It was the perfect way to start the day. I woke up to a knock on my front door.
A box of delights was sent from afar, by an angel who’s close to my heart.
It is little delight like this that makes life beautiful.

What was the delight that made your day?

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• Touched by an angel
• Ugly beautiful
• Masquerade
• Going home
• Tenacious light

ParisB tagged me on this interesting meme over a week ago (see, told you I’m a terrible procrastinator!). Somehow, the word worm sends a chill down my spine, but I am indeed one when it comes to books. Here goes.

Do you remember how you developed a love for reading?
Coming from a house of worms (so to speak, heh!), reading has played a big part in my life since, well, as long as I can remember. Books are the one thing in our house that is more populated than anything else. One of my fondest memories of childhood is my parents reading me one fairytale story after another. My father’s animated gestures that accompanied his story-telling are still vividly etched in my mind. Great times!

What are some books you read as a child?
Coming from a Chinese educated background, the books that I read in my early age are mostly in Chinese, with a few Enid Blyton’s books in between. Most of the books I read are about popular Chinese folktales. I also read a lot of China’s history and Chinese literature. Among the mountains of books are stories from the book One Thousand and One Nights as well. I guess that’s where I developed my vivid imaginations.

What is your favourite genre?
My favourite genres span across thriller, horror, Chinese literature, comedy and true crime(!!) just to name a few. From the likes of Stephen King to Sophie Kinsella. I love them all. No fantasy books though, I’m one of the rare people who doesn’t enjoy the Harry Potter series at all.

Do you have a favourite novel?
Without a doubt, The “Torrents” Trilogy《激流三部曲》from the great Chinese writer Ba Jin 巴金. the trilogy consists of ‘The Family《家》’, ‘Spring 春》’, and ‘Autumn《秋》’. I first read them back in high school as a requirement for my Chinese subject. The first volume ‘The Family’ is simply one of the best realism literature of all times. The series greatly depicted the struggles of the modern youth against the age old dominance of the incredibly feudal Confucian family system back in the 1930s. Ba Jin took over ten years to complete the three volumes. It is the early years of his life that fueled his denouncement against the ugly persecution and feudalism happening in that era. The trilogy totally blew my mind away and formed the fundamental core of my love for Chinese literature. For me, it will always be the great literature to read time and again. It is also one of the very few books that reaches deep into my heart and vibrates my world.

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Where do you usually read?
Anywhere really. On the bus, plane, couch or in bed.

When do you usually read?
When I’m free of course, normally in the dead silence of night time or a relaxing afternoon.

Do you usually have more than one book you are reading at a time?
Sometimes, when I want a change of pace or emotion, I will stop and pick up a book of different genre. It rarely happens though, I like to finish a book in one go if possible.

Do you read nonfiction in a different way or place than you read fiction?
Not particularly. Only when I read nonfiction, I sometimes do some research online as well, to get a little more insight into the stories.

Do you buy most of the books you read, or borrow them, or check them out of the library?
I am a little germophobic, so not really into borrowing books from the library. When I love a book, I just have to own it.

Do you keep most of the books you buy? If not, what do you do with them?
If it turns out not to my liking then yes, I sell them online.

If you have children, what are some of the favorite books you have shared with them? Were they some of the same ones you read as a child?
No kids yet, but I will most definitely instill in them my love for Chinese folktales and literature. Especially those I read as a child.

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What are you reading now?
I’m reading some of the books that I bought from my Taiwan trip back in February. I bought one whole box of them! LOL. Amongst them are series of books from 鄭華娟, the Taiwanese author cum singer/composer. She writes about her life in Germany with humour. Also re-reading Stephen King’s Carrie. This early creation of his is still my favourite.

Do you keep a TBR (to be read) list?
Not really, which book I read really depends on my mood at the time. I keep a TBB (to be bought) list though. Heh.

What’s next?
Finish reading the books I bought from the Taiwan trip, over 20 of them.

