Fish Avenue

I am on medical leave today. Woke up this morning, felt lazy and there was this annoying headache/migraine again. I've been having migraine on and off for about a month. Sometimes it lasted the whole day, even the painkiller would not work, and the next day I would still wake up with the migraine.

Today, decided to go to see doctor about it. Of course, for the MC too.

Doctor was asking me if I sleep well at night, do I wake up in the middle of the night and starring at the ceiling? Nope. I did not wake up in the middle of the night and starring at the ceiling. But I do wake up around 5am or 6am in the morning, thinking that I am late for work, scared myself to death to find out that it is only 5am or 6am. Also, used to wake up to think about the jobs that I have not finished and how I should go about it. Doctor said, "you're having the symptoms of depression and anxiety. Are you sure there's nothing bothering you subconsciously? Your work, your life? Go back and think about it and find it. Relax, nothing's so big deal, don't get yourself so stressed up." LOL!

I don't know. I seriously do not know what is bothering me. My work, well, I guess everyone is stress about their work. So, that's normal right? There's been a few things happened at work recently. Also, I'm a bit frustrated with myself for not achieving what I wanted to achieve. Hmm...... Come to think of it, did I give myself pressure unawaringly?

About anxiety, yeah, I am always anxious about not doing things right and on time. My heart will skip a beat when I heard the person from the other side of the phone is my boss, I start thinking about what I've done wrong whenever my boss calls me to his room, I feel nervous whenever I see I have emails from my boss...... But it's all for nothing. Sometimes they're just some small matters, nothing about reprimanding me or chasing me for my work.

Well, it all could be due to me sleeping late as well. I've been sleeping late. Surfing the net, blogging, Facebook-ing, MSN-ing with friends...... Sometimes I watch TV till late night. But I noticed I hardly read now. I've been buying books but I'm not reading them. There's this one book which I read since last year April, I stopped reading it since last September! My goodness. Andrew said I'd better stop "loving" my lappie so much and get some real rest.

Guess it's time for me to change my lifestyle.

Just to share something I've heard from someone. Someone told me that if you're suffering from depression you should go out and meet more friends to stop thinking about the bad things. LOL! I guess depression doesn't happen when you don't meet friends. It happened to me still when I am meeting friends and having hell lots of fun with my life! Hahahaha...... Also, I do not think about all the bad things. In fact, I am pretty optimistic about my future. I just want to laugh so loud everytime I recalled what that person said about depression.

Guess depression happens when you least expect it. The most important thing is, do not give yourself pressure unnecessarily. I've got to tell myself that from now on. Things do not happen the way I want them to be is not my fault. Yep, life goes on. Be happy, why worry.

Ok, I'm off for some TV and reading now. Ciao!

It's 12.19am now, Andrew is out having supper and gathering with his friends. I didn't feel like following him, just wish to lazy at home.

I am very happy today. Sorry, I mean yesterday. :)

Went to Yaki-yaki Japanese Barbeque Buffet Restaurant at Jalan Bukit Bintang, next to Low Yat Plaza. They are having this 50% promotion for the month of April. I called on Monday, the whole of Saturday was already fully booked. So, the girls and I decided to walk-in and try our luck. The girls reached there at 11am, I was late. Yeah, I was late on purpose! Hahaha. We were so lucky to have gotten a table. Perhaps we were there early, there wasn't any crowd. The design of the restaurant is simple and cosy. It is very spacious as well, compared to Jogoya. However, I must admit the variety is not as much as Jogoya. Anyway, this is a barbeque buffet, which is different from Jogoya.

I'm not going to tell you how the food taste. You have to try it yourselves.

After the heavy breakfast cum lunchie, all the girls were just so full and lazy to walk! We were supposed to go the Pavilion for some shopping, but we were just too lazy to walk. So, all of us went to RedBox in Low Yat Plaza for some karaoke. Hahaha. Gosh, we were really singing our lungs out for the whole afternoon. We sang from 2pm to 5.30pm!

After the karaoke, one of the girls' husband sent us to Pavilion. Only 2 of us went to Pavilion as I've asked Andrew to go there to pick me up. While waiting for Andrew, we went to Charles & Keith 'cause my friend wanted to buy some shoes for her wedding. So lucky that she found one that she loves in there. But didn't manage to buy it! Andrew reached and we had to leave. Just hope that she would be able to get the shoes the next time she goes.

I am so happy to meet the girls again. Being with them could really make me forget all the troubles and problems I have. Hahaha.

Thanks girls for making the effort to meet up. Love ya all!

