Sally's Corner

Why do Men cheat?

2010-01-19T22:14:00.022+08:00

Recently, media is spreading a new about Tiger Wood is cheating his wife Elin Norgegren; who he has been married for six years. And, it's so frequent it may seem that most of the million dollars men who has engaged or has a family themselves cheat on theirs' wives or partner.

Some media reported that Tiger Wood should have at least 11 mistress. Can you imagine?

On and off, there is a new cheating case report in the newspaper and the affair of the married men is neverending. It seems that most of the men in the earth are unfaithful in their lives.

Well, let's take look on these celebrities...

Back in year 2004, the world famous Mr. charming David Beckham was having an affair with Rebecca Loos; who was his personal assistant. Well, we all knew that David Beckham is having a gorgeous wife- Victoria Beckham who's a mother of 3 David's sons.

In 2005, the fairy tale romance of Brad Pitt and Jenifer Anistion ended with divorce. During their wedding in 2000, the couple spent USD 1 mil for the wedding and Jen's wedding ring was designed by Brad. As reported, Brad Pitt and Angelia Jolie had a relationship while they filmed "Mr and Mrs Smith". And, they're officially "Mr and Mrs Pitt" now.

Black Eyed Peas core singer- Fergie's husband Josh Duhamel was reported had an affair with stripper Nicole Forrester after 9 months of their marriage.

The host of the "late show"- David Letterman shocked his audiences after confessing his sexual affair with female employees.

Sir Charming Jude Law had an affair with the nanny and causing his split with Sienna Miller.

Not forget to mention here, Asia's famous Kung Fu star- Jackie Chan had an affair with one of the HK movie star before. Jackie has a good wife who quit her career as an actress during her peak time.

Other than million dollars men, some of the "plebeians" do cheat too. Is man borns to be a liar?
It's just their "natural" or " is their "instinct of curiosity"? Well, there are some good men out there too. However, there are only 20% - 30% of the men in the earth that won't cheat.

These are some reasons that I think why men cheat:

1. Certainly, it needs two hands to clap. One of the reasons why do men cheat is; they're having a demanding, fussy and grumpy wife or girlfriend who wants everything to be perfect and deliver on time. Whenever her man cannot satisfy her needs; they will create a havoc.

As such, we can see that most of the men have affair with those gals who are tender because
men could find a peace of mind there and they could get what they want there too.

2. Men cheat to keep them satisfy, they need excitement especially when they're rich and have a representative status in the society. They're just playing around and claiming that they're not giving 100% of love to the mistress. Some men may think that affair will keep them "young" and in love again.

3. Men are born to be flirtatious, they like to fool around and sleep with gals.

I could not think more factors that causing men cheat. However, if a man who really loves his partner, please do not tear her apart by cheat on her. Relationship is about sharing and giving.
Imagine, your other half is doing the same thing to you, cheat on you and rise a cute guy outside there; would you feel hurt too?

So, whenever, a couple is having a problem, try to talk to each other. Just don't give up and WORK it out. Relationship is not always happy and end up like fairy tale especially in a hectic working environment now. whenever there is a problem, just try putting some efforts to solve the problem or trying to communicate with each other.

Remember, during the initial stage of the relationship, both were enjoyed and loved each other so much, never ever ruin your relationship by running to other womon/ man. Because, eventually, the same problem will occur in the future.

It's going to 1 am and I need to go to bed now. If you ask me, why on earth that i blog this topic out? It just cross my mind while i read an article about Tiger Wood affair today.

Certainly, i am not an expert to talk about this;i just share to you all. Enjoy reading!

Welcome 2010!

2010-01-01T22:34:00.013+08:00

Happy 2010!

It’s been an “age” since I last blog. If you ask me, what on earth that I am busying with lately? Well, I myself have no clue on that. Sometime, I din even turn on my laptop for 2 to 3 weeks; can you imagine that? My laptop is used to be part of my life and I feel sorry for it that I do not use it as frequent as I used to be last time.

My last update back in August was the one that Jane wanted me to come out as she told me that there was no update of my blog since June. To abandon my blog; this is not what I want. Initially, I set up the blog, my intention is to convey the knowledge or to share whatever I have/know. Since it’s New Year, I gotta write something before the clock turns 12am.

Looking back my 2009 New Year resolutions; Emm…how many of it that I really achieved?

Summary of 2009 New Year Resolutions:

1. Increase personal's wealth (ok, not too bad).
2. At least two sports a week (80% achieved).
3. Free from doctor and away from medi (still ok, 60%)
4. Cut down the unnecessary cost (all the things that I bought, I think they are all essential and necessary).
5. More loves and cares for my family (still have space for improvement)
6. Control my emotion- rarely happen (90% achieved).
7. Work smart (always doing it)
8. Travel to...Egypt? Gotta be realistic...visit China, Korea or Australia by end of this year. (nope, I only travelled to Phuket and Krabi last year).
9. Read more (spent most of the time reading).
10. Finally...be happy! (I guess, I am).

Looking back my 2009, how was it? And, what were the most memorable things that I ‘ve done for 2009?

Firstly, I think I was a better person in 2009.

Secondly, I have my own home.

Thirdly, peace… and I really appreciate and thanks GODs that answering my prayers of all times.

Well, here are my 2010 New Year resolutions…

1. Increase my personal’s wealth.

2. Keep exercise (I decided to keep myself so fit that even I have turned 50/60, my body figure stays the same, hehehe).

3. Lesser visit to doctor.

4. Cut down the unnecessary expenses.

5. More loves and cares to my family.

6. Cook more delicious food.

7. Work smart.

8. Travel to overseas (I have at least two oversea trips this year on my hands so far, hehehe).

9. Be a better person.

10. Finally, be happy!

Okay, I am here to wish all of you have a happy, prosperous, healthy, wealthy and lovely 2010!!!

Last but not least, remember to LOVE and SAVE the EARTH!

Home Sweet Home

2009-08-30T01:52:00.018+08:00

Finally...me, my sis and father have moved into our new home. If you ask me; I would say the process of house purchasing, renovating, painting, and moving out and in; covered sweets and sours.

During last Nov while the S & P Agreement had been signed by me and my sis; we both felt happy and excited. We have been discussing to each other on how we were going to deco the house most of the time before the house key has been obtained.

The sour parts covered the processing of the house. It took us for more than 6 months to get the house key (without the consent of the state, the processing of a house should not be more than 3 months). After the key had been obtained; there were a lot of things to deal with. Eg, shop around for the furniture, household stuff, deal with the contractors, paint, clean...and I was actually exhausted.

The sweetest part is- finally me and my sis have our own place already. The feelings of owning a house are just warm and great. My family members could stay here whenever they wish or I could invite my friends to come over and have a gathering here whenever we want. Isn't it just nice? My sis is being a couch potato now and I am glad that I can own a room.

Well, I would like to thanks my sister- Trace who holds 50% shares of the house. Thank you for let "our" dream came true. Thanks to my papa who sponsored the kitchen cabinet, tiles, doors...and spent his valuable times to monitor the progress of the renovation. Thanks to my mama who bought us the furnace for the housewarming, cooking materials and cooked for us here for a week. Thanks to my bf and Brandon for helped us to paint, clean and bought us the gifts for the house. Thanks to my grandparents, brothers, uncles, aunties, cousin and cousin-in-law. You guys are awesome!!! Thanks for the ang pau as well. Hahaha. Last but not least, thanks to my GOD that answering my calls and I appreciate it.

Thanks to all my friends who are caring. Welcome to our home!!!

Living Room- gotta mention here, the house is designed by me and my sis.

Divider in the living room.

One side of the divider is displaying the model of the "Eye of London and London Bridge". A gift from Patrick which he brought back from London during CNY. Thank you my friend!!! Really appreciate.

A big picture displaying the "City of Paris" at night. I like the picture very much and it certainly a picture which full of imagination and illusion.

Dining place- The displays of the wall are actually a clock.

Kitchen- I forgot to take photo at the other side of the kitchen cabinet.

My room- The display on the wall is purchased from Krabi. Whereas, the quilt is from IKEA.

The arm chair is a gift from my bf- Simon. Surreptitiously; he bough and moved the chair to my room while I went back to hometown. At first, the room was a bit dim and dismal at night. It's now warm, lightful and lovely with the extra lamp and armchair. Thanks for the gifts and they really made me surprise and happy.

The other side of my room. The color of the book shelf is to match with my table. Well, i guess my sister's room is more warmer than mine cos her room is painted with pink and peach color.

The most expensive thing I have purchased so far...$$$ flied. Though, happy. Good night to all of you and Cheers!

A Luxury Seafood Dinner

2009-06-28T14:34:00.035+08:00

Last night, I attended a “seafood dinner” which was organized by Jin Sheng in @ Unique Seafood Restaurant; located in PJ.

There were 9 of us gathered for the gathering. We threw Candice a farewell since she has decided to go back to Ipoh to further her future undertakings.

The minute I stepped inside the restaurant; I was amazed by the restaurant which looked like an Aquarium to me.

There are varieties of seafood there and many of the sea creatures I have never seen before.
See this...

Scotland Clams

California Geoducks

Spider Crabs

Jin Sheng booked a VIP room to gather all of us. The room was equipped with a big plasma TV.

From left: Me, Ze Xiong, Jin Sheng and Kok Ping.

Special thanks to Jin Sheng who sponsored the red wine.

The red wine was bought from Chile and the taste of the wine was fine and nice.

Me and Terry, Weng Kit.

Here we go...food of the night...

Geoduck from California and this meal cost us RM401... though, it was nice to see and nice to eat.

Look at the meat...It was extremely fresh... Yummy yummy.

According to Ryan, Yoong Loong; the geoduck is nice to eat by soak inside the herbal soup for few seconds. Though, I prefer to eat the raw one with wasabi.

Wasabi...looked like..

Mussels serving with soup. According to Weng Kit; this kinds of mussel was once upon a time living under the deep blue sea and was diffcult to find. However, It could easily get now right after the incident of Tsunami due to the big waves have dashed out the mussels to the shore.

Ostrich... Jin Sheng's favourie.

A seasonal vege- translated directly from Chinese is "Green Dragon Vege".

Delicious "Lou Fu Pan".

And, the most expensive dish of the night- Spider Crab.

Spider crab cooked with salty egg.

Dessert- Chilled Mango with sagu.

Posting infront of the cam.

Ohohoho, I like this photo very much. The shark looked vivid. Nice shoot from Kok Ping.

Special thanks to Jane as well cos most of the photos were taken by her.

And... the bill of the dinner is....RM 1, 572.05. The service charge and 5% government tax are already RM200.

As such, It was a luxury dinner. However, I enjoyed the food and the moments I spent with my beloved friends...

Patrick...how I wish you was there...to pay the bill for us. Hohoho....

Here the address and contact number:

Lot9B-3, Jalan Kemajuan, Section 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya.
Ph: 03-79602088

Fallen of a Star- Michael Jackson

2009-06-26T22:59:00.007+08:00

This morning while I was driving to work and listening to Hitz.fm; surprisingly, MJ’s song- “Man In a Mirror” was on air. Since I know the song well, I turned the radio station to Fly FM; again, another MJ’s song- “Remember The Time” was playing. Out of curiosity, I turned the radio station to Mix.fm; another MJ’s song- Dangerous was on air.