What books would you like to reread?
If I have the time, some of the Stephen King’s classic, like The Shining. If you found the movie adaption creepy, wait till you read the book!

Who are your favourite authors?
So many of them! Ba Jin 巴金, Lu Xun 魯迅, Zhu Ziqing 朱自清, 鄭華娟, Stephen King, Sophie Kinsella, just to name a few.

In conclusion (eh, am I writing a thesis?!), books are a huge and crucial part of my life. Can’t live without them! So, what do you think? Wormy or not?

Now, I’m interested to know about your reading habit,
sasha, che-cheh, zewt, gina and jeremy. Have fun!

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• Tagged: One Word
• Those were the days
• Singapore trip – CNY lion dance part 1
• Headless chicken on the run.
• A song for you

When you’re at the last leg of your 20s and married for more than 2 years, this is what to expect among many birthday wishes. *cue nervous laughter*

Thank you very much for the many birthday wishes. It was a great day.

Have a wonderful weekend!
(probably not so wonderful for me as the forecast predicts a storm coming.
I’m shivering in my boots already.)

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• Happy Birthday Kok!
• When thank you seems to fall short
• 24/7
• My guardian angel
• A song for you

1. Where is your cell phone? Bedside
2. Your significant other? Livingroom
3. Your hair? Black
4. Your mother? Cool
5. Your father? Great
6. Your favorite thing? Photos
7. Your dream last night? Sleep
8 Your favorite drink? Ribena
9. Your dream/goal? Happy
10. The room you’re in? Study
11. Your hobby? Photography
12. Your fear? illness
13. Where do you want to be in 6 year? Parenthood
14. What you’re not? Insincere
15. Muffins? No
16. One of your wish list items? Durian (what?! I really miss it!)
17. Where you grew up? Johor
18. The last thing you did? Reading
19. What are you wearing? PJs
20. Favorite gadget? Camera
21. Your pets? Nil
22. Your computer? Mac Pro
23. Your mood? Happy
24. Missing someone? Yes
25. Your car? Nope
26. Something you’re not wearing? Tutu
27. Favorite store? Early Settler
28. Like someone? Yes
29. Your favorite color? Rainbow
30. When is the last time you laughed? Yesterday
31. Last time you cried? unsure

You three are tagged: rimus, shionge, uncle suituapui
Have fun!

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• Bookworm in da house
• There she goes again…
• I’ve been tagged!
• Big happiness comes in a small way.
• Seek for the perfect chair

Yes, we finally succumbed to the temptation and now have unlimited access to discover and gain historical knowledge or learn to be dramatic. Evil has one word, SKYtv. Now I’ve fallen down into the dark hole of addiction. Will be back as soon as I watch my favourite show on Discovery channel over and over and over again.

Took some photos again during the weekend. Check back soon!

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• Tagged: One Word
• Yum Cha.
• Of love and broken hearts
• Headless chicken on the run.
• Ugly beautiful

As for the topic that is on everybody’s mind now, petrol hike. YES it’s pretty much the same over here, albeit not up 40% at one go, but gradually. Like 6 cents in 2 days for the latest increase. If I remembered correctly, it was about $1.30 per litre for regular unleaded around this time last year. Someone raised the possibility that it might go up to $2 per litre back then, but most people just brushed it off. Now, the price has peaked at $2.12 per litre and the thought of $3 per litre is becoming so horrifyingly real. A lot of secondhand car dealerships have already taken the hit and closed down in the past few months.

Don’t even get me started on food prices. A research done by NZ Herald in April showed that food prices have upped 28% in the last year and is continuing to soar. Although NZ is a agriculture-based country, the prices of dairy products have surprisingly shot through the sky, with cheese up 45.5 per cent, milk up 21.1 per cent, bread up 13.1 per cent and butter up by a gob smacking 86 per cent, all in one year! By the by, all these prices seem to be on their goal-setting road of soaring to new heights. There you have it, my rant of reality. Now let me go curl up in my blanket in my cold unheated room, as the cost of power has gone up as well. ARG!

