Some may wonder, but hello!

Rest assured I am still here breathing :).

My sincere apologies to Shidah who I am very sure was in constant agony every time you came here and expect an update. I assure you, there were so many instances I was in the spur of the moment gearing up to pen down my most random thoughts besides wanting to do the usual updates here.

So let's do this quickly before I fall weak into the arms of exhaustion once again.

Every time I came back from meeting my girlfriends, I feel rejuvenated. I think all girlfriends have some sort of super magical powers to make us feel that way. Must be due to all the chaos that came with it. Chaos filled with so much chortling and silly bantering. The in betweens of following up with each other's daily soap operas compressed into 4 hours. We shared past experiences, consoled one dear friend who is fresh from a break up, exchange future plans, we talked dirty (!!), deliberating each other's worries, expressing our skeptical towards men behavior, and then the all interesting scenario when we saw the 'ex' belonging to one of us walking pass by which resulted her getting heart palpitations. He is one jerk we are all glad she got rid off. Heh.

All these done over at the Airport, we indulged ourselves with all things ocean from fish and co, and then proceed to satisfy our sweet tooth with cakes and caffeine.

One was missing in action due to unforseen circumstances but I agree with you Shidah, the least we could do is to meet up once in awhile like this. Not only to keep each other sane but to let ourselves know that it's friends like these which makes it our defining moments :)



p/s: Yaya I know that high chances you are reading these, I just want you to know how delighted I was to meet you in awhile. You are you all over again, let's say you are always the 'Phoebe' in our gang. The quirky one with the most interesting random accidents which will have us all howling with laughter. I adore you. You are strong and you will heal. Have faith :)

I spent 4 days and 3 nights in Desaru last weekend. It was the first time in my life albeit the place is just a short journey away from our island.

The sole purpose of the visit was we were there to cover Monsoon Mayhem, a surfing competition organized by a group of dedicated Singaporean fellas whose passionate about the sport. Everything from accommodation right up to food was being sponsored by the kind people of Tourism Malaysia.

Despite the normal frustrations due to work, I had so much fun there!

Let me highlight the "awesome-ness" in points:

- To soak into the surfing culture; with music blasting on the beach it was almost like a beach party. Grooving to the sounds of nice remixes of hip hop, rnb, reggae, house and trance music.

- Basking in the whole new atmosphere and observing my surroundings broaden my horizon.


- I got myself a tattoo y'all!!

(And I am so estactic about it!)

-Getting my morning fix-es of 'whoa' when I saw the raging waves which was awaiting hungry surfers to ride them on.

- I have mentioned it before and I'll repeat it now, I love having my breakfast with the sea view as the serving.

- When you have great company who can come up with crazy things to do, it was simply a whale of a time. Created a ruckus playing poker games with deadly dares for the losers, my luck wasnt so good when I ended up kissing not 1 but 4 arse. And I cannot believe I just revealed that!

-Getting Freebies(!!)

-Last night in Desaru was a tale to share. Whatever stress and grim issues I had in me was forgotten as the guys did the unexpected when I among some of my team members was being thrown into the swimming pool after one another! It was crazy, insane! I thought I was safe and before I know it I was struggling and screaming, since I am not capable of saving my life! I am definitely not a swimmer! But when it happens, it was one of the most elating episode in my life by far :)

- Parting away with work being accomplished in fact more then we had planned! Fond memories and some new friends. What more could I ask for?

On the last day before we all return to Singapore we had a post tour for the media,the encounter can be described as really humanely engaging. To let the city woman in me loosen up and embrace the much more simple things in Life when we visited Kampung Temenin at KotaTinggi for half a day.

-Early morning breakfast under the the trees with the company of the morning breeze and the warmth welcome from the village people set me at ease immediately.. The best nasi lemak with the most excellent sambal I ever tasted sprinkled with crunchy ikan bilis, rendang chicken you wouldn't want to say no. Hey! We even had lemang! Still hot and piping straight from the bamboo and some traditional Malay Kuehs. Even the tea and coffee was heaven sent :).

-We met people from the village who were more then happy to show us around. I reveled myself on visiting fish ponds, goats farm, chicken farm, look at many plantations. Speaking of which I must share with you guys one of my wish came true! This may sound absurd but I have always wanted to tap a rubber tree..no joke! So when I was told that we were going to visit the rubber tree plantations imagine the instant glee of excitement I was feeling! There was definitely no doubt I was the first eager participant to volunteer and try tapping the rubber tree! It was really cool, and I was feeling like a kid all over again who just got on her first carousel ride! I even have a video of that to prove you!

