Holidays coming to an end.
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Posted:Dec 18, 2010 5:56 am
Last Updated:Sep 4, 2011 11:12 pm
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How's everyone weekend getting on?
Holidays had been good. Did most of the planned things and meeting up with friends. 
Starting work next week and all the way into year 2011.
Yes, I am spending Xmas and New Year in my work country. My colleague wants to be back to her home country to celebrate Xmas with her family therefore I had to stay behind since I don't really celebrate Xmas. But still, it is rather gloomy to be alone in hotel room when everyone else is partying and celebrating away.
I got myself a small xmas socking, intending to hang it up somewhere in the room to bring a little cheer to the room and to amuse the housekeeping staff when they come in to clean the room.
While I have to spend Xmas and New Year alone, there is good news that SOC and other colleagues will be coming over on the weekdays for work. So I have company during the weekdays.
Leaving with SOC on the same flight. And probably going to work from the room instead of going to the workplace for a few hours by the time I am done with unpacking and arranging my stuff.
To update again next time. Take Care. Have Fun!! 
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Bought a phone.
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Posted:Dec 11, 2010 9:34 am
Last Updated:Sep 4, 2011 11:13 pm
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I did got iphone but not for myself. It was for SS as his phone battery died one day and kept shutting off itself in less than 5 minutes.
Unfortunately, the installation of itunes crashed his pc completely and he was very upset by it.  In the light of it, he is playing games and downloading games using the iphone now.
My old phone shall stay with me for a while more then.
I am back home! Whee. It was a full flight and it was not fun sitting next to a nauseous person. The best part, there was no paperbag in his seat pocket. The stewards didn't upkeep the plane, neither they bothered to ask the guy to pull up the window binds during landing. My seat pocket had no magazine and paperbag as well. However he managed to hold it in to the end. I wish my flights to be the better airline but it was difficult to book. Therefore it has been average airline for me these days.
Happy holidays. Happy Weekend!
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Draggy mid week..
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Posted:Dec 8, 2010 7:21 am
Last Updated:Dec 20, 2010 8:00 am
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Looking forward to the weekend as I will be going back home for a week. Yeah!
But the week has been long and draggy. The work and the nonsense going around. PMs asking me for advice for a question that was directed to them. Knowing that my boss 'eat' up 1.5 days of my leave and 'eat' up more than 4 days of my colleague leave. Feeling insecured about my position being overtaken by colleague. Getting annoyed by the staff. Sigh.
Memory was getting bad as well. Last weekend we went to the mall to get a bag for his niece. I was holding on to the bag in the cab, got to the hotel and alighted. Back into the room, I put the bag on my luggage bag and turned to look/do other things. SS stood in front of the luggage bag and asked me for the bag to snip out the cable tie. I asked him what cable tie and slowly realised that I forgot where I left the bag! I was so convinced that I left in the cab that I dug out the cab receipt hoping for some form of contact but none at all. SS's face darken and sadden. I was thinking of having to go and hunt for another bag as it was the last piece. Then he moved away and I saw the bag sitting there!  Relief washed over us, I grabbed the bag and showed it to him. He chided at me for giving him a heart stopping moment.
Been indulging in muah chee, cakes and bits of chocolate almost everyday and not going to the gym lately. Thighs feel bigger, weight is slowly increasing.
Looking forward to returning home..
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Saturday..
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Posted:Dec 4, 2010 9:28 am
Last Updated:Dec 8, 2010 6:58 am
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Back from a short outing to the mall with SS in the afternoon. Feeling all tired and sleepy just from the short trip.
Anyway, that is not the point of the post. Now I am at an age period where friends are getting married or nurturing a new life form.
Last night, my good friend dropped a big news that she is separating from her husband after 4 years. While they always seems to have problems communicating, I don't think there is any 3rd party involved. The "3rd party" in his case will probably be his computer and his computer games.
It was a shocker to me and I don't like it. I thought that things between them can get better but I guess enough is enough. Sigh.
Hee. I wrote it halfway in the evening and went to bed intending to just lie down for a while. But ended up only to wake up at 12mn. 
Happy weekend..
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Branded bags..
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Posted:Nov 29, 2010 8:27 am
Last Updated:Dec 4, 2010 2:23 am
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Would you buy branded bags?
There was a sale of some branded bags over the weekend in the hotel and went to check it out towards closing time. Not much selection left and I had nothing in mind to get anything until I recalled that I don't mind getting a wristlet or evening bag for wedding events and CNY.
However I didn't get anything in the end. Partially the selection weren't a lot. Another reason was that I didn't feel justified enough to pay that price tag even though it was discounted. 190RM for a Coach wristlet. Is it a good deal? Or still expensive? I don't know.
Why do you get branded bags?
