Last Moments of Fun

It's the 30th of December today. I've just returned from a 5-day holiday, to work for another 2 days; and then it'll be 2009!!

So what did I do during my break? Well, since the break was due to Xmas, naturally (and obviously!) presents and fights were involved. Though Xmas was celebrated on a small scale this year, the presents were nevertheless much appreciated! I value them so much that I don't have the heart to start using them as I'm afraid it'll finish!! Hahaha....

As for the fights...well...it happens not only during Xmas. But also on New Year, birthdays, Deepavali and other occasions worth having a fight over. Now it may seem that these "fights" are violent and frequent and in a way, they are. But I'm not talking about physical blows or verbal abuse (although to some extent, there are some words used). What is this "fight" I'm talking about? Like my dear sister said, it's the Spray Foam Fight.

Now...I'm pretty sure that when the Spray Foam was created, the inventor merely had fun times in his mind; hoping that his creation would bring a little joy and fun to people during the festive season. However, certain people have taken "fun" to a different level. The spray cans are no longer a fun thing; it's now a weapon!! And that is why, at every occasion be it festive or not, the "weapons" are always in sight!!

This year, those certain people were armed with 10 cans, as opposed to the victims (mum, sis and me) who had none! So imagine three 6-footers (all guys, mine you!) armed with at least 3 spray cans each, chasing us girls!! As usual, we girls got FOAMED, from head to toe!! But...I have to admit, it was fun!

After that attack, mum and I both bought ourselves spray cans - 3 each. For revenge. On New Year's eve. Only to find out that the guys have bought 20 cans, in anticipation of New Year!! *rolling eyes* oh my....

That was Xmas day....my aunt and uncle came up to Penang on Saturday and I was the designated driver for the day! We had a good time; visiting my other aunt, having lunch, visiting an art exhibition, meeting new people. They left that night itself, as it was a spur of the moment decision to come to Penang. Nevertheless, it's not so much about how long they were here, it's more of how much it meant, them being here. :-)

Sunday was another day altogether. I attended a wedding reception of one of my dad's friend's son. Since my dad's friend is in the music industry as well, the reception was one of a kind. First of all, it was held in Fort Cornwallis. Great idea. Then, it was full of musicians! You know how it is when you go to a wedding and you don't really know people? Well...this was different. Here, everyone knew everyone!! It was like a reunion! I can only wonder what my wedding would be like!!

Anyway...Monday was rest day. After the event-filled week, I needed to wind down and start agonising over the fact that I had to return to work the next day. hehe...

Well....it's New Year's Eve tomorrow...then it's the beginning of a whole new year. I think I'll end this entry here, while I reflect on what I have achieved this past year...

MERRY XMAS!!

MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!

MALIGAYANG PASKO AT MANIGONG BAGONG TAON!

SELAMAT HARI NATAL DAN SELAMAT TAHUN BARU!

HERE'S WISHING EVERYONE A VERY VERY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAY ALL THAT YOU PRAY FOR COME TRUE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS!!

Fictional characters are leading me into spinsterhood!!

If only I could marry a vampire. Or if vampires existed, I'd marry one!! In continuation to my entry titled 'Twilight Craze', I've just watched the movie version of the story and...OMG...I'm even more deeply in love with Edward Cullen!!

WIth all the hype going on about the movie, I had high expectations. The reviews going around were stuck to two extremes; at one end, girls and mums just looovveeee the movie (though I think it's Edward they're crazy about), and the other end, are the macho guys who just hate the movie. In fact, there were two Indian guys who sat in front of me and my sis in the cinema. I could hear them laughing and sniggering while my sis and I sighed and giggled everytime Edward appeared on screen. Half way through the movie, the two guys left. I'm sure they hated the movie. But in my opinion, they were just jealous! Jealous because they couldn't get girls to sigh and giggle about them. Jealous because they were not as good looking as the vampire. Jealous because girls are more interested in the fictional character than them.

Come on....anyone...and I stress anyone who sees Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) will just swoon!! I had fallen head over heels in love with him by just READING about him. But Robert Pattinson just immortalised my love!! I know I sound like some crazed 14-year old but what the heck??! Robert Pattinson already had a place in my list when I first saw him in Harry Potter. Unfortunately, his character died there. But now...with TWILIGHT (and 3 more sequels I hope) he has been immortalised!! Yay!!

I'm definitely watching Twilight again though the DVD that I have now just doesn't do justice to the sound and cinematography of the movie. I'll have to geta better version. Plus, I can't see Edward's eye colour in the DVD. But I melted into my seat everytime he gazed at "me" in the cinema....sighs....