That is if all the photos and video will not take half a year to be send to me. We'll see how ;)

And Ok ok ok, just in case if it bothers you, I did not get myself a real tattoo. It was cool while it last and furthermore it was thrilling to see how my parents reacted to it. Mama went ballistic for awhile and was confident that it was real. The dad, however was nonchalant about it and I took it he has a lot of faith and trust in me that I will never resort to such things. He knows right away it was fake. Haha, nevertheless it was a kick just to see mama's over-reaction! I swear she almost disown me!

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One of the songs which I could not get enough of when it was playing at the Desaru Beach!

It's gettin late
I'm making my way over to my favorite place
I gotta get my body moving shake the stress away
I wasn't looking for nobody when you looked my way
Possible candidate (yeah)
Who knew
That you'd be up in here lookin like you do
You're makin' stayin' over here impossible
Baby I must say your aura is incredible
If you dont have to go don't

I wanna take you away
Lets escape into the music
DJ let it play
I just can't refuse it
Like the way you do this
Keep on rockin to it
Please don't stop the
Please don't stop the music

p/s: Ladies cant wait to see you guys this Saturday!! So many things to share! La la la! See ya!!

I do not want to be left out on the customary new year's entry as I always have for the past 3 years. Might be a little late but what the hell right. I am gonna try to do a short one. I am sacrificing what little time I have in my hands especially during this ungodly hours.

2007? Let's do away with the usual 'ups and downs', because every year there was never a time I am without the either ups or downs. All I can conclude is, it had been bittersweet. Sweet being it had been a really 'productive' year for me and as a person I have grown more mindful of my surroundings. Bitter being some episodes which was difficult for me to swallow, one significant was about a stranger who crosses path with me more then a year and half back and for awhile gave me a lingering hope but to end it all walking away without a single bit of guilt or much less give a thought to my feelings. At the end of it all, it's really irony he had became the stranger again all of a sudden. 'He' was a fleeting existence at a point of my life and come to think of it although I learnt a thing or two from the brief so called friendship relationship it could also be considered a waste of my emotional time. Having to feel he could have been is not something should be practice as frequently in future. Then again we all keep making the same mistakes over and over.

2008? Let's see how it progresses, so far so good. I have been annoying for the past couple of days by being extra perky around certain people who happen to have my first lunch for 2008 with me, or when i had my first ice cream for 2008 ahaha and amazingly today was my first gym session for 2008 (special mention to Kak Massy!). Unbelievably surprising how you dont plan and just do it. I hope it will turn into a routine :)

And then again, finally I am positive and still believe so much in hope that someone special is out there. Dating is getting weary and no man can hold my attention for more then 5mins. An independent man, witty, a sense of adventure in his life, definitely not clingy and at the same time not afraid to bare his soul is very appealing to me. Call me naive but this is what makes me who I am and what I want. Everyone has their own right to be fussy you know.

So I hope 2008 will be another dramatic year for me and you too :) It is much more exciting when it has a lot of over the top incidents to be unfold, worthwhile memories to be kept. Who knows what I will be blogging about at the end of the year and look back . Uh huh, I know this year will zoom by quickly!

Happy 2008 to each one of you who reads my humble space :)

*Honestly I should be packing my stuff for tomorrow night before I leave for the weekend instead of blogging but somehow it's more thrilling to do it last minute again. Yeps, procrastination is not going to be vanquish, it's in-built ;)

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A parting song of sorts (true Kak Mas?)..

It still hurts you know..

James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover Lyrics

"Did I disappoint you or let you down?
Should I be feeling guilty or let the judges frown?
'Cause I saw the end before we'd begun,
Yes I saw you were blinded and I knew I had won.
So I took what's mine by eternal right.
Took your soul out into the night.
It may be over but it won't stop there,
I am here for you if you'd only care.
You touched my heart you touched my soul.
You changed my life and all my goals.
And love is blind and that I knew when,
My heart was blinded by you.
I've kissed your lips and held your head.
Shared your dreams and shared your bed.
I know you well, I know your smell.
I've been addicted to you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

I am a dreamer but when I wake,
You can't break my spirit - it's my dreams you take.
And as you move on, remember me,
Remember us and all we used to be
I've seen you cry, I've seen you smile.
I've watched you sleeping for a while.
I'd be the father of your child.
I'd spend a lifetime with you.
I know your fears and you know mine.
We've had our doubts but now we're fine,
And I love you, I swear that's true.
I cannot live without you.

Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.

And I still hold your hand in mine.
In mine when I'm asleep.
And I will bear my soul in time,
When I'm kneeling at your feet.
Goodbye my lover.
Goodbye my friend.
You have been the one.
You have been the one for me.
I'm so hollow, baby, I'm so hollow.
I'm so, I'm so, I'm so hollow. "

Just because...

I wanna share :)