Yesterday received a SMS from Citibank, Air Asia new route to Taipei, open for booking today. I didn't give it any thought yesterday, didn't think I'll go Taiwan in the near future. I didn't even bother to finish the SMS, didn't even bother about the price.

This morning, my colleague told me Air Asia having a full page advertisement on its new route to Taipei, air fares as low as RM101! Well, I was curious. Therefore, I checked out Air Asia website. Wow, surprisingly I could still get RM101 for return tickets. Hesitated a while, called Andrew. Then I asked a few friends if they would like to go as well. Again to my surprise, Andrew said go. My friend's husband said go too! Ok, without any hesitation, I booked 4 air tickets to Taipei! Total came up to RM1504 for 4 of us.

Later afternoon, another 2 friends said they would like to go too! I was so happy they could go with us. But they didn't manage to get the lowest fare, they got the tickets at RM139 before taxes. Still feel excited, total 8 of us! 4 pairs! Hahaha. I am finally going to Taiwan!

Just now, after work, I went to KLCC to wait for Andrew. It's been quite a while I didn't do some serious shopping. I went to shop, but didn't really buy anything. Just now saw this little yellow dress in Parkson's Dorothy Perkins, tried it and it is just fine. I bought it for my friend's wedding dinner later in May. Still, my mission is not yet accomplished. I haven't got any white blouse! The search continues......

After wandering around, I went to Kinokuniya. One of my goals this year is, to buy as many books as possible. One of the reasons being to get some tax relief, another reason is to build up a library for my future home! Hahaha! I do not like a home without any bookshelf or books, and I do not like a bookshelf without any books! People has been telling me to donate my books which I have read to the charity. I know it's a good deed, but I love my books. Perhaps later, when they're old enough. Sorry, I know I sound selfish.

Kinokuniya is having this cute promotion. When you purchase RM80 and above in a single receipt in the month of April, you're entitled to this "eye of Daruma". It's a card that entitles you to 28% of discount on your next purchase of ONE copy of book per month. Yes, one book a month entitles to 28% discount, until November 2009. Isn't that a lovely news for a book lover like me?! LOL! Now I must hold dear to the card, never ever lost it.

Oh, did I mention what books I've bought? Oopsie... Pardon my bad memory. I got this Nora Roberts' Tribute. While walking to the Chinese books section, I just couldn't stop my feet from going into this food & beverages section. My feet just stopped right in front of this one of my favourite books that I've always wanted to buy but I didn't due to the price. I bought it now because I just couldn't resist it anymore. It's Jamie Oliver's Ministry of Food! Anyone can learn to cook in 24 hours! The book, the page, the content, the author...... Gosh...... It's a lovely book. Great and simple recipe comes with colourful and rich photo illustrations. I've watched Jamie's shows, the way he cooks is simply amazing. He's fast, easy, simple, no fuss, healthy...... I hope I'll get to cook all those nice and simple food when my home is ready.

Jamie has another book too, that shall be my next target. Hahaha!

I apologise for not putting up any photos. First, the photos I took using my iPhone, just couldn't show the picture when I uploaded it here. Second, I'm just being lazy to take photos again using my camera. Sorry...... I promise, all the photos will up again soon.

Tomorrow I have a special date.

Everything has its first time.

During a visit to a friend during Chinese New Year, my mouth was faster than my brain, I offered help to my friends. To take photos for them during their wedding! My friend was quite reluctant, he was worrying I'd be very tired. One month later, he asked me if I could take photos during his wedding! Gosh...... First, I felt flattered. Then, I felt honoured. After a while, I felt worried. Now, I feel pressured. LOL! That is his once in a lifetime moment, what if I messed it up?

So nice of my friend to comfort me that he trusts me and he has faith in me. Oh my... That makes me feel even more pressured. @__@

Well...... Perhaps I couldn't do a good job like those professional photographers do, but I'm going to do my very best. Both the bride and the groom are my friends, am going to bring out the best in them.

Parents-in-law have been wanting to have a grandchild. Too bad that we can't give them that NOW. Few weeks ago Andrew told me that his mom asked, "no news?" Andrew just laughed it off and said "yeah yeah, no news. No luck."

Last year, everyone was asking, "when will you be getting married?"
This year, everyone is asking, "when are you going to have a baby?"

I am so annoyed by it now. It was still fine, but recently it started to eat into me. Those who asked, not just those elder relatives, but also my friends. Some friends even know my plan yet they would just keep on asking and asking "why don't you want to have a child now?" Worse still, now they said a lot of other things "you're not young anymore you know...... You're old enough already...... If you don't have it now, what if later you can't have? It's different, you should have it now, not later."

