i shall blog before fatts! he's probably gonna wake up some time in the afternoon after yesterday's session.... i'm probably go back to sleep as well... after popping a panadol or something. majorrrr hangover. :p

last night was my sis's wedding dinner...as i mentioned b4. i've got another one tonight (groom's side) but couldn't ask any of the guys to come to this one. don't know if i can recover in time for it :p

its a little hard to blog right now....my thinking is still kinda fuzzy. fatts is gonna blog the same thing anyway..hahahah. since our night is pretty much the same :) wedding dinner... and then drinking session in hartamas.
We went to Orange... we meaning Sugus (Cong Sheng :p), Joanna, Nins + gf, Nains, Fatts & Kelynn. I remember the flamings (2 of them summore! bloody nains..... :p) ...i remember the games and how I kept losing in superman/batman/wonderwoman and 007-bang :p reflexes abit dodgy by that time of the night :p

the only thing i don't remember was....leaving the place o_O passed out already. hope i didn't do anything uhhh....too embarrassing. good thing had sugus to drive me back :) no drunk driving for me!

anyway..fatts will have pictures up.....eventually :p so head over to his blog. trancemission something :p sorry la! i never remember your url. hahaha

2 more hours b4 i have to head off to the hotel for the dinner. soooo fricking tired. i didn't do much. but drove around alot...had to drive to the groom's place in cheras...and then i got lost on the way back... missed a turn and got stuck in puchong. the rain didn't help...bloody traffic jam.. i think i was in the car for almost 2 hours. ughh

i still haven't gotten my slacks yet. i went to the place just now...but forgot to bring bonuslink card...cannot go in. ma hai...its a special bonuslink sale. wasting my parking money. ish! i overpaid summore... parking so cheap here! hahahha.

i'm gonna rest abit then head off la...almost dozing off when driving around o_O

ahhhh....a proper a/c room feels so nice!

had bah kut teh for dinner earlier. fatts and edmund (melb's) came for dinner as well.

i bought my suit today already...not too sure if i mentioned it already. got it from Seed. its okay laa... cheap suit i suppose. should have gotten one from melbourne. heaps nicer.

and i need to get a pair of slacks tomorrow as well. ma hai... i wear size 32-33... but some size 32 slacks are too bloody tight... o_O bahger... and my mom got me a really nice pair from singapore. can't remember the name... heheh. but its incentive to lose weight! :)

i already kena diarrhea on my first day in KL :p and I haven't even started eating in all the dirty places yet. I had nasi lemak with beef rendang for lunch... in mid vally jaya jusco. clean looking place (but gawd knows what goes on in the kitchen...)

anyway... all for now. gonna catch up on some chinese vcds :)

i'm backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!

and the first thing I do when I come online is blog o_O

my house looks kinda different now. Got some new furniture. The bedroom floors have been refurbished. Its now some kind of wood panel flooring. my bedroom is more of a storeroom now... the clothes that I had over here has been relegated to a tiny corner in my cupboard o_O MY computer has been transferred to my sister's room WTF?!! at least now I have a small TV and a vcd player in my room.

i still don't have a mobile phone number yet. the digi number I alwez used last time is dead....or missing. I don't want to post up any phone numbers on the web (very dodgy thing to do!), so if you guys wanna contact me...just send me an email, or drop a tag!

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ok... maybe don't leave me a tag. not sure if its down, or just some settings with the computer. can't display it

noodles for breakfast. 2 cups of milo and chips for lunch. 2 slices of pizza & a bottle of pringles for dinner.

my diet not bad huh?

1 1/2 more days b4 I leave for KL. yahoo!

i went shopping today. sorta...just walked around Market City (shopping complex in chinatown). I wanted to get a couple of t-shirts... but nothing nice. and the one i wanted didn't have my size. actually... it did, but the image printed on it was abit distorted, so i didn't want it. i bought an aluminium tie holder though. 6 bucks. pretty cheap. closing down sale kinda thing.

after that just lamed at kino with thos. there was an anime convention at town hall. but its $25 and full of geeks (hmmm..shouldn't say that since i watch anime too...and lots of it). theres a couple of ppl cosplaying as well. I saw a Tifa from Final Fantasy 7 on the street. and a cat girl turned up at kino later. and there was a dorky looking guy wearing a Naruto headband. thats damn sad... and he looks around like hes in college or uni.

anyway..thats about it la. it was raining the whole day as well...so couldn't really shop. i'll try to do some on wednesday...got a couple of hours to shop b4 my flight home. fatt's wants me to find some kangaroo balls o_O

fatty's been reading a rather dodgy japanese (translated) newspaper online. the following is one of the articles nic forwarded

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/waiwai/0201/020106moms.html

I wake up too early... its 8am on a Sunday. I should be sleeping in but I'm blogging instead :p I woke up an hour earlier anyway. Watched a little bit of anime (woot! theres no1 online to chat with :p) and went to do some grocery shopping. At least I planned to. The shops weren't open yet o_O Most of them just getting ready for business, so I ended up not getting anythin.

