Apples

from your own garden tastes good!

Bliss

My boyfriend...is just so sweet! =]. nottellingyouwhy! =p.

Today I had nasi lemak again. Not nice edy wan? Talk about inconsistency! I da bao-ed for Ma and Ma said it wasn't nice too. Kinda regret getting it. Oh well. Once bitten twice shy. No more nasi lemak until Malaysia. Hmph! Boycott the Malaysian restaurants here. I'm gonna go eat pie, mash and stewed eel. London working class food.

Presents

I love. Giving or receiving. It brings joy both ways. When you give, you get to see a million dollar smile. When you receive, you put on a million dollar smile. The moments, precious.

Finally after 2 weeks I get to give Ma her presents. I gave her the small packet first which was the fake present and hid the real present in my room. Unfortunately, she spotted it. When you expect her to be blur, she's as alert as a cat. She loved both her presents. The shoes were slightly loose. They were size 4 and should have fit properly but thank goodness with socks, they are still fine. The most expensive shoes I've ever purchased in London. Yes 35 pounds is expensive to me. It's pretty normal for Londoners though. The adrenaline from buying shoes. Power. Can cause a heartattack. The time I bought shoes for my bf, I stood there for a whole 20 minutes at least just to compare the sizes. Which? think? Too big? too small? how?! It's like gambling, you either get it wrong or right.

Hee. Ma got me a present too. Ta da! I still prefer the other one. I'm allowed to have both ^_^. I'm so loved. hee hee.

Sundae

Two weeks of plant babysitting. I did not kill my mothers plants! Instead they look more beautiful. Lol. *self praise*. Maybe I do have green fingers afterall!

I should have da bao-ed the leftover nasi lemak yesterday. The waitress offered to pack it for me. T_T. I miss it already. I'm so bored of the food I eat. Homecook food is just not the same. Not dirty enough. Does not contain enough bacteria to be delicious. o.0"

I'm hungry.

Saturday

I had nasi lemak and 100 plus in Melati and I watched The Phantom of the Opera and I had Caramel Frappucino in Starbucks. I enjoyed myself spending 30 pounds in a day.

The nasi lemak in Melati was quite nice. I enjoyed the additional curry I was given for the dryness of the rice and I enjoyed the sambal and boiled egg and 2 miserable looking prawn. The acar was quite nice but I wasn't a big fan. I did not enjoy the 2 large pieces of fish though. It was so dry and burnt, I only had one and fed the bin the other. They did offer to change it to curry chicken but thinking of what would happen to the fish, I would feel awful.

The Phantom of the Opera was in Her Majesty's theatre. It wasn't a very nice theatre because it was very small and cramp. Anyone double of my size would have to squeeze their buttocks into the chairs and would pancake the person beside them. I would be a really delicious pancake in between the two double XL's, thankfully I had a corner seat. It wasn't the seat we were assigned to however it was just as bad because we were so far from the stage and I had to squint and tilt my head and move because the corner of the stage was blocked and unfortunately the characters kept standing at that corner.

Today I got the chance to try using a big and bulky camera, the Canon 50D with super big long lense. I was pretty hopeless at it because the lense zoomed so close that I had to reverse reverse, reverse somemore until the object didn't look super magnified. The guai lou who saw me reverse in that fashion laughed. -_-". He had to avoid me bumping into him. A girl with a big bulky camera reversing numerous times, look super noob! First timer, it seemed pretty cool but heavy. Quite fun. I want one! haha but scared that I would play for it for awhile and then give up and rather use my mobile phone *swt*. That would be such a waste. But yeah, I was thinking in the train today that I should go to a shop to try one, mana tahu I got the chance without going to the shop. Deja vu!

I got to see Joon Yeen after 2 years. It was just like the old days. Talks were still the same. Tak perasan, we've been friends for more than 7 years. Time flies. 7 years ago, I was still in college. Wow quite long ago hor? I'm so old already. Don't wanna grow old can or not? I don't like to be an adult.

My nasi lemak, after I finished half of it. Lol. I always forget to photograph my food! The National Gallery. We were looking for Starbucks and ended up there. lol.