Suddenly I was standing in amazement… “ Dun tell me MJ…” I whispered to myself and then the DJ announced that the radio station was paying tribute to MJ by playing MJ’s songs the whole day. A big shock to me and tears started filled in my eyes (I am one of his fans).

Well, I am regretting now that I did not go for his “Live concert” which held in Malaysia in year 1997 (if I am not mistaken). I was just standard 2 or 3 during that time and without the support from my family; I was psychically and financially not allowed to go for the concert. Gosh…the moral of the lesson is “Fight for your favo whenever you stand a chance; regardless how small the chance would be”.

After MJ, there should be no more King of Pop and no one could compete with him as biggest pop sensations of all time. Since, the radio stations are playing marathons of his greatest hits and millions of tearful fans are paying tribute to him; let’s join the globe paying tribute to the greatest and miracle man of all time.

MJ, your legend would widespread from generation to generation; we’re gonna miss you…

Beauty Talk- Sekkisei KOSE Products

2009-06-04T22:23:00.022+08:00

Ladies, I have just changed my skin care products from Clinique to Sekkisei Kose products month ago and I found Sekkisei Kose products are awesome and I would like to share these amazing products with you all.

My face has never wash by beautician so it’s important for me to pick for the right products and before I tried for Sekkisei Kose products, I solely relied on Clinique 3 steps cleansing kits. Since my Clinique products were almost finished last month; Sekkisei Kose products were then introduced to me by my sister’s colleague- Jonan. Special thanks to Jonan for offered me the samples of the products.

Speaking about Sekkisei Kose, it’s a Japanese product. The objective to create Sekkisei product is to focus on “Skin is transparent like snow” which is matching its Chinese name- 雪肌精.

And then, I waited for the Kose promotion which held on Mid Valley during end of April. No doubt, it costs me a fortune to buy the products. However, the price is worth for the products.

Here we go for Sekkisei Kose Products.
- Sekkisei Lotion
- Sekkisei Emulsion
- Sekkisei Clear Lotion
- Sekkeisei Eye Cream

The above mentioned are the products that I bought during Kose promotion fair in April (refer pic below).

The products below are all Free Gifts.
And, the bunch of free gift itself worth more than RM450.

Hohoho, till now; I am yet to use some of the free gifts but I know the result of the products is amazing coz one of my colleagues- Sharen who is also using the Sekkisei Kose has a good complexion and her skin is more transparent now compare to last time.

Ohh ya, with the voucher that I bought during the fair, I was entitled to have a self-portrait which taken by the professional photographer. Before the photo being taken, they have make-up artists and hairstylists there to tranform the holder of the voucher to "model" by ran thru the "beautification process".

Due to time constrain and I dun really felt like waiting there just to get a photo shoot; I din get my hair done and the make-up artist only did some light make up for me (though, others who surrounding me have better make-up than mine). And, I only let the photographer took two of my photos; whereas the rest who were waiting there shoot more than 6 times.

See, this is my best shoot and judge on the pic, I would never stand a chance to compete with the contestants of ANTM- America Next Top Model cos I looked rigid and not vivid. But who cares? And guess what? One of the personnel who printed out my photo thought I was only 22. :p

I took the pic below right after two weeks I have tried for the products. I did not apply any foundation on my face, NOT even a light foundation. However; I did apply concealer under my dark dark eyes here. (no choice, I have a pair of panda eyes). And now, whenever I go out for a date or work; no foundation apply on my face anymore. sometimes, I only apply blushes on my face to make myself more lively. Frankly, I love the products...

The New American Idol Crowned

2009-05-23T23:00:00.009+08:00

Kris Allen, 23 years old has just crowned the 2009’s American Idol title few days ago.

Surprisingly, many would say. Before the result show, it was Adam Lambert who had been expected to be crowned champion as most of the judges had been appeared to be leaning towards Adam during the finale show.

Not only the panel judges; me and most of my friends and colleagues thought that Adam would gonna win in this competition. However, the result…JUST UPSET US!!! And, I guess Adam’s supporters were all stunned right after the champion had been called out.

No offence to Kris; he is a talented singer and he has a talent to compose nice songs. Besides that, it is really difficult to begrudge Kris as he is always humble and sweet.

Throughout this competition, Adam is flamboyant, stylish and he definitely a “star”. Gees, why he could not crown the Idol title??? After the result, it shown that, over 100 million of votes; Americans appeared to like Kris Allen more than Adam Lambert, what can I say? It was American’s choice.

Well, I genuinely hope that Adam will get a recording contract from a music firm even he does not crown the AI’s title (he is now in talk with 19 Entertainment to come out his solo-album). Hope to hear his song in the radio soon. Same go to Kris Allen and Danny Gokey.

You may download the following latest songs sung by the idols in American idol’s official website: http://www.americanidol.com/ using iTunes.

1. Come rain or come shine - Danny Gokey
2. One - Adam Lambert
3. Crying - Adam Lambert
4. Heartless - Kris Allen
5. Apologize - Kris Allen

Phuket Trip (2009)

2009-05-10T21:13:00.111+08:00

It has been a while since I came back from Phuket and I keep on delaying to blog about the trip. The main reason of the delay is- Distraction…lots of distraction… Recently, I am busying with TV shows, drama series and books…sometimes, I do not even know what to do next and it seemed that 24 hours a day are not enough for me.

Well, time really flies, doesn’t it? I went to Phuket in Feb and it’s now May. We took more than 1000 photos in Phuket and it isn't easy for me to shortlist the photos and decide which to upload here. Okay, enough for the excuses. Now, get in to the point…

We supposed to have 4 days and 3 nights for the trip. However, due to delay of the flight; the trip ended up with 3 days and 3 nights. Initially, only I, sista- trace, Jane and Ceci joined the trip. Then, Patrick, KP and YL joined later. It has been years since my last travel with Ceci, Patrick, KP and YL and I was happy to have them to join the trip.

On the day itself, we have two different flights; with the guys departed on morning and the rest of us took our flight at 8.30pm but there was still a delay of the flight on the day itself.

During Feb, it was a peak season in Phuket; perhaps a good time to travel to Phuket with soft breeze most of the time and good weather to go for diving or snorkelling. Well, while we were on the plane, only four of us were from Asia and the rest of the passengers were ang mohs (foreigners) and the plane was full- seated. I guess, Air Asia generates lot of profits by offering the low cost flight as most of the frequent travelers (mainly ang moh) like to take low cost flight.

Night view in LCCT, photo taken by Jane.

Jane, Me, trace and Ceci.

Posting in front of camera before aboard to the plane.

After we reached Phuket, we caught up with the guys and had our late dinner. The next day, we had our day tour to the famous Phi Phi Island.

Day 1

As usual, I missed my blanket at home very much and I did not have a proper sleep. On the morning, I woke up early and enjoyed the breakfast with KP, Patrick and YL.

In front of the hotel with Jane next to me. The hotel that we accommodated is called “Royal Palm Beachfront” which located in Patong beach. And,Patong beach is just in front of the hotel. No wonder; it named as “Royal Palm Beach Front”.

7 of us.

The day tour of the day was visited to Phi Phi Island, Maya Bay, Khai Island, Monkey Island… altogether 7 places. The tour included 2 ways transfer by minibus/ van, mask, snorkeling, life jacket, speed boat fare with full insurance, soft drinks, fruit, biscuits, lunch and an English spoken tour guide. Since there were 7 of us; KP, Patrick and YL managed to get a good price from the travel agent; each of us paid RM 100 for the tour only. During peak season, the price charge to adult is around RM 280 per person. In contact, the price is slightly lower during low season, around RM150 per person.

In the pier at Chalong Bay.

Time for camera while waiting the arrival of the speed boat.

Inside the speed boat. The pic below captured the waves which followed behind the speed boat.

In Phi Phi Island, close to Maya Bay.

In Maya Bay. The water in this bay is extremely clear. A Hollywood firm "The Beach" starring by Leonardo Dicapprio was shoot here in early 2000.

The minute I reached here; i was amazed by the fantastic and splendid view. Without hesitate, I pulled my sleeveless shirt and slippers off and walked to the sea.

My bikini was bought in Bali by trace and I spent RM80 for it only. The bikini was designed by Aussie and it was imported from Australia to Bali.

From left: Patrick, YL and KP.

With Patrick on the speed boat.

Patrick, I wondering why; you're always sensitive to camera? Though, you looked great on the photo below. Kakaka...

Lots of fish swimming under the sea.

The water of the sea was so clear that it almost transparent.

According to the tour guide, in x century before; this place was used by the pirates to hide for the treasures. No doubt, It was a strategic location to hide for the treasures cos only small boat is allowed to get inside the leak, it's blocking with two mountains.

In Monkey Island. The visitor is feeding the monkey with coco-cola.

Apparently, judge on the pic; Ceci was having seasick.

Right after Ceci had vomitted. I felt nausea and the feeling was killing me softly. Gosh, I felt like vomit too.

Time for snorkeling. However, I was damn dizzy and I was seasick-ing. The tour guide told me that I have two options. Either I jump into the sea to ease my nausea or I rest inside the speed boat. Frankly, I could not stay a minute inside the boat, it made my nausea worse. Without hesitate, I got my life jacket on and jumped into the sea (even though I do not know how to swim). And then, here he was- The captain of the speed boat. The captain held me tight with his strong left arm on my waist. He really taken a good care of me. In order for me to enjoy the session, he gave me a banana; with the banana on my hand; lots of fish were following me and I could see the fish without snorkel. The thing that upset me was, i could not have a chance to look under the water as i did not have the mask on. The good thing was, the nausea cleared right after i was on the boat. Thanks captain, you're rocks!!!

I found the pic nice. However, none of us has taken any pic before snorkel except Patrick. If I wasn't seasick, I should have a pic here. It's really nice pic.

Time for lunch.

Lunch of the day...

Trace and Ceci.

Jane, KP and Patrick.

Me and YL.

After lunch, we visited to another island called "Khai Island". It was closed to 2pm in the afternoon and it was really, really hot.

Look at the pic, the water is almost transparent and the sand is see through from the water.

The beach in Khai Island. It was crowded by tourists.

It was so hot that; Trace, Ceci, KP and YL decided to have a rest under the shade.

Me, Jane and Patrick were so brave to take a sun bath under the hot hot sun.
See, it paid off. Lots of fish surrounding us to welcome us...

Right after the tour; Me, Jane and Patrick got sun tan. Luckily, none of us got sun burn.

Well, it took two months for me to recover from sun tan and it only 90% recovered. The moral of the trip is; to apply and re-apply the sun block as frequent as possible to avoid sun tan.

I like Khai Island very much, it's like a paradise for me. I guess, I would visit here again for a full day tour in this coming July. So that, I would have a sufficient time to go for sun bath, enjoy my reading here and at the same time enjoy the spectacular view.

A photo taken by the photographer near the pier. It framed nicely and Patrick bought it for 150THB.

After the tour, we took a walk along the Patong beach which was just in front of the hotel.

Thanks to Patrick, now I know how "tan" my back side was...

Big "Phuket" characters written on the sand by Patrick.

The hotel is well-equipped with spa & massage, swimming pool, jaguzzi, sauna...

Lots of seafood available in Phuket. Big lobster, big prawn, big crab could easily see and get here.

Time to feed our stomaches.

Food of the night included...

Exaggeration night life in Patong. It has more than hundreds of pub, bar and club here.

Me and KP are waiting for the Thai Massage.

Time for massage-a thing that I would not miss everytime I visit to Thailand.