Byebye cheese, I will miss you! (photo taken in Nov 2007)

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• A storm in a tea-cup
• How’s life in NZ?
• Curiosity kills the cat
• Night out at Cock & Bull.
• Turkish Chicken on Rice delight.

On the side note: Here’s a question. Do you really think every single advertising, say holiday promotion uses the exact photos taken in the said destination? Newsflash! All advertising agencies use stock images, and they choose the ones that suit the champaign best. Most of the time, they are not the same place! It’s all make believe! The most suitable pictures that depict the product in question are always chosen. Photos, so often are just a tool to give people a sense of what the company is marketing. Agencies use whatever that is most relatable and most eye-catching to promote their products. Why do you think Celcom used Leehom as their endorser? He’s not Malaysian and surely is not using Celcom network, but the campaign caught our eyes and it’s a success!

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• Cold shots of reality
• How’s life in NZ?
• Curiosity kills the cat
• Billboards, billboards
• The rugby-crazed nation

Photo: Phil Carrick

Lately there are just so many similar scams going on, where they use big monetary rewards to lure people on. I also found out that there’s a kind of scam that miss call people. If consumers ring back, they are directed to a premium rate number for a prize. They’d be charged for the call and promised prizes that will never arrive. A good judgment of common sense is required here. My motto is, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. So if you ever receive one of these calls and the caller asked for money before you can get your reward, that should be your cue to end the call. Or you can get creative and pull a kennysia. Heh.

By the way, I also found this very useful website called WhoCalledMe where you can search unknown numbers and submit any scam or crank calls information there to share with others.

Have you received these kinds of calls before? Do share!

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• Ridiculous bin thief.
• Number plate with a sense of humour!
• Patient-visiting etiquette 101.
• 5 reasons.
• Curiosity kills the cat

I love the old country look in home deco. Spent countless hours online and offline hunting for that aged pieces with a story behind it. I love to look at that light scratch or worn part of the furniture, they tell a story and add much character to them. A clean freak who loves old pieces, can you imagine how much cleaning go into each piece before it’s deemed usable again?! Here I share bit and pieces of my humble abode, a place I can feel totally relax and at ease; a place filled with love and joy.

click on the thumbnails to enlarge (duh!)

Wow, that’s a lot of work figuring out how to do that thumbnail thing. Ha. Actually it’s easy, just took me some time to figure that out. Now, I invite you to share your home photos with me too.

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• Obsessions.
• Obsession revisited
• Going home
• Home.
• Birth of a remarkable woman

A tiny preview of what’s coming soon!

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• Enthusiastic cut short
• Random morning scribbles
• Bookworm in da house
• Where the Hell is Matt?
• Singapore trip – Pan Pacific Hotel.

It was a weekend, Mr K and I were talking about getting a new mac pro. So off he went, going on and on about the amazing specs of the great machine in fine detail. During which I was nodding my head but automatically shutting down my brain and drifting somewhere else.

Mr K *Blah….blah… blah something about ram…..blah*
CC *waiting for the right time to interrupt*
Mr K Blah….but you should know they also added this new feature….blah….
CC *thinking* lalala…..good machine, I get it.
Mr K *went on for another half an hour* blah…..so you see it’s a totally great buy.
CC *whew. finally*OK, get it then. Now, can you please go get this lip balm for me? I really need it urgently. The brand is XXX brand, XXX range. *very short name*
Mr K Huh? What is it? Aiyo, my brain don’t have space for that info, can you please write it down? *continue to blah on geek language*
CC *dumbfounded and scribbled down the whole 5 characters of the said product*

While I’m on the subject, here’s a funny and creative insight into how different men and women perceive the same occasion. (Read the Girl’s Diary first)

Perfect example of how different men and women are. I’m sure many of you have similar experiences. Let’s share it!

funny conversation men and women

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• If we don’t look good, nothing looks good
• The funny ways people come to quaint melody
• Linky love
• Idyllic bliss
• Wedded bliss – Part 2

Here’s one, tagged by KC ages ago.

