living out of a box

after a lot of hassle, i'm in my new place.
no, its back where i started.. just a different level *sigh

previous occupant hasn't moved out of my room yet. therefore, i can't unpack my stuff till she does.

so, till then, i'm gonna have to live out of a box. or, a few.

bad grammar cat phase still somewhat on.

may the force be with an apartment in a box,
cheers~

the simplest pleasures to smile at

it's a little bit late but..

i know it's not good. lol but credit to this being my first ever photoshop effort.

it's always the unexpected surprises that make you happiest

i received a bouquet of roses.
first time i've ever received anything for valentines.
actually, first time i've ever received flowers as well.

the first is always the most memorable though.
thanks.. *hugs* so sweet of you to send them from way over there :)
really love them
*smiles from ear to ear*

my lovely couple dozen

(updated here)
got a box of chocs from wk too.
thanks for sending them. they're really good. and you're gonna get me fat. *lol*

i promise from now on, i shall not complain bout boring valentines.


otherwise, i haven't really been up to anything.
hanging out, the largest nightmarket i've ever seen in pg island, shopping, supeng's farewell and momo couple of times, more shopping.

photos from last night below:

actually.. it wasn't really momo perse. we were club hopping. *lol* but the photos WERE taken in momo. didn't bring the cam to glo and all.

last time i'm gonna see these girls for some time to come.
happy valentines, girls :)

rest of the photos upon request. mostly, it's just us dancing though.

nianz has left for syd, roshan to melb, chensiang to adelaide.. hmm.. i think that's it.
i did not see any of them off.
:(
sorry nianz. see you one of these days, yea?

this will be my last post for a bit. going back to kl sat.
then i'll be going to my new place. i won't have internet connection there for a bit.
this is gonna be a lonely cny. no more co, mad and chie :(
THAT means, no more mahjong for me. *sigh*

may the force be with (as belle terms it) silly badtiming sith assbiters,
cheers~

at the end of the line

the weather's a killer.
i'm melting.
and it's driving my antibodies crazy.
they aren't earning their keep.

semihard lenses are the definition of uncomfortable.
i miss having eyes which aren't swollen. and being well.
it's making me lose weight.
outsiders are gonna think i'm some abused kid or something.

actually, wait. that might be a good thing.
not outsiders thinking i'm an abused kid.
the whole losing weight bit.
it might be a good thing. i think.

kinda worried. gonna go see claudine tomorrow bout the whole june intake thingy tomorrow.
*crosses fingers* hopefully, she can pull a miracle. like she did for co.
though i doubt it.

if she does, well and good. i'm gonna study my ass off this sem. i'll send her a hamper.
if not, january 2008 intake then. i'll still study my ass off this sem. it'll suck big time though.


*sigh*
i'm so tired of everything.

*cross my fingers* hope things turn out ok.

blogs are boring without pics. and, this is the only new pic i have at the moment.
not really in the mood for hugs. things won't turn out ok with a hug.
but it's a cute pic.

may the force be with july intakes to melb,
cheers~

#101

http://www.myheritage.com

sammi cheng, angelina jolie, phyllis quek and jennifer connelly
all in all, not too bad. who's phyllis quek anyway?
they also say i look like jensen ackles -_-"
he's cute. i don't want to look like him though.

other than that, my last day of work today. colleagues treated me for lunch and bought me a photoframe. post a photo of it if i ever get around to it.
oh, and momo couple days back. missed my chance of getting treated to a martini.

otherwise, i'll admit i'm not the brightest spark in the universe, and i'll tell you about why i admit i'm an idiot IF i feel like it.

may the force be with my new beta blogger,
cheers~

failed wannabe terrorist smurf

so, i went for paintball at the very best site in the world last sat with my friends.
at the war museum, batu maung.

a hundred bucks later, i learnt a valuable lesson.


*musing*



i'll make a terrible terrorist.
no, it's not the amount i had to run. neither is it being attacked by red ants. nor my abmyssal inability to breathe properly with the mask on (i think it DOES look very yeng on some of the guys though).

it is my bad aim.


it was fun though.
although i died every single time.
and i got shot in the head, which hurt momentarily but it wasn't as bad as some of the other wounds by friends took.
below is only one of the pics taken from that outing. they're actually loads more, but this is the only one i've received.

terrorist wannabes: yong lun, jo's boyfriend*, danny, me (holding gun no. 45. ppl have pointed out here that u can tell it's me coz i'm the shortest in the group. see, i know i'm short. and shorter than the rest. except for the person on the extreme right. i'm taller than her *lol*), peter and sookie.
danny also points out here (*me points and laughs coz i agree with him) that there's no point in smiling and trying to look prettiful coz no one can see ur face anyway.