Phuket Trip, Day 2

2009-05-09T19:00:00.048+08:00

I couldn’t sleep well despite I was extremely tired. While I was trying to hypnotize myself to get into sleep; there were some loud voices coming from the aisle outside. Apparently, a group of gals just arrived the hotel and theirs conversation were so loud that I could hear each and every word clearly.

30 minutes later, they were still talking outside the aisle. Without hesitate, I opened the door and asked them to keep quiet. Well, the gals just stared at me and walked away without a word. I mean, they could talk anywhere they wished but not outside the aisle along the rooms with most of the people were sleeping (it was around 1am in the morning). Sigh…I needed to wake up early in the morning to join another day tour and definitely I was not enough of sleep.

Breakfast time with gals in the morning.

On the way to Phang Nga, a place which close to Krabi province and after the trip, I realised that we could go to Krabi by bus instead of boat. According to the tour guide; if travel to Krabi by bus, the transportation fees is much cheaper than by speed boat.

It took not more than 2 hours to reach Phang Nga; a place where we went for our white water rafting. The tour including white water rafting (insurance is included), waterfall relaxing, elephant trekking, oxcart riding, jungle hikking, elephant and monkey show.

The normal rate of the white water rafting including the elephant trekking and etc is around 2,800 THB ( MYR 280). however, due to there were 7 of us; Patrick, KP and YL managed to bargain for a good rate. Each of us paid MYR 100 for the whole day trip; good job, guys.

Frankly, I have no idea what were they doing there. Training, perhaps. But, there was no training provided for us. The safety instruction was given instead.

7 of us posting in front of the camera before we put our life jackets on and go for the white water rafting.

Maximum 6 persons on a boat, including 2 guides who guide the boat in front and back.

The duration of the white water rafting is around 1 hour plus. Right after the rafting, we went for a waterfall. Due to we hired a "professional" video taker; none of us brought our camera to the waterfall as the video taker followed each of us everywhere. All we needed to do was- smile to the camera!!! End of the tour, we paid RM 100 to the video taker for the videotape.

After lunch, it was the time for 4 wheels motorbike riding.

With the tour guide. She was the one who accompanied us from beginning till the end of the tour. A friendly and helpful tour guide. Guess what? She is staying in Krabi province and travel to Phuket everyday; just to work.

With KP posting in front of the camera before the ride.

The ang mohs. Well, since it was a peak season; during the daytrip, only 7 of us were from Asean, the rest were all from Italy, Australia, USA...

After the ride, it was the time for oxcart riding.

Me, Jane and YL were on the same oxcart.

Again, 7 of us.

Elephant trekking with Jane. Frankly, if you would like to have a good view with lovely plantation surrounding while you go for the elephant trekking, I strongly recommend- Chiang Mai, an ideal place to go for elephant trekking as you may see the view and the plant surroudings are far more attractive than those in Phuket. The duration of the elephant trekking in Chiang Mai (Maeng Ping river side) is longer, it takes around two hours.

And then... Patrick was terrified by the elephant trunk. After the incident, I just realised that there was actually more than one camera shooting Patrick's reaction.

A closer look. Haha.

At night, time for the luxury seafood dinner. This time we ordered lobster to eat. Here we go for the pic...

Coconut drink for each of us.

Lobster of the day. Emm...dun judge on the pic, the size of the lobster was bigger than the one showing here. The cost of the lobster itself was RM 150, after discount. Well, I would say, the lobster was fresh and tasty, Yummy, yummy.

Tomyam again

Crabs fried with curry. I like this dish very much.

Another crabs of the day. Crabs with chili. The Thai guy introduced this dish to us. However, i found crabs cooked with curry were much better.

Big fresh baked prawns.

After the dinner. We went for a walk in the night market and Thai massage. Talking about the massage, I was actually had a bad foot massage experience on the night itself. Yak...

Well, my favourite. The art of soap sculp. I had one myself which bought in Chiang Mai 3 years ago and it still well-keep in my cupboard.

Phuket Trip, Day 3

2009-04-26T13:22:00.031+08:00

On the 3rd day morning in Phuket, due to lack of sleep on the previous two nights; I felt jaded.

I was too tired until I slept unconsciously. Luckily me and my sis still able to catch up the breakfast with the rest of them.

After the breakfast, we took a walk along the Patong beach, the breeze was nice and the view was fantastic and it did cheers our mood.

It was around 10.00am, but; the sun was shining.

After the walk, it's time to say bye bye to the guys and the rest of us stayed another half day in Phuket. Au Revoir, my friends. Pity for Patrick cos he needed to catch the night flight to London on the same day itself. However, i think it paid off, cos Patrick seemed enjoy the trip, did you?

After we packed our luggages, it was a time to go for a "Goodbye drink", though, it supposingly a "Welcome drink" which we haven't take during our first day in Royal Palm. This photo was taken by Jane, I found it artistic, so I put it here. Good take, Jane.

Time for photos before we ahead to shopping complex.

I like the hotel (Royal Palm Beachfront) very much. It's just match the name- Beach in front; the minute we stepped out from the hotel, we could see a blue blue sky, deep blue sea and a lovely beach in front.

Inside the restaurant.

Outside the restaurant.

We were taking "tut tut" to go to the shopping centre in Patong. With Trace and Jane on my right and left.

With Jane.

In front of Jungceylon Shopping complex.

Inside the shopping complex, only we knew exactly what we were doing there. Funny, though.

Before we went back to the hotel to take our luggages, we found an "Arsenal Football Club" shop there. As an Arsernal's fan; without hesitate, i walked in to the shop to hunt for jersey or shirt...

Me, Ceci and Trace bought Polo-T shirts (printed with Arsernal's badge).

I damn like the shirt. Not only the price is cheap, the quality of the shirt is pretty good.

In the Phuket International Airport. We were wearing sleeveless T-shirts which we bought in the afternoon. Apparently, without the guys, shopping was the only thing we can do...

We were starving during the flight back to Malaysia. Initially, we wanted to have some nice food in the airport before we aboard, however, most of the restaurants in the airport were closed. As such, my advice is; have your dinner first before you go to the airport if you're taking a night flight coz most of the restaurants close around 8.30pm. That was why we all ended up taken our late dinner in the plane and my dinner was "Maggie Mee, curry favor".

Emm..almost forgot to mention. There is a NaRaYa shop in the airport. Indeed, a very small shop. The price of the bags is slightly higher than those in Bangkok. My advice; better opt for your favourite NaRaYa bags in Bangkok instead in Phuket.

Well, to be frank; I did enjoy the trip and I really had fun with my friends. Guys and gals, looking forward for our coming tripssss...ssss Again, Live life to the Max; I luv you all.

Idols paradise- American Idol Season 8

2009-04-20T00:01:00.015+08:00

I am one of the American Idol’s fans since season 3. Can you imagine? 8 years down the road; America is running for this show and it’s definitely a hot and the most successful show.

With Ryan Seacrest remained the host of this show; the same judges- funny and energetic Randy Jackson, meaningless and sometime speechless Paula Abdul, the cruel and unpredictable Sir Simon Cowell (he just honored “SIR” by Queen Elizabeth) and a pretty new judge Kara Dioguardi is added to this show this year.

This season perhaps is the strongest group so far. Now, it’s time to summarize your Top 7 contestants.

Allison Iraheta
The 16 years old, young and energetic Allison reminds me of Kelly Clarkson (the first American Idol). The powerful of her voice is gifted and definitely she could go further in this competition. Her best song:

I don’t want to miss a thing- Top 7

Anoop Desai
The American born Indian is now living in his American Dream. Though, he is a minority citizen in US but he managed to get himself into Top 7 which is not easy. He got a good voice but he needs to get more votes from Americans. Let’s check out his best songs in the competition:

You are always on my mind- Top 10
True color – Top 8
Everything I do, I do it for you- Top 7

Adam Lambert
The fashionable, funky and most versatile contestant in this competition; he has never been into the bottom 3, he got a good voice and the most important thing is he never copies the original songs during the competition, he comes out the song in HIS way which American Idol is looking for. He is definitely in the “Star Zone” and makes his way through the end of this competition. Check out his best performances so far:

Black or White- Top 13 (highly recommended, it was brilliant till my goose bump came out)
Smokey’s song- Top 10 (recommended)
Play the funky music- Top 9
Mad world- Top 8 (highly recommended, it made Simon Cowell stood on his feet)

Danny Gokey
He is one of my favorites. No doubt he has a good voice and his vocal is one of the best among the contestants. Same with Adam, he has never been into bottom 3. While he sings, he put lots emotion into the songs and makes them flawless. Check out:

What hurts the most- Top 8

Kris Allen
Well, he is a talented singer who can play guitar, keyboard and etc. He is the one who most of the judges praised from week to week. He is the one who has improvement and well progress week after week. Basically, all of his past performances were worth to watch; do check out his performances starting from Top 13. However, the one that I re-run more than 6 times was:

Ain’t no sunshine- Top 8 ( Gees, my goose bump came out whenever I watch his performance singing this song, it was fabulous).

Lil Rounds
The only black remained in this competition. She has a powerful voice. However, according to the judges, she keeps picking the wrong choice of songs every week and she was in bottom 3 last week. The song I like the most was:

Independence day – Top 10 (but none of the judges like it)

Matt Giraud
He looks like Justin Timberlake and sounds like Michael Buble. He can plays well for piano and keyboard. He is talented and I like him very much. But, the only problem of his; is he unable to choose properly whether to come out a soft or R& B song. All of the judges like most of his performances. Like Kris, most of his performances were certainly worth to watch. He was the one who got the less of votes but the judges had stood in and saved him from being kicked out last week. Mean, he will be in AI next week. Americans, please vote for him!!!

So Small- Top 10
Smokey’s week- top 9

And, special dedicated to Scott MacIntyre, congratulation to you for made your AI’s journey to Top 8. It ain’t easy. You never give up yourself though you are vision impaired. You’re a talented singer and pianist. And, you’re certainly idol for the Americans. All the best!!!

Though someone’s American Idol dream may goes to the end with someone’s glory. I hope those who can sing can become the next Chris Daughthy or next Jenifer Hudson; either best selling singer or an Oscar and Grammy Awards winner.

I am going to make a wild guess (actually not tat wide); Adam Lambert will become the next American Idol. May the best man/ woman wins!!!

AIG's bonus outrage

2009-03-18T22:54:00.005+08:00

The insurance and investment giant- American International Group. INC (AIG) announced to pay the contractual bonus amounting USD 165 million to its executives on Sunday. The funny thing is, AIG is facing the financial crisis and almost going to collapse last year. To prevent AIG to go for wound up during last Sept, the government bailout fund amounting USD 170 billion had been issued to AIG.

How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company alive? And, most of the higher level executives obtained bonus of more than USD 100 million dollars and some of the executives were resigned and gone right after the bonus has been paid out.

I am neither American nor the US tax payer, I totally feel unjustified to the act. There are more than 450 million of Americans have lost their job during this financial crisis and AIG is using the “taxpayers” money to reward its executives? It is totally outrageous! President Obama had issued a blistering attack on the co and pledged the co from paying the bonus. The US ministers are now urging AIG to restrain the bonus and repay the bonus.

Across the country, without the federal bailout fund; there are still a lot of employees who work hard to meet their daily responsibilities; all they wish is to have a stable job. AIG; at the least, has to utilize the bailout fund to safe its corporation instead of issue million dollars of bonus to its executives.

