Petrol hike is to blame for.....

1. Messing up our heads

On the very first day of the petrol hike, me and my bunch of colleagues went to our usual kopitiam for lunch... where were suddenly realised...

Aunty : Here’s your mee. That will be rm 3.30 please.
J: What?
Aunty : Hehe.... everything price went up adi lo, delivery charges la, price of pork yada yada yada.....
J: Uh....>.<
Uncle: Here's your pork ball noodles, 3.30 please.
Us: (looks at each other) 30 cents increase for everything! SCREAMMMMMM

The next day
J: Boycott the restaurant!
V : Lets go to secret recipe, at least they didn’t hike up the price.
Everyone: lets go lets go!
Me: (Isn’t there something wrong with this scene? Spend additional Rm 10 just to save 30 cents......)

At any rate after another week we were back at our usual kopitiam for lunch, its still the cheapest around our place anyway. This phrase sounds familiar? Sounds like our GOV saying that Malaysia still has the cheapest rate of petrol.

2. Depriving us of simple pleasures(while still messing up our heads)

(Before petrol hike)
Waiter : Minum apa?
Us: Teh si Ping, teh limau ice, kopi ice, milo ice yada yada

(After petrol hike)
Waiter : Minum apa?
Us: Uh... Shuit char(ice tea),yit char(hot chinese tea), tak mau, tak mau....

(Few weeks after petrol hike)
Waiter : Minum apa?
Us : Semua tak mau.....
Waiter : -_-

Following which some of my colleagues usually head to the supermarket after lunch to buy a Just Tea, Coke or other canned drinks... which costs even more than a teh tarik -_- I just head back to my office to drink water.

3. Endangering our lives, well being and property due to implementing cost reducing methods

Being that the cost of living has gone up, all of us have been trying to reduce our costs.

Cost reducing method 1 : Avoid paying for parking
Around my office area you can park in 3 places.
The parking slots in front of the office(50 cent per hour)
The yellow line area in front of the office(subject to the wrath of the JPJ)
or next the playground or lorongs near the school(subject to abuse from wayward youths and school children)

Naturally to avoid paying for parking, we park in those illegal places or near the school.

Scene A : (park near school)ARGHHH!! who conteng my car !!!
Scene B : (park near playground)What THE ...! How come so many motorbikes parked all around my car, how am I going to come out!
Scene C : (park yellow line) ARGHHH rm 30 saman!!!
Scene D : Die, its raining and my car is 10 minutes away up the hill, with all the water pouring down the slope! Tomorrow sure sick and on MC la...(decreases office productivity)

Cost reducing method 2 : Pay parking only for the "peak hours" that the JPJ come (usually 9 am - 2 p.m.)

Colleague: OII , JPJ datang!!!!
(mad rush to the car park by everyone in the office. Stampede!!!)
Colleague: Aiya tak sempat to slot in coins, kena saman adi...sob sob


Cost reducing method 3 : Don't waste petrol!
Scene A: Leave the house before 7 am to avoid the jam..then reach office only to find that no one is there yet and it is locked. End up spending rm 4 for breakfast trying to pass the time.

Scene B: Leave the office at 9 p.m. to avoid to jam only to realise that night is pasar malam night. Jam all the way home.

Scene C: Leave office at 8 p.m. on a non night market day only to encounter heavy rain and floods. Therefore reaching home 2 hours later with a bursting bladder.

Scene D: Turn off the engine at a slow traffic light to save petrol, only to realise your car cant start when the lights turn green. HONK HONK!

Scene E : Turn off aircon n open car windows. Busses pass by n belch smoke at your car, filling your lungs with carbon monoxide

Scene F : Turn off engine and open windows when waiting outside any place for your friend/mum/gf/bf....and roast in the hot malaysian weather

Cost reducing method 4 : Car pool or public transport?

