Timeless Elegance: March 2005

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

*phew*

First of all, I'm proud and excited and relieved to say, I have no bak jiam!!! Must be a mosquito had landed on my eyelid, sucked blood...then that's why my eyelid looked like it swelled. -_- So stupid!!!

Anyway...my Sophia and David...on the plane enroute to KL!! (I took them along! :D )

Heehee~ Aren't the both of them cute? Acting shy...heehee. :p Luckily they got through the scanner! I always think that if you bring a soft toy along, most likely they will suspect that the soft toy has got something hidden inside...And I was kinda worried that they will rip my monkey apart! (Very duh, I know...)

But I didn't get through though. It was damn hilarious. Me and mr clement thought we were late for the flight already...because we were busy hanging around at the transit lounge playing internet, game, and also shopping lar! LoL~ So our flight was 8.45pm, we turned up at the gate at 8.45pm, and I was so scared the plane was going to take off without us I didn't even go toilet.

And so anyway, we hurriedly got to the scanner, and then whenever I cross the scanner the whole thing will just BEEP very loudly! So paiseh!!! As if I am a terrorist like that... -_-

But the policewoman was quite okay lar, she just scanned me from head to toe, then since got no beep, ask me to walk through again. And then the scanner BEEP again! Aiyoyo...she scan me again lor. So paiseh...and somemore since we were "late", everyone else was in the holding area liao lor, looking at us...and mr clement was so worried...he just went like, "Is it because of the ring?"

So dumbo! Where got ring can cause the scanner to beep de...first time hear. Anyway, the policewoman finished scanning me le, so asked me to walk through that scanner again. Haiz. Then of course BEEP again lar... By then I was thinking whether I would ever get up the plane or not... -_- But then the she looked at me from head to toe, and then concluded that the metal on my shoes (it was a metal buckle on both shoes) must have triggered the BEEP sound. So she let me pass lor....and then after that she asked me (relatively loudly), "You both on honeymoon issit???"

Soooooo paiseh. I dunno where to hide liao. I just smiled sheepishly at her and quickly collected my things and push mr clement on...and then he still walk so slowly...aiyoyo...then of course the policewoman concluded (and proclaimed) , "Yah, must be on honeymoon..." she told all the other security people there...

And so of course I push the misunderstanding to mr clement lor. If he had not mention any ring, she won't think that way liao... -_- And I asked him how can a ring trigger a scanner de. Haha. He also dunno why say that.

Best of all? The plane was delayed! All that rush for nothing! Bleah~~~ So we sat and hang around at the holding area for 15 mins or so while waiting for the plane to be ready. We took lots of self-shots...here's one of the nicer one...

At least can see eyes. Haha. If not the 2 of us look like we going to sleep le. Haha.

And so later when we got up on the plane...I realised that the plane was very stylo! Got our own TV screen, blankets and pillows. Even for a 30-minute plane ride to KL lor... Kinda impressed. What's more impressive was that there was a camera attached to the cockpit...so we could see exactly where the plane was going when it was taxi-ing to the runway. How cool is that?

And of course we got to see what the pilot saw when we flew up into the sky.... although it was night, but the camera is a night camera, so everything still looks very clear. Something new for me, because I have never seen before. Heehee. So suaku. :p

Anyway we took the camera out while the plane was flying...nothing to do mah. It's only a 30-minute flight, they serve drinks, and give you time to fill out immigration cards. Me and mr clement have already done that, so we zi-lian a bit and took photos of ourselves again lor. :p

Couldn't really do much, because soon after the air stewardess told us to keep all electronic stuffs away... must be good. Wahahaha~

Anyway, upon reaching M'sia, we took our own sweet time, went toilet, went to the customs, and then realised to our horror, the queue so long!!! Then we were thinking whether got shorter queue or not...then realised (again), that it's 1 queue fits all...so we joined the queue with the rest of the people lor...