Life is a Flower!

2009-03-14T22:52:00.040+08:00

I used to describe “Life is a flower” . Indeed, it is. Flower needs to tender with cares in order to grow up. At the beginning stage, planter takes care of the plant in the tenderest way. Like us, while we were infants, our parents taken care of us with lots of patience, care and love.

Soon, flower has grown a bit bigger and stronger; however, scheduled watering and nourishing are still needed in this stage. Like us, while we were kids; our parents still taken a good care of us.

Later, flower is in bloom. So beautiful and elegant in the garden that the bees and butterflies wish to drop by and to “kiss” the flower. Like us, we have then fully grown up; so confidence, so ambitious, and so fabulous. And, it’s time to embark on something in the society.

However, no matter how beautiful a flower is, the blossom will fall eventually. Like us, no matter how; we will get old eventually.

While I was 25, I was nervous; coz another 5 more years I would turn 30. While I was 26, I always telling people around me that, called me 25 and I would stay 25 forever. In fact, I am no longer 25 or 26; instead, I just turned 27 this February. Knowing that, my birthday falls on early of the year, so I considered older than the rest of us who are same age with me.

But, who cares? No matter how, one simple and timeless truth is; I will be fabulous, always fabulous, no matter how old I am. Live life to the max!!!

Cheers, for the next 30 and 50!!!

Received a bouquet from Simon aka Kong in the office. Surprisingly, though; din expect I would received a bouquet on my birthday. There are 18 stalks of red rose tight in a small bundle. Ha, I like it very much. Thanks.

The below gifts are given by Rahman. Flower is for the Valentine's day and the teddy bear and birthday card are for my birthday. Thanks bro! Wink, wink.

Cute, little teddy bear.

Again, another surprise from Demy. This white color teddy bear was left on my workstation early morning on my B day. Thanks, Demy. I like it very much.

The red bracelet is also from Demy.

Gift from Sirianong aka Pim. It's from Thailand and brought back here by Rahman.

Birthday card from all my colleagues. Thank you all for bought me lunch in Hops & Grapes and celebrated my B day with me, thanks for the cake too. Really appreciate.

The B day card was designed by Yan Ling. Cute and Creative.

Gift from Sook Wai, Marcus and little Wan Ting.

Handmake earnings from Yan Ling.

Birthday card and wishes from all the managers in EMCC.

Gift from London. I like it very much coz it is green color and the wordings are printed in gold. Again, Patrick; I wanna scream it out loud: "you know how much I treasure you as my friend?" Wuhahaha!

Ok, not to forget. Thanks to Jane who bought me and Trace a book which both of us also like to read. Luv ya!

Thanks to Ban San, Kok Ping and Yoong Loong who bought me and my sis dinner in Bumbu Bali. Nice chat with you guys!

Life is a flower, so presious in your hand. Carry on smiling and the world will smile with you!

World entering "Great Recession"

2009-03-14T20:12:00.002+08:00

Dominique Strauss-Kahn; the head of IMF- International Monetary Fund has named the current recession as “Great Recession” and IMF forecast global growth in GDP- Gross Domestic Product is only 0.5% this year.

The world economic climate is glooming. With deep recession in US and there are a lot of pay cut and cessation of employment happened in the nation, the financial tsunami can hit the ground anytime. To prevent the market being worse; our government has thrown MYR 60 bil stimulating mini package to stimulus the market from slide to the financial crisis.

The RM 60 bil is divided into four levels. It mainly used to create job opportunity and to help the cease of company. The package is not transparent enough to tell whether it would work well or not. And, some people wondering why portion of the fund to be used on education purposes and not mainly use to save the market from the crisis?

Hopefully the package is working well by creating lot of job opportunities and the spending power of the nation will then increase. Besides to save the market from the crisis, our government also needs to look into the solution to prevent the rampant crime rate in the country and to deal with the issue of the foreign labors.

With the great recession is coming, we shall not complacent instead we should cut down the unnecessary expenses (- a reminder to myself as well :p ) and save more. This year will be a tough year to the nation, hopefully the RM60bil would use in a proper way. Last but not least, hope the year of Ox will bring back the “bull” market to the world.

Chinese New Year 2009

2009-03-01T15:19:00.038+08:00

As usual, I and my family went to the temple during the 1st day of the lunar New Year.

Since it was a spring festival, the blossomy plants which surrounding the temple welcomed us and each of the visitors with theirs’ most attractive look. It was awesome to see these blossom flowers.

The guest of honor of the day was Soon Yan aka Patrick who just came back from UK. He bought me a Gucci fragrance from UK. Hohoho, I damn like the smell of the fragrance, it’s fabulous and Patrick, you know how much I treasure you as my friend? You’re my star***! Luv Ya!

I like the bottle of the fragrance as well; it has a small chain on the middle of the bottle which making the bottle of the fragrance looks perfect.

There was a lion dance performance in my home on 3rd day of the CNY. It costs only MYR100.00 for “a” lion dance. “Double” lion dance costs MYR168.00 and I enjoyed the show very much.

The little lion visited my house during a hot and humid afternoon. It was awesome to see the little orange color lion dancing around my house compound.

After the lion dance performance; I was rushing to an annual gathering dinner in Mun Chong, Ipoh. It was an important date for me as I could meet and caught up with my formal classmates in this gathering. It’s meaningful and precious for me.

Me and Evon. I meet her only once a year.

Me and Eng Hong.

Me and Tai Lou- Weng Kit.

I looking tired and exhausted coz I slept less than 5 hours per day during the whole week of CNY. My face was a bit chubby after consumed lots of good food during CNY. CNY is all about eating!

Ready to "Lou Sang"? Count one, two and three...
We were eager to use our chopsticks to lou sang and right after we stopped, my sis’s hand was covered with “yee sang”.

Finally, our table covered with mess... and finally I realised how savage we were...

The food looked great but it were not tasty and yummy compared those food that I consumed during the reunion dinner with my family.

Fat Choy Hou Shi

Yu Kap

Zhing Zhen Prawns

Fish which is not fresh.

Altogether, 15 of us. Guys and gals, i love you all.

K-session with gal pals.

CNY- Reunion Dinner

2009-02-25T22:00:00.026+08:00

For me, Spring Festival is the most important of the traditional Chinese holiday. Thanks GOD that I had a week off for this CNY.

Before the CNY approached, I and my sis used to do a lot shopping. All the shopping complexes were decorated with red and the atmosphere was just pandemonium.

I wrapped the hamper myself.; not bad though, first time DIY.

I used the small plastic bags (those plastic bags which used to cover the chinese mandarin oranges) to deco the plant. The plant itself called "money tree" which planting by my mama.

The moment i reached home from KL, my grandma had already ordered me to deco the house compound.

During this CNY, I had my fingernails "implanted" coz I never keep long fingernails. To have nice and long fingernails, I had been waited in Mike’s Saloon for more than 5 hours to get my fingernails done. The canvases on my fingernails were hand drawing. As such, time is needed to pain those flowers on the fingernails.

My cousin- Jiann Wen is shooting the pic of my hand during the dinner. my hand looked miserable without applied the hand lotion :p

This year, since my mum just recovered from dengue fever; my family did not prepare the reunion dinner as usual. We had the reunion dinner in the restaurant nearby.

Me and Jiann Wen in front of the camera before ahead to the restaurant.

Me and my younger brother & cousin.

My cousins

Me and my bro.

With Aunty, granma and Jiann Wen.

Mama and Trace.

Daughters-in-law of the Kok's family

Fireworks and firecrackers were all around which made the CNY's eve filled with joys, happiness and cheers!

Wishing you all the very best in the year of ox! Cheers!

Remedy for Dengue Fever

2009-02-05T10:34:00.003+08:00

As most of you may realized, the dengue fever spreads in the nation is getting worse. There are a lot of precautions have been taken by the government to prevent the worse dengue outbreak.

However, there is no specific treatment to cure immediately or shorten the course of dengue fever. Paracetamol is normally given to the dengue fever patient to relieve the muscle and joint acnes.

The symptoms of dengue fever are:
1. Fever
2. Chill
3. Enlarged lymph nodes
4. Pain in the eyes
5. Nausea
6. Vomit
7. Loss of appetite
8. Low blood pressure
9. Fatigue
10. Deep muscle and joints pain

The above mentioned signs and symptoms are more or less the same as per Chikugunya which also cause by mosquitoes. To diagnosis, it is advisable to check with the doctor and have a blood text.

I would like to share with you all about the dengue fever remedies. Both of my mother and aunty had just recovered from dengue fever. Right after my mother had diagnosis dengue fever; my father called home and asked my mother to prepare :

1. two frogs (of course those eatable frogs)
2. bitter cucumber

Just clean and boil the above ingredients and drink it. It is work and the platelet count of the patient may jump instantly after consumed the drink.

However, due to worse dengue fever outbreak, it is difficult to get frogs. While my mother unable to boil the bitter cucumber drink with the frog. I recalled that I have read a forward email about the amazing papaya leaves. I taught my mother how to prepare it and right after my mother consumed it, thanks GOD that her platelet count jumped up the following day.

It is easy and simple to prepare the papaya Juice:

1. Firstly, find two pieces of raw papaya leaves and clean it.
2. Secondly, pound and squeeze the papaya leaves with a clean filter cloth.
3. A tablespoon per leaf.
4. Two leafs (two tablespoons) a day.
5. Do not boil or cook with hot water.

The above remedies are bitter but it is amazing and working. Since the dengue fever is rampant now, it is good to share this to all of you. Do spread these natural remedies to your friends and your loved ones.

Last but not least, the efficient way to prevent dengue fever is to clean the house compound frequently to avoid the new born of the infected mosquitoes.

Welcome 2009!

2009-01-03T00:22:00.019+08:00

Apparently, my first topic for the New Year- 2009. Last year, i did come out a lot of New Year's resolutions and it ain't go well. Okay, since it's still "new" year, i gotta come out my 2009 New Year resolutions...

1. Increase personal's wealth (target is up to xxx amount)
2. At least two sports a week (jogging, badminton, tennis...)
3. Free from doctor and away from medi (no more tonsilitis, cough..., more healthier. However, i am now yet to recover from cough...)
4. Cut down the unnessary cost (perhaps, shoes?)
5. more loves and cares for my family ( I always do, but still have space for improvement)
6. Control my emotion- rarely happen (for those who i hurt regardless of dreadful words, please accept my sincere apology; it might a sudden outburst)
7. Work smart
8. Travel to...Egypt? Gotta be realistic...visit China, Korea or Australia by end of this year.
9. Read more (my papa said i am a bookworm; but still have to read more, more and more).
10. Finally...be happy!

Emm...It's time to take out the new calender and the new organizer for 2009.
Obviously, my calender and organizer are from ExxonMobil. I like the organizer very much, the design is much better than the previous years. There are altogether 12 paintings pasted on hardpapers as a divider for each month and each of the painting has implication stated at the bottom. It's really cool.

Whereas, the calender is from EM Hong Kong. The design is excatly the same as per last year.

My new hairstyle for the new year? Definately nope, I got my hair rebond coz i prefer my hair straight rather than curl.

The upper part sharing about New Year. Here we go, the bottom part about the X'mas.

Rahman who's pretending to swallow a christmas ornament. Without a christmas tree, Christmas would be imcompleted.

Here my gift for the gift exhange event. Guess What??? My GM was the one who received the gift. Hohoho!!!

The adorable Christmas gift is specially for Beryl.