The material feels normal, not all leather some were nylon or cloth material. The workmanship feels normal as well. Buying for the name or because many people are carrying the brands around?
I still prefer cheap stylish bags that I can replace easily without much heartache and without burning a hole in pocket. Though a tiny part of me feel that having that branded bag on my shoulder make me feel all proud that I own something that some people might not get to have it. But not feasible at all.
Planning out my activities when I am back home soon. Going to walk Marina Square, Bugis etc because the last that I went there was at least 2 years ago! All the 'new' malls that popped out, I had never step a foot in there. Ever since the purple line had started, I never take a joy ride to explore around.
Have a great week!
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A picture to spice up the blog.
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Posted:Nov 25, 2010 8:58 am
Last Updated:Sep 5, 2011 2:36 am
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Ah, it wasn't a picture of me. It is something else.
It was lightning storm last night. Colleague took a short clip of the storm when there were many lightning flashes. I got the clip from him and printscreen a part where the lightning bolt came down, illuminating the whole sea. It was nice. Too bad, my curtains were drawn while I could see the flashes of lightning, I wasn't keen to look out to observe more.
Happy weekend! 
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Random post..
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Posted:Nov 19, 2010 9:25 pm
Last Updated:Sep 2, 2011 1:27 am
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Weekend! So looking forward to a weekend of rest.
Just a random post. Not an organized one. A couple of things on my mind.
Year end is coming soon and I am thinking of getting something to reward myself. Should I get
- new pair of shoes (though the current pair is still holding up well),
- new camera (current camera is a little wonky after many years but not very tech savvy person to fiddle with too many settings),
- new mobile phone (current phone is old as well. Remember Dopod with slide out qwerty keyboard? Its stylus was missing recently, so using fingers to tap is a little pain in the neck whenever I was outside)
- new mp3 player (realized that my current mp3 player is 2G, apparently it is consider small storage now. Want something small to stick it into my pocket while gym-ing)
As you can see, I am very low tech person. I like to use things until it is old and faulty. What should I get? Only one item though. Can't afford to get everything to be changed.
Planning to go Krabi over a long weekend next year. What are some of the recommended stay, food and activities to do there? I read up on mangrove kayaking, elephant ride trekking etc. All are so interesting.
Hopefully this weekend will be good. Going to a bigger mall later to get food from supermarket. SS and I planned to 'cook' in the room after viewing some clips of cooking in hotel room using the iron and kettle. Amazing. Maybe we can also whip up some simple tasty healthy food instead of having char kway teow and laksa every other day. I am thinking broccoli, baby carrots and pasta. SS is thinking belacan stingray which most likely will stink up the whole floor which is a no no.
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Finally it is weekend.
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Posted:Nov 11, 2010 6:20 pm
Last Updated:Nov 16, 2010 8:12 am
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Looking forward to the weekend. Though there were no work calls, somehow I am tired despite getting about 7 hours of sleep.
Working from the room today as my flight is in the afternoon. Yeah.. Going back home this weekend. Most of the things are packed. My things are overflowing in the medium size luggage bag. I need to cut down and make more space.
Feeling so tired, wish I could go back to bed now. However there are still some work to do before needing to check out later.
Have a good weekend everyone!
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Late sleeping, some cravings..
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Posted:Nov 6, 2010 10:47 am
Last Updated:Nov 11, 2010 6:06 pm
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Been sleeping late for this long weekend. Not good for the eyes and skin..
Thur night I could not sleep as I was still affected by the incident. I only end up sleeping on Fri morning 7am after taking up some breakfast at 6+am. There were a handful people up and about already! Mostly caucasians though. Why are they up so early?!
Slept till 10am before being woken up by a work call but not an issue. Went back to sleep till noon. Woke up and started tearing while SS remained aslept. Stayed in the room the whole day, never step a foot out of the room. Went to nap at 4+pm all the way till almost 10pm and thought it was Sat. SS went out to buy back dinner for us.
Went bed at probably 3+am. Woke up briefly at 9+am and back to sleep till noon. Sat now. Went out in the afternoon to get some dresses altered and spent some time at the mall.
Now it is 1+am. SS is dozing off and I going off to sleep soon.
But before I sleep, I am craving for some cakes. It has been a while since I last had a slice of cake. SS couldn't remember when was the last we ate cakes. Neither do I. Chocolates and cakes are my weakness but somehow I only gave in to chocolate cravings. Everytime I remind myself to get a slice of cake at the mall before going off but never get around to getting one.
Going to sleep now. Goodnight everyone. Hope you are enjoying your long weekend.
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Bad ending to the long weekend.
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Posted:Nov 4, 2010 12:04 pm
Last Updated:Nov 14, 2010 4:51 am
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Was so looking forward to the long weekend but an email early in the morning from one of the staff shooting me down in an unprovoked act made me so upset and teary.