hmm. paintball was superbly tiring. my total lack of excercise in the past year also attributed to my muscles protest.
and i kept on fogging up my mask during the third fight. must be due to the excessive breathing. *lol*
the paintball site is damn cool though. with bunkers and all those message runner zones. (the japs and brits REALLY fought there during WWII)
oh. and i also got the moles on my nose zapped off earlier that morning.
i've to wear a plaster on my nose for two weeks =(
aside from that, very routined life here. hang out, work, eat, sleep, internet, etc.

may the force be with terrorist lookalikes...
cheers~

*note: jo's boyfriend's (she tells me it's a pseudo-boyfriend and officially, they aren't together. it's a technical thing. how.. complicated -_-) name is actually something that ends with a -bert. albert, gilbert, dilbert, ratbert.. hmm.. none of those sound right. damn my dory-like memory. i'll repost when i remember.
oh.. and it my last post, i noted i'd repost one of the photos when i get a version which doesn't have hui sen cut out. i have received a better version but i'm lazy to repost. so i'm lazy. bite me.

a new beginning

2007

a new year. a new beginning.

when i sit back and reflect upon the year that was, 2006, i really don't think i've that much to regret about.

i had a good year.

great friends.

the ones who have been there for me for everything and anything. through the years, since almost before i can remember, i'm glad our friendship has gone from strength to strength and we KNOW that whatever the future brings, in 10 years time we would still be able to hang out, laugh and enjoy each others company. i'm glad this year comes to a close with me knowing that these are the strongest bonds we could have ever forged.
amy, sonia, nianz, sookie, ming and jo. you girls are the best and always would be.

unexpected friends, gotten in college and never regretted.
always giving an aura of comfort, and of course, breaking me out of the total nerd shell i was stuck in, introducing me to a different perspective of the world.
of course, ash. lin, ken, mz, li, jon.

even those whose friendships i had let drift over the time i left form 5, somehow, we managed to get back to having a decent enough friendship to be able to sit around coffee for hours, catching up.
porky, k.yin, sooch, jie, lian and numerous others.

uni friends, totally differing in personality, brain capacity, preferences, taste.. pretty much everything but i'm glad i met you ppl anyway. housemates too. a total whacky bunch whom we only managed to get to know better over food. bonding over food O_o
ej, sarah, yina, steven and those friends i made in kl. you know who you are.

and of course, every other person whom i consider friend-pg or kl. i'm thankful for the friendships given.

a fabulous family. even with dad's rather obsessive paranoia about security, life's good.
mostly.

about regrets i had this year..
i do regret wasting my dad's 17k with my venture into uni life. i don't regret dropping out of engineering. staying in that course would have drove me insane. i'm not smart enough for it.
i should have just gone straight into business. at least my uni application for transfer to aus, lodgings arrangements and all wouldn't be as screwed up as it is now.
i regret some other stuffs here and there.. but nothing major, really.
and, i would not regret the things that made me smile =)

i hope 2007 will pave my way into caulfield. i don't really want to stay in kl.
i will be more hardworking and stuff this year.
i shan't do things i know i'll regret.
i'll try to be a better friend.
i'll try to not ever take my friends for granted.
i'll try to talk less.
*cough* bullshit. i won't ever be able to talk less. unless i lose my voice.
i'll also try my best to be less antisocial.
smile more.
eat less - wait. not eat less. eat healthier. *lol*
try to live up to parents expectations.

happy new year!

may 2007 bring fulfillment, joy and achievement to all. let it be a better year than '06.

ok. on to less boring stuff. basically that means photos.
WARNING: lots of photos.
if ur internet is still affected by the 'taiwanese earthquake that damaged undersea cables to u.s and other parts of the world' thingy, don't read this post just yet.
if u're really interested in any case.
damned earthquake has screwed my net. i can't use msn and stuff anymore =(

been horribly sick since christmas. i lost my voice. my friends said it sounds smoky. they don't know i couldn't talk at all for two days.
it's still smoky. i don't think it'll be smoky anymore after this.

anyway, met up with my high school friends (again)
if you read this blog and know my dear friend sookie, i'm sure u'll know that she likes taking dozens of similar shots but with slight variations. like. ttbc. or. serious. or. smile without teeth.
-_-"
makes life fun i guess.

take one: trying to be cute. i hate this particular pose.

take two: normal pose this time.

amy and ming.

sonia and sooch

sookie and porky

woo.. tendrils of smoke..

