Sunday, April 25, 2010

Counting The Days

A week before my departure to Algers, i filled my calendar with tones of outing with my girls.

It has been a long time since we had a girls night out. Each of us is either too busy with life or someone would have cancelled on the others on the day of the appointment. Initially one of us would still take all the initiative needed to plan for outings. However with all the last minutes cancellations and all the low turned out rate, eventually none of us want to organize anything any more. It was sad because we used to be so closed during our school days.

Anyway, the weekend before i left, thanks to Marcia, she managed to get Bee and Jess to come out together and had a fun time singing our lungs out. We spent our day in the singing room the whole afternoon. Of course none of us sang well but it was really fun. At some point in time, we even decided to stand up while singing and even had our hands held high.

Yeah! We are the queens!

Oh.. she is taking our pic, i am so shy!!

It was also during this singing session that i got to know the outing Jess had with her friend. Marcia and I were the only two who stayed till the end. It was on the way walking out from the bowling area that we had the brilliant idea to stalk Jess. As you all should know, we failed terribly.





Let's sing it 1 more time!

We have 1, 3 and 4. What happened to 2??

The next day, we went for dinner at Bee's favorite  Japanese restaurant. Since none of them want to admit their need for Japanese food, they used me as the perfect excuse for Japanese food. Since i will not be having any until next year, they told me eat more while i have the chance. So cruel!

We went to the Japanese restaurant called Ayoma Room in Hartamas and the chef made us some reall delicious dishes that are not on the menu.
This salad is really nice with a touch of lemon, making it very appetizing.

Raw beef in the spoon, fish eyes in the cup, fried fish and volcano egg.


This is really good. Made up of yam, potato and shrimp.


This is a must try. Kimchi fried rice. I was so full yet i could not stop finishing this.

The dinner went on really well. Although it was rather short but we had so much fun laughing and teasing each other. At one point, i broke a joke that had literally choked Bee. Poor thing. She was downing some sake when i stupidly made the joke and the sake chocked her up. 

Me thinking "Oh i am so full but the beef looks so yummy...should i go for it?"
Jess thinking "She will definitely take it! Trust me!"

Ah dont care! Let's stuff myself!

Kan-pai!

One should never turn down ice-cream.


Thanks girls! April is really a fun fun month! Cant wait to come back during December for the big event! *wink*

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Cofi's M.I.A In Paris

On 21st April 2010 i decided to travel with Cofi to Algeria. It was the first time i have traveled with Cofi and i was rather worried the whole time.

We have to be at the airport 3 hours before departure in order to check in Cofi and also pay the necessary. So by 7.30pm we started our journey to the airport. Cofi was all dressed up in case it gets really cold in the cargo and she was excited. Looking at how happy she was, i was wondering if she would still be that excited if she knew she will be locked in the cargo for 30 hours.

Yeah, another outing for me!

The airport was full withe people and it took 1 hour to check in Cofi and Me. Of course first I had to pay the surcharge for Cofi. KLM will only take pets in the cabin if they weight 6kg including the cannel. My fat Cofi weights 6.6kg by herself. So she has to be checked in as excess baggage in this case. 

Cofi pleading with her puppy look for us to release her in KLIA

The sticker on her cannel

All her certificates sealed and attached to her cannel

Since April onwards, KLM and Air France has implemented the per-piece luggage rule upon all passengers. Regardless of how heavy the luggages are, the first additional piece will be charged USD55 whereas the second luggage will be charged USD200. And since Cofi will be at Paris airport for more than 2 hours, there is an additional USD200 fees for pet hotel. So all in i had to pay USD400 for her which was pretty ok since we thought it might cost us RM5k just to transport her in the first place.


After paying the money, i got my boarding pass and then we were lead to the excess baggage area to check in Cofi. The guard then told us that it will be better to send Cofi to the airplane via the lift instead. And so we went.



My last view of Cofi at KLIA

So i flew from KLIA to Amsterdam, waited for 2 hours before my next flight to Paris, all the time without any news on Cofi. I was stupid that i didnt check on her in Amsterdam until i reached Paris. When i asked the cabin crew about Cofi, they all got a shock because they were not informed about having a pet on board. Even though it was written on their passengers detail sheets, but no pet was check in and they never pursuit the matter.

I was told that Cofi was not on board. I freaked! The moment i heard that i began to cry. The cabin crew then got panic and did their best to help me tracked down Cofi by calling Amsterdam airport and going into the cabin area to check again. No Cofi!

