What a Way To End and Start A Year

My handbag just got stolen a couple of hours ago!!!

I just stepped off the bus and headed over to Mid Valley with my bro to do some shopping. And while i was trying on shoes (!!!!) in Vincci's, the fucker cooly took my bag. I mean i looked away for a second!
And the bag was right next to me!!!

So I've lost my handphone and MP3 player (both given by Dazzie), all my important stuff like my IC, Driver's License, Touch N Go card with RM150 in it, USM Matriks Card; my small rosary which my uncle got me from Rome; about RM80 in cash; Stila compact powder and Chanel lipstick (all free and given by my cousin but still!!!!).

God i feel so miserable. And soo soo foolish. Things like this only happen to careless people and i am soo NOT careless. I mean i check my bag at least a million times just to see if i have my handphone and keys and stuff.

Of course now me and my bro are goin over all the "What ifs" and "If onlys". What if we had gone and had lunch first like we planned? If only i had passed my bag to him to hold onto like i was thinking of doin and like he was thinkin of asking me to do? And on and on and on......

The worst now is of course replacing everything. The policeman told us that i might have to pay RM300 for a new IC. And of course there is the bigger loss of things with sentimental value like the photographs of my good friends which i keep in my wallet and the stuff Dazzie has given me.

FUCK!!

To the person who stole my bag, i will eventually forgive u but for now i hope u and your children get a severe debilitating disease which manifests as boils all over your bodies, severe bone crunching pain and a slow slow slow painful death!

Also, because i am so bummed out bout this, i won't be blogging for a bit.

Have a great new year.......

Seasons Greetings!

Merry Christmas

&

A Smashing New Year to everyone!

Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix

Just watched the teaser trailer and it looks AWESOME!! I think they made such a wise choice casting Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort. Didn't everyone think he was just fantastic in The Prisoner of Azkaban? I mean just 15 minutes air time and he practically stole the show!

Can't wait for it to come out!

Go here to view the trailer http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/harrypotterandtheorderofthephoenix.html

Snippets

My bro and my mum have decided that they don't wanna have a big thingy this year for Christmas since we just had the big party last month. So we're only gonna be inviting relatives over for dinner and gambling of course (a family tradition).

This really bums me out cos i was really looking forward to having all the friends over for Christmas. Every year without fail we have this big open house where we invite ALL our friends over...so it's really the only time i get to catch up with my old MGS and ACS buddies whom i only get to see once a year, as well as other friends whom i just hardly get to see or meet up with.

But i suppose it doesn't make sense to throw another big party so soon after the last one. Was hoping we could just invite the close ones as in those we go for the trips with (THE GANG), but as my brother-the-most-popular-and-liked-guy-in-klang pointed out, it would be difficult to just invite a select few of his friends without inviting the others. So even that's scrapped!

Well at least there is gambling to look forward to.

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It is my opinion that people from Penang, or people who have lived in Penang for a long time, are unable to totally appreciate Char Kuey Teow in other states. Everywhere else pales in comparison...they just don't make it like they do in Penang. The best places in Penang for me would have to be the old uncle at Gurney Drive and Kuey Teow ganja or Sany Char Kuey Teow in front of USM. The only place in the Klang Valley so far that i've tried and liked is Little Penang Cafe in Mid Valley.

Anyone know of any other places which is 'setanding' with Penang Kuey Teow?

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John darling told me the other day that they are opening a Chilli's in Gurney Plaza which further confirms my fears that i am gonna turn into an alcoholic.........RM5 for tequila shots!!!!! Who can resist?!!! And of course the food is most excellent especially their Monterey-i-don't-know-how-you-spell-this chicken and their giant-sized burgers!!

Also apparently they are opening a Hard Rock here in Penang which i think is necessary cos the night life scene here has been goin downhill, i personally feel, since Modesto's Sandy Bay closed down 8 years ago.......'twas the best club eva!!!!

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My brother bought "Grand Theft Auto" and we're both totally hooked!! It's amazing how much fun and pleasure we can derive from driving over people and hearing them go "squish"!