During the queue I jokingly asked mr clement whether will we be the last to collect our luggage. He was like, "Maybe lor. Or maybe all these Japanese came on the same flight as us?" We took Japan Airlines...so we assumed the Japanese around us could have been on the same flight. :) Anyway something very funny happened during the queue also. This woman thought we were holding Singapore passports, so started asking us how to go Johor from the airport. -_-

I don't understand leh, where is the link?! We also don't live in M'sia, how to tell her? Like, so duh. So mr clement just smiled at her and mutter something about taking the train. Hahaha. Then keep quiet liao. Luckily the woman never persisted. Heh~ Anyway we couldn't help her also lar... :)

Anyway, after we cleared customs, we went to collect our lugguage lor. And ta-dah! We were really the last to collect our luggage lor...it wasn't even on the belt. It was on the floor already. They have already cleared all the luggage from the belt so that luggage from another flight can be put on the same belt.

There was this young lady, she was selling tickets for the KL Express, that will take us to the heart of KL from the airport in 28 mins. Haha. We did our homework, so we bought tickets from her lor. It's RM35 per tix...quite okay lar, considering the speed factor...if we took taxi it would probably cost less then RM70 (for 2 persons) but then it will take twice the amount of time. (The airport is very far from the city lor...)

Anyway...here's the interior of the train!

Quite nice isn't it? There are compartments for luggage, and there's a small table where you can put your stuffs if you want. Even a TV screen with the latest news (in Malaysia, of course) and also a toilet onboard. Very comfortable...and better than expected! Best of all, it's a non-stop service, so it will by-pass all the stations along the way! This can ensure a very good 28-minute nap (if we were that tired lar!) We were too excited to sleep anyway. Haha.

Anyway, when we dropped at the KL Sentral station, a surprise awaited us. There was this guy holding the Hilton Hotel sign. And mr clement and me, thinking that maybe Hilton knew we were arriving, so sent someone to pick us up. LoL~ And since we were totally blur as to where the hotel is (it's near the station, but we had no idea how near...), mr clement ran after that guy while I tried to figure out using the only map we had.

And so mr clement returned with the guy! Hahaha~ It turns out that it's a service by Hilton Hotel to provide transport for guests arriving by train lor. How cool is that! So we had someone to carry our luggage, load it onto the mini-bus, and then transport us to the lobby of the hotel. And when we reached the main entrance of the hotel, someone opened the door of the mini-bus, helped me out, and then took our luggage for us. And at the door were 2 ladies, who greet us "Good evening" and "welcome".

We arrived in style, literally. *grins*

And so we proceeded to the reception...and mr clement, looking as blur as usual, was not sure where to go. So another person came up, asked whether we are doing check-in, we answered affirmative, and so she helped us look for the shortest queue. And all these while, there was a porter who took care of our luggage while me and mr clement decided what to do with him. Hahaha.

You see ah, if he takes our luggage up, means that we have to give tip. And somemore we only got one suitcase, a bit duh right? Hahaha. It's not as if it's something so heavy for us anyway. Anyway, mr clement decided that since he already took the luggage, and since this hotel is a 5-star hotel, we should just let him do his job. Haha. So I didn't try to wrestle the luggage from him. We did the check-ins, and then the porter took us to our room.

The first thing I noticed when I got into the room...

The long corridor into the room! And walking further on...

Sofa and table? Plus full-length window. Very nice right? Looks so...posh. :) But that's not all...On my left...

Oh man...when I saw this bed I just want to jump onto it and bury myself. Haha. And right in front of the bed....

The very stylo 42-inch plasma tv...that even other hotels talk about. LoL~ The area on the left is supposed to be like an office...there's a LAN cable there too. But the TV is darn kewl. Comes complete with all the cable channels you can think of. Kewl!!! And then on my right,

The toilet lor. But even the toilet is kinda impressive. There's a bathtub and shower area, they had lots of aromatheraphy thingy there, and the basin? Even more stylo. Got LCD TV there lor. Check it out at the mirror... :)

By the way on the corridor into the room, the toilet was just beside...except that the door is mirrors...haha. So can't see. And the cupboard is built in along the same stretch, so the cupboard can be open from the toilet and from outside the toilet.