8 random facts and habits.

1. I love to tidy up and decorate my home. A tidy and well-organised house gives a sense of order I need to keep me sane.
2. I was bitten by a dog when I was 11. The incident left a small faint scar on my upper thigh.
3. I love horror, triller, crime genres in movies, tv series and books. Anything dark, including dark comedies. My favourite of all time is Six Feet Under. It’s the only series that truly touches my heart and in my opinion, showcased the best moments on TV.



4. I have an ultra-active mind, and although I’m sharing and warm in nature, I don’t share all my thoughts with others and doesn’t show my sorrow easily.
5. I don’t enjoy clubbing that much. I enjoy staying at home more when I’m free.
6. I can get pretty paranoid about things.
7. I love eggs with all my passion. (ever since I was a baby according to my mum.)
8. I hate it when people eat potato chips in cinema, or make any noises for that matter. I feel an uncontrollably urge to strangle those who do. I think they should be heavily punished and banned from the cinema, forever.

OK, I know I’m supposed to tag 8 people, but I’m pretty sure most people have done this one, so I’m not going to tag anyone this time.

tag random facts

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• What a wonderful world
• How’s life in NZ?
• Ridiculous bin thief.
• Warning: yellow creatures roaming town
• Of love and broken hearts

There were 2 people who came to my blog when they did the search for and ‘to mate wth a woman‘ and get this, ‘blogger with c cup breasts‘!! I almost fell from my chair when I saw that! Especially for the second one, ‘blogger with c cup breasts‘, I mean seriously?!! Apparently my blog came up for these searches as well. I think the 2 reasons that led to that were the bra-fitting article (with the word c cup on it I think), and the fact that I have a category called ‘WTH‘ (stands for what the heck?!), LOL. Well, sorry to disappoint those 2 confused souls ya. I think they must have left my site cursing because they didn’t get to see c cup blogger photos or info about mating with women. Heh. Sorry mates!

funny

Post from: Quaint Melody

• Do you want to learn a thing or two?
• Jolly ride on the Techonorati train
• 5 reasons.
• Local foreigner syndrome
• Blog Apocalypse – This is the end.

He is the first and only person in my life that does not have a temper, at all. I mean, nothing zero, nada, zip! It really intrigued me in the beginning. The evil me even intentionally tried to make him mad from time to time, just to prove that everybody gets mad sometimes. But no! That is just not in his genes. The few times he tried to pretend ended in laughters. When asked why he doesn’t get worked up at all, I mean doesn’t he get angry or has the urge to throw something sometimes? His answer: Erm…. don’t know ler, I don’t know how to do that.

If you ever tried to picked a fight with someone, you’d know it’s no fun trying to pick a fight with a saint. You can’t get anything out of him. That’s why in our relationship, I am the evil one who’s always making trouble. Or, maybe being a saint is his devilish plan to entice others! Ever thought of that? Huh? Huh?! (stop it cc, just let it go!) Saint people make others go crazy. Heh. Ironic.

Another failed attempt to make him look bad. Damn it!

Though all is said, I feel extremely lucky and thank my lucky star everyday for him. Where to find another guy like him, who loves me and spoils me as much as he does?! After all, he is the rock that binds me on my feet so this siao woman doesn’t go too crazy. As my father once said when I first went out with MR K seven years ago.

He’s your perfect match, my princess. You won’t find another guy who can stay saint living with you!