Trafalgar Square just right in front of the National Gallery. Spot the guy with a violin. We've got no idea how he got up there but whatever he was playing, I was very sure noone could hear because there was a Christian group singing very loudly.

The Phantom of the opera @ Her Majesty's Theatre. My mobile camera not bad leh!

My new leopard outfit with leggings. Could be worn as a dress without leggings because I'm so short its long enuff to cover my bum. JY and his big bulky camera and big bulky bag. Super semangat to carry it all around town.

Friday Nights

can be quite ... boring.
I guess.


I was really touched by an article about a dog who willingly became another blind dog's guide dog. It's so sweet.

Pandai

In January, I lost my Sim card in Dubai. I totally forgot I do not have numbers of friends here nor my friends have my new number. It happened once during the Japanese Festival where YP and I was stuck in traffic and was desperate to inform my friend that we were gonna be late. Couldn't even contact each other to ask where are you! Gosh.

This is the, 2nd and a half time. A friend of mine from Germany is in London. Left me an Msn message when I was asleep and did not leave me a number. Searched high and low in my mobile phones. Smack! kapoop! I don't have the number!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The only number I have was the Malaysian number. Pandai lah! -_-" Now I have to figure a way to get in touch.

Happens!

My colleague got the job Head of Department! He's my only friend at workplace. The only person I told that I would not stay on. The person who's gonna treat me as a celebration of his success. I made him a small gift. LOL. Childish for an elderly person, but hey, its art and its cute! To me at least. I like my art. Hmph.

Knightsbridge

Yesterday I made my way there from my office and it took me about 40 minutes to get there. On the map it does look pretty close but the hassle of changing tubes and walking in tunnels to get onto the right route makes the journey long.

Knightsbridge. I remember walking a few blocks around Harrods 3 years ago. That place is so very outta my league. Prada, Fendi and names that I've not heard of. I felt like a little girl in Disneyland, scanning through each and every gold displayed at the window. Am I allowed to walk into these shops? It looked empty. I stared at my reflection on the glass panel. No. I don't look like a person who could afford to walk into these shops. I walked on, I walked backwards, wondering whats displayed in the shops. Someday. When I've got too much money and refuse to donate some to charity. Lol! =p

Calendar

The unhighlighted dates are the working days I have left. Looks good doesn't it? I've calculated...48 more working days until 2nd November. Woot!

I decided to wrap my Ma's present. See the reason why I hate wrapping? Because I'm so bad at it I end up not cutting enough to wrap the whole box. I didn't wanna waste wrapping paper x_X.


Apples from muh apple tree =].

Sleep

I've been having so much of it.

I am enjoying my life as a PIG! I have to live up to my nickname you know. Eat eat sleep sleep. Okay maybe it's just eat sleep sleep. I haven't had much appetite. I want to eat, but I don't know what to eat. I take a stroll down the food alley and everything looks fancy, but nothing that I want. Sleeping is fun. You just lie down and go to dreamland and you don't have to think or feel bored.

I've been having, squeezed orange juice. Ma left oranges lying around and on the praying table. Self squeezed orange juice is awesome! I should get more oranges. Keep them for 3 weeks so that they are really ripe and sweet. Oranges here are sour! Many fruits here are sour. I dun likey. I still have not finish my watermelon. Lol. Almost!

The other day the dean was being difficult. She stared at me as if it was my fault with the one kinda look that makes you feel small and at fault. I hated it. I hate her. My boss said that she's always like that, the reason why the person before before me left. People dislike her and my boss thought that she wouldn't be able to tolerate that too but so far she's managed. I really felt like crying. But I tried my best not to. At least on Monday she was in a better mood and gave us thank you cards for helping with the event. A good point that she had was she knew how to thank people and make people feel appreciated. It made me hate her less. I still dislike her attitude.

Tomorrow is pay day! *save for Australia and America*

I'm sleepy. I need more sleep x_X. Addicted to sleep.

Happy Birthday Mama!

I have yet to wrap my Ma's presents. They are still sitting in front of my eyes. I'm thinking of not wrapping them because I don't like seeing paper wasted in just seconds. I can surprise a person equally by just hiding the item behind my back and presenting it to them can't I?

Should I wrap? Should I not wrap?

