~*...My Valentine's Day...*~

I looked at the date on my calendar, it reads 14th February 2010 beside it was the words Chinese New Year. I sigh to myself and resign to the fate that there's no way on earth I'm going to be able to get myself out of going out with the man of my dreams to celebrate the day of lovers. Why, oh why did V-Day have to fall on the first day of CNY???

It was always a rule in the family that during the first day of CNY we are not to go out as we busied around the house getting ready for the visit from throngs of relatives and mindless gambling. And the relatives, they do arrive of course. Families after families... Same old questions, smiling til the sides of my jaws ache. Now don't tell me about the joy of receiving red packets. After a certain age, you kinda feel pai seh to even take the red packet because that would just mean you're still not married.

This year is even worse. Previous years I managed to somewhat hide behind my eldest cousin as he still haven't tied the knot with his girlfriend so the spotlight was off me. However, he got married end of 2009 and so now the eldest unwed person of my generation falls to me.
As I sit resigned to my fate the doorbell rang again. With a heavy heart I went to get the door. Most likely another set of relatives to further torment me with the same questions all over again.

My, was I surprised to see him standing there.
Looking absolutely gorgeous in his leather outfit was none other than Patrick Dempsey, standing at my door holding a bouquet of my favorite roses.
Champagne coloured roses. He knows I have no patience for the conventional red rose. Velvety smooth in texture but lacks in fragrance. Yes, champagne roses were my all time favourite next to lilies of the valley...

I smiled a sad smile and told him the predicament I was in. He just smiled and nodded his head and went to have a word with my mother. No idea how he managed to persuade her but my mom said yes and after a change of clothes we were off to our destination.

Nothing fancy. As always the restaurants and places were always overpriced and took advantage of Valentine's Day so we decided to go off the beaten track.
The plan was to hike up Bukit Tabur to watch the sunset. Overlooking the Klang river dam and KL skyline it was breathtaking. Literally. No worries of slipping or falling. And it's OK that he's seeing me all dripping with sweat. We're pass all evasiveness anyway. He of course looks dashing no matter what.

After we've finished the short climb (usually takes about 3-4hours), we'd adjourn for a simple dinner and back to his place (naturally as I still live with my mother) where he proceeds to rub away all the aches and pains from the hike to end the day on a blissful note.

~The End~

P.S. Please note that the above content is purely fictional because I would like to get tickets to watch "Valentine's Day" courtesy of Nuffnang. Hopefully I can also get the exclusive items although I do realize my entry is a tad late... Please, please, please let me win... *crosses fingers, toes, arms and legs*P.P.S. To baby, I still love you and you only OK... so please don't emo me for this post. I really want them tickets and exclusive items.

~*...Occupational Hazard - Part 2...*~

After I wrote my first entry on the occupantional hazard present at my current work location, that sparked off another idea for a post to blog about. Although I've taken the pictures a lot earlier (well, somewhere between after that first post and this), I've only just had time to blog about it this time around...

This current entry revolves around my sitting area. I've never had a window seat in all my previous job locations so this time around I figured I would like to sit at the window seat for a change. Big mistake...

Due to the nature of the layout, the divider that separates the tables... It's front and back divider.... Em, not sure how to explain but that's beside the point. The point here is that blasted divider. Now, sitting beside the window has it pros and cons. Obviously the perks are on a clear day, i.e. no sun... you get to see the view although in my case all I get is the crummy car park and the stupid buildings so closely situated together they could be joined at the hip. Ok. I'm exaggerating. But at least it's something to look other than concrete walls no?

Now on a sunny day, we would definitely need a shade or else the glare from the sun would make it almost impossible to see the laptop screen clearly. Naturally, the office provides us with shades so there shouldn't be a problem right? Wrong.

It just so happens the position of my place plus the divider does not enable the shutters to close all the way. By all the way I mean until the window sill. This provides a teeny, tiny gap and although most of the time the sun stays out of my work area, it's during the late afternoon where the problem arises.

See the gap? That little black line behind the calendar is the divider. And that's where the sun manages to peek in to wreck havoc on my life... Don't look menacing? Or maybe I'm complaining too much about a tiny thing?

Let's see how it fares now... Yep. The sun rays stretch all the way to my laptop as you can see it's already quite far away from the edge. No, I can't move it back any farther. I have another colleague sitting right next to me and I'd be taking up her space too. Plus I also need space to move my mouse around at a comfortable distance.