So evil, but he’s right…again!

saint

Post from: Quaint Melody

• Headless chicken on the run.
• A cold blooded murder.
• Addiction
• Tag marathon – 8 random facts and habits
• Pathway

1. I don’t eat tomato, especially the raw ones. The few times I tried ended in projectile vomiting. I like tomato sauce though.
2. I am superstitious about numbers. I try to avoid 4s and always try to get 8s.
3. I go straight to my computer first thing in the morning, and can sit there for hours straight before doing anything else for the day.
4. I love rainy days even though gloomy weather makes me feel blue.
5. I am more afraid of the small bugs than the big ones. Big ones I can see, but the small ones, you never know where they’ll get to. That very thought creeps me out.
6. I have a mild case of OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder. There’s certain little routine in my mind that I do when there’s no one’s around.

Now that you know I’m a weirdo, don’t get in my way or I’ll weird you out! Heh.

OK, I would like to geh po the weird things about the following 5 lucky people.
wuching yenjai mott criz nonnie

Post from: Quaint Melody

• Local foreigner syndrome
• Do you want to learn a thing or two?
• Good things come in small ways
• Tenacious light
• Ugly beautiful

It’s been raining every day lately, cold and wet winter days, makes me want to snuggle in my warm bed and do nothing all day. I always feel nostalgic in gloomy weather, thinking of the sound of heavy rain drops on the roof when I was a kid. Sweet memories.

In a nostalgic mood lately. I was chatting with Davin (who writes about his new life in Canada, with lots of interesting photos) over MSN and we started talking about our childhood and the things we used to collect in those years. Why someone so young is so nostalgic, I wonder? Maybe he has an old soul? Just joking Davin. (Eh, did I just imply that I’m old? NO! I’m youthful, I’m full of youth!)

Anyway, I digressed. As a young teenager, I used to collect a lot of things. From the usual stamps, first day covers, erasers, stickers to the unusual tissue paper wrapper. Major head-scratching moment on the last one. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s those wrappers from small individual packaged tissue paper packs. Haha, lidat also want to collect. But you’d be amazed the various designs they used to produced back then. Not sure whether they still do, haven’t used those tissue packs for a long time. My collection was up to the hundred mark I think. I collected them from my friends and family, then flatten them in between pages of heavy books. It was quite a ‘in’ thing to do amongst the girls then.

Of course, let’s not forget about the ever-so-popular stamps and first day covers. I spent many years in my childhood collecting them. Well, I’m sure many have. Though towards the end it was not so much of me collecting but my mom. Heh. All these collections are neatly kept in stamp books and first day cover holders, and kept in a big box back at home now. I call it a box of memories. Along with the stamps and first day covers, are books of stickers, diary(heh, girly talks), some souvenirs, yearbooks, old address books, photos, letters and postcards. Every time I go back, I would open the box and look through its contents for hours, reminiscing the old days. Every single item in there represents a feeling, a momentous, a story, a part of me. They remind me the different facets of my life that I’ve been through.

Ever since I come to New Zealand, I’ve been keeping a box too. Inside, there are letters, postcards, dried leaves(yes, I collected those), dairy, photos and more letters. I used to write a lot when I first came here, when I was a lonely student with some language barrier. Not anymore, since I made new friends and abandoned those back home. Haha, joking! Everybody just became lazy and stopped writing eventually. Well, we still do every now and then. Just not the mountainous volume that was back then.

I treasure these boxes of memories dearly. For I imagine to pass them to my children one day, maybe many years down the road, when I have become an old lady. To let them know of my days and thoughts. To serve as some sort of memoir, a mark of my existence.

Memories, good and bad, all be treasured, all be buried in the deepest of my heart.

memories nostalgia hobby

Post from: Quaint Melody

• Bookworm in da house
• Wedded bliss – Part 2
• NZ South Island trip from 2003 – Christchurch
• Packing again.
• Idyllic bliss

gossips

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• Bookworm in da house
• Happy parents day!
• Little things in life
• Time
• Blog-hopping

Does this come as a shock to some? I guess, but set everything aside, wedding is a happy occasion and here’s my best wishes to Pak Lah and his new bride. I remember Lee Kuan-Yew once said in an interview, a man of heavy responsibilities should has a woman behind him as a pillar for support. So, here’s to Pak Lah, may he find new life and strength with his new bride Jeanne.

