Falls Creek, Victoria

I decided to upload some pics from our Falls Creek trip. More can be seen in my Facebook. Enjoy.

Failed Attempt to Exercise

So...hubs and nephew was planning to go to the local driving range to hit a few balls and I decided to go for my long overdue power walk around Jells Park.

Got all warmly dress up for my walk, I-Pod...check, water bottle...check, walking shoes..check, sunnies...check. AND WHAT HAPPEN NEXT??!!!

There was no driving range at the public golf course and it rained! DAMN!!! even God is letting me know that it is ok to let my fats hang over my skinny jeans!

Now am back at home blogging and the rain stopped!!! Arrgghhhh!!!! now am thinking should I just go for a short walk around the estate or sit my big orange dimple ass down and continue my F.R.I.E.N.D.S reruns. Decisions....decisions.... *sigh*

Thousand Apologies...

My baby cousin message me the other day from KL asking me why I have not been updating my blog...ditto for a friend of mine with the same name. Reason? Aiyah...so busy...my mom was here and now my 26yo nephew is here...where got time!!!??

Actually I have time... just lazy...

Lets see... so far:

1. Hubs got his PR renewed for another 5 years! (hurrah!!)

2. I put on weight! (3 'effing kilos! no hurrah please)

3. I have stopped online shopping after much debate with hubby ( I lost the debate...naturally)

4. So far, I bought 2 super expensive Aussie designer bags, 1 expensive pair of Bettina Liano skinny jeans, Midas shoes a few belts, a few clutches... (hoping to squeeze more in before I go home in a month's time)

5. Addicted to Project Runway Australia.

6. Doing my god-knows-how-many-times reruns of F.R.I.E.N.D.S

7. Squeeze in a bit of real office work now and then

8. Cooking, cleaning...the works without my mom's maid

9. Went for a short trip to Falls Creek and DID NOT ski or board!!! (damn my great fall)

10. Confirm my devotion to alcohol at home with hubs and nephew.

11. Play lotsa of WII ( very hazardous)

12. Dinners with my cousin sister and her hubby ( try to meet up every weekend... family is important you know!!!)

13. FACEBOOKING my ass off!

Busy, Lazy, Mozy, Posy...???

It's August and I have not posted any proper entries yet! Busy you ask? Not really... just LAZY!!! plus my mom is here visiting and poor woman she is sick as a (insert word)!

Promise, promise will have a better entry...with pics...laters peeps!!

Can't Stop It!

I am such a sucker for television shopping network! I have always tried to avoid the shopping channel as I know I have a weakness for fantastic marketing with false advertising! Unfortunately, yesterday…after dinner, I accidentally BY chance tune into the shopping network channel and then shit happened! I was completely sold by Leeza Gibsons telling me I should get Sheer Cover! SOooooo I picked up the phone and bought it! SHIT! SoOOoo I am not keeping my fingers cross and hoping the package will arrive safely and the product will work as what all the A-List celebrities in Hollywood were raving about! Sigh!

Then TODAY!! Just minutes ago, I was happily browsing through some online shopping and I succumb to it YET AGAIN!!!! I bought dresses online! Shit! Hub thinks I have a problem…huge problem… huge shopping problem… I can buy anything… just present it right in front on me and I am sold! Sales people love me… I think I contribute to a large chunk of their commission! I have to stop shopping online, shopping while watching TV, shopping when I really do not need anymore stuff!! I HAVE TO STOP SHOPPING!!!!

Dear God,

Please help my shopping addiction.
In return, I will….( I will think of something!)

AMEN

UPDATES!

Weight update: Only almost 2 weeks back in good 'ol Melboune and I have put on weight! I blame winter and water retention!

Social life update: DEAD!

Baby- making project update: Not too good due to my "great fall"!

FANTASIC HUH???

A Prayer for Paul

Dear God

Please make sure Paul recover and be free from his cancer...he is such a good husband, father, brother and gardener.

Despite his illness, he did such a wonderful job clearing the mess from our garden.

