It's Saturday again!

It has been a week and it felt like only 3 days have past. I have not even finished the chocolates from my grocery shopping last Saturday (que for applause). I also have not made much progress on my Big D (que for boo).

Time flies. That's good, I think. I mean, I do want to be young and carefree (and clueless?) forever but I'm happy that time moves so quickly. For now, that is. You won't hear me say this when I'm, like, 30 odd (*shudder*). OK, OK. Hold your imagination. Actually, I think you won't hear me say that I'm happy that time flies by next week.

Because I'm taking a few days off! Wheee!

Of course, primarily to join my cousin in celebration of her marriage in Malacca and secondarily, I can finally go back to Kluang and be the little clueless youngest in the family again! Even for a few days, I'm looking forward to it already. Also, I can finally see my eldest sister again after one year. Thinking about it is so blissful. No laundry. No dishes. No commuters. No long walks. Cleaner air. No staring at computers. No extremely early mornings. Cheap hairdressing. Unlimited chocolates. Food. Food. Food. Everyone will be asking me, "What would you like to eat today?" It usually starts with my second sister waking me up and asking me what I want for breakfast. Hohoho. "Daddy, I wanna go eat bak kut teh. Now, now." "Mummy, I want banana fritters. I prefer if they were crispy." Then, I will munch while I read magazines and books, listening to my family exchange stories and latest goss. All without caring about time.


These are times when I wish time will stand still for a bit.

On a Saturday

I love Saturdays. Somehow everything just feels better on a Saturday. The trains are emptier. The sunshine is brighter and has a certain warmth (but is it not warm because the trains are empty and so the air conditioning works perfectly well). Our perfumes stay on longer. We dress more casually. And only 4 hours to spend at the office, tying up the loose ends, etc...

Today was a beautiful Saturday.

-The 600m walk seems shorter with Daniel Wu around-

It helps that the first "person" to greet us on our way to work was Daniel Wu. Although I'm sure Seiko could have chosen way better pictures, he looks good anyways.

-A closer look for you-

Oh, how he smoulders. And if you squint a little, you can see little seawater droplets on his body because he is supposed to be living the active lifestyle on his expensive yatch and somehow he chooses Seiko watches... or something like that.

-My teatime staple-

Next, I will be greeted by the aroma of Rotiboy, the Mexican bun that caught Malaysians' hearts a few years back and still has that magic. I only eat this after work because having it for breakfast is just too... oily.

-I get my fave fruit juices here-

Somehow I feel that drinking juices from Juiceworks gives me all the goodness of fruits even though I can clearly see that they only put, like, a small slice of watermelon, a small slice of pineapple and some sorbet into the blender. It is OK. I can accept this. I shall continue to live in my fruity fantasy.

-There goes Beyonce-

And then I will be greeted by Beyonce holding the phone that I want. Seriously, I think my phone has some problems already. I can't pinpoint the problem but I can feel something brewing inside. Really. It is like this sixth sense. I think I need a new phone. I want this phone. It is very small. It has a touch pad. It is very small. It is black. It is very small. I want.

Is this marketing tool working or what?

-My Takeshi-

And then I concluded that Biotherm has emerged as the champion amongst the various advertising campaigns by choosing Takeshi Kenishiro as their new face. Ah. He just brightens up my day, everyday. I hope their promotion will last for another week at least.

-He does it better than Daniel-

I started liking Takeshi in Love 2000, a Japanese series, 7 years ago and I still do now. What can I do to get a chance to meet him? Sigh. There is also this LCD screen which shows Takeshi working on set for the photo shoot and advertisements. So good looking. How does he still look so good at his age? Because he chose to use Biotherm.

-One of the kebanggaan negara-

I'll then chill a little outside Suria with my friends hoping for the buggy to arrive to whisk us to the hotel and save us having to walk the following 400 metres.

-So near yet so far-
Buggy~ Where are you?~

-Our best friend-

And not long after, it arrived. Excellent service. Excellent drivers. Excellent view. Excellent morning breeze.

