling kinda restless... so i decided to drive to 1U to get another hair wrap! i’ve been wanting to get one after i took off my last one, so i guess today i really went ahead n did it! i chose blue tones again, but this is different from my last one, in terms of designs n colours.

well, i guess this is a pretty long blog, that’ll last till i come back from my trip! happy holiday!!!

first serious fall on the ice...

yeah... it was pretty bad. i was late for lesson last week, coz my coach wanted to combine 2 lessons into one n pushed the lesson time up 1/2 hour (to accomodate the 2 lessons). this was because we canceled the previous week's lesson, due to me being sick. and last week, it had to rain cats and dogs at the time when i'm rushing for my lesson after work. i was late for 15 minutes and the lesson had already begun, so i didn't have the chance to warm-up.

my coach, upon seeing me, straight away asked me to show her my 'One Foot Glide'. i showed her a few bad attempts n she asked me to skate faster so that i'll be able to glide further on one foot. so i listened to her n put in more force into my strokes, but alas... the front part of my right boot (where it's jagged - i've yet to learn the usage of those 'teeths') caught on the ice and i just fell forward. had a pretty nasty cut on my right elbow, coz the ice is very coarse, and a big patch of blue-black on my left knee (no cuts there coz i was wearing long pants). well, my elbow bleed immediately and we had to stop the lesson for one minute for me to stick 2 strips of plaster on them (one was not enough to cover the entire cut). it still aches now, whenever i move my right arm. but worse of all is when it gets wet. then it really stings!!!

online no more...

by that i mean in any messengers... my company has this new policy that banned everyone from using any sort of messengers... first it was msn... then later yesterday, they banned yahoo as well... shucks! what kind of stupid policy is that? and that stupid IT fella... u don't find him so efficient in other things... but when it comes to this, suddenly he's so dem efficient!

i didn't realize how much i've come to rely on messengers. it's not that i chat all the time... it's just that when u see ur friends online, u get this comfy feeling of not being alone, knowing that they are there at just a mouse click away. whether u choose to chat with them is another matter. at least that's how i feel lar. hehehe...

hmm... anyway, my colleague just found a way of going online with msn messenger from the web. so as long as we're connected to the web, we can still msn. hehehe... i wonder if yahoo has a web version as well? but it's very different from the downloaded version... but hey, i should be thankful there's a web version at all n not complain so much! if we're not careful, we may be reduced to just e-mails! *sigh...

sick...

been sick for the past week... urgh! hate it when i get sick. now i'm back to work, but still having very serious cough. the coughing's been keeping me awake most nights... so sien...

then there's this taste in my mouth, making all food that goes in my mouth tastes funny... *sigh...