AMEN

Cold Miserable Melbourne

Yes...I am back in Melbourne, and its freezing...and to top it off my bum is worst off in the cold.

So far things are ok, only that we found out that our hot gardener Paul (imagine Mike from Desperate Housewife) is surviving tongue cancer and is still doing chemo. When we saw him...both me an hubs were in shock...he lost like 30kgs and look so sick. We pray to God that he will fully recover from his cancer and eat again instead of being fed by tubes. But even he is sick, he still wanna work at our garden. How to tell him that we don't want him to do such hard work? Poor guy...

Heading Home

It’s the time of the year again…me and hubs will be heading back to our “back-up” home in Melbourne next week. Yes it will be winter and with a sore back, I think it will not do me any good. For the 1st time in history, I am not looking forward in going back to Melbourne… why? why? WHY??

Possible reasons:
the house would be a mess and I have to clean up with a sore back
it is freezing cold
most of my party friends are in Malaysia
I will put on tones of weight due to HUNGRY JACK’s Bacon Deluxe!
I will get back water retention leading to weight gain
I have to iron again
I have to cook…ok I love to cook… scrap that.
the fear that hubs will not get to re-new his residency.

Ok ok … I think it’s the cleaning that is turning me off… anyhoos… another part of me do miss Melbourne… oh dammit I am a major contradicting queen!

Watch out for my next post from cold miserable Pinto Place.

Pokok Tumbang=Me

Have you seen a "pokok tumbang" (tree falling)? Well...I was the tree last Saturday when I decided to lean backward (thinking my hubby was behind me), when I saw him standing next to me and I realise there was NOTHING behind me and wham bam ka boom...timmmbbeerrrr... I fell on my bum bum gracefully.

OK my reaction was slow as I was intoxicated! Yes I was! My punishment from God Himself.

Was in the hospital for day with a tail bone injury. The rest is just me and my bum.

More to come....can't sit too long.... still blardee hurts!

Beeotch Of The Year Goes To.......

Some people are just so insensitive!
I run my own life... I do what I want... I will bear all the consequences...
So effing mind your own effing business...

Confession

Dear God,

Forgive me for I have sinned.

I kissed a girl!

AMEN

Prayer

Dear God,

I know I have been a bad bad girl,

Partying non-stop for 10 days in a row,

I know I am now suffering the consequences,

And I am sorry.

Please make me well to party until end of next week,

I promise that I will be good for two months back in Melbourne.

XOXO

AMEN

Indeed A Very Long Weekend!

I am going back to Melbourne in 2 weeks time and me and hubs are cramping in all our partying in this 3 weeks! NUT CASE!!! Yes we are! Last weekend…we spend I met up with my old high school mates which I have not seen in 12 years!!! 12 YEARS…well they see each other often but not me… (some kinda friend huh!) It was great catching up.

And for the rest of the weekend…it was just drinking and drinking… and dancing…and cam whoring… my Adelin will be so proud of me! I really should stop all this….but its wayyyy too much fun…

After all… I have projects to do for my friends…hek hek hek…. Yes… I provide unofficially match making services…

-AT Beach Babylon Blanket or Babylon Beach Blanket-

-At SOI 11-

-At MOIS-

-At Dome Cafe...nursing hangovers-

My Lunch Time Prayer

Dear God,

Please don't let me get pissed drunk tonight,
I need to drive home safe.

AMEN

UPDATE:

God was busy this weekend,and he did not get my prayer... I was pissed drunk 2 nites in a row and shockingly I lost 1 kg from all the partying!

One "Siau" Nite In Bagan

OK…so I am reaching the big 3-0 next year and sometimes I still act (in public) like I am just turning 21! One good example was my regular Wednesday nights at Bagan. With lotsa alcohol, great friends and a camera… unleash the CAM WHORES!!!!!

Enjoy some of the more “decent” pictures… *sigh* too bad hubs was not there…it would be double the fun!!!!