What an innovative idea!!!

Anyway, the porter was very excited to show us all the stuffs that are available for us in the hotel, so he stayed around for 10mins showing us all the features. Haha. :) And then helped us set our luggage so that we have a proper place to put it lor. So helpful. And mr clement gave him a big tip. Haha~

It felt really good, because when we reached the hotel at last, we were like, "finally made it here!" that kind of feeling. And we were quite happy because we didn't encounter any problems (except for the security scan thingy...) Not to mention, we were treated like kings and queens when we arrived at the hotel. And of course, what a wonderful hotel! The amenities available in this room itself were phenomenal. Even better than Fullerton (which I think is the best of the rest so far).

Yup, before the trip, I had lots of worries lor. Like whether we will be able to find our way around in the airport, whether we can find the hotel, whether our rooms will still be available to us when we reach. (Imagine 1st night without a hotel...damn jialat eh...)

It all went well! A great start, I might say... :)

And so we looked through the "getting around in m'sia" file (they actually have that! Amazing!) and also consulted my mag (which I kapok from Genting 2 wks before) to plan our itinerary for the next 3 days. :)

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Sunday, March 13, 2005

Grouses

It's a sunday night and I am feeling very disorientated.

I don't like the feeling of mondays. Grr. Very very sian to go back office and face all those people and face my work. Eeks. Although I have things to do (which means it's not so boring), but I am a bit reluctant. Very very sian.

And there's this politics going on in office. We, as attachment students are relatively safe...but it depends on who your supervisor is. And it depends on who your supervisor's supervisor is. So much politics can! And so we have to maintain neutral and pretend we dunno anything. (yah right.)

Anyway we have just drawn up a list of nicknames for everyone in office. LoL~ Very fun okay! Mainly because there is an international community working there (think Thai, indians, indonesians...etc), so all of them know english, and of cause the singaporeans know chinese lar...so it's better to be safe...with nicknames we can bitch about them and not worry whether they actually understand or not. heehee~

That's the only fun part lar. Right now I'm quite worried that I will get bak jiam on my right eye. How!!!!! It feels itchy, it feels pain, and it feels like the same symptoms when I last got bak jiam too. :( The last time when I had it, it took 2 weeks for it to shrink...even then, it took a few months before it disappeared completely. Haiz. I hope it's only a little itch or a mosquito bite on my eye lid...i don't want to have bak jiam leh... *crosses fingers*

I feel so cheated can. Yesterday I went kino to buy my cosmopolitan..only to realise that it sells cheaper at borders! Haiiiiz. the difference is 2 bucks...which is enuff for a plate of rice for lunch. Heart pain sia...now that I no longer get any pocket money from my parents, every cent counts...so...haiiiz~

I still owe my mommy a birthday pressie. so i thought of getting her a gold bracelet for her! :) So happily I went to sookee and sk...only to realise that they only have diamond bracelets...which is totally out of my league lar. In fact, when i went to sookee, this salesgirl showed me a diamond bracelet... i think it was 0.9 carat made up of dunno how many diamonds. She put it on and couldn't undo the clasp. LoL~ So funny. And that bracelet costs 2k lor. -_- way out of my league...and budget. Maybe next time when I start working...maybe then can buy sia.

So my search for my mama's birthday continues. seriously hope I can find something suitable soon bah.

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Tuesday, March 08, 2005

ImMobile

I am mobile-less today...because in my happiness to get out of office, yours truly left her mobile behind. -_- And when I realised it, I was already in bus. And, not wanting to waste my already-paid bus fare, I didn't go back to office to take it lor.