-Don't know what to do with these pictures-

(For the record: we only do this with permission and when we have completed our tasks. Also, it is always the 3 of us only because the others are so camera-shy)

A nice day at work past as usual and soon, it was lunch time! We chose to try out the shop which everyone was talking about. Named Red House, it is a small ancient with old-world charm building painted red, hidden somewhere beside the hotel. It is a really nice and cooling place with one big tree giving shade and a little extra oxygen and 'natural' ambience. The dining concept is laidback outdoor. OK lah. But when my Tom Yum Fried Rice arrived, I changed from "OK lah" to "nice, nice, nice". After I took my first spoonful of my yummy choice, I forgot to take a picture of my friends' dishes which were equally as nice and appealing.

-yummers-

This has got to be the best lunch I have had in weeks. Great effort on the presentation as well. And the frieds egg was just the way I like my fried eggs. Crispy on the sides and the yolk was just nice. Not too runny. Grammy style fried eggs. And ooh, the lime was a fantastic flavour enhancer. Makes the food at Suria look so, so inferior. Yay! We found a good lunch spot!

89 more days to go

I'm so screwed. I'm so screwed. I'm so screwed.


I'm so screwed.


89 more days to go to finish internship.


Minus 30 days = 59 more days to complete dissertation.


Progress to date = not much.


Very soon, I won't know what hit me.

Little Miss "not anymore" Bliss

God, please help me.

Life

Well, it sucks at the moment.

The other day my colleague showed me a picture of a little boy in some third world country. He was so thin his ribs were showing and he was sitting in a puddle of mud. He was weak and his eyes were tired. A vulture was perched on a rock nearby watching his next meal closely. When is he going to stop fighting and shut his eyes for good? My colleague commented that, "Here I am complaining about getting fat. It is true. Sometimes we just complain and complain but we never realise how lucky we are."

How lucky we are.


How lucky I am.


I have to be thankful for everyone around me who has been so caring and I have to be strong for them.


I went shopping.

My new shoe

View the full collection here. It is soft and has this rubber thing at the back so it fits perfectly and is quite comfortable. And yes, I still love black and white. Especially when they are together.


Erm, just wanted to let you all know that I think I'm doing fine (I did get a new pair of shoes).


Anyways, over the past week, I have been keeping myself busy with work and looking for songs for a project. I just realised how much I take songs for granted. I mean, I will like a song here and a song there and then just keep jumping. I just never really thought that maybe I will like the works of a certain singer and his songs as they can relate to me and so on. Maybe because I just didn't make the effort to understand the lyrics in the first place. So far, I think Goo Goo Dolls has the most songs in my playlist but nope, have not done my research on them yet. Also, I realise that most people have more Westlife's song in their playlist than others. Why is that? Anyways, for the past few days, besides looking for "hot" songs (or so it was referred to), I have also found a few other songs that I could relate to.

One of them was Nelly Furtado's All Good Things.

Honestly what will become of me
don't like reality
It's way too clear to me
But really life is daily
We are what we don't see
Missed everything daydreaming

[Chorus:]
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to end?
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to an end?

Traveling I only stop at exits
Wondering if I'll stay
Young and restless
Living this way I stress less
I want to pull away when the dream dies
The pain sets it and I don't cry
I only feel gravity and I wonder why

Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to end?
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to an end?

Well the dogs were whistling a new tune
Barking at the new moon
Hoping it would come soon so that they could
Dogs were whistling a new tune
Barking at the new moon
Hoping it would come soon so that they could
Die die die die die

Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
Flames to dust
Lovers to friends
Why do all good things come to an end
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to end?
come to an end come to an
Why do all good things come to an end?

Well the dogs were barking at a new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon
And the sun was wondering if it should stay away for a day 'til the feeling went away
And the sky was falling on the clouds were dropping and
the rain forgot how to bring salvation
the dogs were barking at the new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon so that they could die.


I don't really know about the dogs barking at the new moon so they could die but liked the chorus. I also found an "older" song which was a sing-along when I was in high school. I didn't know it would apply.

Remember Vertical Horizon? - Best I Ever Had

So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay
Love can be so boring

Nothing's quite the same now
I just say your name now

[Chorus]
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't want me back
You're just the best I ever had

So you stole my world
Now I'm just a phony
Remembering the girl
Leaves me down and lonely

Send it in a letter
Make yourself feel better

[Chorus]
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
You don't need me back
You're just the best I ever had

And it may take some time to
Patch me up inside
But I can't take it so I
Run away and hide
And I may find in time that
You were always right
You're always right

So you sailed away
Into a grey sky morning
Now I'm here to stay
Love can be so boring

What was it you wanted
Could it be I'm haunted

[Chorus]
But it's not so bad
You're only the best I ever had
I don't want you back
You're just the best I ever had
The best I ever had
The best I ever

I don't really know if I should get to a priest soon (haunted) but yeah, I think songs are kind of helpful. They sort of accompany you. I feel... accompanied.


