0 A Simple Solution

"Red alert!" It was the only two words that registered in my mind when I heard that MIL was coming down to KL for a holiday - We were the hosts. 

Where I once felt that home was safe with a little dust hidden behind the furniture and deep corners, I now had the urge and the urgency to reach for the unreachable. I scoured my cabinet. The weapons of choice - a vacuum cleaner, a mop, scouring pad, broom, floor cleaner and VIM ... loads!

Months of serious inactivity led to muscle aches as I scrubbed and cleaned every nook and cranny, and moved the furniture. The results were spectacular and I was pleased to see the awe in my partner's face when he walked through the door.

I soon got carried away though. It started with a bit of redecorating and then it turned into a full blown spring cleaning affair.

At the very last hour, I took to panicking over the menial issue of having new hand towels in the bathroom.  The problem was, I didn't have any, but I felt I needed it to impress MIL. So I searched the cabinets anyway, hoping for a miracle. Perhaps a mislaid Christmas gift..

"It would make my bathroom look a whole lot fresher", I thought sadly.

"Eureka! But I do have new face towels which I could use", I thought rather gleefully. 

It just didn't come with a loop for me to hang up and there was no time to start sewing! I ransacked my brain and the room...hair clips? safety pins? ....earrings?..hoop earrings!!

It spruced up my bathroom nicely.

I look back now and wonder of course, why I concluded then, that this was a VERY important thing for me to get done. It wasn't as though the old hand towels couldn't do.

The appreciative response from MIL put me on a high, and later that night, I entered this tip+photo into a contest organised by Simple Skincare. I didn't win of course, not amongst the amazingly creative entries, which were truly more deserving :)

0 Orianthi - The Concert

Orianthi - You should kick yourself if you missed her live performance at KL Life Centre recently, 4th August to be exact. 

An accomplished Guitarist with a string of famous names (Michael Jackson, Santana, Prince, Carrie Underwood and more) to her profile, she shows us she's earned success with good ol hard work and unmistakeable talent. Wiki says so.

She owned the stage with great vocals and easily passed the "down-to-earth" test with good crowd interaction. I was blown away by her guitar play - one hand? She's hotter than my sambal for sure.

Here's a short clip of her performance that night (Song: Shut Up & Kiss Me):



Sorry it's shaky! I found it hard-pressed to stay still, with such an infectious crowd jumping to the music :)

And photos:

Singing with passion

I can play the guitar y'all

KL Life Centre - The queue in

0 Durian for Dinner

Mao Shan King Durians @ Musang King recently made the news when Macau Tycoon, Stanley Ho, sent his jet to pick up no less than 88 durians from Singapore. Impressive.

I had no jet, so I sent my lil car to Hartamas to get these delectable durians myself.

It cost me..

Was it worth it? Tender, CREAMY, meaty...I lick my fingers, satisfied!

0 Tickets to Orianthi, Kuala Lumpur

Here I was, wayYyy past the commonly acceptable age to go ga-ga over young singers, rushing to collect a pair of tickets to Orianthi's concert.

Carmen (From Universal Music) desperately tried to reach me by phone since Friday. I was in the shower both times! I returned her call of course, but the voicemail wouldn't let me through. It was a trivial pursuit I could do without. Patience paid off Monday morning :)

2 My two cents on 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' (Film)

The movie starts off with Merlin's death at the hands of evil soceress Morgana le Fay (Alice Krige). Before his final breath, however, he gave his trusted apprentice, Balthazar Blake (Nicholas Cage) a dragon ring which would lead him to his successor, the Prime Merlinian. 

Centuries pass before Balthazar found 'the one' in Dave Stutler. Hence begin the journey to protect and train Dave for the inevitable battle to defeat evil sorceress Morgana le Fay, in a bid to save the world. That's the short of it.

I'm a sucker for Disney films but nothing prepared me for Jay Baruchal's whiny voice and mannerisms. It made me cringe in my seat. It was all I could remember about the movie. Talk about making an impact.

In the midst of all this, Dave's hormones raged for pretty Becky (Teresa Palmer). Becky likes Dave ..a lot..for God knows what reason. She was portrayed as a desperado suffering from lack of male attention T.T

Thank God the tickets were free, courtesy of TimeOut KL ;)

0 Astro ...astro!

And so it was - our 7th anniversary. What else can I get the man...* to keep him home and on my lap*? ...Astro...brilliant!

With the best service one can only imagine. I filled in the subscription form online - in less than a minute my phone was ringing. "Nah", I thought to myself. It can't be, I just pressed the submit button. But it was!!

Before I could even get over my stunned state, they'd already arranged for the serviceman to visit my home the very next day. Another surprise - the guy was on time and it took him only 15 minutes to get things running!

I was well rewarded after that... ;)

0 Man..I'm going to miss her blardyness

Another mate was leaving us. She was an amazing woman who loved saying, "Blardy..."....sigh..blardy woman. Now, I don't have anyone to trade VCDs/DVDs with!!

It was also one of those moments where I was torn between being HR and just a friend. I was so tempted to fight for her to stay on but as a friend, I felt that there was so much more going for her out there. I just couldn't picture her stuck in an extremely quiet and dreary environment.

Wasn't that I wasn't working for a great company - I just believe that each of us were meant for something and she's just meant to burst out in song and colour. .. I bid adieu to her with a funny ..err..cut n paste picture of us..on some superhero picture I googled out..kaka ;p

1 Of Butts and Bowling

This was it - the moment we'd been waiting for. After saving months for a team activity, we finally decided on bowling, playing games at the amusement center and lunch.

I thought I was the only one ;) but lo and behold - I found out that we all had an obsession with butts. Hence, these were the only photos we took...kakaka ;p

Check out the pose by our pros..such pizzazz:

Now, check out the greenies...err..:

0 Supernatural Season 2

We did it!! We finally completed Season 2 of Supernatural..whoopee! And it's got an amazing website - you even have to key in codes and passwords to get into the Hunters' blog....err....I haven't figured that out yet ;)

0 Of hampers

Being one who loves celebrating many festivities, I'm always keen to decorate my home as befits the occassion and follow customs as best as I can.

BF and I got hampers for Deepavali and Chinese New Year this time around ;) The festive joy has always been with us (sometimes made sweeter by thoughtful people), in our bid not to forget what our ancestors passed on - from reunion dinners to traditinal recipes, from the lantern festival to winter solstice, from Deepavali to Christmas and so forth.

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0 Food Tray from Metrojaya - love it.

This is what Eugene and Cynthia (friends we met at a Christian fellowship) gave us last Christmas - a food tray.

When I first saw it, I couldn't figure out what it was for.


Now, it's always on my lap, with dinner on top, in front of the TV ;) I'll say it's pure genius on the designer's part to think of cushioning the bottom - makes it so easy for me to balance the food. The soft cushion just moulds onto my thighs.