At this moment i cried even more and i texted KC about the whole situation. He was worried too and called me and asked me to check again. Then i followed one of the ground crew to the transit area. She looked at me in the eyes, apologized for the whole situation and told me that they will make sure that Cofi will be tracked down. I waited with a very heavy heart.

20 minutes later, the ground crew came to me with a smile and told me that somehow Cofi was transported from Amsterdam to Paris in a different plan. She hurried and brought me to the luggage claim area and there i saw Cofi coming out from the conveyor belt. It was only then i could stop crying and thanked the ground crew.

After that she went all the way to help me to get my new boarding pass and told me to send Cofi through the excess baggage area 30 minutes later. What best about Paris airport is pets are allow to roam freely in the airport. So i took Cofi out from her cannel, fed her with the energy bar and let her roamed and released herself.
Finally Cofi is with me again. It was already 18 hours passed the last i saw her.

No one at the airport was freaked out to see a roaming dog. 

Cofi getting all excited after releasing herself.


After the Paris lesson, i made sure i asked the cabin crews about Cofi when i boarded the plane. I was sitting at row 12A and one of the cabin crew came to me and told me Cofi was just at the cargo area below my seat. Phew! And by the time my flight too off, i was exhausted physically and mentally due to the earlier crying.

When i landed at Algers, there was another flight by Qatar which landed the same time. The queue at the immigration area was long! People were queuing up in a zig zag manner. I thought it will take forever for my turn. But good old KC did his trick again by pulling strings for me. He asked his colleague who has a friend working as custom officer in Algers to look for me.

The moment he got me, he took my passport and asked me to go ahead for hand luggage clearance. After that i was directed to the baggage area to claim my luggage. To make it even faster, he took the luggage number sheets from me and passed them to the boys who were retrieving the luggage behind the conveyor belt. By the time i got back my passport and took everything i had, it took only about 30 minutes and this was due to the VIP service i got. If i were to wait like others, it will definitely took me hours.

Thank God Cofi is safe and sound with us in Algers now. Somehow she settled down faster than me. 


Friday, April 23, 2010

Really Really Quick Note

I am in Algers now with KC and Cofi.

Finally. The trip took approximately 30 hours altogether and i brought with me from Malaysia a very sore body and a cold now. Taken some cold med and am feeling really stoned at this moment, not to mention the jet lag that i am experiencing too.

Well the new house in Algers is really homely and comfortable. Very nice compared to the one we had in Oran.

Anyway what i am happy is that Cofi is safe and sound here with me. She is eating, drinking, peeing, shitting and sleeping way better than me. Plus i have all my luggages with me too.

Well the trip had really exhausted me. First it was the long hauled flights, then it was the small episode when i found out Cofi was missing when i was in Paris. And trust me, that was not the best experience ever!

Well, this is all for today. More soon....

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

No Turning Back

I am leaving to Algers tonight! Finally! After waited for so long.

The only concern i have is if my flight will really take off on time. Will be doing transits at Amsterdam and Paris airports. Although the airports are open and going into full operation mode since yesterday, yet i am praying hard that they will not be close or flights will not be cancelled when i reach there and waiting for my transit. Hope the volcano in Iceland could stay calm for now and spare us mankind.

The other worry i have is transporting of Cofi. I am sure the airports will be in chaotic mode and flights will be full now since everyone is rushing to go back to their countries. Seriously praying hard that Cofi will not  lost in transition and that i could see her landing safe and sound in Algers airport. I am willing to loose my baggage rather than loosing her!

Bye bye Malaysia and hello Algers!

The Forbidden Fruit

Went to Pavilion this afternoon to help Jess to get a taste of the forbidden fruit - the Apple!!!

Jess was using the Nokia phone before she decided to go for the forbidden apple. All the time while she was complaining about her old phone, i have been taking up the devil role in pushing and cajoling her to change into an Iphone. The Devil always wins! hahaha...

Bye bye  Nokia.....


She was rather excited the whole day and when i reached Pavilion, she quickly pulled me to the Maxis center which was situated 2 floors below where she was working. Before she decided on buying the Iphone from Maxis, she was comparing prices and the quality of the line between Maxis and Digi. Although Maxis packages are more expensive compared to Digi's, i have however advised her to go with Maxis because my mum is currently a Digi user and the line sucks! It is either you have to call twice before being able to get a ring tone, or the line is so bad that as though she called from a remotely far far away forest at the Amazon. Oh maybe too exaggerating! Anyway the bottom line is Digi's line sucks!