Please excuse my obscenely messy desk. Being on project means we don't own a pedestal to lock away all our stuff so everything is on the table. Initially I used to put my laptop bag at the side (see where my handbag is) and my handbag used to sit after my lappie bag. But that took up too my space and I ended up with not enough place to write (if I ever need to... not often but I do at some time).

Another colleague told me a story during one of her other projects where someone sat at a window seat. Apparently after a while one side of the consultant's face was noticeably darker than the other side... o.O

What!!!... Seriously you must be kidding me... Half dark, half fair??? I'm already quite tanned for a Chinese... I don't want to be any darker!!!... I'd wish someone had told me sooner... (_ _ )"

No chance in changing seats now as most of the seats are already taken up. *sobs* ... I hope after the project ends I don't end up with yin-yang skin... (>.<)

~*...About a Year Ago...*~

Seems to me these days my posts are limited to once a month. I noticed the last time I blogged was Aug 14 and today's Sep 15... it's purely coincidence alright. I didn't plan it.

But over my quite eventful (more than usual) weekend, something occurred to me and I decided to blog about it.

Last week, most of my time was consumed (between working) and debating with myself if I should:
(a) Watch T-Music Festival courtesy of Nuffnang or;
(b) Give up the tickets and attend my friend's birthday dinner (which I already RSVPed)

After much deliberation, I decided to opt for the latter even though I was:
(a) Broke shitless and can't afford a present (no thanks to a blacklisted summons I had to pay in order to renew my road tax)
(b) Broke shitless I can't afford to eat out...
(c) I really wanted to go for the concert... (>.<)
But I decided she's hardly ever in MY and I guess her birthday is more important than any concert no matter who the performer is.

Of course I would've offered to bring her with me but the fact remains was, the invite was extended to the whole group of her friends and everyone already confirmed their attendance... so no whisking her away with me. Am not that selfish.

So... I gave up the tickets... *sobs*. So nobody better tell me what happened... 'Course I did read a wee bit on it in Cheesie's site but she didn't really elaborate much so... *phew*... Still, nobody better come rubbing it in my face.

Of course me being me (and also for the fact I couldn't really afford a present neither did I know what to get her) of course I had to rub it in her face. Hey, no point playing martyr if no one knows about it. But of course I didn't make it sound sooooo bad and make her feel bad (well at least I hope not... I did not right Kat?)... I jz announced that this year there'll be no present from me cause the present I gave her is my presence at her dinner party... which should be the best thing but truth be told I haven't really been myself lately so I can be kinda drag to be around.

Not to mention the party was on my better half's birthday eve and I was overcome with guilt because I failed to celebrate his bday with him last year because my car decided to emo me a day earlier and this year I failed to do so again due to erm... erm... circumstances.

What I noticed this year at Kitty's party was this... Last year around the same time... the both of us were still singletons. Come this year we've both found someone to call our own (although last year, her special someone was also present at the get-together but they weren't seeing each other - yet... I think)

A lot has happened in a year. More things to blog about but never found the time to. will do so soon... :P

~*...Thought for the Weekend...*~

Are you one of those people who uses iGoogle? If you do, do you add any gadgets?

Well I do and among the gadgets I added apart from my Gmail and Google Reader, I have Things to Ponder and Chinese Proverb Quotes. I won't really go into much detail about the latter but the statement on Things to Ponder for today was somehow quite true.

The statement was this...

Why is it that when you are driving and looking for an address you turn the radio down?

I immediately tried to stifle my laughter (I am in the office after all) when I realise how absolutely true this statement was... I don't know about the rest of you, but I do notice that everytime when I'm looking for a unfamiliar or new place I'd automatically turn down the volume on the radio and I can't explain why... it's just an automated action.

I wonder is it because I think I might be able to find the address faster with the volume turned down or the fact that I can concentrate better with the music off. But does it really? Or it is some subconscious trigger that prompts us to do so?

I wonder if anyone else does the same thing or if I'm the only weird person around that feels this statement applies to them... Happy Weekend!!!