* setanding = comparable @ as good as

Are We Moving Backwards?

Caught a bit of this new show on MTV last night called Parental Control where every week the parents of a girl (who already has a boyfriend) selects two guys for her to go out with. I'm not too clear of the whole concept but i think the parents usually don't like the guy the daughters are currently dating so they pick guys whom they feel are more suitable for their children (more like more suitable with themselves)....and they watch through cameras to see how the date(s)turn out.

Isn't that so very similar to arranged marriages? I mean except for the fact that these girls aren't gonna get married soon, but it's still leaving the task of choosing your partner in your parents hands. Which is simply ironic and quite shocking given that the west prides itself so much on how 'far ahead they are' and even mocks these century-old traditions like arranged marriages, yet here they are sorta agreeing to the whole thing.

Isn't that such a step backwards?

I mean, don't get me wrong. Parents are supposed to have a big say in choosing your life partner...ok maybe not a BIG say but at least some say. But having your parents set you up with a guy???!! Totally cringe-worthy. And OF COURSE the guy(s) are gonna put their best feet forward and not reveal their true selves until they've 'got' you right? Which is why i am very wary when it comes to arranged marriages cos u just NEVER KNOW TILL IT'S TOO LATE 'what' you might be marrying.

Perhaps i'm making a big deal out of nothing but i just think that it's putting a false view of things out there especially to young naive teenagers out there. I'm sorry, but to me arranged marriages @ arranged dates by your parents is such a step backwards. The only person who should choose your partner...life or temporary...should be YOU. You're the one who's gonna have to live with the person! Or at least put up with his antics for a while.

Granted there are quite a few arranged marriages that have worked out but the cynic in me still thinks it's a risky business...and yes, i do think of it as more of a business transaction especially in Indian families that still practice this whole dowry bullshit! Perhaps in those cases where the couple is allowed to date for a while before setting a date it is quite alright since there is a better chance of true identities beeing revealed. But those who are not allowed to even date before getting married is a definite NO NO to me.

But i suppose 'never say never' right. I just might end up that way....God forbid.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

I bought my ticket to go back to Penang last Friday but on the morning of my departure itself, i started throwing up a couple of times. After that, i also had diarrhea and vomited a few more times. So needless to say i could not go back to Penang and my bus ticket burn. RM27 down the drain!

On top of that, i had to pay the doctor RM30 for him to tell me i had either Viral Fever or Food Poisoning. I'm glad these doctors are there to further confuse and worry us.

Then on Saturday, i decided to clean my ears using these tiny, sorry-excuse for cotton buds my mum had bought. And what should happen?? The bud came off and got stuck in my ear!!!!!! And try as i did to remove it, it just would not come out!!!!!


So after leaving it in there for a day, and after being the subject of taunts and mockery from Dazzie and Kel who insisted on shouting at me cos they were afraid i wouldn't be able to hear them (bastards!), i decided to go to the GP to remove it.


When i entered the doctor's office, i found myself face to face with a doctor so old, he looked like he was using tri-focals. And i thought "Crap! Just what i need. Someone who can barely see!!".


After i told him my problem, he started 'trying' to fix the light thingy they put in your ear to look inside...even that took a while. Looking in my ear, he said that the cotton was too far in and he wasn't sure if he could remove it!


Immediately i started silently saying a whole litany of Our Fathers and begging God to help the old dude get it out.


And then the torment started....



He took these long forceps called the "Crocodile forceps" which he shoved deep, deep, deep in my ears to try and get the cotton out. I tell u the pain was just excruciating!!!! And he kept telling me to keep still as if that was even remotely possible. I mean the forceps were so far in i could practically feel it in my mouth!!!!!


And after shoving it in my ear twice, he still could not remove it!!



So i decided to sorta take matters into my own hands....insisted on painkillers, and dashed out and called Dazzie to come in and sit and hold my hand while the dude assassinated my ear. Not surprising, the painkillers didn't work AT ALL and the pain was still so bad. But at least he managed to get the damn cotton out!!!!