So we were at Maxis center and Jess got her details filled up on a form before she get a number from the machine. Turned out she was lucky because she will be the next in line to be served. We waited...and waited...and waited. It was already almost 30 minutes passed before her number was called! Apparently they needed time to configure the phone before calling for her number.

Finally getting her Iphone! A cool white color 32g!

Just when we thought everything was done, she was then directed to the counter at the side of the counter to "configure" her Iphone. I was rather surprised. I thought they just took 30 minutes to "configure" the phone? Anyway, she went to the customer service person in charge, got the box opened, plastic wrapping torn up and let him "configure" the phone. It was only at this moment that i was getting really bored, i decided to snap photos of the whole "session" with my phone and blog.

He laughed at me when i took over the box and said i wanna snap photos for blogging.

Jess listening carefully on the "must charge 8 hours the 1st time" instruction and asking questions regarding this instruction.

Finally all done. Look! My new white Iphone! I am tech-savvy now!

And now she is the proud owner of the forbidden apple. She was so excited over the phone that she came over to my place after work and started syncing applications from my Mac. Well have fun with it dear. Now that you are officially in the Mac world, good luck in trying to pull out in the future! hahaha

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Tarot Readings - The Revelations!

Jess and I went for a tarot reading at the Mines Shopping Center recently. The shop occupied a small but cute space at the corner of the second floor with a facet that will literately illustrate what the shop is all about.

The pricing is rather reasonable as well. For tarot readings, it takes the participant about 20 minutes minimum for a session and if you have any additional questions that you wish to ask, it might even take up to a maximum of 30 minutes. From what i see off the pricing chart, the guru even do feng sui reading that reads your bazi and even palm. There was one young couple ahead of us when we reached there and they even took up 20 minutes of our time but we could see that the guru will explain patiently to their questions.


Jess was the first one to do the tarot reading. So the guru, or Fred, started his session by asking some simple questions such as the date of birth, which he then keyed the details into his pc. Then he asked questions such as if we were working and in which field. After which he aligned the cards in front of Jess and she was then requested to choose 4 cards.

When tarot readings also gets techno-savvy..

Fred with the cards first before lining them into a straight line in front of Jess.



Jess thinking which cards to choose..

After Jess has chosen her 4 cards, Fred will then choose another 4 cards for her. Each line would represent a particular aspect of her life for the next one year from now. From left would be money, follow by health, love life and finally career. So being the busy body me, of course i sat besides her and kept asking questions on her behalf.

Jess's cards..
Career - Great
Love - Fantastic
Health - Pink
Money - As good as it gets


Jess listening enthusiastically about her reading...

Well it seems like Jess is getting an interesting year ahead and i am happy for her. After all it is time for her to go explore the outside world and fulfilled her dreams. Of course with all the questions i asked for her, it seems that she is really having quite an interesting year ahead. Whao!

And then it was my turn and suddenly i feel a rush of anxious in me and i was having butterflies in my stomach. Perhaps it was because this was my first time, perhaps it was because i was afraid that my future might be in jeopardy or simply because Jess was there to witness everything with me. Anyway the process was the same and Jess helped me to take some pictures as well. For me, Fred actually asked about d.o.b of KC so that he could advice me better.

A very nervous me trying to look cool for the camera..


And now it is my turn to think which cards to choose...

As i was looking at all the cards lying before my eyes, my hand was doing the choosing while my mind was running wild. Which one to choose? How will that affect me? Should i take the left one or the middle or maybe the far right??? Can i re-choose what i have chosen???


Tada! My cards!
Career - Better take up studies for now
Love - Ok
Health -  Cloudy
Money - Chipsmore!

The moment Fred saw my cards for the love aspect, he simply said "You and your partner is going through a very boring life. Maybe is because you guys spent too much time together. You guys need a common interest." And then straight away i was saying "Whao this is so accurate!" in my head because i will be seeing only him once i go over to Algeria. And as for career, he said this year is not the best year for me because the bottom card showed a moon. Moon means ever changing and it is not bright. So accurate again because i have no job to go to! And health wise, he just told me to take care and to expect a mini me in 2 years time! hahah well not too sure about this for now. And finally money, the bottom card simply showed that it will be up to me entirely to create how much fortune i want and currently the situation is like Chipsmore - Now you see it, now you dont! And then i decided to ask about my mum's health and Fred had me chose another card again. It was only this moment that we realised we could ask questions about someone else. Of course in order to get a more accurate reading, i have to give him my time of birth as well. Thank God mum will be in pink of health for the year to come.

