Amazing Race Asia 3- Utter Disappointment

This is the first time that I'm actually following every single episode of Amazing Race Asia and from the beginning I've cheered for Team Malaysia (Henry and Bernie).

I find them to be a cool team and most importantly they're not rude to people around them. They raced with integrity and I think they represented Malaysia well... They were one of team who leads the race from the start.

But luck was not with them for long. Last week's episode they finished at 4th place. I think they wouldn't came 4th if not for the Yield given by the arrogant Team Philippines. So this week, they have tried to make up for the time lost...but they came last anyway. BIG mistake of joining Team HK (Sam & Vince)when flying to India. So they were sent home. Sad :(

Unexpectedly, another Team Malaysia (Ida & Tania) is still in the race despite being the last team to arrive at the pit stop..TWICE! Kudos to them for being so positive at all times... My bets are on them from now on. :D

Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign

So this will be my first TAG thingy (I know... kind of late, but better now then never...haha)



Anyways... MereThoughts was tagged by Sogoh's Blog. So apart from tagging the next line of vics, let me spread a bit more about this campaign...

The month of October has been declared as Breast Cancer Awareness Month every single year. During this period, extensive charities / events are being held to raise funds and educating women on the importance of self-awareness towards breast cancer. These funds will then be directed into more research on prevention and possible cure for breast cancer. Also, support groups are initiated to aid emotional support to those suffered from breast cancer. You can read more cool stuffs over the net.

There you go folks! Start spread the word around. I know October is almost over... but it's not about being aware for a month. Remind your love ones or yourself at every chance you have or better yet, book them / yourself for that yearly screening... Or if screening with strangers put you off, DIY. But screening is the best though... :)

Next to blog bout this:

1. Nadiah
2. Ali
3. Afni
4. Mas
5. SuLan

Sorry, I can only name 5 person. That's ok right? Haha...

Barnacle head!

It's official. I hate my "9-6" life. But... there's always a BUT!!! If only... if only... Sigh.

Rare bump!

This is very unusual for me... Updating my blog at WORK!!! The "wall" fucked up (pardon the pun)again I guess. Anyways, had my "normal" lunch just now... whole grain bread and soy bean milk. Yum!
Back to work...

Sicky rants

I was sick for 2 days... very bad indigestion followed by gastritis... Dunno what food I ate that was un"ngam" with my tummy... sigh...

Anyways, since I was quite bedridden during that 2 days (if i stand up or walk around, the bad stomach cramps will come), I ended up watching a lot of TV. While clicking through the channels, I came across this pretty new movie at Channel 122. So having not watched any malay-speaking movies since I was in Uni, I decided to try to watch the show.

But to my major disappointment there's nothing much changes done to local movies. After trying to watch for about 30 minutes I HAVE to switch to another channel. I hate it when they use "dubbed" voices instead of recording the original voice during their shooting scene. Why do they have to do that? Enlighten me pls?

It's so annoying when the actors keep giving out the stupid sounds like ehm, ahh, ohh (then repeat ehm, ahh, ohh again) just to fill in the gap of silence due to the absence of a real background noise.

Furthermore, most of the time it's like watching a foreign language film too coz the actor's mouth movement was totally different from the word that he/she was suppose to be saying. Get me? Oh well, try to see those pantene / rejoice commercial and you'll understand. I'll bet that if you turn off the sound and ask a lip reader person to read out the dialogue, you will get a different kind of storyline altogether.

So I guess I'll stick to the weekly saturday's cerekarama at tv3 if I really (i mean if really) want to watch a malay-speaking movie. Coz this one they use the original actor's voices recorded at the shooting scene with real background sounds... and eventhough the actors in it are not always the big names but at least the movie delivers better with better sound and doesn't annoy you with the ehm, ahh or ohh. I will only watch the kampung based stories though, those with sad sad drama in it. :D

Sucks!

I did something stupid just now... so so stupid that I wish I didn't do...but I stupidly did.
I have wasted RM90.. just like that...
Well, here goes... I bought this online air ticket...and stupidly purchase it on a wrong departure date...which of couse I have to change the flight details again and now I'm RM90 poorer.
It's not like hundreds..I know...but still I can buy nice things with that money...

This wasn't the only bad thing that had happened to me over the weekends...

Yesterday, I was forced into confinement in my house since a package was supposed to be delivered to my house that day. The call centre lady which whom I have spoken to on Friday said that the package will be delivered before /around 1pm. So I woke up early (which is a real torture for me during weekends), went out to have b'fast and obediently went back home to wait for my package to be delivered. And I've waited and waited, but the stupid courier service didn't show up at all!!!

So being a "good" girl, I patiently tried to get thru the hotline numbers...but of course I have only managed to waste another few bucks of my airtime... ****!

Anyways, left a NICE comment / feedback on the courier company's site... and I will expect a word of LOVE from them... pronto! Should they failed to do so... I'm gonna make a call to that customer service and am gonna give them an earful for ruining my Saturday.

Creator?

So this is what I have been doing lately... Creating a family and buying stuff...
I have created 2 people. They're siblings. Sisters. The elder sister was named Elsie Maria and the younger one named Yvanne. Elsie is a blond whilst the sister is a brunette.
They have different facial features. One with green eyes and the other one with blue eyes, one with pointy nose, one with smalll mouth and etc. I just love creating people. I gave them both fair skin. Fit body and nice defaulted hairstyle.
So the surname is Peter Vella... Yes, after the red wine.. My fav!