I think I am still quite lost. But I also think I'm better now. Anyhow, thanks dear friends. Love you guys.

What A Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I Wish

I wish these tears would stop
I wish these tears would not sting anymore
I wish I could taste
I wish I could think
I wish I could sleep it away
I wish I could turn back time
I wish I know what is happening
I wish I could disappear
I wish,
I wish I know what to do
I wish I knew what to do

KTM blooooz

The other day I was, as usual, stuck inside the crowded KTM trying my best to hold onto a pole shared by many so that I won't accidentally fall onto any of the not-so-good looking guys around me. Anyways, I saw a pregnant lady standing in front of the occupied row of seats. I mean, she's pregnant! She should be the one seated! I was infuriated! Why didn't those 3 people in front of her give up their seats for her?! I searched for an answer. These people! Can you believe it?! They were sleeping! Or were they pretending to sleep? This kind of situation is dangerous for the lady and her unborn child. Why didn't the people around her try to wake those 3 people up? If they won't do it, I will! I tried to squeeze nearer. Then, just then, the said pregnant lady turned to face the door so her right side was facing me and somehow gave me a clearer picture of her current stage in pregnancy. It was then, just then, I realize that I should stop my quest for justice.


She wasn't pregnant!

Aiyaa...


I think she was even offended by my intention to help her.


Hmm......

KTM Lesson 101: Do not attempt to help a pregnant lady unless she is in a maternity dress.

Yvonne @ work!

Yes! It is FRIDAY! TGIF! Also, YES! Tomorrow is the King's Birthday! Long live the king! (Yes, I have to work halfday on Saturdays)


It is only the first week at work and I am already looking forward to the first public holiday. Haha! Natural reaction. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy going to work in my current hotel and it is a really cool place. It is just the process of getting there and back that demotivates me. You know, squeezing into KTM. Squeezing into LRT. Queing up indefinitely for the tickets. Missing trains and feeling terrible about it. Walking 600 metres and then only realizing today that there are shuttle buggie services for that 600 m walk. *slap forehead!*. It is OK. Next week will be a better week because we now know that there is a buggie service. Luckily I have 4 friends to go along with me on the trains and in total 7 of us in the hotel. We keep each other motivated a lot.


Anyways, one of the perks of having many friends in the same hotel is that we sort of have more fun doing crazy stuff that you don't normally do if you are alone and trying to impress the bosses. In a group, it is hard to pinpoint who are the actual crazy ones so we are safe. There are 3 of us in the HR department.

Coincidentally, yesterday my department bosses and superiors were engaged in a meeting leaving us freshies to run the office for a while. What did we do between those phone calls and projects?


Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the Interns Team of HR!

The power of self-timer function: The Interns of HR!
The future of hospitality is safe in our hands
-Yvonne, Ardhan and Murni-

Seriously, I conclude that people in our generation are all cam-whores. Everybody squealed in delight when I announce that I have brought my camera for fun. Nobody resisted photo opportunities and there are even some poses which I dare not post. Too bad for you!


Here are some decent ones to give you a peek into a day at work at my office.

"Good morning, how may we assist you?"
-A day at the office-

The First Row : Poses

The first row shows us posing at "our" work desks. Like, being caught in a busy moment while doing work. One for the album!


The Second Row : What we normally do

The second row shows us really doing what we normally do at work. Lotsa projects, documentations, filing, typing and so on.


The Third Row: What we seriously do

This is what we would be doing after we complete what we normally have to do. Murni will be looking for things to inquire about and laugh about. I will be nosing at everybody's desks. Ardhan just basically will be eating chocolates while going around looking for funnies and coming up with ideas to make the place more cheery. Basically, we are just pure busybodies. Erm, in a good way. The people here are not sick of us yet! Yay!


Summary: We seriously love our job! DO expect more pictures in future. :)!