Car Pool
Scene A:
Fella 1 : Its ok dad, you can take my car, I'm car pooling today
(1 hour later)
Fella 2 : (on phone) I'm on MC today, you go to work yourself la
Fella 1 : ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH

Scene B:
Me: (Arrives at her house, nobody in sight)
Lady: (Comes out 15 minutes later) Sorry sorry, I overslept
(30 minutes later,, in the heavy traffic)
Lady : Aiyo I'm going to be late for work, why dont you take this lane, it seems faster, cant you cut into that lane? Hey just stick your car into here, we can skip the queue
Me: -_-

Scene C:
Me: Arrives at her work place, nobody in sight. Dials her office number
Lady: Hello?
Me: Eh, you still there ar
Lady: Aiya sorry I got urgent work to do suddenly, can you wait for 10 minutes?
Me: Uh ok, please hurry up, the jam will be worse soon
(20 minutes later)
Lady: sorry sorry, aiya its raining now, die la sure jam
Me:(*Its not the rains fault its your fault!!!)

Scene D:
Lady arrives on time, we leave early, traffic is smooth, weather is good

Me: (Happily driving home in anticipation of dinner)
Lady: Traffic good today huh
Me: Yep, tats coz we left early(hint hint)
Lady: SInce we are so early today can you just fetch me to xxxxxxx to buy something?
Me: (Sigh) Ok....

(In front of the stall/shop/mall 20 minutes have passed)
Me:(*aiyo why so long one, I'm parking in a bad place la)
Lady:( Finally appears) Sorry sorry, the stupid cashier la, must be new person la, dunno how to yada yada yada......
Me: SIGHHHHHHH !!

Public transport
Need I say more? Imagine taking bus/lrt from Cheras to my working place. I think it will take 2 buses, 1 lrt and 2 hours at least. Even driving is cheaper.

Conclusion:
Dont bother with money saving methods, you will end up suffering more.

How it actually happened

Well anyway, its like this. I finished my work on friday and wanted to go home on time(5.30 p.m.). Unfortunately I could not contact HER (the lady I fetch home) and therefore was stuck in office calling her office phone every 5 minutes. Finally after 20 minutes I managed to get her.

Lady: Oh, don't tell me you are leaving now! I have so much work to do and some of it is urgent.
Me : Uh... yea I have finished my work n I actually wanted to go back some time ago but I cant reach you.
Lady : Oh, my office line isnt working properly. I'll call you back as soon I finish this urgent matter ok?
Me : uh ok....

(Flashback to last night- thursday)
Lady : Are you staying back until 9 tomorrow? (Friday)
Me : Well maybe...not sure
Lady: I hope you do, I have a lot of work to rush
Me : uh ok, we'll see

(Ok, back to that present moment)
At 6.40, still no call from her, i tried calling her to tell her I would be going out for dinner since I'm waiting for her but no one picked up the phone. At that time it suddenly started raining very heavily. Darn...looks like I cant even go back.

6.45 the phone rings
Lady : Did you try to call me just now?
Me: yes..
Lady : Oh sorry about that, the phone is still not working properly. Do you want to go back now?
Me: Uh, its raining heavily now, my car is parked quite far away.
Lady : Oh I didnt realise it was raining. Luckily we didnt go back earlier !
Me: Har? If we had gone back just now(1 hour ago) we wouuld have escpaed the rain and jam.
Lady : oh...hehe.... well so what time do you want to go back?
Me: Well since all of us are stuck in office, probably we will just stay on till the rain stops. How can I contact you when I want to go back, perhaps you can give me the cellphone number of your colleague?
Lady : oh, cant la, they are all leaving soon already.
Me: Uh ok.... call me back in 30 minutes then.

As luck would have it, the rain stopped about 10 minutes later, and I could not reach HER when I called her office. Fine... I then went for dinner with my colleagues. Oh well since it was already so late, I might as well just stay back until 9 pm and catch up on some tasks, and claim the allowance that comes with staying back for 3 hours.

8.00 p.m. the phone rings
Lady: So when do you want to go back?
Me: I think I'll stay till 9 after all.
Lady: AWWWW... Couldn't you come earlier? I'm SOO BOREDD and I have finsished my work.
Me (...............you said yesterday that you wanted me to stay till 9, and I was the one being bored in office with nothing to do WAITING for YOU)
Uh.. i'll try to get to your place as fast as I can after I leave office.