-me and peter nguyen, he stole away in my luagage on my Saigon trip-
-ms phuah and ms teoh-

-yats and nick the geek-

-lovely dasha-

-mama G and weels-

-weels and baby boy dan...such posers-

-can you feel the LOVE!!!!-

-weels favourite past time-

-mama G n baby Dan

-I love my drinking buddy-

My Prayer Tonight

Dear God,
Please make sure daddy take me to Italy in October,
Yes I know he booked the tickets (1st Class please),
But he likes to cancel at the very last minute.
I will make sure I will not buy more than 5 bags in Bottega or any shops I walk into,
and I will also try to make sure I will be a nice daughter to him and go back for dinner more often.

AMEN

Girly Girl Weekend in Saigon

I was Ho Chi Minh City (I prefer to call it Saigon) last weekend with my girls…It was one of those girly vacation that all we do is shop, booze and gossip. I hated Saigon when I went there for the very first time in 2004, maybe because, we stayed at a sleazy 70s lookalike whore house with leopard prints bed sheets, maybe it was the dust, maybe because hubs got food poisoning, or maybe cause all the food taste muddy.

Whatever it was, this trip to Saigon was a BLAST!!!! We stayed over at Deb’s sister’s place, which was super nice apartment in a more upper class area of Saigon. It was a very relaxing, fun, lazy trip.

We would wake up in the morning like 8am, and in our PJs we would watch DVDs (which we bought from Saigon Square at a very very cheap $$) like Cash mere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle and have or fruits and coffee. Then we would laze around gossip until it was time to go out for lunch. After a lazy lunch we would then go SHOPPING!!! The markets, the malls, the streets…name it we were there… we would usually be back by 5pm after a drink at the market or at a beer house and get ready for dinner. And the day would end with a late nite drink (bottles of wine) and lounge music and lotsa gossips!! Ahhh so nice!

-Dawn' s apartment...as you can see, we sort of trashed it!-

-our water for the 3 nites-

We made friends with the locals, especially DJ Samurai and Jeng who I think owns a hip-hop boutique which we took shelter from a thunderstorm… the fun we had…well he made us forget about the rain and we had a bit of fun trashing his shop!!! We even had a Vietnamese lesson from Jeng…and I think I failed badly!!

-DJ Samurai-

-the things we do to entertain ourselves-

Sigh…as for now… back at work… a bit…no very very hard to get the momentum back… I have definitely been bitten by the travel bug!

P/S: I finally got my IPANEMA bags!! and many other bags and purses....heaven!

FAT CHANCE!

I really should QUIT Smoking! And Drinking and Shopping! FAT ASS CHANCE!

I want to feel butterfly in my tummy again…FAT ASS CHANCE!

I want to look like Gisele…FAT ASS CHANCE!

I want to be 21 again… FAT ASS CHANCE!

I want to be a BILLIONAIRE before I reach 30…FAT ASS CHANCE!

Party People

Who said my social life was dead? To beat Monday blues, I took my baby cousins (ok not so baby anymore) out for some drinking and dancing… ok I was “pimping” both of them!

I don’t remember if I have told my readers this but, when I was younger, I was the naughty cousin sister, the one who drinks from an early age, smoke cigarettes, late nights, and bad spending habits! Hey my parents brought me up just fine, I got a good education and all, and I am married to a wonderful man. To me, I JUST HAD A NORMAL LIFE. So, all my aunties and uncles have always warned my cousins to stay away… BUT… they keep coming back for fun.

My baby girl cousin is all grown up to a ripe age of 21, but I must say she can hold her alcohol better now comparing to a year ago… but attracting guys…still plenty room for improvement. Unfortunately she has not graduated from Lynn’s School of Partying. As for my baby cousin brother of 25 years old…he graduated top from my “school”! He is now Dr. Casanova of Kuching!!! (he is a real doctor!) Parties hard, work hard…this one finally found the balance! SO darn proud of him!!

The rest of my cousins, well no more hope… all studious and they keep away from trouble (namely me!) But its ok… hopefully one day one of my “students” will take over my place as the “wild” one of the family.