Here’s a photo of the bride, Jeanne Abdullah.

photo courtesy of Prime Minister’s Department (taken from Bernama.com)

Related links:
Official announcement
Prime Minister To Wed Jeanne Abdullah Saturday (Bernama.com)
Abdullah Says Jeanne And Him Compatible(Bernama.com)
Screenshots

Abdullah Badawi Jeanne Abdullah

Post from: Quaint Melody

• Bookworm in da house
• Happily ever after.
• This too shall pass
• Packing again.
• Idyllic bliss

Me: Aiyo, these are not good photos at all.
MR K: What?! These are great photos, look at the back drop! It’s perfect!
Me: Are you kidding me? Look at me, I looked so fat! My face is not bright, and I…
MR K: But it’s beautiful!
Me: Ok, let me educate you something about women. When we look at a photo with us in it, we go straight to ourselves. If we don’t look good in it, it’s a bad photo, even if the backdrop is mount everest.
Mr K: That is ridiculous, have to look at it as a whole!
Me: That’s right, as a whole, if we don’t look good, nothing looks right.
Mr K: Woman can be so vain.
Me: Again, right.
MR K: ……

My fellow sista, agree or not?

funny conversation

Post from: Quaint Melody

• Men and their flexible brain cells
• Good things come in small ways
• The funny ways people come to quaint melody
• 6 weird things about CC
• Orakei Marina, Auckland

Haha, lame joke attempt. Of course we didn’t. By then the owner of the cafe noticed the few strange Asians crowding in front of the toilet and came to check. He was really embarrassed when he found out his trap of a toilet is holding a hostage inside. He too, attempted to help by giving the same instruction, but how many ways can one turn a toilet knob? It is either turning clock wise or anti-clock wise. So he went and took out his tool box and attempted to do some serious damage take out the lock. Still the toilet decided it is longing for company and decided to hold the hostage longer. By now, we were all in hysterical laughters, with someone holding the camera frantically making the moment a piece of trivia material. All while MR K was sweating it out inside in total darkness, also in hysterical laughter. Why in total darkness? Because the toilet apparently had a time sensitive light switch to reserve electricity, so it went off after a few minutes. Haha.

Finally, the cafe assistance came to the rescue and tried to safe the day by flinging his body against the door to force it open. You’d think the door will just bang open, but no! Kicking at it didn’t help either. That was one tough door I tell you! At the end, it was the combination of banging, hammering and prying with screwdriver that finally did the trick. MR K was finally free!! It was certainly the ‘highlight‘ of our trip. Now every time we talked about the trip, someone will inevitably say ‘remember the time when MR K was locked in the toilet?’ then burst out laughing. Wait, that’s not all, there’s a video clip to saviour the previous memory over and over again, in years to come. Heh! *queued evil laughters*

toilet incident funny incident

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• Going home
• Seek for the perfect chair
• Water in the lung.
• Epiphany toilet.
• The booby trap.

Nah, just kidding, about the trust part. I do have an obsession though. If the few of you recalled, I mentioned in one of my earlier post, I am hopeless when it comes to supermarkets. I love to go to supermarkets, I can stay put at the aisle of cleaning products and look at them one by one for a long time. There is no such thing as a quick grab-and-go in my book. So after a few costly mistakes (letting me lure around for too long and ending up with a few too many cleaning products in the trolley), MR K grew smarter and rarely let me tag along anymore. Or if he does, we zoom pass the aisle. Haha.