9.15 pm in the car
Lady: Ah, you are finally here. Sigh, its going to be a boring weekend, i brought so much work home.
Me: Eh, I thought you said you were bored just now.
Lady: Oh, theres still a lot of work, but I didnt feel like doing it, so boring la..
Me: ...................(bangs head on car window)

Why am I here?

Well, looks like I finally gathered up the time and mood to blog about something. Guess where i am now? In office of course. Why am I here at this time? Ask me then.

Q: Do you have a lot of unfinished work?
A: Not really, I have finished my work

Q:Why are you still in office?
A:Its raining heavily now, and I mean REALLY heavily

Q:Why didnt you go back earlier before the rain started?
A:Because I could not reach a certain someone who I am supposed to fetch home, despite ringing her number hundreds of times.

Q:Isnt there any other way of contacting her?
A:She has no cellphone, and apparently she seldom checks her email, because I tried that too.

What could this be?

Well since its going to hatch soon, I thought I'd just adopt one and what it turns into.

In the meantime....

adopt your own virtual pet!

While I'm working on future posts, amuse yourselves with my adopted virtual pet

More conversations on the road

Time - 6.30 p.m.

Lady: It always rains when we are on the road
Me : Where got?
Lady: See the road, its all wet, must have been raining here just now
Me : Huh, its dry isn't it?
Lady: See its darker.
Me : Uh, thats because some time ago they tarred the road
Lady: Oh....

Sleepy driving conversations

Of late I have been reaching home from 9.30 - 10.00 pm everyday. Sometimes I wonder am I so sleepy that I'm hearing things or is my companion really saying these words during our drive back from office.

Case 1: (approx 9.30 pm)

Lady :That day I watch an old Chinese series where the girls plait their hair Yada yada yada.....
Me : Oh, you mean those series based on olden times in China where they work in the field for a living
Lady : yea yea, those days, the girls were all so pretty la...
Me : Haha, well those you saw on tv are actresses from this era anyway, goodness knows what the real olden days girls looksed like.
Lady : Huh? But this show is really very old already!
Me : Uh, so?
Lady : Isnt this series filmed in the past?
Me : Huh? What filmed in the past? Its probably filemed a few years ago I guess.
Lady : Ohhh, I thought they filmed them during their everyday lifes like 100 years ago or something
Me : (*sweat)Uh...I dont think they had colour video then. Besides, you can see quite clearly that they are all acting wut.
Lady : Oh but it looks so real la.
Me : -_- (Mentally banging my head agaisnt car window)

Case 2 : (9.50 pm )

Lady : Look at the lanterns hung up! They look so pretty at night
Me : Yea, every year they hang up the same lanterns
Lady : They are so bright ah?
Me : Uh yea, got electricity to power the bulb inside then sure bright la
Lady : Eh, they use electricity ar?
Me : Otherwsie how they get lighted up?
Lady : But I saw some that dont use electricity before !
Me : Uh, you mean glow in the dark ones? Or those using candle?
Lady : Hm, not using candle, but they shine brightly anyway. They look just like the ones we passed by
Me : Uh..ok.. (resumes driving)

From kota rendah to bukit tinggi (1 Jan 2006)

Finally, for the first time in goodness knows how long, a REAL holiday ! Originally we had planned this trip for December, but with xmas preparations and all, it didn't work out. So on new years day, we gathered at my friends house to begin our journey up bukit tinggi.


After all the hustle and bustle and waiting for the late ones, we began our journey


Everyone was very excited. The van was almost shaking due to our noise. There were 12 of us in the van and another 5 in another car. Pity the van driver, it must have been headache for him listening to the sakais hooting behind him.


A sign that we have reached bukit tinggi! Everyone turned their heads and the same time and yelled "HORSES!" All our cameras pointed at them and started clicking, it was only a few seconds, but I managed to capture them from the window. Only after I previewed the pic I realized the riders were actually waving at us, amused at the reactions of these kampung people.


We stopped by at the resort to get our apartment keys. They have a nice fountain. This is part of it.


Here we are at the apartments, they look pretty !