For your knowledge, I am 29 this year. Right, I'm not that young anymore. The risk is higher for those who only give birth after 30. I'm old enough, yes...... All that I know and I understand. I do not need another person to tell or remind me how old I am and how risky it is.

Why is everyone expecting a lady to conceive immediately right after they're married?! So what if I really got pregnant right after? Are they going to feed my baby for me? Are they going to pay or reward me for that? Okay, they congratulate me and feel happy for me. So??? They aren't the ones bearing the consequences of having a child.

These people, they just do not understand. What if I really can't conceive? Don't they think by asking those questions it will only hurt me? Do I have to tell the whole world that I can't conceive or I do not want to have children?

Bloody hell...... The more I think about it the more pissed I am.

It is only my family that understands me. Both mom and dad never rush me to have children. They never asked me when I am going to have children. They wouldn't want me to have a baby while I'm still renting too. Sisters are very supportive too, second elder sister told me to have a healthy body before I really plan to conceive.

Is it wrong in the society to have children at a later age??????? I wonder!
If it's not wrong, what's the rush?! Don't tell me all the but's. We're all grown up adults, we know what we're doing.

So, in the future, be wise in asking that B question. Not all of us like it!

And now I know the best answer to those questions, SMILE. That is the best answer. No explanation, no argument, no excuses......

I am at this new stage of life for almost 5 months. When a friend was sharing her newly wedded life with a few of us, it also left me wondering if I am fulfilling my responsibilities as a wife.

Generally, all of us know that a perfect wife is one who does the followings:
Cook, wash, make bed, clean, iron, feed the husband...... What else did I forget?

I don't cook for Andrew. I don't wash for him too, all our clothes send to the laundry shop. I hardly iron for him too, he irons his own working clothes. I make bed, but if I were in a rush, Andrew would do it for me. I don't clean the room that often too, Andrew sometimes would clean too. I don't feed Andrew, he's got his own hands for goodness' sake!!! All of the above, I only do 40% of them. Am I a bad and irresponsible wife?

If you do not already know, I am renting a room. The living room doesn't belong to me 'cause I'm staying with a bunch of "monkeys" who do not even want to clean the house. Roster? Been there done that. Trust me, whatever I could do to make them do the cleaning, I've done it. What did I get? A bunch of "monkeys" that cannot be taught.

I do not do anything in the living room now. I watch TV in my room, online in my room, read in my room, and sometimes eat in my room. A friend asked me, how could I put up with all this? Well, I have to. And I kind of get immuned to it now. It was hard initially, I kept complaining to Andrew. Other than complaining, we couldn't do a thing. I noticed that Andrew also got annoyed of me complaining so much to him. I stopped whining and get over it. Now I keep telling myself, or ourselves, our house will be ready by end of next year, be patient.

Yes, we spend a lot on eating out and taking the dirty laundry to the dobi ('cause I do not want to buy a washing machine and end up those "monkeys" will be using them while I'm not home). But we have to get through all this together.

I feel darn lucky to have such an understanding husband. Now we try to save as much money as possible for the new house.

Sometimes, it is very difficult for someone to understand our situation. We do not have any family member here that we can turn to when things go bad. So far, we did everything all on our own in KL. We can't be crying and running back to the arms of our parents in our hometowns. We made tough decisions on our own. And we are responsible for our decisions.

We started off late, we bought our first house late, we married late...... We can't blame anyone or anything. All we can do is get through all this hand in hand.

I've already made up my mind, I want a nice kitchen for my new house. I've seen my mom and Andrew's mom suffering in that small kitchen of theirs, I do not want that. I do not mind a simple living room, but kitchen and bedroom, I need both of them to be nice and comfortable.

Hopefully by then, I could be a better wife.

Finally, Paul Walker and Vin Diesel are back on Fast and Furious. Walker is so matured looking now in the movie. Vin Diesel is still the same old macho guy.

The movie is ok. Too bad that now it has less car racing. I mean, yes, there are some car racing scene. But they weren't really racing, they were running for life! There isn't many cars to see too. I still prefer Tokyo Drifts. Surprisingly, Andrew agreed with me. Hahaha. He said, too much of talking.

Anyway, it's still worth to watch for those Fast & Furious fan.

Went to watch "Knowing" last night with Andrew. I insisted to watch it as his friend told us it's a MUST watch and he even watched it twice. I rushed out from the office at 6pm and Andrew came pick me up to KLCC. We were at TGV 6.15pm, the show started at 6.15pm too! Andrew went to queue for tickets and I went to buy some popcorn. It was already 6.30pm when we were right in the cinema, the movie already started for 5 minutes or so.