God i felt like kissing the doc after that!



It was without a doubt the most painful experience of my life!! I would readily get 10 more tattoos simultaneously than go thru that again!!!


A-G-O-N-Y!

And to top it all of course i developed an infection in my ear thanks to all my prodding and scraping, trying to get the cotton bud out. So i had to be put on a round of antibiotics along with ear drops. My bill this round : RM70!!!!


I know it's cheaper than what it would have cost me in a specialist clinic but i really don't need all these added expenses so close to Christmas. And of course i still have to go back to Penang for a few days so i have to spend for that as well. *Sigh*


Anyway, the first thing i did when i got home? Threw away all the cotton buds in my house. NEVER AGAIN WILL I PUT ANYTHING INTO MY EARS!!!

Seriously guys, take it from someone who's gone thru such pain......just use Waxsol. It's the best!

Kel & Jeevs

Kelvin doin his version of Thriller & Beat It and Jeevs doin Spanish Eyes.

Penang Trip 2006 : Codename : Do You Want To (Y)eat?

The main thing that can be said about the Penang Trip was that we ATE SO DAMN BLOODY MUCH!!! We usually have a tentative itinerary on things to do during the trip but when it comes to our Penang trips, there is obviously just one thing on our minds : STUFFING OURSELVES SILLY! Even alcohol takes a back seat.



Friday

Had Shariff Nasi Kandar for early dinner. Then stopped at Gurney Drive and bought Kuey Teow and Mango Rojak for late dinner. We had planned to go clubbing that night but when we got to the hotel, we started playing our standard drunken games like "Up The River, Down The River" and "Ducky Fuzz"(courtesy of Mz Kiran) that within a couple of hours we were totally wasted on Sembuca shots, Malibu and Wine. So we had to scrap the clubbing plans cos nobody was sober enough to drive. In fact Dazzie had to keep telling us to keep some alcohol for Chang, Lisa, Conrad and Kel who were only arriving later that night.

When they did arrive, we quickly got them drunk as well (after sending them out to buy MORE food for us) and then proceeded to wrestle them to the ground. And i mean that literally! The things people do hen under the influence of alcohol la. In fact i bit Dazzie and my bro so hard that i actually took a bit of their flesh out!!!

Saturday

Breakfast at the hotel followed by Indian food for lunch at Bayu Senja. After which went hunting for US Pizza in Island Plaza, a shopping complex nearby, only to find out that it was closed down. Since there was no food, we decided to do the next best thing : Sleep. Slept for an hour after which we set off to buy Shariff Nasi Kandar for early dinner. Closed! Fuckers!! So packed Kuey Teow Ganja and headed off to Line Clear in town to pack RM40 worth of Nasi Kandar. After that stopped at Gurney Drive and packed some more mango rojak and Muar Chi for the gang.

After that e headed on to the Ferringhi night market for shopping. Spent nearly 2 hours there. After that we went to Tari Cafe and ordered huge-ass burgers for everyone. After finished eating the burgers we were still hungry but unfortunately we were too lazy to go out again and buy food. So we pigged out on the junk food we had bought instead. A few of us then went to the beach and spent the night playing charades.

Sunday

Breakfast at hotel. Checked out then had lunch at Velloo Villas (Banana leaf rice) at Jeev's insistence. Food was bloody spicy but good shit! On our way back (still in the mood of the trip) we stopped at one of the rest stops and pigged out on Baskin Robbin's and Dunkin Donuts.

And you wanna know what the best thing is? I didn't put on even one freaking kg!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The secret to keeping trim is actually eating more!! Hahahahahaha.

Pictures can be seen here. I can't remember taking half the pictures cos i was so wasted. In fact i had to separate the pictures into two albums, one a restricted one, cos some photos looked a bit too 'funky'. It looked like we were having an orgy to tell you the truth!! Hahaha.