Here my gift...number 29.

And...my most wanted Christmas gift- Twilight Saga (a gift which i bought for myself for this Christmas).

The 1st and 2nd of the series are came in a bundle. Specially thanks to Xavier who put his effort to fetch Edward to me. Thanks to Jane who informed Xavier that i was looking for the books.

And, i got all books during Christmas's eve. Hohoho, thanks MPH answered my call and no doubt, i had a great Chritmas with Edward, Bella, Carlislie, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosaline and etc by my side.

Goodbye 2008!

2008-12-31T23:11:00.015+08:00

Time passing very quick. Another 45 minutes, i gotta waive my hand and say goodbye to year 2008 and welcome year 2009.

Another new year, it means i am a year older. I am sitting in front of my new notebook; listening to oldish songs while blogging and wondering why times passed so quickly that until i din even notice.

Remember those times, during my teenager period; i was crazy for Backstreet Boy; i bought most of the albums (of course those time, we normally listened to cassette), pasted the BSB's big poster on the wall behind my bed, watched Billboard Chart every Friday, listened to hitz.FM top 10 every nights, learnt to sing the hitz songs...

While i was in university, of course;I no longer crash for boy band but i was attracted by those talented singers and actors. Taufik Batisah (the first Singapore's Idol) was then became my idol. He is the most versatile singer i have ever seen. He can sings well regardless of jazz, rock, vocal, R&B and etc.

Okay, enough for the craps. Well, Yamuna asked me what my new year resolution is during lunch hour today. And then, i suddenly recalled that, the same thing Sook Wai asked me during last year' New Year's eve and i replied Sook Wai that my new year's resoluation was to file all the documents on daily basis so that i would not panic during report time. Apparently, the mission was failed miserably.

For year 2008, My biggest lost was i had lost both of my maternal's grandparents who had now join the GOD in peace.
Whereas, if you ask me, what's my biggest achievement for year 2008? Perhaps, It would be -I bought a unit (an apartment) with my sister by using our own money. (It's aint not bad,though; i guess).

For year 2009, I wish all of you...

Great start for Jan,
Love for Feb,
Peace for march,
No worries for April
Fun for May,
Joy for June to Nov,
Happiness for Dec,
Have a lucky and wonderful 2009.

Happy New Year!!! Wishing you all the best!!! Cheers!!!

Special Christmas gifts

2008-12-17T22:06:00.025+08:00

Christmas is approaching soon. Most of the people are busy to purchase gift for their's loved one, for exchange gift event and etc.

While I was wrapping the christmas gift on Monday and thinking what would I get for the Christmas Exchange Gift Event in my department this coming Friday. A gift was delivered to me in receptionist's desk the following day.

I was kinda surprised. The gift was a small box (like a medical box) which full of "Nougat" with different favours and there was a little teddy bear lying beneath it. Besides that, it stated there:

"Sally's Stress Survival Pack"

* Open the box when things get really tough.
* warning: Not to be used overdose, it may caused obesity.

Cool, isn't it? There are some small cute pictures printed on the papers which symbolised that under what circumstances I may need to consume the "Nougat".

And, it most probably comes to me in a suitable time coz today I have a tough day in the office, I feel like swallow all the Nougats into my stomach...but it may caused obesity so...i just took one, hopefully it's medicinal.

Taddddaaaa...here the lovely gift. To be frank, I love it so much, it melts my heart and my heart is filled with sweets.

Ohh, my father left a book on my table surreptitiously on Monday. The title of the book is "The World according to Dad". I am yet to read it. Perhaps, my father is the Santa Claus who delivered the christmas gift to me and my sis earlier.

Wishing you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Falling in love with the Vampire

2008-12-08T11:58:00.014+08:00

All this while, I am fascinating toward vampires due to they are immortal, they drink blood to survive, they are strong and they cannot expose to the sunlight. But, what makes them attractive is, vampires are handsome and pretty.

Back in 1994, the famous movie of the year -“Interview with the vampire”. After I watched the movie, I felt sympathy for a life of being as a vampire. Due to theirs’ immortality life, they are walking in the earth from year to years, from century to centuries. Adaptive is the only way to survive. They need to adapt the change of the world from sucking a human being’s blood to drink the animal’s blood. They cannot simply hunt for human in the street because if they do so, it’s considering a crime in this century.

Recently, there is a hot movie showing in the cinema- Twilight. It is from a vampire-romance novel written by Stephanie Meyer. In Twilight Series, there are altogether 4 books- Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Twilight series won the best selling novel before and the 3rd book- Eclipse, it sold 150,000 copies in 24 hours during its 1st day published in the market and the Twilight books sold 25 million world wide.

Twilight, it is about a young and pretty high school gal- Isabella; Bella who falls in love with a vampire- Edward Cullen. The story began when Bella who just moved from Sunny Phoenix Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington. During they first meet in the class, Edward unable to resist his lust of young Bella's blood. Even though, Edward and his family are oppose to human blood and only drink animal's blood. Overtime, they fall in love. The story is about the relationship of Bella who her lover- Edward is a vampire and how Edward needs to protect Bella from being killed and the relationship of Bella and the entire Cullen's (vampire) family. Good books to read and it worth for collection.

Twilight- the cover is an apple which symbolize that the love between Bella and Edward is forbidden.

New Moon- the cover of New Moon is a red and white ruffled tulip.

Eclipse- the cover is a broken ribbon which indicates Bella needs to choose between her love with Edward Cullen and her friendship with werewolf- Jacob.

Breaking Dawn- The cover is a chess, may indicate the new life of Bella of being a vampire.

Robert Pattinson who plays the role as Edward Cullen in Twilight is handsome, charming, geogous and he blows me away. He well-carried the role as Edward Cullen. If I were Bella, I would definately fall to Edward. But, in reality; i could not imagine to love a vampire and tranform myself to vampire. If a vampire stands in front of me, without hesitate, i will definately faint, not to mention to love or date a vampire. To love a vampire, a person needs to have courage like Bella. This is a very nice and romantic young- adult novel, those who seek for romance, this series will not let you down.

Note: Robert Pattinson is the one who played the role as Cedric Diggory In Harry Potter and the Globet of Fire.

Diamonds are girls best friend!

2008-12-05T15:27:00.008+08:00

Actually i have a lot of things to share and there are just many things i would like to blog. However, my going to 6 years old laptop is currently malfunctioned and it has sent to the workshop.

Before year 2008 kicks to end; no choice, i have to steal a little time from my working hours to blog. Shhh...

Ok, enough for the craps. Judging my captioned title; you know what am i going to share next. How true it can be?

There is a scene in Moulin Rouge when Nicole Kidman who played a role as the star of Moulin Rouge- Satine; singing the song "Diamonds are girls best friend", this song perhaps well-represented the heart of those Can-Can dancers whom performed the dance in the Moulin Rouge. In Moulin Rouge, there is no "love". Whereas, it's a place of "money" and "power". Money certainly became the greatest element in which they persuade in life.

During a marriage of a young couple, when the bridegroom does not have sufficient money to buy a diamond ring for the bridge; the bridge will not blame the bridegroom but she gets her man to promise to buy her a diamond ring whenever the husband is affordable. In short, diamond is essential to sustain a marriage. How true it will be? Look, if the husband fails to buy a diamond as he had promised before; the wife will keep begging until she received one.

In this century, most of the girls trend to be more realistic and materialistic. This is because the diamond which belongs to her, she can keeps it the rest of her life until the day she leaves the world and joins the GOD in peace. The diamond will not simply transfers to others unless she is willing to do so. Whereas, men are easily attach by others or easily transfer from one woman to another.

As such, a smart woman learns how to keep the diamond instead to keep the man. I guess, this is why “Diamonds are girls best friend” because diamonds will not betray her own master.

Welcome Obama to the White House!

2008-11-05T16:07:00.014+08:00

Congratulation to Barack Obama who was elected to become the 44th America President; who is also the nation's first black president.

During the US Presidential Election, i have a faith in Obama that he will certainly takes his step toward the White House. No doubt that his charisma and prudent thinking had brought him to become the next US- President and certainly Hilary Clinton did a great job to support Obama by forgo her desire to cling to the next US-President.

Follow by his triumph; nowadays, Americans will strongly holding theirs' "American dream" which equal to "nothing is impossible and everything is possible".

Below is the speech derived from Obama's speech which had been delivered after he had won the election and i find it very cool!

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

"It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

There are a lot of changes that Obama has promised to bring to the nation. Nevertheles, firstly; he needs to come out a proper solution to solve the credit crunch and the resession in US. Secondly,to solve the war in Iraq and of Afgranistan and etc.

Let's welcome Obama to the White House and hopefully with his attachment to the White House; fight for justice, look into the unequal treatment of the blacks and the most important thing- bring peace to the world!

Craving for pink?

2008-11-02T22:17:00.032+08:00

Since I was young, blue is always my first choice of color; blue color bed sheet, blue color toothbrush, blue color school bag… I like blue coz I wish I like a bird to soar above the blue blue sky.

While I moved to secondary school; influenced by my beloved cousin sista; a great “Green” supporter. Everything in green. She said, green represents natural, like tropical forest, leaf, tree, green apple and it represents something that “alive”. Since then, I like both blue and green.

Izzit the preference of the color will change according to your age? Recently, I just realized that most of my goods are in pink. Am I craving for pink? I myself have no clue, perhaps; different products with different colors will create a different sense/ feeling towards the products.

My NaRaYa comestic bag with little pink roses printed on it.

This bag contains of skin care products. From NaRaYa too.

Charm handphone hanger. I wonder why i chose pink; it just crossed my mind to choose pink instead of other colors while the stallholder asked me to choose the color of the string.

Emm...here we go, my fragrance- Lovely from Sarah Jessica Parker. It is pink color as well.

Tadaaaaaa...here it is...my new jewelry box. Just bought it yesterday from Sunway Pyramid shopping centre. I was looking for such a fine and lovely jewelry container long long time ago. (PS: i do not have lot jewelries with me). What i need is a lovely container to keep my goods.

It imported from Hong Kong and it's just like a little wardrobe in which you can keep your favourite things in it.

And again; there are pink roses printed on it. Since it is a handmake product, of course the price is not cheap for me. Phew~~~But...I just like it. *Wink*

Steamboat

2008-10-14T22:54:00.010+08:00

Steamboats refer to variety of dishes cooked in a simmering pot of broth at the table. Most of us tend to have a steamboat during raining day. While the weather is cold, with a spoon of hot broth and our favorite ingredients put inside the hot pot. The taste is just yummy.

If you like spicy food, perhaps; you can go to a steamboat shop at “Low Maji Restaurant”- 老妈子 at Bandar Puteri, Puchong to try for the spicy steamboat. You can order two broths at one pot. For eg, spicy broth and a Chinese herbal broth.

Well, for the food and broth; it is very subjective, some people may find it tasty whereas some may not. For me, if there are more variety of food to be added, it will be great.

Due to the overwhelming, reservation is needed. Dial 03-80601168 for reservation.

My sis had organized a steamboat session during Eng Hong's visit in KL last Saturday.

Here is the shop. The shop's name is just cool.

My new hair-style

2008-10-07T23:16:00.015+08:00

I just changed a new hairstyle on last Sunday. The hairstylist is called Mike, he is the boss from Theme Saloon, in Equine Park. While i visited him, he asked me to try his skill by curl my hair. At first, i was doubt; but he seemed confident and persuaded me to do so. I whispered to myself that :" what if I don't like it?"