Nicolas Cage looks so old! Can't believe that charming rugged man in Con Air has become this OLD.

The movie was fine at the beginning. The whole thing was so mysteriously plotted, made us wonder if it was the act of god, the ghost, the destiny or the human. After 45 minutes, it started to get a bit boring and you could kind of predict what was going to happen next. The ending of it, geez...... I must agree it was well out of our expectation. But it was disappointing!!! The boy and the girl running on some place that looks like heaven??? What the...... I don't get it. It would have been better if they were being frozen by the aliens (yes, you read me right, ALIEN) to preserve them and return them to the earth after the superflare (okay, that's what he mentioned in the movie). I find the ending a bit ridiculous and funny. I was asking Andrew, "huh? That's it? Are they in heaven? What? Adam and Eve?"

Compared to War Of The Worlds, starring Tom Cuirse, Knowing is just so so so disappointing. A good story with a lousy ending. Wasted. This is the second knowing-the-future movie that Nicolas Cage starred in. The first one was Next. Both movies failed to impress miserably.

Argh! Should have listened to Andrew and watch Fast & Furious 4. Hahahaha. Well, tonight we're going to watch that. Hahahaha.

P/S: I wonder why Andrew's friend thinks it's a MUST watch...... @__@

I wonder, if my life is considered boring.

But, what constitute to an exciting and interesting life? Who to tell if someone is having an interesting life?

Guess I think too much. HA!

Anyway, I have my iPhone now, life isn't that boring anymore. Wuahahahaha. Sounds like I'm advertising for iPhone!!!

Feel like going for some shopping spree. It's been quite some time I didn't do some BIG shopping.

Okay, time to work now. Geez... I have piles and piles of documents waiting to be filed, dated back since 2007!!! HELP ME PULEESE!!!

Off topic: Thanks to everyone's prayers. My colleague's boyfriend is better. Doctor said from medical point of view, he is still in a coma, but now he would wake up and move his hands and legs. No major movement though, and he couldn't talk. He is out of the ICU since last Tuesday. Please continue praying that he has a speedy full recovery.

After 2 weeks of using iPhone, I am now so in love with it. It's worth every penny I spent.

Previously, some people told me iPhone isn't all that nice and there's no great value for the amount of money spent on it. Well, I paid RM2290 for a 16GB iPhone, compared to the Nokia N96 which costs RM2999 (retail price for an original phone, not AP phone), I'd say RM2290 is money well spent.

I love its big screen. Love the display of the applications that I do not have to scroll through each of them. I can download any application directly to my iPhone without having the hassle to connect it to the PC. With the USB connection, I can connect to any PC without installing any software like what I've seen with other handphones. I can recharge my iPhone whenever it's connected to the PC. I can delete the applications with just one touch, I do not need to connect it to the PC to remove them. And I could reinstall them from the App Store without any hassle. It automatically checks update for the application. There are so many free games and applications. I can keep track of all the SMS-es from the same contact in one page. Accessing emails from handphone has never been so user-friendly. Web-surfing on iPhone is so easy. iPhone isn't a camera phone, but surprisingly the photos quality are quite good. Video qualtiy on iPhone is of course stunning. I've synced some of the photos taken by my DSLR to the iPhone, gosh... They look better than how they look on PC!!!

Ok ok... Enough of praising the iPhone. Of course, every handphone has its good and bad. The first "bad" of iPhone is, the battery doesn't last long if the 3G is on. Last week I had to recharge the phone almost every day as I was on 3G pretty often then.

Then, it's the trouble of pressing the home button after I'm done with the games. There's no such option saying "Exit Game". There were a few times it hanged for a few seconds before the home screen appeared.

iPhone uses iTunes to sync. You have to download the iTunes application to your PC. Everytime syncing the iPhone with the iTunes on the PC, I have to to make sure I checkmark all the applications and photos I had previously synced. If I didn't check them, the applications will be deleted from the iPhone!!! Gosh.

Last Saturday, I experienced my first "iPhone crisis"!!! Alright, I know I exaggerated a little bit. Okay, I did exaggerate. Hahaha. What happened was, all of the sudden I couldn't access to all the applications I installed! After I "touched" them, it kicked me back to the home screen again. Lucky thing is, all other applications came with the phone still work. Only those I downloaded and installed later couldn't function well. Had to sync them to the PC to remove them from the phone and sync them back again. Geez......