Oh and i'd like to explain what each dish means but i don't think it would do the food much justice. So my advise is for you guys to get your asses over to Penang to try these dishes yourselves. I will be more than happy to take you guys around.

Kids at Shopping Malls

My mum and I spent the whole day shopping yesterday for presents and we are still not done!! Agony la. Especially when i think of how many more trips we're gonna have to make to finish the shopping. I usually enjoy going xmas shopping cos i love looking at all the decorations and stuff, but i must say that i was very very disappointed this year with Jusco, Klang. Hardly any decorations at all. They usually have this huge-ass Christmas tree but even that was missing. And usually the Christmas decorations for purchase are really extensive but this year they barely had anything at all.

I wonder why is that? Is it now against their religion to display a Christmas tree? I am reminded of the incident during Deepavali when some idiotic dumbfucks said it was against their religion to wish the Hindus "Happy Deepavali". Is that what's goin on here? Well all i have to say is FUCK YOU JUSCO KLANG for killing the mood. I am of course contemplating writing a letter of complaint soon. A trivial matter to some of you maybe, but i think it's just blatant biasness @ religion-ism.

Also my other gripe would be these damn kids at shopping complexes. The ones who think it's a playground and insist on screaming at the top of their lungs and running about. Yes i don't quite like children and all but I'm not writing this post because i am bias towards their 'species' or anything (ok maybe it's a little about that). I just can't bloody stand badly behaved @ badly brought up children. It's bad enough having to lug around dozens of heavy shopping bags without having to keep manouvering around these spawns of Satan! And you have to practically shout to your shopping mate cos you can barely hear yourself over the din! I seriously feel that there should be restricted zones in the complexes where children should not be allowed.

I can't bloody understand the mentality of these parents who don't know how to teach their children some bloody manners. I remember only too well how my mum just had to give us her 'pandang maut' or her killer pinch on the arse and we'd remain as silent as the dead.

Discipline! Whatever happened to it la!

It seems as if these sorry-excuses for parents actually prefer their kids tearing about the whole store as it leaves them free to do their own shopping. Typical Malaysian mentality....prefer troubling others for your own benefit!

It is in situations like these that i would strongly advocate the use of leashes for children as how they were once used in France, if i'm not mistaken. God knows most of the children nowadays should be put on a leash! It is my opinion that there are more well behaved dogs out there!

* Pandang maut = killer look

Heads-Up

The gang will be coming up today...well actually in an hours time....for a weekend of food, food, food, boozing and more food.

I will then spend the whole of Monday recovering from a hangover, as well as regretting having eaten so bloody much cos it would just mean more work on my part to lose weight in time for Christmas!

Aah....the torment we women put ourselves through!

So i will not be blogging till Tuesday (hopefully!).

Have a great weekend you guys.

Tales From The International House

Today the aunty who cleans my bathroom came by and she starting dishing out all the juicy and interesting ‘activities’ and incidents goin on in the block.

Before that, I must tell you guys about this Indonesian PhD student who lives a couple of doors away. I’ve known her for the past 3 years (we’re not that close la) and we usually chit chat for a bit whenever we meet. For the past one year, however, her behaviour has been decidedly odd. Whenever she sees me, she practically flees in the opposite direction, and if I get into the lift after her, she will quickly run out. Now I know I’m kinda funny looking but I don’t look like Lucifer-incarnate; neither do I smell bad (YES I DO BATHE NOW!!!). So I was very very puzzled as to her behaviour.

However today this aunty told me that her behaviour had been very erratic over the past 6 months or so. Apparently she keeps to herself and if anyone knocks on her door, she just ‘growls’ loudly from inside her room!! Also once when the aunty went to clean her bathroom, she actually pointed a knife at her. And apparently, she even pee-d at the doorway leading to the bathroom!! In fact, all her neighbours have moved out cos they can’t take her behaviour anymore. I feel sorta relieved to know that I am not the only one she’s behaving weirdly towards, but I also feel bad for her cos she obviously ‘lost-it’ probably due to stress and over-working herself.