one of those candid shots i like.

did audit on thurs and fri.
outside audits at warehouses is.. painful. it's hot and sunny. and i'm heliophobic. and u've to count things that aren't really countable.. pellets and stuff. each pellet contains (insert number here) of cartons which contain (insert number here) of particular inventory.
do the math.
it's tough.
but it shall be my job in the future so for my sanity's sake, i shall force myself to enjoy it.

watched night at the museum thurs night with my sis, ji and jun.
how nice of them. i think.
i get a msg at 6.
movie at 8.
ok, i'm dead tired after my outside audit (and i tell you, that audit i did that day was totally messed up. bad stocktaking, categorising, etc.) so i thought of skipping. that, and i didn't read the msg coz i came home and napped.
at 7.40 my sister comes into my room and screams 'ann! you're not ready yet. we bought the tickets already. quickly get up and change'
i've got fever =(
but no matter. movie and dinner (which i had to sit out from coz i had to come home eat coz i've to eat soupy sick ppl food due to my cough and fever) was quite good
it's pretty cute.
ash says that ben stiller and cute don't go together. but actually, i enjoyed night at the museum more than i thought i would.
hyena girls in the row in front of me were a mite bit irritating though.

following mum and dad on sat night proved benefitial. i got a g2000 top. a freaking expensive top which my mum has branded 'cheng keng' and 'fit to wear to work'
hell, it's g2000. their work clothes are lovely.
i just can't afford any of them. like.. ever.
met this couple of whites shopping at g2000 too. super friendly (unfortunately i see that my mum's way more sociable than me) and kept on suggesting tops and bottoms they thought would suit me. ended up spending almost an hour there.
i also got a new bracelet.. made of amethyst and crystal. quartz i think that dude told me.

it's the one on the top. the blue one below is my old one my bro gave me.
actually, the old one looks cheaper. but it's like almost double the price O_o

***

went to momo (again) for new year's eve.

my girls came over to my place around 6 to get ready.
it's waaaaay fun getting ready with girls. triple the makeup drawer. and accessory collection *lol*
we had a bit of a hitch before entering the club. amy's heel strap broke off. after a year of clubbing, in the space of a month, that's the third case i've heard off.
ej's at maison, then nianz during chrismurf eve and now amy O_o
thank god for expensive well made heels. that and 7/11s. and super glue.


anyway.
i prefer momo to glo and stuff.

simple reason being that it's classy.

ladies and gentleman,
**WELCOME TO MOMO**
probably the prettiest club in penang island.

i've got the worse timing ever. i took the picture RIGHT when the lights were changing colours. hence: no colour -_-"

i put this in coz i like shiny, bright, prettiful things.

fireshow to bring the crowd. and to celebrate the occasion which is new year's eve.

the girls having some fun at the swings in momo's courtyard

sonia and i

sonia and amy. photo taken post-being-bullied-by-weiming
they're nauseous even before they entered the club. *lol*

my turn to camwhore with the swing.
the rest all actually have their own personal swing photos but since this is my blog, only mine gets posted. *egoistical smug grin*
other photos on request.
random thought: i just love this lbd. since it's like the only one i own. haha.

wasting time at e&o before going to momo

we were told to be there by 10 but not everyone arrived at that time so amy, sonia and i had a bit of fun with the camera first.

our table is packed.
see, it happened that wei ming managed to get us the v.i.p. table.
and then, we all brought friends..
all of which couldn't get tables..
so everyone ended up putting their bottles at our place.
last count i did of the ppl that came in with us to put bottles at our place was 45.
i think that there were at least a dozen bottles at our table. AT LEAST.

i also got whiskey poured on my head.
it wasn't intentional. i think. ppl were passing drinks above me and some dude accidentally spilt his glass. *sigh*
oh well. he was kinda apologetic. even went to get a stack of paper napkins for me so all is forgiven. *lol*

at the dance floor before the power cut.

yes, the power got cut for a while. the fuse probably burnt out.
it caused the club to be so damned stuffy so we went out for bout 20minutes while power was being restored.
some ppl are rather.. cheapskate -_-
when the power came back and the bouncers were calling for the ppl who had already paid to return in first, a group of ppl pushed by saying that had paid. but they hadn't.
cheapskate behavious -_-"
and the bouncers were a bit too strained with the crowd returning to check everyone properly.

with ken and sohan who also came to join our table. *lol*

fun gang to club with. hui sen got cut out a bit.
i shall repost when i receive the better version of this photo.