Now it is the converting part that irritates me. God knows why my lappie couldn't convert the song to a ringtone for iPhone! It only works on Andrew's lappie. Also, couldn't convert the format of the videos on my lappie too!!! ARGH! iPhone bullies my lappie. :( Probably it's because my lappie runs on Windows Vista.

Despite those few bugs, iPhone still serves me well. I still love it. Especially the Facebook application!!! I can upload photo to Facebook anytime anywhere. Hahaha.

Now Andrew and I are all crazy about this tap tap game called Tap Tap Revenge 2. Hahaha. The wonder of it is, 2 players can play at the same time!!! When 2 of us were on the game, both my sister and father were laughing at us. 2 of us looked indeed silly tapping on a phone like some maniac! Wuahahahaha.

iPhone rocks!!!

Still in LCCT, just got down from the plane. Now on the Skybus to KL Sentral.

I'm so excited thinking that I'm going to watch F1 live in Sepang circuit!

Sepang F1 Grand Prix, here I come!

In lunar calendar, every 104th day of the year, or normally around 4th or 5th of April,is the Qing Ming Festival (or Ching Ming or 清明节). This is a festive where we pay a visit to the graves of the dead ones. This year I follow Andrew back to Terengganu.

Came back Terengganu on Friday morning, reached at 5am. took a 2 hours nap then went to the cemetery. Andrew, his brother and I basically didn't help much, only a little. Hahaha. The traffic was quite bad. We parked our car so far away that it took us 10 minutes to walk to the exact spot.

After 45 minutes there laughing and snapping photos away, we went to have breakfast and then headed back home. Phew, home sweet home! Mind you, I slept from 11am in till 3pm! Woke up to have our late lunch, 6pm I went to take a nap again! Hahaha. I woke up aroud 9.30pm for dinner. Geez, it has been a long time I didn't sleep like this. Guess what? I went to bed again around 12am! Hahaha!!!

Woke up early this morning though, had to go to the cemetery again. This time it's for Andrew's mom's side of family. It was raining heavily. We went for breakfast with all his aunts. The rain stopped after we finished our breakfast, what a great timing! The weather became hot shortly after we started our praying. Finally, we went home around 10.30am.

Now, I'm relaxing on the sofa, blogging and watching Discovery channel.

Gotta go take a shower. Shall share the photos when I go back KL tomorrow. Early morning flight to KL tomorrow. Guess today I'll have a lot of sleep again. Hehehe. Can't wait to to to Sepang circuit for the F1!!!

A year younger, a year wiser. Hahaha. Can't believe that I'm close to 30!!! ARGH!

I am April Fool's baby. People used to say that I joked with them, they used to request to see my identification card. Guess nowadays as I grow older, people no longer asking me to do that. Why would someone lie about their birth date, right?

Years ago, I spent my birthday here in KL with Andrew. It was a lonely birthday, very lonely indeed. I have told myself I would not want to celebrate birthday alone anymore. Then, every year I'd go back to hometown to celebrate with family. Last year, as my birthday fell on a weekday, Phoebe and Andrew had a surprise birthday for me. That was really sweet of them. Too bad that Phoebe lost all the photos.

This year, I did not expect any celebration. I even nearly forgot that my birthday was near. All I could remember was all the tasks that are having deadline on 31st March. It was when Andrew mentioned it then only I realised 1st April was coming soon. On last Saturday, met up with Wan Yi and Melissa, again they reminded me of 1st April.

Finally the day has come. I was still working yesterday. A few have asked me why I didn't take leave. Well, Andrew was working. If I took leave I'd be staying at home or shopping alone. So, why waste it. Went to Sheraton Imperial for dinner, with Andrew and Phoebe.

We wanted to have Dim Sum, but they don't serve dim sum for dinner. So we ordered the a-la-carte from the menu. The food was ok, but the price was a killer! Well, restaurant in a hotel, what do you expect. Hahaha. We were chit-chatting for quite a long time in the restaurant, playing around with my iPhone and Phoebe's HTC Diamond. Hahaha.

No cake, no birthday song...... Just a dinner with my loved ones. Guess that is enough. :)
Anyway, I'm going back hometown next week, shall be having a great one with family.

Ok, reading this blog post, I find that I do not know what I'm writing about. Hahaha. I'm so tired and Wan Yi insisted me to update my blog!!! I'm sleepy too. Had a bad and tough day today. Do not wish to describe it, it's already passed, just let it be.

Alright! It's all gibberish now. I'd better stop before it gets worse. Waiting for Andrew's brother to come pick us up, going back to Terengganu...... @_@ Sleepyyyy......