-with my two baby cousins-

Estee Lauder Model Seach 2008

Had a bonding session with mom last Saturday. I dragged her and my little cousin sister to QB Mall for the Estee Lauder Model Search 2008! Yes I feel we all have the model quality …ha ha ha… SOOO just because we did not want to draw a lot of crowd while doing the make over, we went to the mall at 10am!!!...Usually I will still be snoozing at home, but in the name of beauty, I manage to wake up!

We started with make up, my make up artist was super keduper nice, think her name was Rainne (pronounce Re-nee or Rain-nee), she gave me fantastic sexy smoldering sexy sexy kaboom smoky eyes and kept everything else minimal. LOVE IT!!! I wanna pack her up in my bag and take her home! Then I was moved to the hair station, the stylist ask me what I wanted… so I told her I wanted a quiff, she did something else… equally as fantastic as my make up!!! I LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!! I look super super gorgeous!!! ( REMEMBER I HAVE NO SHAME!!!)

THEN….I went to get my clothes styled by eclipse…I love their clothes… the stylist gave me a jersey gold/beige toga type dress that I refuse to take off after the photo shoot…LOVE IT TO BITS!!! THEN …it was photo shoot time… the photographer was so nice and made me relax and the whole experience was nice! So snap snap snap… think bout 20 odd shots and I was sent to pick my photo to submit for the model search… I tell you, I wanna learn to touch up photos… before and after… a lot of difference!! Ha ha ha… but still can tell it was me la.

Mom and Adelin looks good… think Adelin got model quality…very photogenic… as for mom… she looks classy for her age… and me… what can I say… ha ha ha… I will post up some pics when I get the dvd…I KNOW I AM VAIN!!! But seriously… it was not about joining the model search, it was more about dressing up and getting everything done LIKE what a model would go through. FUN!

SO… if by any MIRACLE, any of us get picked up as a semi finalist…please please…I beg u!!! Vote for us!!!!

Stop The Abuse

People regret in life… but me… I have a few regrets…BUT I never regretted any of my relationships, no matter how stupid there are… especially my first relationship where I was emotionally, mentally, verbally and physically abuse for 3 whole years. I never regret the pain I went through, cause I know I was young and naïve and because of that, I can share my experience with other women that is going through the same thing.

Sometimes, being in an abusive relationship, I must admit, I did not know, I was so blinded and in love. And when it got worse, I was just afraid to leave…afraid that no one would want me anymore. And I was afraid my parents would hate me, and my friends would laugh at me.

He was so sweet to me in the beginning, treated me like a princess, then things just got worse started with being constantly possessive, then throwing verbal abuse at me, embarrass me in public and then eventually hitting me in public. The final draw was when he punches my nose and it broke. That was it, my friends told my parents and an intervention was in place. Talk about DRAMAS!!!!

Today, as my readers would know, I am happily married to a non-abusive man. But unfortunately, I have friends who were and some still is in abusive relationships and for those who got out of it, it feels like a whole house was lifted from their shoulders and they feel liberated. For those who are still in it, I can feel and see that their soul is slowly dying, the denial, and the hope that one day everything will change, just like how I felt all those years ago. But, no matter how much you tell an abused person to leave, it is up to them to take the stand, we can only standby and watch and pray that one day they will have the courage to leave before its too late.

A friend recently sent me this article on the "The Loser" Warning Signs of Dating A Loser by Joe Carver. I plead to anyone who is reading this entry who believes that they or any of their friends or loved ones are in an abusive relationship to read the article. It may help, they need all the help and support.

Coke Bottle Body

Have you ever wonder why men go ga ga over certain girls? Like the tall, slim, long shiny straight jet black hair, white porcelain skin girls which majority of men love and worship. I JUST DON’T GET IT!!! I mean they all look the same, like androids produced from the same factory. No character, no personality and worst of all they are afraid of our glorious SUN!!

I have seen these girls covering up to go to the beach and then stay in the shades and slap on sun block and carry an umbrella…POINT???

Don’t get me wrong, these girls can be gorgeous for example Zhang ZiYi, but seriously girls… if you don’t have white porcelain skin, live with it, no amount of whitening lotions, cream, serums can help you…imagine your face white and the rest of your body is of a darker shade… FREAKY!!!!