The whole session for both of us ended after approximately 40 minutes. We were both quite happy with the readings and find it rather fun. Who knows, we might book for the next session next year the same time!

Monday, April 19, 2010

Inspectors Gadget Wannabe

Marcia and I did a really stupid but fun thing this evening.

We finished our singing session at 1 Utama and was on our way to the car park when we passed by the cinema. And then it struck me suddenly that one of my friend is having an "outing" with a guy at the same place. They were planning to watch a movie at 7pm and it was about 630pm when we realized that.

So we did the stupidest thing ever we could imaged. We decided to be Inspectors Gadget wannable and to spy on her. We had the perfect plan. We will stand behind the pillar but with a perfect view of seeing everyone who is coming up from the escalator and it is the only path they could take in order to get into the cinema. We will spot our friend, secretly snap picture of them and then show the picture to her the next day since we planned a dinner together. The plan was PERFECT!


So we waited. 15 minutes passed but no sign of her. All the time we kept entertaining ourselves by trying to identify who will be the guy she was meeting. We scout through all single guys around the cinema. There were a guy in yellow T-shirt, a blue colored T tall guy and also another guy in yellow shirt. Then after watching them for a while. the guy in yellow T went off... and hence one suspect down. 

But it was near 7pm already and we still could not spot our friend. So Marcia gave her a call pretending to ask her something. It turned out that my friend was still on her way and she was driving. So we waited patiently again and all the time watching the 2 suspects we identified.

Then suddenly the guy in the blue T greeted his guy friend and they went into the cinema. Oh no! Only one suspect now and the time was already 20 minutes passed 7pm. What had happened really? So i called my friend.

"Hello, where you ar?"

"I am watching movie." she replied softly.

"Oh i need to check on movies. Which cinema you at?"

"I am in GSC." (hm... we are at the right spot, i thought to myself).

"Are you inside the cinema now?"

"Yes, i am inside, watching movie already.Why?"

"Oh nothing. I speak to you later then."

I turned to Marcia and yelled. "How did she get passed us??? What happened????"

After telling her what happened, we cant stop laughing at how stupid we were and still could not figure out how 2 pairs of eyes could not spot her! At that point of time, we decided that it's time to call it a night.

How did she get passed us?????  Anyway Inspectors Gadgets wannabe - FAILED! 


Saturday, April 17, 2010

Sweet Tooth

Now that i know i will be going back to Algeria where i will have to prepare and cook my own food, i can't help but start going around stuffing myself with delicious food. By the way, the pastas at Pasta Zamai are really delicious too. Pasta Zamai is situated on G floor in old wing 1 Utama, near Jusco with a shop facet full of Japanese groceries in front.


One of the thing i cant resist lately is eating really nice, soft cakes. I would choose to eat less during dinner so that i could have space for desert or take away the cakes so that i could eat them after that. I have even gone to the extend of packing few pieces of cakes so that i could have them as lunch or supper later.

Some of the best cakes i could find are from the restaurant named "Garden", situated just next to the elevator down from LG to basement carpark in One Utama new wing, just next to Hang Ten.

The ambience of the restaurant is cosy and relaxing. Even the spaghettis are really yummy. Since giving it a try about 3 weeks ago and find it very good, i have been visiting the restaurant very frequently. Sometimes just to eat its delicious cakes. There were about 7 different types of cakes. If i remember correctly, there are strawberry cake, banana cheese, tiramisu, chocolate, which all i have tried.

So the day after Jess and I went for our tarot readings, we met up with Marcia and went for deserts in the restaurant again. We ordered the opal (bottom), green tea tiramisu (middle) and blueberry cake (top). They tasted awesome! Very soft and yummy! And now i could proudly claim that i have tasted all the cakes in the restaurant!


And of course we also asked the waiter to help us take some beautiful pictures. The waiter told me that he had just bought a camera and was asking me about details of my canon. According to him, the picture quality is really good. In response, since i do not really remember the details, i would just show him a silly laugh and nod my head, followed by telling him "i really dont remember". After awhile he retreated himself.




Oh ya one thing though, my personal experience is not to order the lavender tea because all the time when i was sipping my tea, it felt as though i was sipping aroma oil! And the outcome of sipping lavender tea actually lead us to a night massage at Bangsar at 10pm! The massage was good there and then but the next day my back was covered with spots of blue-black!  Sigh....

Cofi's New Tag

I am so afraid that i might loose my precious Cofi in the upcoming voyage we are taking to Algeria that i decided to buy her a new tag.