As it is, I already have high standards when choosing a guy. But with characters like Edward Cullen, Jack Harper from Can You Keep A Secret? and loads of other guys....my standards just went through the roof!! Though I know I am being unrealistic but who can help it?

*smiling like a love struck idiot*

I would also like to give a special mention to some other characters in the movie which I thought were cute (character wise): the entire Cullen family (Esme, Jasper, Emmet, Alice and Carlisle, except Rosalie)

Catching Up

Today I did something that I only do once in awhile...I met up with an ex-college mate of mine; someone whom I've grown close to over the years as we battled our ways to earning our Law degrees.

I met up with her for lunch today. It's been over two months since we last saw each other (the last time was before I left for Bintulu), so we had a lot of catching up to do. I met her at her law firm and from there, we went to Gurney. Lunch was at Pasta Mania, where we had a feast of baked pasta, pizza, coke, mushroom soup and garlic bread! Yum!! We spent nearly 2 hours there before we went browsing around the new wing of Gurney plaza.

We left Gurney at about 5.30pm and since we both had free time on our hands, we decided (well, actually I decided since we wouldn't make up our minds) to go to New World Park where we had coffee and kaya toast at Old Town while continuing our gossip session. We talked so much that we only left New World Park at nearly 9pm!!

It's always fun catching up with her as we always had tonnes to talk about; from office gossip to what our ex-college mates are doing. Though our busy schedules doesn't permit us to meet as often as we would like, this once-in-awhile catch up is nice. At least, the longer we don't meet, the more we have to talk about!! Hahaha!!

Change...

As I sit at my computer desk, thinking of my next short story, I have made up my mind to stop writing about "Amah" and her journeys to the Thrift Shop. She will always be loyal to her shopping centre and if I were to continue writing about her, I would have to write until the day she has grandchildren and probably great-grand-children.

Therefore, I will no longer continue writing about Amah and her adventures. However, this is not the end of Amah because I have a new topic to write about. This time round, Amah will be portrayed as an Indian wife obsessed about the Chinese Art of Feng Shui. The title of the "book" is "MUMMY".

:-)

Correction

There was error in my story of "Amah -Part 3". I wrote that Amah had stolen a blouse from the shop, not knowing that she was only kidding when she told me that she didn't know the price. In fact, she had already paid for the blouse and was simply joking with me.

I am truly sorry for the misunderstanding that occurred and I promise it won't happen again.

And it continues...

Oh no!! That was my first re-action when I looked out the car window. Amah's favourite vehicle was parked there again. This time however, Amah's best friends were not in sight. Instead, there was a family sitting at the entrance to the Thrift shop, looking through, what I would call, a sea of brand-new clothes!!! Of course, I didn't know they were brand-new, so as usual, I took my place behind Amah as she marched into the shop. "VINCCI" was full but none was interesting enough to Amah. The jeans rack was also full but as I said before, they were only fit for construction workers.

On to the rows of clothes and Amah once again did not find anything that suited her. At the books section, Amah found two books. As for me, I found a whole box of Mills & Boon books much to my delight!! So I squatted and proceeded to look through the titles. As I was busy choosing my books, Amah felt deserted as her "handy lady" was not by the side. So she kept calling me to go and have a look at her discoveries, practically forbidding me to look through the books. Nevertheless, THAT did not stop me from choosing 12 books.

While I was putting the books on the counter, Amah had already gone through the bags section. She found a Louis Vuitton (LV) Bag and another sling-type of bag. Unfortunately for her, the LV bag was torn on the inside. Then, she was torn between buying the sling-type bag using the reason that she had too many bags already. I managed to convince her to buy the bag but at the last minute, just before paying, she decided not to buy it.

And then, the event of the day occurred. After paying, we proceeded to look through a pile of clothes that were on the floor. As I sat and dug out pieces and pieces of clothes, Amah just stood there directing me. Then, she saw a blouse that she liked and decided to buy it. So she went to the counter, PRETENDED to ask the price and promptly turned away after that. As I continued rummaging through the clothes, I asked her how much was it and she said, "Don’t' know". Then she grinned and put it in the bag that had the paid goods. She STOLE!!!!!!

Just then, she decided to wait for my father outside the shop. However, upon stepping out of the shop and standing where the family was, she noticed two Andrea (actress from Secreto De Amor)-type jeans. Sadly, it couldn't fit me. But Amah was delighted because it fitted HER!!! So, she bought the two jeans along with a red t-shirt to match them.

When we reached home, I was prepared to roll my eyes and calm Amah down, but surprisingly, she did not utter a word of dissatisfaction. So, here I am after another day of shopping with Amah, waiting not very anxiously for the next shopping spree.