Hope that it will still be on my table when I return tomorrow! *prays hard*

Anyway. I have been reading this book.... Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. It's a must-read...for people who are dating and are truly serious about each other. After I have read this book...I finally understood how guys function (at times) and why they behave the way they do when faced with certain situations.

And I realised that I am a damn good gf! Muahahaha.

And I realised that mr clement is a damn lousy bf! Muahahaha.

LoL~ I told my guy-friend (who recommended this book to me) about this...and he was like, "don't use it as an excuse okay..." Heh~ Of course I am not. But hey, at least I know I am not that bad...hehe. But we both agreed, that after reading this book, you will know why your bf/gf behaves the way they do...and so you will tend to be more patient with him/her.

I know this for sure, because in the past, whenever I didn't get to meet mr clement, I would try to "insist" that we chat on the phone and all...but then now, it's okay for me lar. I know I have to give him space and time for himself...to do the things he want....and that, I should do my own stuffs too....like spending "me-time" that sorta thing...

It's like, all the negative feelings are disappearing...it's more like, I am really understanding that "space" which he craves for so long and I am always preventing him from having it. Heh~ Hard to explain...but there's this analogy.... Men are like Rubber Bands. I think it's quite true!!!

They need to get further before they can get closer...so which means they can be very nice and wonderful to you (the girl), and then they will slowly drift away (usually it's because of their natural reaction...forgot what the book said) and then it will come to a point whereby they realise that having your presence is better...they will come back, closer than ever. :)

I never understood when this happened to mr clement...simply because whenever he drifts away my brain starts thinking all the worse-possible scenarios and so...everything goes downhill. And usually when I lash out at him it's the point whereby he's drifting the furtherest and ready to come back...and so I guess that's why it always hurts a lot... Hm...

So interesting ah. I must force mr clement to read the book...because there's one part whereby Women are like Waves....so she will reach the peak...then will start going downhill....and while going downhill she's gonna need her partner's support lor. clement never understood this...I shall make him read. Muahaha!

In the first place, this book actually belonged to him. -_- He wanted to act "intellectual", so he spent 21 bucks on the book in Borders. But he barely made it halfway through the book. Guys!

Anyway, with this new knowledge that I have acquired from this book, I feel like a whole new person. :) And I feel like I finally know how to handle this relationship of ours.

Very glad. Heh~

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Thursday, March 03, 2005

Weddings...and what-nots

I have been hearing about weddings recently...not only from mr clement but also from those china girls at work. I have no idea...the idea of wedding seems to bug me a lot. How can anyone enjoy waking up so darn early in the morning and then run around for the whole day? And then by the wedding dinner...you will feel soo darn tired and yet you still got to smile... I simply don't understand.

And after listening to the china girls....I even more don't understand why s0me people just want to settle down so quickly? They were saying that their friends in China are already married, got house somemore...and guess what? Same age as me too. Isn't the early-twenties like too early for marriage? Hmmm....

I seriously think marriage is for people who just cannot find themselves secure just being with their boyfriend. And I also cannot understand why get married when the couple don't feel secure with each other. Married already can also divorce...what's the point? Unless you feel like having kids, then of course must get married. Can't let the child be illegitimate isn't it? :)

Anyway. Just having lots of doubts...and wondering what's the big fuss of weddings. I find weddings so troublesome man...have to spend months getting ready, planning...and then all the trouble just to make the parents happy. Shouldn't a wedding be something between 2 persons? Hmmmm.......

Speaking of weddings. I haven't uploaded my cousin's wedding pics yet. Heh~ There isn't much, because I took more of the bridal suite. Very very nice! I think if I ever get married, I will skip the wedding part and just stay in the suite. LoL~

One of the decor...

A Heart on the Dining Table

Yet Another....on their Bed! *so sweet*

Their Toiletries... (Also decorated with roses...in fact, the whole sink was!)