Must be one behave in this way? Making things unpleasant for people. My colleagues don't really like working things out with him. His own colleague passed comments about him and his attitude to me.
Displaying the ugliness of humans, stabbing and backstabbing people for self satisfaction. What does he gain from that email? That I will not want to deal with him anymore, which I did send an email to my manager to keep me out from any interaction with him and let my colleague handle him instead. In the first place, I was a replacement to handle him as my colleague was not around.
There was a buildup of unhappiness that I had to vent it out. Being alone in the office; one had left for the airport, the other at the site. I bruised my knuckles from the wall but it didn't help. The gym session only managed to take a small portion of the anger away. The need to hit and whack things is strong.
Sigh. I am still so upset. I really do not like being around with such people. Why people are so complicated as people gets older? I rather spend my time in company of pets or just being myself. No gossiping, no unpleasant situations, the politics. Pets either enjoy spending the moment together or ignore. Simple, uncomplicated.
It was a tough week. I wish I could weep in a corner over the unfortunate events. It is 3am now, I yet to send out my report. Trying to work on it before I sleep.
Happy weekend everyone. Hope I don't get any work calls over the weekend.
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It was a bad week.
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Posted:Nov 2, 2010 6:47 am
Last Updated:Nov 4, 2010 10:34 am
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Sat was tiring. Woke up to take away some breakfast food and went back to sleep till noon. Nothing interesting happened.
Bad week since Sunday..
Had a work call at 4am on Sunday. Dragged me out of the bed when I went to bed at about 2am? Fixed the issue until 5am and remained wide awake until 6am before managing to doze off. Woke up at 10+ am, missed the breakfast hours and another work call at 11+ am and was occupied for an hour. Only then we able to go out to get lunch. Good thing that the weather was good. Cloudy and cooling. Good for strolling. Evening it started raining.
Woke up to a rainy cold Monday. Wished I could be back in bed under the warm covers, my soft toy and SS. Managed to get to work but feeling disorganised and slowly feeling my way out. But work call came in at noon, throwing me off balance. Spent half of the time looking for help until manager had to help to contact them on my behalf. In the end the issue was not resolved when I knocked off.
At dinner, ordered my food and before the food could touch my table. Work call again. Good thing that my colleague was around to help me part of the issue while we finished up our dinner. Got back to the room to handle the issues. Multiple issues to resolved. Managed to resolve 2 issues out of 4 issues. The pending 2 issues needed other teams to look into it the next day. With that, I went to sleep.
Tuesday morning breakfast peace broke by work call. Again. Went off to check on the issue. Previous night issue had snowballed to bigger issue. Everyone was jumping everywhere. The EU colleague stepped in to help. Within short time, it was resolved.
I was very mad.  Because the HQ colleague had told me in the night that other department team need to look into the issue when the rest came to work the next day. Yet when EU colleague came in to talk to the HQ colleague (Still night time over there), they did something and the issue was resolved without the input from other department teams!
The whole day was unpleasant. Lots of running up and down from the office to the site. Right now there is no issues. Hope I get a good night rest. So looking forward to the long weekend.
Need to rant it out. Nothing positive in this post.
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Back home for the weekend..
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Posted:Oct 16, 2010 2:43 am
Last Updated:Oct 18, 2010 5:59 am
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Not much activities planned for the two days that I am back.
Happy to wake up at noon, not having to worry about missing breakfast and still there is food available when I go out. So unlike back there, if I to miss breakfast, I will have to go hungry till evening as the shops closed after lunch time and only reopen at dinner time.
Anyway, had a nice lunch of kway chap and barley water at the coffee shop nearby. Good food, great homemade drink without the heavy dose of syrup. Back home to chill and laze. Now going for dinner soon. Craving for sushi. Will be having that for dinner!
Craving for some popcorn as well and the movie "eat pray love". Anyone watched it already? Is it good?
Got to go now. Will update again.
Updated:
Back home. Shall do my packing later. Had a nice brunch of ipoh horfun and teh at S.Gardens after dropping a package there on a cloudy Sunday afternoon. It was a very warm day though! The heat was intense. Chill at home until I went back to my own home for dinner. Finally after 1.5 years, decided to go home to eat my mum home cook food. *guilty*  For always not spending more time at home. It was so comforting to eat my mum's food again.
This weekend was basically spend lazing and chilling, staying up late till my dark circles look horrible, without all the planned activities of running around but sometimes not executed. It felt good, not to be rushed and hurried. Just the weather could be a bit better.
Going back tomorrow morning and returning one month later. Apologies for lack of photos. Haven't been taking any photos lately. Till then take care!
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We were both stunned and she tried to help me by searching a few times while I tried to call my HR at ungodly hours and also to check my email. 