Then, Mike talked to me that he will rebond my hair to straight if I don't like the new hairstyle (curly) and it is totally F.O.C- Free of charge. What i need to do is return to his saloon in a week. And, guess what? He lowered down the price (the cost to curl the hair); the price that he charged me was actually much cheaper than other saloons. Hair, with my length definately cannot get such a good price in other saloons. Since Mike was confident and it was a very good offer for me. Gosh, I was unable to resist. Finally, here come to live of my new hairstyle.

I After the hair was done. I felt happy and appreciate. Not because of the hairstyle; it was the hairstylist. During the session, i was totally amazed by him, he shows passion in his career; handling each customer's hairs with cares. If there is score, I will give him 99/100.

And, most of my colleagues and friends like my new hairstyle. Despite, I will not keep this hairstyle for a long period, I have a new look coz I kept my long straight hair for almost 3 years. It has been a long time since I last perm my hair. Special thanks to the hairstylist- Mike.

Ladies, if you plan to rebond, perm or cut your hair, do let me know.Theme Saloon definately is the best choice of all coz nowadays it is not easy to find such a good and patient hairstylist.

Shoes & Shopping

2008-10-07T22:51:00.013+08:00

I like shoes. For the matter of fact, I think most of the gals like shoes as well.

Men, perhaps; they do not understand why women need to get a pair of white color shoes despite in her shoes collection; there are more than 2 pairs of white shoes. This is because; women think that different shoes show different style. Perhaps; more sexier with a pair of string shoes, more cutie with a pair of pink shoes and fresh and innocent with a pair of white shoes. In contrast, this is why men have different color of neck ties because different ties suit different outfits.

Carrie Bradshaw in series of Sex and the City likes shoes very much. She spent most of her income on luxury and branded shoes. There is one scene in which she was robbed by a theft. She felt down and upset not because she has lost the money;it was because the theft had taken her new branded shoes which cost her US$ 485.

Shopping, men always have no clue why women like to shop. The fact is, women are sensitive; a lovely thing can really cheer up a gal’s day. Besides that, shopping can release tension. While you go to shop, you will get to know the latest fashion, latest new thing release in the market, and get to know the latest “hot” food in town. In term of economic, shopping can boots up the economic grow. As such, this can explained why there are more and more shopping complexes open in town and down town. No doubt, I like to shop also. While I am depressing, I used to shop alone and buy a lot of clothes and shoes to cheer my day. However, I am not a shoppoholic, I will weight the price and durable of the products prior any purchase is made. By shopping, I can also hang around with my friends and check out the brand new thing for fashions, products, food and services. Cool, huh?

Me and Jane shopping in the curve. We bought the same sleeveless shirt with diffrent color from MNG.

Super duber like my skinny Lewis Jeans brought from Bangkok.

This is my new spec, i spent total RM570 for my new spec and contact lens. No choice, I have to spend this amount of money due to my left eye sight dropped 100 degree.

Life...

2008-10-02T00:34:00.013+08:00

Life is full of joys…
Life is full of mysterious…
Life is full of cheers and tears… No matter how, life still goes on.

During lunch break yesterday, I and my colleagues went to Dengkil to have lunch. With our least expectations; something bad was happened. My colleague, young Beryl who was driving along a straight road was hitting by a car. Although, it was not her fault, but she spent the half day to go to lodge the police report, send her car to the workshop… Thanks GOD that there was no injury.

Special dedicate to Beryl:
Trouble arrives in measure and we stack it up real high.
If you feel defeated, you’re absolutely wrong,

Never ever let the trouble darken your way, GOD is there to help.
Whereever you go and whatever you do, GOD is there to save you within his cares.

Let nothing darken the way.

Rational or Irrational

2008-09-29T16:26:00.003+08:00

Naturally, during certain circumstances, we tend to solve our problem rationally. The consequences of the problem will be weighted prior any action taken toward it.

In term of relationship, some people may weight from A-Z before they opt for theirs’ life partner. For instant; range of salary, education level, outlook, personality and etc. Certainly, this is a logical thinking because water and bread are more essential than love.

Whereas, for some people, they will never measure what theirs’ other half really have. A person who falls into this category may think that love is more important than anything else. Obviously, some may think this is irrational.

Samantha Jones in the series of Sex and the City; while she was in loved with one of the richest men- Richard in New York; she was irrational to agree with Richard to have a 3 sum (3 people in a bed) during Richard’s birthday. After she found out that Richard cheated on her, she was rational to end the relationship by told straight to Richard’s face: “Look, Richard, I love you but I love myself more!” Despite, Richard did not cheat on her again and in love with her.

If a person is too rational, he /she may misses out something that is important to them. In contrast; if irrational, wrong action/ judgment may be taken place.

To be rational OR irrational?

Mid-Autumn Festival

2008-09-25T23:16:00.014+08:00

I went back to my hometown last two weeks ago to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. I recall that while I was young, I like Mid-Autumn Festival very much because during this festival kids are allowed to play the “fire” with the lantern.
While I was in standard two, the teacher who taught me art requested each of us to come out a lantern. I was just 8 years old, of course, I was not managed to come out a lantern. So, my grandpa helped me and my sis to create the lantern. I can still remember it was a big “star shape” lantern made by bamboo sticks. Although, the lantern was not created on my own; I was very happy and I lighten my “star shape” lantern during the Mid-Autumn Festival of the year.

And, Nowadays, I am so disappointed to find out that Mid-Autumn Festival is no longer important or special for kids. Is it caused by different upbringing? Or, the advancement of the technology has taken the attention of the kids? During the mid-Autumn Festival of this year, I sought my cousins’ help to light up the lanterns around the font yard of the house. Right after my cousins had lightened up most of the lanterns; they went inside the house and continued theirs’ games. Just realized, my house is well-equipped with the latest computer games, PSP and play station.

No matter how; I personally hope that the myth and the purpose of the celebration will widespread from generation to generation. And, if you have missed the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, plan to celebrate this warm festival with your family next year. Wishing you all the best!!!

A "big" mooncake brought to us by aunty Mei Peng. So called "Moon accompanied by seven stars".

Me taking a photo shoot after the meal, look kinda weird.

Day 4- Flight Back to Malaysia

2008-08-30T21:41:00.018+08:00

Just realized, I have came back from Bangkok for more than a month. However, I am still blogging the topic related to Bangkok. So, I decided to finish the blog- topic related to my Bangkok's trip soonest as i can.

During the last day of our trip, we went to MBK and Central World to hunt for our favourite things. Of course, i was damn happy on the day itself, coz i bought a lot of bags from NaRaYa, in Central World. One thing needs to mention here is, NaRaYa's bag is very famous in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand due to its design and quality. All the bags are made by fine fabric.

Me going to take breakfast in the dining room.

I am eating Ramen in Central World. The Ramen there is nothing special, the taste is the same as the Ramen in Malaysia.

In Central World, there is a big departmental store- Zen. Here, you can buy a lot of things with resonable prices.

I like the background of the pic, however; i look weird here lo.

Me and my sista being driven to the airport by this taxi driver. He is talkative and friendly. He chat with me all the way from Hotel to the airport. He even offered me his CDs. He is a great fan of Elvis and Ricky Martin.

Me and Candice posting in front of the camera while waiting for the immigration procedure to be done. Due to Survanabhumi Airport is the main route for most of the flights. It is recommended to get to the airport much more earlier (3 hours prior to the flight). The chance to miss a flight is very high if reach there within 2 hours prior to the flight schedule.

There are wide range of products available in the duty free shops in the airport. Such as; comestic products, skin care prodcuts, souvenir, chocolate, handbags, alcohol, cigarette...

My new purchased wallet- from Carlo Rino. I purchased this wallet at Jaya Jusco, 20% discount.

Here we go, the bags purchased from NaRaYa, including, shopping bags, comestic bags, travel bag, purse...

Bangkok, no doubt, a shopping paradise for me. I am looking forward my next trip to Bangkok.

Chinatown, Siam Paragon & Siam Center

2008-08-22T23:23:00.014+08:00

We went to Chinatown after massage. The Chinatown district is one of the oldest areas in Bangkok. Here, you can see a lot of vehicles and people are busying walking here and there. The ambiance here reminded me of Hong Kong. Besides that, most of the Chinese here can speak Cantonese and Mandarin.

In Chinatown, there are a lot of good food. The seafood here is simply delicious and cheap. The bird nest here is selling 300 baht or 400 baht per bowl. For shark fin soup, it is around 500 baht per person.

Here is Lim Chen Xiang, 林真香, a place in which you can buy a lot of yummy junk food for your friends and colleagues. Not forget to mention, if you are running out of Thai baht, you can pay Malaysia Ringgit here, because this shop accepts Malaysia Ringgit and the exchange rate here is the best rate in which you could not find such best rate elsewhere.

After this, we went to Siam Paragon- a well known shopping complex in Bangkok. It is one of the largest shopping malls in Asia. Whereas, for Siam Center, it is next to Siam Paragon, just a walking distance.

Outside the Siam Paragon.

Four of us posting in front of the camera. This picture was taken by a Thai guy. While we shorthanded, a Thai guy took the initiative and offered himself to help us to take the photo.

Since the Thai guy is helpful and nice then i took a pic with him. Not only me, each of us also taken photo with this guy.

We went for a drink after tired of shopping. I have no idea what i had drank the day, but one thing for sure is the drink was delicious. Oh, ya, all the shopping malls in Bangkok will close around 9.00 or 9.30pm. Not more than 10pm, most of the shops are close. Therefore, for those who wants to shop all day long in the shopping mall, my advice is, shop for your favourite before night.

In short, i was happy on the day because i managed to get a skinny Lewis's Jeans. Hahaha. At first, someone (no idea who she was) wanted the same jeans as me and it only left one in the shop. Thanks for "someone" who took another type of jeans and i managed to get the jeans that i desired for. Also, thanks for the sales gal who helped me to look for the jeans!

Day 3- The Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew and Wat Pho

2008-08-19T23:14:00.022+08:00

Visit to Bangkok would be incomplete without visit to the Grand Palace. The kings had left the palace and moved to another palace since 20th century. As such, it is now open to the public and it opens 365 days every year. The entrance fee per person is 300 baht.

The Grand Palace was built by King Rama I in 1782. There are more than hundred buildings inside the palace. The Grand Palace is divided into two parts; external and internal. It only opens its external part to the public to visit. Since the king had moved to another palace; it is now used for Crown Ceremony or other important ceremonies. Sometimes, it served as an accommodation for the VIP who visits to Bangkok.

Those who is sleeveless or with short pants is strictly not allowed entering to the Grand Palace. Before enter to the Grand Palace, there is a building in which visitors (with slippers, short pants or sleeveless shirt) can lend a “Sarong” or cloth. Each Sarong or cloth costs 100 baht. The 100 baht as a deposit, after return the “Sarong” or cloth, they will refund the 100 baht. It is totally FOC. Emmm… I was wearing a short pants- length until knee; they also insisted me to change the “Sarong”. I have no choice but to follow the rules and show my respect to the kings.

Most of the buildings are painted with "gold"

There are a lot of beautiful painting paint on the wall along the aisle.

Mini Angkor Wat Model. The act is really skillful.

During the day, there were some students (i guess) from elsewhere visited to the Grand Palace. There are really cuttie.

I like this pic, the background behind like a painting.