I skip the luggage unloading part to show you the pics of inside the apartment and the view from the balcony.





Ahh, white clouds, fresh air.... I'm on vacation !


You can seer that we were well prepared for this trip


Complimentary pizzas ! There were 6 of em !!! YUMMM Its all thanks to Uncle Yap



All aboard the shuttle to visit the places in bukit tinggi. Can you spot me and YSlim in the pic?







We didn't visit the tea house but we did pass by. We spent about 2 hours in the botanical garden though




The flowers were very nice. There are too many pics to post so I wont post up the pics we took in the "forest" part of the gardens.

At 7 pm, it started to rain. We rushed to the shuttle boarding area. That was when all the rude Malaysians cut our queue to board the shuttles. After almost an hour, we were still waiting for the shuttle! In the end, cold and wet, we finally reached our apartment in time for......



TOM YAM Steamboat !!



Yea we had the non tom yam one too, hehe....



After that we had a round of cranium. Check out http://Ypfrules.blogspot.com for more pics of us playing the game.

After the hilarious game was over, some of them went to take baths and some played chess. Having nothing better to do, some of us went for a walk...and also to take some stupid pics of ourselves.



This is only one out of many. Apparently the wannabe Harry potter fans are trying to transmogrify the stuffed toy into something....

Thus concluded our first night at bukit tinggi. It was a very long night... Sleeping 6 people on one bed is no joke. My legs didn't want to wake up in the morning.


Day 2

Sore and aching, we woke up to a beautiful and cold morning


We headed to the bukit tinggi resort for our buffet breakfast. They have the models of all the resorts n buildings in bukit tinggi on display. Kinda cool


This is the miniature model of Colma

Actually the buffet was nothing special, not comparable to buffet breakfast at KL or PJ hotels.



In the dining area, their xmas deco was still up.

After breakfast, we headed to Colma for sightseeing


Actually there wasn't much to look at so me and a few friends spent most of the time feeding the swans and trying to touch them without getting pecked to death.


Swans are below this bridge

White swan

Black swan

Black swan vs white swan. Apparently they hate each other. They were trying to attack each other through the wire earlier on.

Next stop was rabbit park. I should have brought my own rabbit food. RM1 for about 15 rabbit pellets. Back home rm 3 can buy a whole bag adi. Sigh, I guess that's how they make their money. Most of the bunnies were friendly and laid back, not like my hyper duo back home. Of course mine are in better condition too, its sad they don't take the trouble to treat the bunnies with open sores and wounds. Typical of petting zoos. My cam had run out of battery so this pic is taken by my friend:


2 bunnies in the rabbit farm

That was our last stop. After that we headed back to the apartments to pack up and get ready for the journey home. One of the last pics I took before we got back.



Tree version of KL tower. IT looked pretty weird at night, like some mysterious luminous tower. Can;t get a shot of it at night, the pic comes out pitch black. So I took a pic of it in the daylight just before we left.

The journey back home was the opposite of the journey up. Everyone was sleeping and too tired to talk much. That comes with sleeping at 3 am on crowded beds I guess. Farewell Bukit Tinggi, we now continue our mundane lives at Kota Rendah... City of traffic jam and hot weather.

Happy bday to u, u went to the zoo....

Yup, I actually went to the zoo to celebrate my birthday, though it didnt really turn out as expected bcoz "someone" was busy working. But that won't happen again, RIGHT? hahaa...anyway 3 of us ended up at the once KFC endorsed zoo negara. We noticed the abandoned KFC building was overrun by storks. I wonder what else has made their home inside...

Despite the rain and all it was pretty fun. Here are some pictures


hmm, what is this trap doing in the middle of the zoo? Maybe something has escaped.... and they didnt want to alarm the visitors, so they quietly set up a trap..there's a chunk of meat hanging inside too.


Ah, the bad hair day bantam, it was more friendly compared to the rest, the only one that doesnt run away when we try to touch it. The feathers were very soft.


The cute but evil goat. Do ask steffi for the evil goat video. We thought it was being affectionate but actually it was trying to kill us.


Uruk hai fan? Maybe the monkey has watched too much LOTR


Deodorant companies should make him their poster boy.