I did have breakfast though! An egg tart, sausage bun (yummy!) and some pai kuat with rice (double yummy!). Not too bad ahh..breakfast for $5.80 I could eat the pai kuat everyday! The portion is about right...like Malaysian serving. Its a normal serving of the pai kuat you get at 'yumcha' places, but they cook it with rice at the bottom. about a bowl's worth of rice...slightly more. pity they don't open for dinner.

food makes me happy :)

kendo was fun today! but the most tiring so far... we did free sparring, so its pretty cool. i kena paued by the seniors...and scolded too. hahahah. i kept defending myself (u'r suppose to just keep attacking). i know that...but i don't have the bloody stamina. absolutely dying... but fun in its own way.

i actually got bruised though...ma hai. training with other beginners is more dangerous than a senior... they hit the spots which isn't protected by armor. kena bruised on my elbow too...don't know how or when that happened. i only noticed after class that the elbow region was blue black already. ugh... i even got one on my wrist...the gloves don't do much there. it hurts each time i get hit there. mebbe i should be some tennis arm bands :) more padding. heheheh

was thinking of giong out tonite...but feeling damn tired now... so probably not.

--- laters ? ---

i have committed a most grevious sin!!! i went to have siu yuk + char siew rice for dinner tonight, and the unthinkable happened. I...I..*sob* ...dropped a piece of siu yuk on the floor!! NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! Sacrilege!!! The crisp golden brown skin...the glistening layer of fat... laying on the floor. mocking me. "Haha! You can't eat me now!". AHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! The gods of siu yuk must be punishing me for polluting a plate fo siu yuk with char siew. I won't do it again!!!

not going to kendo today... i ate abit too much. finished up the rest of the beef rendang i cooked yesterday. i think i cooked enough for 5-6 meals...finished it all for today's breakfast, lunch and dinner. i also had a whole can of pringles on the way home. picked up the pringles when i went to buy some soya bean. greedy. couldn't even wait another 2 minuts to reach home b4 i opened it. ended up polishing half b4 i even reached the door :p

i feel rather uncomfortable now...stomach really....bloated :( i'd probably puke thru my helmet if i had to do kendo. blech

with that said...theres nothing else to do tonight. anime as usual. and maybe play some computer games. oh! i've also added jun yi to my links (or going to :p) she has an interesting blog title :)

i recently started watching Azumanga Daioh. cutesy type of anime. doesn't really have a storyline. but its funny. I'm blogging about this cuz I sorta like the opening theme. its been repeating in my head for the past 2-3 days. its a really...odd song. I think I like it...but not sure. hehehe. I'll see if I can post a clip up. the music just intrigues me. its a simple tune...seems abit off key. speeds up in parts...slows down... o_O

*jeng*jeng* be impressed! i can cook.... beef rendang!!! muahahhaah. instant style :p
cooking halfway now...and the whole house already smells of it. oh yeah...i had to close all the windows cuz of the rain. doh!

i already blogged while i was at work...so nothing much else to say. i found an interesting link from readin xiaxue's blog though.

http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml

was playing around with it at work. check out the new me! hahaha


guess which one i want to look like :p hahahah. don't know how close i can get the pictures to look like me... but the hairstyle is the closest (when I make it neat :p)

blogging at work. i'm tired, hungry and bored. slept late last night cuz i was watching anime (what else la...) and then didn't have any food at home to cook. so didn't bring lunch to work. decide to diet then :p i'll probably end up buying some chips & a drink from the vending machine later on... aihs

looking at cars now.