The Humongous Jaccuzzi-cum-Bath

Need to walk up the steps! A bit exaggerated...but fit for a newly-wed couple yah. Heehee~

Impressed? Haha. The toilet is like another big big room. Very kua zhang. Heehee~ I seriously doubt any hotel's bridal suite will be as nice/luxurious. Maybe the one at Ritz will beat this. LoL~ Mr clement's brother's bridal suite was not THAT impressive either. And it's a five-star hotel, no less. :)

Anyway my cousin's wedding is held at a club house, not hotel whatsoever. And that's probably the difference yah. Heh~

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Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Sick and Sick

Seems like I'm always blogging about me getting sick. -_- Anyway. I'm sick again, down with flu and fever yesterday, but much better today. I went to work, but since my partner was not at work, I slacked the whole day again today. :) That's how ridiculous we are all getting, the attachment students.

Actually I was okay yesterday too, only had runny nose and occassionally sneezes. In the end my manager saw that I was eating medicine, he told me to go home, because the place is air-conditioned, and that I should not be spreading my germs to the rest of the popuation in the office. Guess what? Another 2 students were also down with cold too (my partner included), and we were all at work. I didn't want to go back at first because I have to take MC (which I am very reluctant to) and also there are upgrading works at my block (which means lots of drillings). Going back wouldn't help. However, at my manager's persistance and my fellow attachees persuasion (eh, u still have a few months to go leh...) , I decided that I'm better off at home since I can read story book and then sleep. Heh~ Not to mention, take a stronger medicine (may cause drowsiness) so that I can recover faster. :)

In the end I came down with fever when I reached home. Was I lucky or was I lucky?

I slept the whole day away and still had a big headache later on. Sheesh~ But I still went to work this morning, with my headache, because I felt so apologetic for leaving so early. Heh~ I was at work for at most 2 hours before the manager zero-ed in on me and chase me out. Heehee.

Best of all, I didn't have to produce MC! Heh~ Considered time-off, so it's okay lar. :)

My supervisor (who's outstationed at the moment) didn't seem too happy when I email-ed him about me taking leave yesterday. Oh well, I didn't have the time and chance to come online anyway...and so I dragged till this morning before telling him about it. Hm...when he comes back and ask about it then I will explain bah...

And guess what! I went to work this morning, to realise that my original desk has been taken up by this indian guy who has been just hired by the company. He was quite funny, even told me that we would share desks together. Frankly, I will feel uncomfortable sharing my desk with a guy, indian or not. Heh~ Because the cubicle isn't very big...so being in such close proximity to another guy (other than a bf or father or friend) will feel so weird.

In the end I seek refuge from another fellow attachee. Heehee~

And in the end I am so-called permanently seated there because my admin told me that the table is the indian's, now and forever.

Good! Haha. I hate that place anyway. Feel like I am always being scrutinised...for working, for not working, for reading books, for talking, for leaving early, and the list goes on....you can't believe how disgusting office politics can get, until you are in the center of the cross-fire. Best of all, one doesn't even have to do anything. Just sitting down innocently will un-innocently put you in direct cross-fire.

By the way I forgot to mention that the fellow attachee's cubicle's feng shui is very good! Haha. Beside her is just another guy, behind us is a pillar, so we are unlikely to be disturbing anyone (except the one sitting beside her) unless we decide to TALK VERY LOUDLY like a certain parrot.

We call her the parrot, because, eh...she sounds like one, speaks like one...go find a parrot to understand what I mean. :)

Oh yah not to mention, that fellow attachee's place is good for surfing internet, if we ever get a computer. Can you believe it? We are so lacking in space that nearly every cubicle has to be shared by 2 people. -_- And none of us have a net-accessible computer to ourselves...we either use a colleague's one, or I will use my supervisor's one.

So, it's important that my supervisor comes back soon yah. Heehee~

I miss him...but I miss his computer too.

Buahahahaha~

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