We took many more pics but I have not uploaded them yet,hehe...

King Kong (Spoiler Warning)

Yesterday was my day off. I took that opportunity to catch up with one of my old pals and also went to watch King Kong with her. Surprisingly a lot of traffic for a weekday outside the mall. We arrived 5 minutes too late to get our reserved ticket, but there were plenty of seats left after all.

The commercials went on and on until 15 minutes past the screening time stated on the ticket. Finally the show started. For a moment there I thought we had entered the wrong cinema, coz there were these charlie chaplin imitators prancing around on a stage. I took a while for me to remember King Kong's original setting was in that era. I actually expected it to take place in the modern era this time. Oh well....

Anyway, the show really exceeded expectations in terms of graphics and action. The dino vs Kong part was good, but the logic was way off. As if a dino happily gorging itself on a big hunk of meat would abondon its meal and do anything just to chomp a tiny human girl. Another part was when the dinos were half dead and tangled in vines off a cliff...yea, they could only think off chomping the girl and straining their last reserves of life to reach her despite the Kong pounding on their heads. Right... real logical....

As for the girl...well she showed promise in the beginning with an interesting personality and all... the she turned into a complete flop at the end of the movie. The ending was completely draggy. Kong gets shot by planes, girl cries and gets into Kongs way, Kong puts girl in safe place, girl climbs out again and gets into trouble, Kong saves girl and puts her back into safe place, girl gets out again... repeat repeat repeat until the last scene where girl and Kong stare at each other with sad faces. Repeat the plane shoots Kong and sad staring faces part a few more times..and the story ends....FINALLY. You cant expect people that have been sitting in a cinema for more than 3 hours and with full bladders to endure that type of ending comfortably. Me and my friend were like...."If you want to die, please..please just die... stop staring at each other already..." and "Haiyoh, that girl...keep crying and crying only..." If they had cut the ending part by half, it would have been much more acceptable...

Anyway I still think the movie is worth a watch, so for those of you who have nnot watched it, go knock yourselves out

I'm 22 for a moment....

Well after being sick for 1.5 weeks, I'm finally officially 22. Everyone goes like, oh you are still young, go chase your dreams, do whatever you want while you have the chance....I wish I was your age, yada yada.....

I maybe only be 22, but I feel old and jaded already. The world is changing, and not really in a good way either. I wonder how will things be like when I'm 40. Even now people are changing their gender until you cant tell who was originally what,little kids are killing their parents during their tantrums and and what not. Kids watch cartoons that I cringe at. Those with eyeballs being pulled out and tongues getting sawn off. Yikes, I really wonder what kind of people will they grow up to be. I'm starting to fear for my life, haha....

Kind of nostalgic to receive calls and sms from people that were once part of my daily life, but that I have not met for a long time. Its nice to remember the good times we had together, but sad that it probably will never happen again. I tend to keep thinking of "what was" instead of "what is". Must learn to appreciate what I have now instead of looking back.

I find myself still waiting for something to happen, something that will take me away from the mundaneness of daily life, something that will prod me to pack my bags and go seek my dreams. In the end I'm sure it is we ourselves who will make things happen. Its not much use just sitting and waiting. Oh well......there is always the hope that 1 million dollars will drop on my head someday, haha...yea right, dream on la....

Ok, enough of that, back to work ! :p

Usjio?

Conversation heard on radio yesterday evening

DJ1: Todays topic will be, strange names of streets and gardens in Malaysia. Call up and the strangest/funniest name given with earn you a prize !

Many people called with funny names like lorong ikan mati, jalan snuker etc. Then this guy called....