"Honda Civic CXI late 1998 3 dr hatch, 5 spd man, factory sunroof, steer, air, silver, 12 mths rego, 86000kms, immac in/out, lady driver/second owner, regretful sale, ARH-61C $10900 neg BELMORE 02-9718 6163 or 0410-56269"

doesn't sound too bad hor? its still just a CXI though...Thos reckons better to buy VTI at least. but dunno la... knowing me, I'll probably end up collecting speeding tickets and lose my license within a month or so. Can't stand the speed limits here...and you can't bribe the cops :p

quite a lot of stuff to do at work now actually...especially since I'm leaving next week. have to clear up lots of stuff. blehh. and another project manager's taking annual leave as well. dumped like 20 pages worth of drawings & material schedules for me to expedite and order... ma haii. at least I can escape from doing stocktake...which is going on next weekend.

ughh..stomach complaining already. gonna make some milo :p

rather than taggin... figured i mite as well mention some of my replies here. i know digital zoom is crap ahh... but the the ixus i5 is so sexy!!! small and compact. perfect for voyeur shots! hahahah. actually not really hor... must have super super zoom if you wanna be a true voyeur! :)
but yeah..i'm still kinda undecided. i got till i go back home to decide anyway. so no hurry. got 8 more days!!! i haven't really looked at the sony ones yet, but yuchun recommends the DSC-P100? or something like that...I'll look for the proper links later.

for those who are interested, dpreview is a pretty good site for digital camera reviews and stuff. got a couple of reviews...specs and side-by-side comparison. pretty good.

enuf about that... i'm feeling pretty sore now. kendo is getting fricking tiring nowadays. i really need to build up my stamina.... i'm pretty much KOed 5 minutes into the lesson. For practice we did 1 minute rounds full on attack. non-stop. it doesn't sound very bad...come on, just 1 minute. but fuck....damn sick, especially since i'm not used to it yet. my stomach was cramping by the end of 2 rounds. throat sore too...have to bloody kiai all the way... haihss

Now i can really imagine how tiring a 3 round 3 minute kickboxing match can be. its probably what i just went through....times 20

blehh...damn hungry after that too. at least i discovered a place in Campsie which was open after 9pm. kebabs!!! yummmy.... makes me miss Intersection Cafe in Melbourne....love their chicken souvlakis (greek kebabs) :)~~~~

it was raining on and off the whole day. lucky i didn't have to get out of the office today. stayed inside where its nice and dry. it was raining in the morning as well! lucky it stopped by the time i got on the bus to get to work. didn't have to walk in the rain after that...still got a little muddy though :p

nothin much else to say at the moment... startin to feel kinda sleepy after taking a hot shower. doing nothin but watchin anime since i got back home. usual lah :p my activities consist of food, anime and kendo. need to expand on that soon. i'm intending to join a gym after kl (and also after I get a car) but unless I get a new job, or OT a lot more... don't think I can afford it. Hmmmm. I guess I should try working double jobs like Jacq... but then that will leave less time for other stuff. Urgghh. Opportunity costs. Mannn...wish that Accenture job would just come true. Being left hanging really sucks.

9 more days b4 I hit KL!!

its a nice day to stay home today... weather looks really gloomy. love it! its not too cold...and theres a nice breeze blowing :)

didn't bother doing laundry today..since it looks like its gonna pour...but just vacummed the house...and cleaned up my desk. so dusty! and the insides of my mouse were caked with dust too! so much dust that the buttons didn't work anymore. i was thinking what the hell was wrong with the mouse this morning, cuz the left button didn't work. so i though i was gonna have to buy a new mouse. but its good as new after i cleaned it up! ^_^ it's a pretty good mouse...it didn't have any problems until this morning...which is kinda amazing seeing how much dust and dirt was inside :p

kinda tiring...spent about 2 1/2 hours cleaning up the place. my desk is so empty now :) filed all my paperwork and stuff. heheh

--- laterz ---

*strreetcchhhh* just woke up from a nice afternoon nap. feel so tired now. hahahah. should be feeling refreshed instead :p i'm hungry now actually... i was hoping I wouldn't have to eat dinner today. guess i can't last more than 6 hours without food. had siu yuk for lunch today :) and I was just talking to Tan about how I should cut down on my fatty food consumption :p

i'm conflicted about which digital camera I want to get. I'll probably go with either a Sony or Canon. Limiting my choices abit... too much to pick from. I'm supposed to be able to get a Canon cheaper by going through Wilson's sister's friend, who can get cameras at staff pricing. They've obviously got nice cameras...but I don't like the fact that you can only record 3 mins worth of video max. that sux. Sony cameras can do unlimited length vids (space permitting obviously).
Apart from that...I suppose most of the features are equivalent to me. I don't know much about cameras or photography anyway.