Four of us posting infront of a "western style" building.

There is a Wat called "Wat Pho" behind the Grand Palace. Inside the Wat Pho, there is a well-known "Sleeping Buddha" statue there. This is the oldest and largest "Sleeping Buddha" statue in Thailand. The length is 46 meter and height is 15 meter. The eyes of the Buddha and legs consist of valuable mother of pearl.

The Sleeping Buddha's legs. It consists of mother of pearl.

Outside the Wat Pho. The entrance fees per person is 50 baht.

Most of the massagists in Bangkok were graduated from Wat Pho. As such, the massagists here are very skillful. Reservation is needed in order to try for the "Thai Massage". The prices are slighly expensive compare to others. However, it worth to spend for any massage here.

Sirocco- Sky Bar at the State Tower

2008-08-16T17:42:00.019+08:00

After the dinner we went to Sirocco- a famous sky bar in Bangkok. Some of you may not recognize its name -“Sirocco” but definitely most of you have received a forward email, introduced the Sky Bar.

Sirocco is located in 63th floor of the State Tower. Here, you can enjoy a martini, champagne or wine at the glassed-off bar under the stars. No doubt, here you can have a glimpse of the spectacular view in Bangkok. The view and ambiance are fantastic. For those who would like to have a dinner under the moon and stars, The Dome is the great idea. However, the price of the food is not cheap.

While I reached 63th floor, I was totally amazed with it fantastic view. There were a lot of foreigners with a glass of wine or beer holding on their hands. The view is just wonderful!!!
No doubt, me and my friends had a pleasant time there. Thanks for Ton, Ice and Chet who brought us there.

Due to no camera is allowed on the staircase, we were unable to take the great view on the staircase. The below pic was taken from Website: http://www.thedomebkk.com/. For those who would like to have a dinner in The Dome, reservation is needed. Call Tel +662-2624-9555 to make the reservation. Note: +662 is Thai's country code.

According to Ton, this building reminded Ice about Putrajaya in Malaysia. Somehow, it really remined me about Malaysia.

The drinks there are slighly expensive. A glass of beer is about 400-450baht, inclduing governement and service taxes.

There was an African lady singing Jazz during the night. Visitors can listening to the nice Jazz songs while enjoying the Mediterranean food here. Those who would like to have a visit there, remember to wear smartly because slipper and short pants are strictly not allowed.

Dinner- The Good View Restaurant

2008-08-13T23:53:00.028+08:00

Special thanks to Ton, Ice and Chet (my colleagues, Thai nationality) who bought us for a nice dinner in the Good View Restaurant; somewhere near the riverside.

I was shocked on the day while I saw Surachet (Chet) who was waiting and drinking beer alone in the bar there coz both of us have lost contact to each other after he resigned from ExxonMobil on last Dec and I was happy that I managed to meet him on the day. And, my apology to him for waited us in the restaurant for almost two hours. I was extremely happy that I able to meet all of them during my visit in Bangkok. They were so kind and generous to bring me and my friends to have a nice dinner. Really appreciate and million thanks to Ton, Ice and Chet.

The scenery of the restaurant is fantastic with soft wind blowing to your face. And, this restaurant has a live band. While waiting for the food to be served, you can listening to the nice song, or chatting with your friends or viewing the view near the riverside. Absolutely fabulous. Heard from Ton that this restaurant is very famous in Bangkok.

Nice night view at the riverside.

This is Ice, I simply posted her pic because her smile is amazing, it cheers me wheneverI look at this pic. And, she is very friendly.

While waiting for the food, i take a quick shoot at the riverside.

Here we go, my Colleagues in Thai. From left; Chet, Ton and Ice.

This is Ton. Really appreciate his kindness to send us for dinner, Sirocco and back to the hotel. And, during my stay in Bangkok, he called me everyday and made sure that me and my friends were alright. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Thank you so much, Ton.

This is Chet. All the best for your study, Chet!!!

Me and Ice.

The food that we had during the dinner was odered by Ton. Candice had taken some of the pics of the food. However, there is no sight for some of the food, I guess hungriness had driven our attention to continue to take the pic of the food. As per Ton's recommendation, we had tried a "new dish" which was the raw prawn served with a special sauce. I found the dish was nice and it worth for a try.

The bake fish is extremely delicious.

Fried chickens with "pandan" leave.

Apprently, it's vege and I have no idea what vege is this.

Ohh, this is the prawn salad, served together with a special "thai's sauce". The taste was much better than the one that i had tried during first day visit; near the stall, somewhere around the hotel.

The Tom Yam Gung is yummy and super duber delicious.

These are the pan cakes fried with prawns. Tasty too.

Ice helping us to take the pic before we aheaded to Sirocco, the State Tower.

Day 2- Chatuchak, The Weekend Market

2008-08-09T23:49:00.021+08:00

There are many night bazaars and markets in Bangkok. No doubt, Chatuchak is the undisputed king compare to others.

Chatuchak also known as Jatujak covers an area of 35 acres. According to the tour guide it is the world’s largest weekend market selling wide range of products under the sun. Definitely, it is a “must go” market while visit in Bangkok. The range of products includes religious artifacts, antiques, household accessories, handicrafts, CDs, clothes, flowers, accessories… It only opens during every weekend and Sunday from 9.00 am to 6.00pm. It contains more than 15,000 shops or stalls and more than 200,000 visitors visit there each day.

At Chatuchak, the prices of the products are much cheaper compare to those shopping complexes. However, bargaining is needed in order to get a product in a cheaper price. While shopping in Chatuchak, do not try to bargain for a good price by shop from stall to stalls due to the market is so big that you will have no time or no energy to walk back to the previous stall.

Due to it is an open market, Chatuchak is always hot and humid during the day. As such, it is recommended to have a walk in Chatuchak during morning, so it is a bit cooler. Since we were tired and unable to wake up as per our scheduled time; we managed to get to Chatuchak around 11.00am. Due to Chatuchak covers a big area, it is recommended to have a “Chatuchak's Map” on hand. The map is available at information centre, somewhere located in one of the entrances.

I like this pic because the background of this pic is filled with lovely flowers. And, Jayne and me still looking "fresh".

Me and Candice.

While Jayne and Candice are busy bargaining for a good price, i take a quick shoot in the bra stall.

We spent plenty of times here due to the products here were very nice and cheap.

Besides that, the owner of the stall is friendly.

During the day, it was hot and humid. Me and my sista looked kinda tired after an hour of walk in Chatuchak.

Apparently, this shop is selling leather bag and my sis bought a leather bag here.

Not more than 2 hours in Chatuchak, we all felt thirsty and as suggested by Jayne, we went to have a drink in Manggo Tango. And, the drink did not let me down, it was simply delicious.

Me and Candice posting in front of the camera while waiting for the drinks to be served.

Refer to the pic below, i found Candice looked sexier with her mouth wide opened.

DAY 1- Shopping in Pratulam

2008-08-05T22:05:00.021+08:00

Although I went to bed around 4am (TH time). However, I woke up around 7.30 am. It either I missed my blanket in Malaysia badly or I was too excited to go out to say “hello” to Bangkok. Since they were still sleeping, I was just lying on the bed to read some information about Bangkok from the tour guide. Not to blame the hotel, coz I found the rooms that we accommodated were clean, tidy and comfortable.

The hotel that we accommodated is called Samran Place Hotel, in Siam Area; near Rachathewi BTS Station. The breakfast of the hotel is served in an alacarte basis and the food there is delicious and I really enjoy the food there.

In order for my Thai colleagues to call me during my visit in Thailand, I have purchased a Thai DCTA sim card. The mobile number was chosen by Jayne 08- 5166-2335; nice number according to Jayne.

Around 11.00am, we went to Pratulam. We did not know the exact direction but we managed to "walk" there by ourselves. Along the way to Pratulam, there were a lot of hawker stalls selling bake porks, durians, drinks and etc. The food selling by the hawkers seemed delicious, but when i tasted some baked porks bought by Jayne, i found the taste was very strange.

After a long walk, finally; we reached one of the shopping complex in Pratulam. My first impression of this shopping complex was; it was like Sugai Wang in KL. However, the price of the clothes, shoes and etc were definately much more cheaper compare to Sg. Wang.

Here, you can get a wholesale price by purchase the product for 3 and above. Luckily, there were 4 of us, so most of the products we managed to get the wholesale price. After few hours of shopping, my conclusion was, "Bangkok is a shopping paradise!". Imagine, the shoes with good quality was only sold at 230 baht ( equal to RM23) and for the same pair of shoes, Malaysia may sell for RM50 and above.

okay, take a look at some of the pics.

I am calculating how much i have spent after few hours of shopping during my lunch hour.
Guess what? The cap is only 200 baht.

After i managed to get a cap @ 200 baht; Candice and my sista also found theirs' caps in the same shop.
Each of us is wearing our cap, the shop owner (i guess) helped us to take the picture. Ohh... forgot to mention, the sweaters that we are wearing during the shoot below is only 140 baht each. Kinda cheap.

I found a bit unethical while i saw some of the locals brought a small elephant to the street and they used the elephant to attract the attention of the foreigners. When some of the foreigners approached the elephant, the elephant shaked its head and acted cute. Then, without hesitate, the foreigners rewarded the elephant by bought some of the sugar cane from the owner of the elephant. No doubt, this is the tactic the elephant's owner being used to earn money.

I was demoralized while i saw this. What i knew is, a small elephant has to be with their's mother until it fully grow up. Apparently, the elephant that i saw is young enough to earn money to its master. Bless the elephant!

I am doing a foot massage. I spent 400 baht for foot and Thai Massage and the duration of the massage is 2 hours. The massagist is skillful. After the foot and Thai Massage, it eased my musle pain after a long shopping day! Thanks for the massagist!!!

Flight to Bangkok- Suvarnabhumi Airport

2008-08-03T23:06:00.024+08:00

After a long waited period; finally, me, my sista, Jayne and Candice went to Bangkok on 25th of July. Special thanks to Jayne who took the initiative to book for the air tickets for us.

On the day itself, actually I was very tired after a long working day and as usual on Friday I was much busier. As such, after I came back from the office, I was actually running fever.

Our flight is at 10.20pm. When we reached the airport, I had no mood coz I was super duper not feeling well. Gosh, if I knew it earlier, I should apply half day leave instead of working full day in the office.

No doubt, I looked damn miserable on the day.

Since i was tired, i slept silently during the flight and i found night flight is much better than the morning or afternoon flight due to i managed to fall asleep very quickly during the flight compare to my previous flights.

Me inside the mini bus, the bus is aheading to the entrance hall of the Suvarnabbhumi Airport.

Here we go, Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's new airport. It took 46 years to build the airport. And, the name of Suvarnabhumi was named or given by Thai's King. This airport was ready in used in year 2004.

The airport is splendid and no doubt it is the most busiest airport in Asia. While we were waiting for the luggages , i saw a lot of air stewardess from different countries with nice uniform passing around the airport.

Due to the flight delayed, we reached Bangkok at 1.00am (TH time). After the immigration procedure done, it was about 2.oo am. Of course, i was extremely tired and for haven sake, i wanted a rest badly. However, we managed to reach the hotel at 3.30am which is equal to 4.30 am (MY time).

One thing i need to mention here is that, me and my sis were actually cheated by the taxi driver who brought us to the hotel coz he charged us 500 baht. Whereas, Candice and Jayne only paid for 400 baht for the ride.