Tesco would also be charging for their plastic bags soon. Soon every single place you shop in will charge for plastic bags. So everyone gotta remember to bring old plastic bags when they go out.

It's Saturday, 5.30 am. What should I do today?

Can't really get out on weekends these days. The trains from East London to Central has been down for many weekends and travel has been hell for lots of travellers. Ryan Air's got 1 pound tickets to many places. 1 pound flat rate! Return, 2 pounds. Super cheap right? I am kinda tempted to buy em, but for myself? Sigh, I just can't travel myself. I fear being robbed, raped, killed, chopped in a foreign land on my own. Not unless I can walk around unnoticeably since I'm so short and below their eyesight. But who wouldn't notice an Asian person among the whites?

I wanna treat my Ma, but she won't go because she can't leave Frank by himself. Like Win-Ni I might end up an expat instead of a holiday maker. Haha. Some day some day, I'll save to travel.

My Mother My Love

It's not mother's day I know but in a day it would be my Ma's birthday. When thinking about how much I love her, it often brings tears to my eyes. Tears have been visiting me very often hasn't it? I'm such an emo person -_-". SENTIMENTAL OK!? Not emo!

I love my Ma very very much. When I had a dream that I was a little girl and my dad wanted me to follow him instead of her, I woke up crying. Ma worked hard to bring my brother and I up. Being a single parent isn't easy, and single parents deserve respect and admiration. She sacrificed so much that now I am old and wise enough to understand. She had to learn to go out into the working world again. She had to leave us at home, to look after ourselves. She had to work so that she could feed us. She had to worry while working and check on us all the time. She didn't want to, but she had to. Sometimes in life, you've got no option.

There was once she went to work and she tried calling us and we didn't answer her call. She was worried. She skipped work to come home and see if we were okay. We were busy playing in the shower. We were trusted to stay home and not go anywhere until she was back. Once, we did travel on our bicycles to 7-11. How can any kid resist slurpee? I was just the babysitter though, my brother was the culprit. My mother never found out until last week. Kids these days got computers, we had the great outdoors which was definitely much more fun.

My mother wasn't intelligent, but she was intelligent enough to know what she could do and was brave enough to go back out there and work her butt off just to feed us. I honestly think that I won't be able to do it if I was her. Being a single parent with not 1 but 2 kids. I am really so proud of my Ma. She raised both my brother and I well. She's done a great job. Look at us. *oopz a bit of self praise already* ok, look at my brother. He's grown to be a fine young man.

She tried hard to give us the best. She didn't give us toys or any latest Nintendo but something more expensive and valuable. I know she gave me a heart, the determination, the will, the courage, the advices, her friendship, her support, her love, the opportunity to learn and see the world in various perspectives and so so so much more.

My Ma, my mother, my best friend, my hero, my love.

My Grape Tree

Say hello!

Are you drooling yet?!

Today I had to hold my tears when I was reading the papers in the train. All the sad stories in the papers make me cry. It's sad that the British army died in Afghanistan. I still don't understand why they have to be sent there. All 8 of them who died on the same day were below 26 years old. The photographs of family and friends crying, is just heart breaking.

Britain now has 10K swine flu cases, 4th in the world. It is expected to be worse in winter. We will not have vaccine for, 2 months because they have to check all the vaccine that they've ordered? Sometimes I don't know if the papers are just exaggerating. First they tell people not to panic and get scared, then they tell you all these other things. A colleague of mine, has flu, suspected swine flu and I was in the same office yesterday. *fingers crossed*

Watermelon

from Costco, is delicious! Super sweet and super cheap for UK... £2.99. Cannot compare to Malaysia ok? I'm eating the whole watermelon myself... *grins*. My stomach will look like a watermelon soon. Maybe after I've finished the whole thing. I've still got probably a dozen pears and 500g cherries. While shopping, Ma asked, how are you gonna finish so much fruits? My reply was, these are my friends when you are away, 2 weeks ok!? All my comfort food, makes me happy! *rubs tum tum* Grabs more fruits and toss into the trolley. *happy face* Am nyam nyam nyam..dumb dumb wants gumb gumb.