~*...Occupational Hazard...*~

I was driving home yesterday when I felt a really bad itch along my right thigh. Being any normal person, I scratched the itch whilst driving. While scratching I realised there was a very obvious bump where the itch was so I was quite disturbed that the bump could get so big in such a short time. I made a mental note to remind myself to check it properly later (couldn't see, was wearing pants) in case it was an allergic reaction. Which was weird, considering the fact that I was wearing pants to work yesterday and I have not gone anywhere at all ('cept being stuck in the office and going back home straight after)... much... well, at least not as often as I used to. I think my mom is very pleased with the fact I'm home so much these days. I don't even go to gym for crying out loud...

Well, I sorta forgot all about the bump but I did... eventually, before I went to bed. So I went to the mirror to check it out (mental note to self - must put up my full length mirror. SOON). I mean if it was really a allergy I'd have to go to the clinic to get antihistamine before it spreads. I noticed it wasn't a rash bump but a very oddly shaped one at that... it looked like the closing end of a bracket... ) ...

Now for the life of me, I can't quite figure out where or how the hell I got it... so I decided to check my left thigh to see if there's a similar indentation there. And there was... (o.O)

I really couldn't figure it out at the time so I kept turning left and right and checking the indentations on my thighs... until it finally hit me...
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Well, that was how I felt at that time OK...

Now, anyone who's worked with me knows I have this one particular habit (apart from the fact I like to talk a lot... make a nuisance outta myself... hug, ok suffocate... random people...), I like sitting crossed-legged. It's a more comfortable position for me to sit in than the rest and I can sit for hours like that (until either one of my feet falls asleep)... I've been sitting like this at all my workplace ever since I started working (I'm blessed that most of the time my desk/chair is huge enough to hide the fact)...

So why do I call it occupational hazard?

See, I've been sitting like this for as long as I can remember and I have never had any discomfort from sitting this way. Mainly because the offices I work in provide really huge ass chairs for us and I can comfortably cross my leg without my legs touching the armrest (somehow it always fits just right) or I can adjust the armrest height so that it doesn't obstruct my legs. That is... until now...

From day one I joined this new company (another story, another day), we're assigned to work on site (at client's offices)... The first thing I noticed were how puny the chairs were... I mean, these chairs were by far the smallest (OK la, I might've exagerated a tad it's not that small) I've had to sit and work from since I started working.

It looks like it's catered more for Asians. I think anyone who is double my size would have a problem sitting comfortably in this for 8 hours a day. The armrest is fixed so I can't adjust it in any other way and everytime I sit cross-legged (I'm really not comfortable sitting the conventional way), my thighs will dig into the armrest. And since I have thunder thighs, I now have a permanent groove on the sides of each thigh...

I really hope it goes away soon... *sobs*

Apart from this, the chair really isn't comfortable... ever since I've been working here... after work my butt hurts. Seriously I'm telling you. Some colleagues complain of back ache but I have butt ache... No idea why. Occupational hazard... They should consider changing their chairs to that of a better quality one.

On a side note, a colleague of mine passed this link around. I find it amusing so I decided to post it up. Check it out... Cheers...



*Psst... only one more day to go before the weekend (^^)

A Breath of Fresh Air...

Finally managed to find a nice site to change my blog template. Best of all it's free... I have yet to change the header picture. No idea what to put as yet... but I kinda like it as it is... simple and nice with my favourite colour as the highlight.

It's high time I started blogging more often. Looking at my archives I can't believe I've only written 6 posts for 2009 and we're already down to half a year more. I do have a lot of things to blog about, we'll see how things go.

Alright. End of my mindless chatter. Cheers (^^)

Sleepless Nights...

I can't believe I'm having trouble sleeping again... I've been rolling about in bed for the past 2 and a half hours. Not good considering I have to be at work by 9...

I've tried tiring myself out by watching Evan Almighty and the first episode of Desperate Housewives... Net was shitty as usual so I couldn't Facebook... Read two chapters of Paul Coelho's Veronika Decides to Die... God knows how many rounds of Text Twist and Big 2 on my mobile... Made a long distance call to da bf to complain that I can't sleep only to have him nag me about sleeping early... Updated my status on FB n Twitter from my mobile... And now succumbing to writing a blog entry using Word Mobile... Man, how pathetic can one be?

I think by the time this entry is done, Imma gonna be a pro at messaging on a touch screen...

I need to sleep... (@_@)

I blame the horrendous weather!!! I don't want to be nocturnal... I can't function properly during the day like this... Imma gonna get a sore thumb after this...

I WANNA SLEEP ALREADY!!!

Doggone it...