So I have this storyline for their lives... They became orphaned and inherited a bit of money to start their own. So I moved them into an apartment lot. Pretty small than the houses I used to move the people I've created into.

Anyways, the apartment is a 2 bedroom with 2 bathroom. No attached bathroom. The rooms are small. And this is rented aparment. The rent is about 2K per week! But mind you, this is considered the cheapest they can get in town.

So first day in the apartment... and all they have were clothes on their back. There're very minimal furnitures provided by the landlady. So they bought themselves a nice 3-seater couch, a TV, food processor, 2 single beds (the bedroom is so small), dining table (with 4 dining chairs), desk with chair, and few hanging lamps.
And they bought a phone for the house and cellphone for each of them.
The next important thing is clothes! They went and spend almost like 6K of their inherited monies on clothes.

For every ppl that I've created, first skill that they have to learn is how to cook. Elsie learned quite fast, compared to her sister. But I noticed that Yvanne is good at cleaning things around the house. So there's balance in the house. Next thing they'll need to do is looking for suitable job. Elsie is more to money oriented.
So any high paying job will suit her. Im thinking maybe let her try to go into business-related job. On the other hand, Yvanne is more towards the nature herself, maybe a job as a tour guide / nature guide will suite her. But after 2 days of searching, they still didn't manage to find one.

The money left after all the buyings are not much. Towards the end of the first week, the landlady will come to collect the rent money... So they need to have their income fast!

Damnation!

Just when I thought I can have an ease of mind over at work, the most unexpected thing happened. I know the world is a small place... but why of all places, here? Aren't there any other places that you can go and make a living for yourself? Tartar sauce!!!

Long overdue post... Part 3

The next day drive around town in KK... And I decided to bring my partner for a taste of Bukit Padang's ABC... This eatery place has been around since my secondary school time... Whenever my parents pick me up from SBPS (my secondary school) for holiday or just an outing we will definitely go to this place... Very very nice to have a bowl of ABC during hot sunny weather in KK.. :)


"Mine, ABC biasa"


"My sis', ABC with ice cream"


"My partner's, ABC with mix fruit"


"Side order of char kui kawin, simply means char kui with butter and kaya ---> very nice"

The next day we went to Penampang Tamu to buy this;


"Can't get enough of this..hehe"

Some pics taken at my grandparents (mom's side)house...


"Pretty cactus"



"Remind me of my missing Boo... poor Baby, he's so alone..."

So, that's it... My recent trip back to KK. Uploading pics is never fun for me... *_*

Long overdue post... Part 2

The next day after Poring trip, I brought my partner and grandparents (my father's side) to Ranau Tamu... Tamu is like this big pasar (market) held every month. Just want my partner to experience this. Mind you, when I was little, trip to tamu like this excites me...:) But I don't have much pic of this coz we were buzy browsing and I was busy explaining this and that to my partner..




"Pretty trees near the Liwagu River nearby"


"Hehe, pawong anyone?"


"Ya meh?"

Afterwards we went for breakfast.. Oh yes, we woke up pretty early to avoid the rush at the tamu...


"Liwagu river"


"This humble kopitiam serve the meanest "konomien" with best char siew"


"Plant covered with hearts"




"What I love most about Ranau is the ever clear blue skies... I was really at peace here"

That very same day we drive back home.. and I managed to persuade my partner to allow me to drive all the way back to KK... :)) So I did it!!!
We stopped by at Kinabalu Park for a while just to show my partner around coz we promised my family that we will reach home before dark. We will climb Mt Kinabalu next time... hehe (Well, I climbed it before... but that was a very long time ago..)


"I was here"


"Mini clear stream"


"I was very very tempted to explore this trail... but alas, no time to do so :("



"Dense mountain forest"

So when we took off from Kinabalu Park it was around 4pm and the fog along the way was very thick... very thick that I was forced to drive at 30mph!!! Goodness, the visibility was like 50 meters or even less... very dangerous.









"Sunset sunset"

We arrived home safely at around 7pm and another feast awaits us that evening... pure sin of gluttony I tell you...

To be cont'

Long overdue post.. Part 1

Ok, it's now the month of October... and I shall end this moment of laziness and update my blog... :) So behold... Pics taken during my recent KK trip...

Here are some pictures taken during my sis' engagement party...


"My sis' gifts during her engagement on 30/08/2008"


"Yum yum"


"Engagement cake"


"This one called gorouk.."


"Cut vege ready to be cook"




"My partner helping out..hehehe"


"Food I gobbled down that day"

That nite we went for movies at 1Borneo... The place was nice, but still under development so the parking was like hell. I went to this shop called Daiso, all items were priced at RM5... and I saw lots of creative Japanese everyday items being sold... hehehe. Definitely will go there again...

The next day we drive back to my childhood hometown Ranau...


"Jambatan Tamparuli...the ever mentioned item in some kadus songs"

I grew up here... Well, at least until I reach 12 years old... :)


"This is where my house is located at"


"My dear primary school"

And of course for me a trip to Ranau will not be complete without Poring HotSpring's visit. Even my family can't understand my over fascination to this place... For me I'll never get tired of this place...


"Poring at Poring HotSpring..hehe"


"This little bird was watching us the whole time while we were soaking in the hot tub"


"We went home quite late... I find this lamp is pretty... And see the almost-like-smiley face?"


"Creative arrangement of pebbles on the concrete track... I heart this"

To be cont'