Her old one was a find that we got from one of the shop in Perth a couple of years ago. It used to be a beautiful pink tag that read "Almost Human". I even bought her a pink collar just to match the tag with it.

However after sometime, the tag got deformed. I am still wondering how it got deformed because the tag was not put near a fire or any heater but then it looked as though it was dumped in one. Since it was rather difficult to find another cute one to replace, Cofi has to wear it all the time.

So a few days ago i went to One Utama and walked into one of the souvenir shop and requested a tag with customized engraving.  This is how the new tag is of a bone shape and at the front it reads "Cofi, Almost Human" and at the back it reads "Please call +6017 xxxxxxx for rewards." The main objective is to have someone to call me in case Cofi gets lost during the journey.


And then my brother had a look at the tag the next day. Turned to me and said "Let me call you now and i demand for my reward!"

Haha very funny, not!

Finally!


After a long time planning to meet up with Lynn, finally tonight we met up and had a wonderful dinner together.

Lynn was looking vibrant and younger! And i would say she looked rather toned as well. Must be from all her tracking and marathon sessions over the years.


In one of my previous entries, i mentioned that i found out that the bracelet which i bought for her in my India trip few years ago was still with me and i was surprised when i saw it. I thought i have given to her long time ago. So today, i made sure that i put the bracelet into my bag early in the morning before the dinner at night. And finally, i managed to give her the bracelet. So sorry for keeping it so long with me. The bracelet is made up of beautiful green color stoned with a touch of Indian flavor. I thought it looks very nice on her. It was also very sweet of her to give me a very beautiful photo frame as my wedding gift.



So we went to Little Penang to have our dinner and that was where we went to the last time we met too. Throughout the dinner, we had a great chat over many things. She told me about her tracking and camping experiences, her current job, her passion in starting an Internet based business and also tales of her holidays in various countries. I told her about my life, what i had been through, my previous jobs, my Internet business and shopings in bandung and all the goodies we found in Bandung. Finally we were being shooed off by the waiter because the restaurant was closing by then. When we looked at the watch, it was already 15 mins passed 10pm.

What a fun night. Although we have chatted for more than 3 hours but then it still feels like there are still so much that we have not shared. No worries, in about 8 months or more, i will be back and we shall meet up again and share more tales of our lives.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Parents' Heart

The Internet in my house has been down for the past few days and my days passed in slow motion. Suddenly i have so much free time in hand that i do not know how to use. So I have busied myself with dinners with friends and sitting in front of the telly being a couch potato.

Interestingly, i saw this program on Astro Wah Lai Toi named Parents' Heart. The program is a short 30 minutes session that features stories of parents in Malaysia. What touched me was a story told by a dad who got married very early just went he turned 20 years old. In order to sustain the life of his newly married wife and the birth of his daughter, he had to go to Taiwan to work for about 2 years before he came back to KL and took up 2 jobs simultaneously in order to survive. At the age of 40, he is now a proud grandfather. Below was a story that he told the interviewer on how he had failed his son one day.

It was a clear night and the house was having a BBQ session with all the cousins. It was 9pm at night when the father told his son to go take a shower. The son gave a brief nod but continued his fun with his  cousins in the BBQ party.

The second time when the father told the son to take a shower, it was already 10pm, an hour passed. The son nodded again but did not act on it. Anger was building in the father's heart.

The clock turned 11pm and just went the father wanted to remind the son again, the son quickly ran into the bathroom and shut the door. Finally taking his shower, thought the father. After a few minutes, the father realized there wasn't any water splashing sound from the bathroom and then he saw his son opened the bathroom door and was running towards the BBQ area.

This time around the father was so mad that without giving any warning, he moved up to his son and gave his a tight slap in the face. The son fell to the ground, looked at the father in disbelieved, moved to his feet and then sat silently on the sofa without a word. His face was red with a mark of the slap but he did not shed a tear.

And then the mother moved into the picture. She pulled the father aside and said to him.

"Do you know why he ran out from the bathroom so quickly? He was having diarrhea the whole night. It was in the bathroom that he suddenly remembered he was bbq-ing some chicken wings for you. And the wings were getting burned! That was why he came out and ran towards the BBQ area! What have you done? Why cant you asked before you acted in anger?"

By now the father was stunned and nothing but silent came from his mouth. He told the interviewer that it was because of this incident that had made him realized how judgmental he was and how he had failed his son.