The only other feature I'm considering is optical zoom. Should I get one with or without? Digital zoom seems kinda worthless imo, since its just enlarging & cropping the picture in the camera. If I want optical zoom, I'll probably go for the IXUS 500 . If not, then its the IXUS i5. I like the blue one.

gonna have to cook din now...stomach growling.

hello blog! it was an early night yesteryday. was suppose to go down city...have dinner and then watch "Shaun of the dead" - a romantic comedy. with zombies!! so cool!! we were actually thinking about this idea relatively recently too...with all the shows like "Dawn of the dead", "House of a 1000 corpses". it's only a matter of time :p

but annnyywayy... plans were cancelled thanks to a certain someone (hint: THOS! :p) He was so dead the whole night. why? because he was playing drinking games with his colleagues at work. how much did he drink? apparently...just a glass of beer :p wuss! kla...give him some credit. TWO glasses of beer :p anyway... he was so out of it that he couldn't eat his dinner *SHOCK*... and dinner was baked pork chop with cheese *SHOCK SHOCK!* what is the world coming too?! hahahaha

being the nice ppl that we (fatty and me) are, we cancelled the movie and went back to Thos place. crashed there for the night... Thos regenerated after sleeping it off...and then ordered a large super greasy pizza and some ribs for supper/dinner :)

and today? didn't do much... lamed around and played video games...then they came to my kumdo training and watched me put on my armour and woop kendoka ass :) welll... at least i WISHED i could woop ass :p

actually...i'm gonna stop blogging now...haven't had a shower since yesterday *sniff sniff* i'm still fresh!! hahahah..even after kendo :p

just a quick one to reply Joyce's comment.... 38 degrees is NOT good girl! :p it's wayyyy too hot. your essay must be getting to ya :p oh! move to sydney!!! come come!! i'm looking for a housemate for the next time I move :)

--- more later, contemplating on skipping kendo tonight ---

skipped kendo :p but at least i spent the night browing some kendo forum :) and inspecting my bogu. the gold doesn't look so bad now...the sides are black...and theres a black gradient (is that correct?) horizontally across the armour. its pretty slick actually. the armour sorts of changes colour when you look at it from different angles. i'd still prefer a different colour though. gold just feels so...soo.... so cheap :p

but anyway, i'm sorta satisfied with the rest of the armour. it looks pretty awesome in my opinion...although i wouldn't know a good from bad :p Theres some engraving in katakana on the men (helmet) too. It reads:

Shi (or tsu) yu ra ru mi so

no idea what it means though...but i think i got the romanji correct. Thos...translate!

meh...too hot.... can't blog....

it hit 38 degrees today.. fricking hot!!! and its spose to be worse tomorrow. not looking forward to it.

went for kendo class earlier, and i finally got my armour!!!! after how many times that i've been saying i'll be getting my armour 'tomorrow' :p it looks alright, i brought it home with me to examine it in more detail..but i'm feeling really really tired now, and hungry (although i just finished a pack of indo mee, downed it in less than 30 seconds)

its really tough wearing the armour. your vision becomes limited...and its worse cuz i wear glasses. it goes abit out of alignment and everything looks funny. and you can't even adjust it after you put the helmet on. holding the shinai with the gloves is also pretty hard. i don't have a good grip yet...so its hard to swing the sword properly. makes it hard to aim as well...especially with my distorted vision. all in all..its alot tougher wearing the armour. hope i get used to it soon. practice wasn't very tough today...but i felt extra tired after it. and i only just took a week off kendo...sheeshh

only one thing i don't like about my armour...the chest plate is gold!! yucksss!!! and after i specifically told sensei i wanted the red one. actually...i think he gave me the wrong bag cuz theres a 'Kirby' written on the bag's name tag, but i think its too late to change liao. maybe i can swap the armour ?? o_O

better head off to bed...dead tired.

i got my PR!! yayyy!! and after all that bitching i did too :p and it was actually granted on Friday too... so all that weekend grief was for nothing... doh! and thos was wrong as well. i can get the visa in my passport once i get the letter from Adelaide Skilled. I just bring it to immigration, and it gets done on that day. goodie!

had KFC for dinner as well...and a 100 Plus that I paued from Yen :) Shes got plenty left at her place. All from that Malaysia Fest thingie that she helped organised. I'm gonna pau a box from her. Hahahaha.

nothing much else to mention now... spent the night watching anime. and its starting to get warm in the house. not really looking forward to summer.... except for the girls in skimpy clothing part :)

2 more weeks till i'm back in KL!