Nothing can stop the cleaning monster in the crazy lady though, I still manage to grab a bottle here and here. And we still end up with many cleaners, detergents, magic dusters, cleaning foams and such at home. Hey, they are all put into good use ok. My philosophy is, you can’t have too many cleaning agents at home. As to MR K, he has given up, because he figured more cleaning products = clean house = happy wife. And nothing bids a happy wife at home (taken straight from the horse’s mouth). So the cleaning monster gets to continue her saga. If you would pardon me, I will go and admire my collection right now.

obsession cleaning

Post from: Quaint Melody

• Obsessions.
• Man and nagging wife
• Home sweet home
• Big happiness comes in a small way.
• Headless chicken on the run.

My lovely touch lamp
Nothing fancy really, just a lamp that can be found anywhere. Turn on and off by touching the gold tinted part. Three level of brightness.
St Ives whipped silk body lotion
I swear by this product. Cannot live through winter without this.
Crabtree & Evelyn Lavender hand lotion
Use it everyday before I go to bed. The smell is heavenly.
Little pewter trinket
This one is here for my knicks-knacks, like rings etc. A little engagement gift from my dear friend.
Cellphone
Ofcourse, my reliable Nokia 5300.
Hairbrush
Something I can’t live without. First thing I do after waking up is to brush my hair. I am almost obsessive about it.
ipod mini
And it’s pink! Haha. A little gift from Mr K quite some time ago. I bring it everywhere I go. My sleeping buddy if you will.

That’s it, just a few essential things. Now, share with me, what’s on your nightstand?

Technorati tags: my nightstand

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• Tag marathon – 8 random facts and habits
• Turkish Chicken on Rice delight.
• Headless chicken on the run.
• 6 weird things about CC
• Singapore trip – CNY lion dance part 1

Well, come to think of it, I’ve actually done some pretty idiotic things back in my days. All subconsciously. On the top of my mind, here are some examples:

1. Touched the knife edge with my fingers. Just like a reflex, I used my fingers to touch the sharp end of the knife. For what? I’m not sure.
2. Bare-handedly hung on to a falling sharp object, be it a knife, blade or scissors.
3. Banged the nail with my fist, knowing full well that it will bleed. (Mind you it’s not out of anger, just wanted the nail to go in! Yes, I thought it’d work.)
4. Walked right into a glass door. (multiple times)
   

Make one wonders what type of person I am. ;P There must be a lot of air in my subconscious.

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• Idyllic bliss
• Soothing honey lemon drink.
• Overdose of sweetness.
• Eat eat and eat…
• Euphoria

Saw this clip over at Cheap Thoughts, if you’re Malaysian, you might find it super funny!
Of course, view it in good fun spirit lah, don’t take offence ok!

????. My friends. Kawanku.
(rap made in mixture of Hainanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Malay and English. With some vulgar words, PG recommended.)

UPDATE:

Found another one on youtube (because I eat too full and have nothing to do ). Similar to the one above, made by a proud Malaysian from Muar. Also contain some vulgarities lah. I really agree to his view of don’t be ashamed of showing your true identity. Be proud of your own culture and heritage!


Muar Chinese – ?????

Technorati tags: home kawanku ????? muar chinese Wee Meng Chee ????

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• First of June
• A charming old maritime village
• How’s life in NZ?
• Local foreigner syndrome
• Where the Hell is Matt?

Now, we all know Chow is famous for his classic role as the seasoned gambler in the God of Gamblers movies. So it is natural and perfectly suitable for him to take on the role of a classy gambler in the commercial. I really don’t see what the problem is here, except there’s a bunch of goody-goody trying to act as the moral police. It’s not as if he’s asking people ‘come come come, gambling is good for you’. The business is already there, approved and built. I don’t see them criticizing the Macau authority for approving such an establishment or any other casino for that matter. The only obvious reason is that the green-eyed monsters in them cannot stand it.

Period. What a bunch of bollocks!

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• There’s a thing in my pocket
• Obsessions.
• Movie night.
• Shadow of the past.