-_-" I've become a gardener. Gotta go water my Mama's plants, takes almost an hour! Really helps kill time I suppose... gotta water my grape tree too...which reminds me I gotta go take a photo of it now to make everyone drool. Hmph drool revenge to those who have been blogging about delicious Msian food. Bleh... I doubt anyone would drool over a grape tree -_-"

Happy Birthday

Tan Ya Hui a.k.a Chaborkia *digs out old ancient photographs*

We've known each other for... 3 years and a month - 1 day Lol. That's pretty long ain't it?! Ok lah actually longer than that since we've known each other online before we met. Although we've never gone out with each other much (5 fingers can count), you're still a great special friend that I treasure and appreciate and love.

I'm not very good with words and I'd rather just go with Happy Birthday but honestly I really mean more than that.

When we first met in June 2006. Lots of spotlights lol!

We met again in 2007. Wanted to crop yuyue out but oh well!

2008 you visited me when I had my beautiful broken leg.

Lol, we really meet once a year?!

Oh wait, that was still 2007 and we didn't take any photos together? We should have!

I took a photo of you busy receiving kisses from Wai Hong though lol. Miang miang! =p nah, you guys look awesomely sweet!

Push Wai Hong away. On this special day, love ya lots! *hugggggzz*

Wishing you lots of happiness and good health and fortune.

Cry

I tried not to, but it was difficult. I feel sad, and lonely but I'll get over it. I just have to keep myself occupied. I am a strong girl. Yes I am. *self convince* =)

Hungry

for something, but don't know what. There's some emptiness somewhere, a gap to be filled.
Everyday I drink 2 glasses of hot honey, yet, between my bones, there is agony. But hot honey ROX! It is summer yet the temperature is 18 degrees. The change of weather, I feel very weak and tired. But it's been nice being able to sleep 7 - 8 hours a day and maybe take some nap -_-" LOL! I'm sleepy now. 2pm... 2.15 pm I'm still awake...with toothpicks in my eyes...lol.

Yesterday I went to hunt for my moms M&S cappucino sponge cake. In the morning on the way to work, and in the evening after work. Why was I so hardworking to get her the cake? It's her birthday next week, and getting her something she likes is important to me. On the way, there were lots of stores for me to stop and walk in and try. I walked into a shop that was selling clothes for 5 pounds. Cheap but the quality, comparable to those from Taiwan, bad. Looks like they were imported from there too. -_-".

I almost walked the wrong way! Thank goodness I walked into Topshop to ask where M&S was. On the way, I walked in Aldo. Thank goodness I didn't get the shoes. I tried quite a number of flats and the sizes differed. Some 38's were big, some were just nice. The comfort of the shoes? Optimum. There was a particular one that I kinda liked and it was comfy. BUT, 35 pounds...nah not worth that amount.

I arrived at M&S and guess what? Also don't have the cake. After walking 30 minutes. The return journey was worse. I made my way to Tottenham Courtroad Station and guess what? 5 minutes towards the station, the cops closed the road and disallowed people walking through and driving through. Seemed like something big had happened but oh well so I had to walk one big round back to the Uni and to Great Portland Station instead which took me, gasp, 40 minutes! I was soooooo tired, just for sponge cake!

I haven't been photogenic lately. Stoner photo?

Last week I bought Pocky! from Thailand so cheaper than the ones normally sold. Still expensive though 89p! These are the ones with strawberry bits.

Playing with my skirt. Worn it as a dress instead. Super mini, looks puffy too. I kinda like it =).

Genius!

I found a way to stay cool in the train! Stand at the door that allows you to go to the next carriage. It has a window, at least your head stays cool. The feet can burn. -_-". Seriously, it was so hot, my feet was red like tomato. I was really tired and wanted to sit but I chose to stand because I'd rather be tired than be hot and annoyed. I don't mind the sun, I mind the lack of ventillation and air in my office and in the trains. Summer is lovely, when you're out in the open, not in a closed up building or vehicle.

I am getting better. I don't know if it's the tablets from Malaysia or honey but as long as I'm recovering, I'm happy. I can sleep!

I'm watching Transformers 2! haha. Really clear version of it as well. =p. Bumblebee is sho cute! I was laughing so much, my cheeks started hurting haha. Back to the movie. Ciaoz!