varsha, ming, sonia, me and amy
*cough* my arms look humungous here =(
time to start working out a bit again *lol*

bringing sexy back.
=)

two of my best friends ever. as can be seen, they're rather high here.
literally and figuratively.
we took this photo standing on the couch. in heels.
don't ask me why.
we're all a bit jelly-fished. hard to balance, see?

anyway, had a great new year's eve.
and *grins truimphantly* anniversary or not, no repeat of last year's new year's eve =)

may the force be with 7/11s,
cheers~

happy chrismurf

well, i haven't been up to much since my last update.. which was about eileen's leaving.
i have a very routined life and hence, there's nothing much to blog about.
anyhow, a quick log"

15th december: the little princess' birthday celebration at maccas.

with her totally spies (really, don't ask) cake

yes, one of her friends decided to help her blow out the candles.

headed to glo after that with lin and sara and their friends. photos from this night will not be uploaded as there are a shitload of photos on this post already.

17th dec: woke up at 6am to send my parents to the airport for their phuket holiday. that night followed my older sister as my little sister's guardians for her party. (yes, i know my little sister has more parties than i do)
i learnt a few things from her party:
i) kids nowadays are waaaaaaay spoilt.
ii) clowns are actually pretty rich. the dude who was playing mr. pipi the clown drives an s-class mercedes. i shall never look down on clowns ever again.

the rest of the week was spent baby sitting my little sister as well as a few outings with friends. none of which i have any photos.

18th december: eileen left. had to be at the airport at 6.30 am. i made it.. sort of. i did oversleep a bit.

her sendoff party. by far the biggest i've ever seen. and the noisiest. this photo is only of half the ppl that came. but i guess, considering the circumstances..

22nd december: i went for my office party. brought pasta for the potluck and famous amos cookies for the gift exchange. i got a pen in return. meh.
later in the night i went for the ECF christmas dinner at penang club. that's my older sister's church by the way.
good food, pretty company, passable entertainment.

i brought (more) cookies for the gift exchange and got three notebooks with bible quotes in return.

sisters

pastor joshua and his family. his wife, nani, and his kids, ben, (damn forgot his name) and allie.
they're at the same table as me, hence me having photos of them.
i actually have photos of the other pastors family somewhere. (keyword here being somewhere)
and, they're a pretty family. i like pretty families.
especially nani. and she's really nice too.

me and my older sis. her makeup isn't really well applied tonight.

the kids having a spot of fun.

left the party around 11pm to pick my parents from the airport.

24th december: chrismurf eve.

wat i wore for chrismurf eve.
i think i look like a christmas bobble.
my older sister disagrees here.

i was supposed to go have steamboat dinner with sooch and porky and etc. etc. at 7.30pm but due to some unforseen circumstances (bloody furniture mover dudes being a good 4 hours late and arriving to move furniture at 9.30pm which nicely coincided with the fact that my parents had a christmas eve dinner to attend which left me and my older sis having to tell furniture mover dudes where to put the furniture) i couldn't catch dinner with my friends.
btw, thanks for calling. =) even if you couldn't do anything to help, at least i vented my frustration on someone. hahaa. wait, that sounds wrong -_-"
for once, i shall bless the fact that sookie is always a couple of hours late. when i called her, she was just leaving so she dropped by to pick amy (who was overnighting at my place) and i up, stopped for a bite at northam beach cafe (the rest had already eaten) and then went on straight to momo to meet the rest of my mgs group.
i also stole ri's santa hat.

momo was fun. till like... a couple of my friends got a bit too tipsy for their own good. one sobered up quick enough. thankfully.
i wanted to go glo to meet the rest of my friends but having already coughed up so much dough for momo, coughing up the cover charge for glo was kinda.. well.. i'm too stingy. and broke. =(
so didn't meet them in the end.
left around 1.40am as my friend (obviously) had clubbed enough. went back to my place where she slept it off.

MOMO
for the christmas countdown

with amy who has already started turning a lil' bit red =p

sookie, belle, sooch (half hidden by me, oops), me, amy and nianz (who's kinda totally cut off. photographer's fault, that)

sookie, me (and the stolen santa hat which they ended up putting on my head for the night) and amy

high school girlfriends: sooch, suli, belle, porky, me, amy, nianz and sookie

sooch (blocked again), belle, ning khang (dude with the opened mouth), me, amy, sookie and nianz (who's cut into half again)

everyone's finally in!