I am happy that I don’t like to be porcelain white… I prefer having a golden tan… healthier, and I prefer my short hair and I don’t wanna be skinny stick thin… I wanna be curvaceous… Coke bottle shape… 50’s pin-up girls look a like… that is what I want….

Updates

Back at work after my cousin sister’s big day! So like I mention before I lost 7 kilos and 5 more to go before Gwen’s wedding… GUESS WHAT? Over the span of 4 days I put back on 2 kilos… thanks to my grandma’s “lor ark” (braised duck in dark sauce) and my Uncle John’s sister’s “tu tor ting” (pig intestines pepper soup) both my favorite favorite food in the whole wide world (after my mom’s “kiam chai ting” ( preserve veggie soup).

So yes… I have gain it back… but now I am back to my fruit and veggies-calorie- counting diet. I am determined to lose the 2 kilos I put on by the end of the week. *fingers cross*

On another topic…my mom! My mom! She bought me 2 sets of the corset, girdle, ugly grandma pants and bra for me to wear… so I can lift my very sagging-almost-30- years-old –but- look- like -50years- old butt and also to lift back my breast so it will defy gravity. It is pricey so she put me on a guilt trip if I don’t put it on at least 8 hours a day.

The first time I put it on, I swear I felt my ribs collapse! It was uncomfortable and tight but it does give me a smooth hour glass shape… look sexy over clothes. So yes… my mom…

the ladies in my family with the bride and groom
with my mom-in-law and my mom

Weight Update

I have 5 more kilos to lose to get to my wedding day weight! I am OBSESSED!

Bouncing Baby Girls!

A very very BIG hug to Daddy Ngaim and Mummy Mei Lin on the birth of their baby girl Natasha.

And not to forget, to Daddy Mang and Mummy June on the checking out of their baby girl from Mummy's Hotel this morning!!!

Congrats you guys!! I will not be far behind...he he he...

I am now officially an AUNTY! cannot run dee!!

Weird

I am so tired… I have been going to bed 4 nights in a row and not remembering that I actually slept throughout the night! In fact I wake up every morning thinking to myself… “Shit…feels like I just slept like 5 minutes ago!!” But in actual fact I have been getting 6-8 hours sleep. Weird.

Besides not getting enough sleep, my social life is in the dumps! Due to my freaking, excessive, prolong detox diet (yes still on it) I have not gone out for happy hour in over a month!!!! What used to be my almost daily routine after work is now replaced by steaming veggies for dinner and watching Last Comic Standing! Weird.

I am in the process of transferring all my accounts to a new system… I was so excited at first…leaning about new things and all… NOW… I am just procrastinating…yet again! Weird.

Hubs is finally using Hylexin for his dark circles under his puffy eyes ( highly effective for me and my mom). I wanna turn hubs into a metro sexual man… I know… Weird!

My throat feels Weird.

My Almost Bottega Sunnies

I hate travelling for work… but there is nothing much I can do about it… people asked me if I like Hong Kong, I always tell them, I have not “seen” the city!!! Why? That is because most of the time I am in between the airport, my hotel room, and meeting rooms in 3 days! (Same goes for Bangkok)

So when do I get to shop? Duty free while waiting for my flight. Sad isn’t it? But this recent trip to Hong Kong… I manage to squeeze in one shop in between my meetings, and I manage to get just a purse to match my designer bag. Hubs was not happy…but I needed to treat myself something. Just one shop??!! I thought to myself never mind, I still have not raided the airport duty free shops… When I manage to raid the shops in the airport, I had only 30 minutes!!! Damn damn damn…I saw a Bottega sunglasses… oh so chic!!!! I must admit I look damn blardee good in it…BUT I did not buy it…NO TIME…the sales lady had to get the new one from another place and that would take up to 15 mins… AArggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…

Can you imagine the frustration!! I swear I could not sleep and sit still until today when I think of that particular sunnies… I SWEAR… I will get IT!!! Mark my words!!!!

So tragic!