DJ1: Hello?
Guy: Yea I would like to tell you the name of this street next to me.
DJ1: Yea, whats the name of it?
Guy: Its called Usjio
DJ2: Usjio? What a strange name....Where are are you in now?
Guy: Oh I'm in USJ now

*Short moment of silence

DJ1: HAHahHAhahaha
DJ2: ahahahahahhahahaa
Guy: ????
DJ1: Usjio? USJ 10 is it?
Guy: Oh.....(sounds embarressed)hahaha...I really thought it was Usjio la
DJ2: We have to give him the prize la, hahahahaa
Guy: Oh thank you!
DJ1: So you shop in Lotio(Lot 10) often also la
Guy: ahahahhahaaa
(More laughther is heard on all 3 sides)

A Salty Lunch

Today my colleague A suggested that we go SS2 for lunch in his car. Now we were wondering how come he was so generous to offer to drive us there. Then in the car, J said , "Hah, you are going to SS2 to pay your car saman ! I knew you weren't that good to fetch us to SS2 for no reason" Then A was like " Yaya...." So we went looking for parking, and managed to find a place. Then A said, ok you guys go ahead, we eat at this shop la..I go and pay my saman 1st... with that, A took off in a hurry.

That was when V said, "What else is there to eat around here"? Then my senior said there was nothing much, but if he wanted we would walk around and see. So we walked and walked. Then J whispered to us "Actually V does not want to eat porridge..." Then my senior told him,"Eh, there got rice also u know..." V was like, "hmmm ok....anything la" but he kept on walking. So we followed him until wewere quite far away from where we parked. We ended up at this certain shop that sells noodles and fried rice. Then we made a call to A to ask him to meet us there.

Now the pony tailed shop owner came to take our order. One look at his sour face made us wonder if we had made the right decision in coming. Before we could finish making out orders, he went away. We started looking at each other... Then I told them, uh, I have not ordered yet... THen they said, "hmm..he seems tob e in a bad mood today la that owner.." When the fella came back with the drinks, I gave him my order, and he gave me this withering look that seemed to say " How dare you waste my time by ordering late , you low life!" I mean who could talk to a face like that? I was like stammering away..."Uh..I want.... Ngua lam noodles...." Then he snapped " What noodle ??!!" I was like "uhhh...kuey teow..." Then he took off. V made us laugh by imitating his "What noodle??!!" speech over and over.

OK, here comes the food. V took one sip of his soup and went "Urghh, its soo salty !!" Yea actually my soup was salty too. So we were eating and A came back. A lady came to take his order.

Waitress : What would you like?
A: (Looks at V's food) Hmm, I'll have this one la
V: (Mouth full of food) *shakes head vigorously at A
Rest of us: *trying to contain our laughter
A: Yea, I'll have what he is having
V: Almost chokes on his food trying to convey the "NOOOOO!!!!" message
Waitress (Looking at V's strange actions) Uh..ok... this dish is very nice one, good choice !
Rest of us: (could not contain laughther anymore) AHAHAHAHHAAHA hAHAHHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHA
Waitress: *Leaves the bunch of giggling fools(us)

A: What are you all laughing about? And V, what were you trying to do?
Rest of us : *faint from laughther overdose "WHY U SO BLUR ONE ! "

V complained that he shook his head until it hurt but still A could not get the message. Hopeless.......After that we had a good time reacting the scene over and over until A threatened to make us walk home. That didnt stop us from reacting the scene once we were in his car. :p

The though provoking jelly bean

Today my friend gave me a few jelly beans from Australia. As I chewed on that bean on the way to work, a thought struck me. This bean I'm currently chomping was in Australia, it was in places that I have never set foot in before..and now it has travelled all the way to Malaysia to get eaten by me. As I rolled the unfortunately bean in my mouth, savouring the sweet taste, I pondered on the bean's fate. Then I started pondering on my own fate. Obviously my life would have been different if I had gone to a different school, joined a different intake at college.... Where would I be now if I had taken a different course or if my family had moved to Rawang as we originally planned to?

My dad told me to take another course. What will happen if I take it? What will happen if i don't? Hmm, life is like those picture books that I liked to read when I was a kid. Those that go like,. To go down this Path turn to page 5, to stay there and wait turn to page 10. Eventually only certian paths lead to a happy ending.

I'm Jasmine, 22 years old, Analyst Programmer. Where does my future lie?

Return from a fairly long break

Back to work again. A BIG SIGH..... Back to hearing everyones holiday stories, while I myself was stuck in KL, mostly at home too. Well anyway I watched 3 movies in a single day, 1 in cinema and another 2 on VCD.