Anyway, the aunty also told me about the students from China (including my neighbour) who apparently frequently answer the door….in the buff!!!!! Can u imagine? Hahahaha. The cleaner-people are those very simple, naïve-minded folk so you can imagine how shocked and scandalized they were. But she says she just puts her head down and goes and washes the bathroom anyway…all the while laughing to herself. Hee hee. Aunty even proceeded to describe their bodies cos she was soo fascinated at how white their boobies were.

God maybe I should pay them a visit early in the mornings…..they are bloody hot!

No discrimination intended towards people from China by the way.

The Post-Party Post

Ok, so I know this post is coming very very late but was just waiting for Dazzieman @ Some perpon to upload the pictures (Thanks dude!).

Anyway the partee went off spectacularly. My parents were very surprised…..in fact my Dad only realised it was a party for him after almost an hour!! My brother unfortunately had kinda guessed that something was up thanks to mum and her big mouth….also the excessive amount of alcohol sorta tipped him off cos he didn’t know Vicky and Kavi were coming!

But other than that it went on practically flawlessly save for one regrettable incident…..

As I was passing by my dining table where all my cousins were seated, one of my cousins asked if I had invited those cousins. I said “of course not” and we both proceeded to bitch a little about Uncle A and those cousins. It was only later after Uncle A and family had left that my cousins said that all the while Uncle A’s daughter was actually at the table and heard everything!!!

Aiyaaaaa!!!

I feel so bad about this cos I really do like this cousin…she is the best of the lot and just a generally cool and nice person. And even after hearing all that she was still with a smile on her face. I felt like killing my cousin who asked the question….i really thought the coast was clear since she asked me. And of course being half blind without my glasses, I didn’t notice her at the table. I really hope she wasn’t too upset….thankfully we didn’t say anything too hurtful or nasty. But still I’m sure nobody likes to listen to bad things being said about one’s own family right?

Anyway there was enough food (thankfully!) and everyone enjoyed it; my cousin Shamayne baked the chocolate cake (she is an expert at cakes) and it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E!! Seriously, once you try hers, all others pale in comparison; Uncle A behaved himself; and my bro and I were happy-drunks by the end of the party. All in all a total success. Thank god!

Thanks, you guys, for all the well wishes.

Pictures here.

“Leave The Gun, Take The Cannoli”

I just watched The Godfather…yes, I am ashamed that I am only now watching it…….and I thought it was absolutely awesome!!! Spectacular acting especially by Marlon Brandon and Pacino of course who is such a natural….I mean, did you see him in Donny Brasco? Brilliant. I also loved Robert Duvall’s portrayal of Tom Hagen the consigliere.

It was so weird seeing all these actors looking so young especially Diane Keaton and a barely recognisable James Caan (whom I’ve only seen as an older man). And I’ve never previously felt that Pacino was good looking….suave maybe…but here he looks very very handsome and dashing!

The script is of course one we’ve heard over and over again in movies, or even used in our daily conversation : Maunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday…….; Take it to the mattress......I really must go and get the book since I’ve heard nothing but great comments bout it!

My favourite scenes have to be when that movie dude finds the horse’s head in his bed and the last scene where Michael becomes the new Don Corleone. God even the names are so bloody cool. Like a 40's-styled Pulp Fiction!

Can’t wait to watch the 2nd and 3rd parts!

Platonic = (of love) purely spiritual, friendly [Read : relationship minus the sex]

And so Lawrence has ‘abandoned’ me to go home to Sarawak to celebrate Christmas with his 2 ‘girlfriends’ as he calls them : His wife and his 8 year old daughter. My friendship with Lawrence reminded me of this post from my old blog about platonic relationships between men and women. And the more my friendship with him grows, the more I am convinced that it is so so possible and one of the most amazing and beautiful things in the world!

A male acquaintance once remarked that men and women can’t have platonic relationships unless they grew up together, or were previously involved.