The scene then cut to the interview with the son on this issue. The son said that when the father slapped him, he had a brief moment of dizziness. He was angry with his father until in the middle of the night, he father silently came into his room and carefully applied cream on his face. The son was not asleep then but he was so angry that he pretended to be asleep. What had made his heart melted and forgive his father was when his father was applying the medicine for him, he heard his father weeping silently as well.

It was this incident that has lead the father to treat the son like a friend after that. At the end of the interview, the son said this with a huge smile on his face " i think i am very fortunate and lucky to be in my family. I am blessed."

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Nightmare

I hate nightmares! Especially when the dreams were about realities in life.

I wouldnt mind having nightmares on vampires. ghosts, or even being chased and slashed to death in my dreams. Yes it might be scary when i was in the dream but at the end of the day i could still tell myself that it is just a dream and all i have to do it wake up and things will be fine again.

The only nightmare i am fearful of is like i said, things that could relate to the real world. Things that perhaps could happen to me in reality. I had one of those nightmare yesterday.

After watching the "Lost Book Of Nastradamus" on History channel yesterday, i decided to call it a night and go to sleep. I was so tired that i didn't know how i fell asleep...and i was awake by a nightmare!

My heart was beating so fast and i was sweating profoundly and there was tears at the corner of my eyes. What did i dream about? Well i dreamt that i took on the flight from KLIA to Algeria. Everything was going so well until i reached Algers. To my horror, Cofi had been misplaced and lost! I search everywhere i could for her but unavail and i could not do anything but cried...

My heart ached in my dream because i lost her and i cried too. When i woke up, boy i was glad that it was a dream but still my heart ached and i had tears at the corner of my eyes. Then i looked at Cofi, who was sleeping soundly next to me on my pillow. To make sure that she was really there with me, i pushed her butt which woke her. She gave me a very dismayed look, a heavy sigh, and turned her back from me, walked to the furthest corner of the bed and away from me, scratched the bed until she felt comfortable and slept!


Argggg!!!! Got bullied by a dog!

Thursday, April 8, 2010

The Unconventional Way to Make Friends



I remember walking into this facial salon in Tropicanal City Mall near my house thinking to myself that this will just be another facial salon which i have visited.

The salon has a two shop lots space and looks clean and neat. Almost everything is white. And just like most salons, the prices are scarily expensive. Since it looks rather promising compared to those shabby ones around, i gave it a try.

My first facial session in the salon was from a fair looking girl with an aura of the girl-next-door. She speaks softly and calmly which translate into soothing tone. I was instantly drew into liking her. There were just so much grace about her.

Soon after, i even found out she is the daughter of the salon owner and she has a professional degree as well. It will takes me tones of courage to leave my professional field and to help out a family business, in this case, a facial salon if i were her. The reason for me to say so is because giving facial services is such a people oriented business and it takes lots of patience and the talent of serving to work in this field. As i know i am a clumsy person, i knew i will never be able to excel in it. I could not even glue anything nicely without making a mess or making a mark on it. Hence for this i really put my hats off for her. And she must be a very smart person because if i didn't know about her background, i would have thought she has years of experiences in this field because she was rather good.

So we began talking. At the surface initially. Then we began to talk more. And before i knew it, i begin to look forward to my facial session because i was actually befriending my facial guru. And i am amazed by her openness and her sense of down-to-earth personality. We exchanged so much talking and opinions that some i might not even told my other friends about.

I have never befriended my previous facial gurus. All the time i preferred to just shut my eyes and sleep. Even when some of them initiated talks, i would just gave short answered because i was lazy. Boy am i glad that i wasn't as lazy as i was this time. For me this is a rather unconventional way to make a friend. Maybe it is just the click we have.

I would highly recommend any girls who want to have a nice and clean facial session and the chances of being friend with a bunch of nice girls. Well it turns out that most of the staff working there are pretty nice to talk to as well.

Let me use the famous advertising line by Mastercard here.

"Facial RM150.... Facial products RM500.... A chance to make a great friend.....PRICELESS!"

Bombarded

Whao! Just got bombarded by a phone call from Japan.

All because i didnt handle a situation well few weeks ago and now is coming back to haunt me.

Of course i know why he was that upset and mad over what had happened. If only he knew that i was in a rather tough situation too and under the stress that was imposed on me, i had no choice but to do what i did.

Well i would have chosen a different approach if things were within my control but unfortunately it wasnt.

Anyways take this as a good lesson to learn from and hopefully i will never be put into such situation again in the future.

13 more days to go and i will be free.... yeppie!