Show 1- Sound of thunder

Comments - Lousy vcd, something wrong one. Show also like errrrr, nothing special and a bit fake.

Show 2 - Corpse bride



See the fella there? The story is about how he has to choose between those 2 ladies there. Difference being that one has a pulse and one does not. You see he was supposed to marry the one in the 2nd pic, but messed it up and got sort of married to the one in the 1st pic instead. Kinda funny actually, that story. One line I remember from the movie goes something like.. "Being alive is only a temporary state" which was what the corspe bride's friend was telling her regarding her so called rival (The guys real bride). Come to think of it, its rather true... all of us are only living in temporary bodies, in a temporary world...

Show 3 - Curse of the were rabbit





Comments - Well I'm not quite a fan of those plasticin shows but this one is funny actually. Its about this pest control fella and his dog working hard to protect the villager's prize veggies for the veg competition. Then something went wrong with one of his experiments and out pops this were rabbit. I love the doggie, he's just too cute.

Do you know me?

If you are my friend, how many of the below do you actually know about me?

1. I'm a computer programmer. Amazing for someone who never passed her Add Maths until SPM and can't divide a food bill with government tax among 5 people.

2. I still look at the keyboard while typing and still type with 6 fingers (sometimes 3) despite having had a computer since I was 12.

3. I don't do housework unless you count cleaning up after my 2 royal bunnies. Then again its not in the house but outside.

4. I suffered from mild obsessive compulsive disorder when I was around 5 years old. It lasted for quite a few years until I lost the need for washing my hands 10 times a night. I still occasionally touch the corners of my bed before I sleep at night though.

5. There were 7 tanks of fish in my house at one point. At another point there were at least 20 hamsters. And I could tell all of them apart and knew each one of them. The fishes too.

6. I kept a diary since I was about 11. The first few entries included illustrations of my stray dog friends.(The illustrations are truly horrible)

7. When I was younger I could whistle any tune with my mouth closed. I still wonder how I was able to do that as I had lost the ability to do so when I hit secondary school.

8. I share the same birthmark as my dad. It’s somewhere on my tummy.

9. I wanted to be an artist when I was young. Looking at my past drawings makes me wonder how I ever got that idea.

10. I love computer games, PS games and anime. People go like.. but you are a girl ! And I go like, and so?

11. I must have tomato sauce with my KFC mashed potatoes. Guess what else I do to it before I eat it?

12. I don’t eat tomatoes, cucumbers, pineapple or watermelon.

13. And most amazingly for those of you that know me.. I used to have a very good sense of direction regarding roads when I was in kindergarten. I was also one of the top students there. Now, what has happened to me since then to totally twist all that ingenuity? I can’t even find my way out of a parking lot and I was a bottom feeder in class since primary school. I think it might have the trauma of suddenly switching to a Chinese school and being forced to learn an alien language. The effort must have killed off many of my brain cells. God knows.....

The blogger intro

This is an intro of my blogger friends,
the wacky fellas in my life.
The people that God sends
to create chaos, fun and strive.

First of all there is Steffi.
You could say she is rather wacky.
She likes guys that are sexy,
especially ang mohs rich and classy.

Then after that there is Ash,
better known as Lord Krakrash.
He likes watching WWF guys bash.
With all the ladies he is a smash.

Where is YS the programmer?
The first class guy and genius debugger.
But then we all seldom see this fella.
Dunno how long he hasn't been on Blogger.

Chun eng the lion dancer,
always quick to give a sarcastic answer,
especially when someone makes a blunder.
If he doesnt do that then its a wonder.

Philip is our vege and fruit eater,
and also a die hard carnivore basher.
He always claims Java is cooler,
But we all know much better.

Thus concludes the bloggers intro.
Hope all that was useful info.
When you see them you will know,
that what I typed isn't just for show.


* In response to a challenge by Lord Krakash. Hope you guys enjoyed it =p

Leaving on a jet plane..... Eh, where's the plane?