HAPPY CHRISMURF 2006!~

i awoke on christmas day horrigibly sick. no, it was not a hangover. i didn't drink enough to even be high. i blame it on the lack of sleep.

had the ECF church ppl come over to have a christmas party at my place that night. due to my horrigibly sick condition (i have a terrible cough, i have lost my voice and currently sound like a man, which if you know me and my sortof squeaky voice, is an amazing feat, and have a swollen eye which probably came from my couple of days of not sleeping) i skipped most of the party, coming down in spurts long enough to grub for some turkey, lamb chops, and the various potato dishes.
no photos of me for the night. hehe. i will however upload photos of the christmas dinner if i get them.
i got a top from my sister, a bottom from sookie and a card from my little sister. and numerous hugs from various others.
thankchu to all who made chrismurf a nicer affair.

my love card cum chrismurf card from my little sister.
and yes, that's a portrait of bloo.

new year's coming up.
the next time i blog, it will be 2007.

i don't really have any resolutions.
i just want my life to get be on track.
and to get rid of useless emotional baggage.
not that it's bad, understand. just.. useless.
however, i still can't wait to see what 2007 will bring.
hopefully, passage down to melbourne.
i wish a merry chrismurf to all my friends and family
and above all, a happier and more fulfilling 2007.

may the force be with chrismurf,
cheers~

tribute

well, eileen's leaving in less than 24 hours.

i'm sorry that our friendship drifted after i left for kl. wait.. it was even before that. when i entered college. but it drifted farther apart when i left for kl.
sometimes, when you look back on life, you regret what you've done and what you've not.

i do regret not keeping in contact with you.

you were always one of the best friends i had when in school. always cheery and bubbly. always a friend - especially when i was sorely in need of one.

anyway, good luck and all the best in uk.
be well and we'll meet again someday.

may the force be with eileen..
cheers~

by request

yea, as requested by few ppl, i shall blog about work.

yes, for those of you who don't know yet, the amazingly lazy and forever job-less smurf (yours truly) got a job as an audit trainee couple of weeks back.

so, my work involves checking through mounds and mounds of files, cheque stubs, sales and purchase invoices, inventory lists, ledgers, etc. i cross check it to the client's accounts and correct any mistakes i find. i do vouching to make sure the client isn't siphoning cash to his/her/their own pocket. i then find out how the client stands in the new financial year.
i also sometimes (although not yet.. i think couple of weeks from now) have to go do stocktake. i'm rather excited about that. THAT involves going to the client's factories and warehouses and do a physical stocktake on their inventory.
my work also involves a lot of secretarial work like answering phones, photostating what i need, shredding paper (no paper shredder in the office and we're being environmentally friendly coz we RECYCLE our own stuff), typing out letters, faxing letters to clients, etc.
it's a small office and hence, no secretaries. just auditors that multitask.

and since i'm a newbie, weilin (she's my handler *cough* sounds so.. CIA. haha) let me audit the files of a relatively small client (of course, she monitors my work and helps me out coz i'm rather dumb and dense at all this). so, after one week of auditing their stuff, i find myself woefully free (yea, i completed my very first audit! *bows* i shall of course ignore the fact that i didn't do anything bout tax and the other harder stuff)
freedom has its drawbacks. i've got nothing to do! reading mags is extremely hard coz i sit with my back facing the front entrance so clients can see if i'm NOT doing work (and hence i can't read mags). i can't use the computer (and hence, the internet) as i'm not important enough to have my own console. and so, i have found myself a new hobby. tarots.
yes, tarots. the book is small enough to hide among the files and so i am now the office 'sampo' and have taken over junny's spot *cough* (that sucks)
she tells me it means 'fortune teller'. i hope she's telling the truth. *lol* 'sampo' sounds awfully akin to 'sampat' and the 'sampat' one shouldn't be me. coz that particular spot has already been taken. *lol* found a tarot set in my office coz weilin got bored of it. yes, i now know the difference between 'death' and 'the sun' and 'the lovers' etc. as well as which is the worse card in the deck (and hence the worse omen of luck one can get) as well as the best. reminds anyone of divination?
my drawing skills have also improved. as i said, freedom has its drawbacks. you've got nothing to do!

and i also met the office's 'bond'. he's a greasy dude who wears crocs. yer, i know, nothing like bond. in-office joke. i've yet to get it.

and i shall be meeting ah-lee tomorrow. he's some dude who i've never met but for some reason, my colleagues (the girls) always make fun of him. makes me curious.

working isn't too bad. my colleagues are all extremely sweet, friendly and helpful. its easy to forget that you're the newbie who knows nothing at all there.
it's just kinda boring. i really really want to sleep in. it's holiday! =(

in the mean time, i shall leave you all with some photos of me during one of the meetups one of those days.

group pic

amy

nianz and amy

ms. chuen

may the force be with tarots,
cheers~