I simply refuse to accept that notion. If I did, it would mean that I should just stop bothering to make friends with any guy, for fear of the friendship going sour because one party wants to get into the other’s pants.

And it just simply is not true. I have made loads of male friends these past few years, and we have remained close friends without any sexual tension or ‘wants’ creeping into the relationship. There is my darling John whom I’ve known for 5 years, Harjiet the monster whom I’ve known for nearly ten years now (granted he is old la), Mithi the joker, my darling darling bunch of seniors from USM, Mu-tha-fucka, Macho-Dave….the list goes on. It is totally, totally possible!!!

Granted it is a little more difficult at this age for both to want a strictly platonic relationship. We are at an age where people’s priorities are now shifted towards meeting their life-partners; so more often than not u are gonna meet someone who wants to eventually get into your pants.

Even if this supposed ‘universal’ opinion is right, what does that leave us with? Gay guys and guys who are already attached?! Now gay guys I think are the best cos they make the best friends …better than girls cos they aren’t conniving and manipulative, and definitely better than guys cos they are totally sensitive to your feelings and make fantastic bitching partners! But guys who are attached….hmmmm……very very dangerous zone that one. It’s like trying to enter a restricted area which is being guarded by a rabid pit bull (read : the girlfriend). Although I can understand the insecurities of some of these gals, I have to stress that not all gals are sluts, ladies. Some of us just want your guys as friends. That’s all.

Still, I will not give in to the apparent ‘general consensus’ of society. Actually, come to think of it, it’s mostly men who feel this way. They obviously have a harder time maintaining the ‘platonicity’ of a friendship. Men do think of sex every 4 seconds. So maybe we should just avoid those whose eyes glaze over every few seconds while talking to you…..or have prolonged conversations with your boobs.

After my phobia-inducing experience with this bastard and perverted, depraved-sorry-excuse-for-a-human-being, I have been very very sceptical and nervous about making friends with guys. But I think my friendship with Lawrence has somewhat healed me of this phobia. Of course I’m not so naïve to think or expect every guy to be as sweet as Lawrence. I suppose I should just train myself to sniff out all satan’s manwhores! And also to trust my instincts…they never seem to be wrong.

But I guess I still have to ask the question : When did friendship become more complicated than relationships?

Apparently I’m Getting Married!

But could someone please tell me who my future bridegroom is? Cos I sure as hell don’t know….

The other day a masters student loudly asked me in the lab the million dollar question “So when are you getting married?”. Tempted as I was to tell him to go fuck himself and die, I decided not to cos other than the fact that he is my junior, he is also, lucky for him, a nice guy. So I just said ‘not anytime soon’…my standard answer. To which he retorted “Make sure you invite me k” which I thought was very weird. Anyway I didn’t think much of it till I went out shopping with Lawrence the next day and over dinner he told me that the masters students have been discussing the fact that I am getting married at the end of the year!! And this rumour has been going around for the past 4 months! And it is the males who have been gossiping about me!!!

Firstly, this actually confirms what I have felt for a long time….that men do gossip just as much as women! Secondly, I have no idea where or how this rumour started cos anyone who knows me well, knows how I feel about marriage and children *Shudder*. I find it amazing la that people can just make up such stories. I admit I have told some fellas that I am married or engaged for obvious reasons, but I have never ever said that I’m getting married at the end of THIS year. This year?!!!…hahahah…I’m just a kid trapped in the body of a Hobbit and the brain of a 28 year old!.....I’m still a little brat at heart, you know, so it’s such a joke to even imagine that I could run a household and take care of someone else!!

But I must admit that this is not the first time I’m hearing news of my impending matrimony. Last year at least 2 people approached Dazzie to say that they heard we are getting married, and a neighbour even told my mum that she had heard about it. Combined with this incident I am confused and puzzled as fuck. Either I have a twin whom I have never met or there really is some person out there who is ‘trying to get me married off’. Hmm.....perhaps my mum’s behind this cos God knows that seems to be her life’s mission. Heh heh.