Lady : I'm going to australia this weekend !
Me : Ooh, when is your flight?
Lady : On the 15th, 5 am
Me : Oh, saturday morning
Lady : Nono, its sunday morning
Me : Eh, but the 15th is a saturday le..
Lady : Yea I know, but for overseas flight they count one day ahead
Me : Uh, the time diff is only about 2 hours for here n Australia...
Lady : Ya but they still count one day ahead.
Me : What is printed on your flight ticket?
Lady : 15th, 5 am
Me : Then its saturday lah
Lady : No, trust me its Sunday. Those people that always take flight will know one la.
Me : I also got take before le, how come never encounter such thing
Lady : You never often go overseas ma. This kind of thing is very common one
Me : (*feels like idiot) Uh ok
Lady : I told my friend that I will be arriving on sunday evening.
Me : But you are due to arrive on the 15th, 3 pm. sunday is 16th
Lady : Yea, its the way you say it when you go overseas. They will understand.
Me : @.@ ok...


On Friday morning in my Office
(*phone rings)
Me : Hello?
Lady : (in breathless voice) You were right my flight is tomorrow ! I'm going home to pack now! No need to fetch me later, bye !
Me : uh, bye.. (-_-)|||

Not the best way to start the week

Sunday :-
Mum : Lets go eat mamak
Me : Dowan, later food poisoning on monday

So me and sisters went to eat McD..

Monday :-
After tossing and turning on the bed at 6.30 am, finaly realised my stomach was going crazy. Argh !
Left for office at 7.30..unfortunately on the way out my stomach went crazy again. Nooooooo ! Thank God for petrol stations. I pulled over at one n went in. Now this particulat station has an indoor toilet. I know coz I have used it b4 in the past. So I entered n headed to the loo side. I turned the knob.... eh? It wont open... both of the toilet doors seem to be locked. So I went to ask the cashier.. Uh, can I use the toilet? The lady didnt even look my way as she mumbled something. I was like huh? I waited (as patiently as I could, considered the tummy ache) for her to finish counting a stack of money, then repeated my question. Without looking at me still, she mumbled something that souned like, "ada orang di dalam." Well fine then, so I went to stand in front of the loo again. Minutes later, the doors were still closed. no sign of activity whatsover inside, the light doesnt even seem to be on inside... Fine, since there was another petrol station just next to this one, I decided to try my luck there.

Later on, as what my friend told me, most probably the lady did not want the customers to use the toilet as it was meant for staff. Geez, at least she could have told me "you cant use the toilet" or "toiet only for staff" or "I have no energy to unlock the door bcoz of puasa" , its better than saying "ada orang" and making me standing in front of locked doors like an idiot.

Ok,at the next petrol station, I FINALLY got to use the loo.... upon getting out, my friend in the car was kinda like freaked out, guess what happened? I cant belive it either. Let me tell u the story from the eyes of a passerby :

Guy parked at petrol station was reading his newspaper. Suddenly he notices a lady in distress.She dashed out of the car she was sitting in, and then she was pressing both hands to the car and pushing, while frantically looking around. Upon meeting the guys gaze, she called him to help her. Curious, he went over to her.

Man: yes?
Lady: The car is moving, stop it! Help me !
Man: uh ok
(Man opens front door and pulls handbrake)
Lady: Thank you ! You saved me !
(Lady gets back into passenger seat of car)
Man: -_-


And that is what happened, said the lady that car pools with me everyday. Aparently I forgot to pull my handbrake.

Me: Why didnt u pull the handbrake? You also learn drivng b4 ma.
Lady: aiyo so long ago, cant remember adi la
Me: Uh, u actually got out of the car to tahan it
Lady: yalo, that was the only way i knew to stop a moving car
Me: -_-|||

A sleepy evening in the office

Senior: (gets up from my colleagues place behind me)
Me: "Eh wait, don't go back yet, I want to ask you something"

(As I was talking she was walking back to her place, so I was chasing after her)

Senior: (Seats herself at her place and looks at me puzzled) "Uh, I won't be going back yet."
Me: (*thinking Uh, but you are already back at your seat...) "Har?"

(We both stare at each other for a while)

Senior : "Its only 5 pm now, too early to go home ma"
Me: -_-