And later, i was being told by my Thai's friend that; all the taxi drivers have no obligation to charge the taxi fees, instead, they need to adopt meter. The estimation of the charge from the airport to the hotel is only 200- 250 baht. However, i have no time to think further. Right after i reached the room, i hurried for a hot shower and went to bed.

Since we were in rush, we did not take any photos of the grand airport. The following 2 pics were taken from the website

Suvarnabhumi - Winning Photo #1 by Mr. Boonlert Tangtaveevech

Suvarnabhumi - Winning Photo #2 by Mr. Boonchai Chaivirooncharoen

Okay, a bit sleepy now. I will blog more later. Good night!!!

New dinning place- Sushi Zanmai

2008-07-22T23:43:00.020+08:00

Recently, I just discovered a new dining place. It is Sushi Zanmai which located in Sunway Pyramid, somewhere near the old wing of the shopping complex.

Thanks for Wai who introduced me to this sushi restaurant. I have been there several times and I found the sushi there are delicious and the price is reasonable. Sushi lover, if you are hunting for sushi with reasonable price, perhaps; Sushi Zanmai may satisfy your desires.

Last Friday, I and my colleagues were having dinner there. As usual, clean, nice environment and friendly staffs; however, some of the sushi rolls which supposingly fully coated with salmon were not actually coated in full. I was kinda disappointed. Luckily, the sushi tasted the same and it blowed me away.

I am looking kinda tired after a long working day.

Me and Beryl posting infront of the cam.

Wai and Beryl. Both look fabulous.

And here we go, Mr and Mrs Lim. Both are carrying the same face; no wonder, they have tied the knot on March, 2007.

Here is our most welcomed guest of the night, Apek Vincent Ho.

Here are some of the sushi pics taken during the day. Enjoy browsing...

CUPID's bow

2008-07-15T22:33:00.007+08:00

After few months of speculation, Lindsay Lohan has publicly declared that she is in a lesbian relationship with DJ Samantha Ronson.

Some of us may curious why such an adorable, young and pretty gal like Lindsay has chosen a female rather than a male. The answer may be subjective.

Perhaps, it is not easy to match all the couples in the world and the percentage of female existing in the earth is definitely more than male. In order to find the equivalent, Cupid's bow has pointed to the same sex.

Besides that, CUPID is working in different ways. Nowadays, many people are walking down the aisle a second time. A marriage between a male and a female may not end up with happy ending just like Cinderella, Belle or Rapunzel. Some people struggling theirs' whole life just to find a “true love” and when they did, finally; they may realize that they may not. In this century, we are getting more educate and we all turn to be demanding, picky and choosy. Therefore, it is not surprise that there are getting more white-haired people saying “I do” in the wedding.

Perhaps, when a person loses faith in love and at the same time; there is someone who be there for her/him, shows care, love and support to them. Definitely, they are easily attracted to each other.

Therefore, Cupid's bow is not the thing to be blamed for.

The above picture is taken from http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/picture-view.asp?ID=247114

Showered by flowers

2008-07-10T22:49:00.013+08:00

Most of the gals are happy and cheerful whenever they receive a bunch or a bouquet of flowers. The flowers can be tulip, rose, sunflower, daffodil, lily, jasmine…

Why anyone of us (gals) who receive flowers will tend to be happy? The reason is just simple- Flowers are nice to have and nice to see. And those gals who wish to receive a bunch of flowers shall not consider shallow-brained because I personally think gals deserve the beautiful flowers.

When you deliver flowers, you’re actually sent two gifts. The flowers themselves and the moment the flowers arrive. Imagine, there's a call from the receptionist, “flower delivery for you”. Next, your loved one's heart fills with warm and delight.

Not long ago, I received 2 dozens of red roses from Patrick. After more than 10 years of friendship, finally I found Patrick deserves more credits than any others. Because he is so far away in London, and he sent me roses just to cheer my days. Isn’t he is sweet and caring? You're rock Patrick!!!

Besides that, thanks for Jason, who bought me tulips on last Nov, 2007. Among all the flowers, tulip is my favorite. I can still remember the day when the receptionist called me and informed me that there was a bouquet of flowers delivered to me. I was shocked and surprised, coz I never seen a “real tulip” and it so happened that I received it. I know the tulips were extremely expensive coz they were imported from Holland and during that period, it was not a tulip's season.

Okay, enuff for the craps, take a look of the flowers which had been delivered to me.

A bouquet of roses; sent by Patrick.

2nd day after received the roses; see, the roses are blossom.

Few days after received the roses. However there is no sign of blossom drop. And, i found out that roses can sustain a bit longer than tulips and lilies.

Look at the tulips, there are from Holland.

Guys out there, deliver flowers to your loved one once in a blue moon or during some occations may be a good idea ~ Sallynism.

Attacking by acute Tonsillitis

2008-07-06T15:05:00.011+08:00

I have been suffering acture tonsillitis since last Thursday. However, i am yet to recover as of today despite i had consulted 3 doctors. This morning, during the consultation, the doctor informed me that my recovery is very bad and it needs another 3 more days to clear the germ.

Gosh...another 3 more days? I have been suffering 3 days already, and it required another 3 more days? Truthfully, i was damn down after the consultation because it is seh beh pain and the pain is killing me softly. Can you imagine? Every 4~5 hours, i will running fever and feeling very cold and the medicine that i consumed manage to sustain for 4~5 hours. I have dificulties to eat, to talk , to swallow due to my throats are enlarge, red and coated with germs. I am now in my hometown-Perak, my mama cooked a lot of good food; however, i have no chance to taste the food. It is really suffering and irritating!!!

For some of you who may not knows tonsillitis; it is actually an inflammation of tonsils. The tonsils may enlarge, red and it may coated with white, yellow or black substance (coated with germs). A person who suffers tonsillitis will have high fever, sore throat and trouble of swallowing. Tonsilitis is contagious, it may easily spread from an infected person to other person. Therefore, it is advisable for those person who suffers tonsillitis to cover the mouth with mask and not to share food or drink with others.

Okay, gotta stop. Bless me to recover soon!

Charm Up Your Life!

2008-06-26T22:13:00.021+08:00

Recently, me and my sista are always discussing about a new trend. It is about the sterling silver collection from Thomas Sabo.

In 1984, a Jewellery enthusiast called Thomas Sabo came out his own jewellery company with his name in Bavaria, Germany. When my sista first introduced this jewellery to me, i was totally amazed by its fine, unique and special design. It offers the attractive Sterling Silver jewellery for current fashion trend, it simply suits the most diverse occasions and outfits. Most of the charms are Sterling Silver which adorned by using hand-cut and hand-set zirconia stone.

And, it so happened that I had received one of the Thomas Sabo’s collections during my birthday this year. It is the most expensive gift that I have received so far. No doubt that my birthday was cherished by this lovely charm. Million thanks to da one who bought me this gift.
You’re simply the best !!!

Thomas Sabo's Seduction Collection. This collection implied Adam and Eva in the Eden Garden.

Thomas Sabo's Seduction Collection received on my birthday.

My sista's latest collection. Her charm silver bracelet consists of football, Eiffel Tower, slipper, alphabet "T" and a lipstick. Besides that, she has a Love Red pendant from Thomas Sabo's Collection too.

I bought a Thomas Sabo's charm bracelet to hook the lovely apple. The charm bracelet is selling @ MYR 149.

With this bracelet, you can also hook other charms on it.

I am wearing the charm on my neck during my colleague's wedding dinner. It's elegant and charming.

Thomas Sabo's collections are available in Isetan KLCC, Isetan The Gardens, Eraman Fashion Leather and Accessories—KL International Airport, while its stores are at Bangsar Village II and the latest and newest at Pavilion KL. Stering Silver jewelry are priced from RM 99 and above.

Visit Thomas Sabo's latest collection and Charm Club at http://www.thomassabo.com/.

Chiang Mai Trip (May 2008)

2008-06-22T12:41:00.056+08:00

In Chiang Mai International airport. I will definately travel here again. I like Chiang Mai, people here are nice and it somehow did warm my heart. No doubt, it is a good place for you to relax. C ya, Chiang Mai!!!

Taking a breakfast in Suriwongse Hotel.

In Anusan market, near Night Bazaar.

Here we are, four of us taking a pic in Aang-Ka Trail.

Here is the highest spot in Thailand. A lot of wild and beautiful birds here, but i managed to see only one bird.

The scenery here is very nice.

Candice and me taking a pic outside the King's Pagoda.

Ain't my post looks weird?

Ohh, i like a midget...

Me and my sista. Each of us were holding an incense with flower; to pay the respect to the king.

Here we are, the Pagoda of the King.

The American Next Top Model?

The weather and scenery here just like Cameron Highlands.

Posting at a lantern stall. The lantern in Sunday Market is much cheaper than Night Bazaar.

The "orange bean" on the wood is actually a kind of insect which looks like a lady bird.

The lady who standing in the middle (with name tag) is our tour guide. Whereas, the foreign man is came from Austria.

We stopped by Vachirathrn Waterfall while we were on the way to National Park. The waterfall is splendid.

Pedicure moment with Jane. They charged us each 500 baht for Thai Massage, manicure and pedicure.

This pic was taken outside Baan Klang Doi, outside the information centre.

Chiang Mai; also known as “Chieng Mai” is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. It is located at north Bangkok and among some of the highest mountains in Thailand.

Since I had been to Chiang Mai before; I suggested to my gals to stay somewhere away from the city and take a breath of the clean air in a place which is away from the city. As such, Baan Klang Doi was our chosen place to stay with.

When we reached the resort… the scenery surrounding the resort was just nice. However, the rooms that we were going to stay were actually built with fine wood, those Thai and Lana’s style. The washroom of the room was open air, with no ceiling and it only covered with a transparent canvas. OMG, “what’s place is this?” I whispered to myself. Since we had paid the accommodation fees in full, so, we all decided to accept our “fate”.

However, I was totally pissed off when they billed us around 800 baht for four tomyam kung. This means that each of us needed to pay RM20. And, the tomyam that we consumed, I believed we can buy the same bowl of tomyam in Malaysia with only RM5. A grim mood has gripped the resort.

Hence, we all decided to move to another hotel which near the city (since Baan Klang Dai is 35-40mins away from the city and it costs 450-550baht each way to go to the city). So, we moved and stayed in Suriwongse- a hotel which I stayed while I was in Chiang Mai in year 2006. I felt much comfortable after moved to Suriwongse. Truthfully, Baan Klang Doi is only suitable for those natural lovers and not for the civilized people.

At night, we decided to go to Sunday market (which only opens on Sunday). There are a lot of things available there with reasonable price. We walked around there barely 2 hours, due to raining; we forced to go back to hotel.

2nd day, we took a tour in National Park and the King’s Pagoda.The National Park in Thailand is 2,500 above the sea level. The weather there is the same as Genting Highlands in Malaysia.

Live life cool

2008-06-22T11:44:00.005+08:00

Woah, my first time to blog. Actually; I have been thinking to start blogging since 2006. However, due to my busy working life, i have no time to blog. Haha, i get bored of my routine life; so, i decided to blog. Finally, "Sally's Corner comes to live"!

Emm...well, i had came out this blog last week. However, i am like a "new kid on the blog", and i am still in the midst of figuring out the blog's functions and features. Hopefully, i will blog more later.

I am neither a columnist nor a writer. So, my blog may not inspiring you, however; i hope you will enjoy reading it! Cheers!