Dubai, United Arab Emirates

i went to Dubai on the 14th April 2006 for work for 5 days. we were given 2 days off there, so it wasn't that bad afterall. the hotel my company arranged for (Al Bustan Residence Hotel & Apartment) is great; all rooms are fully equip with cooking facilities, but i don't cook. was supposed to go for the desert tour on one of the off days, but because of ONE human, the whole plan was canceled. everyone was so frustrated. so there's nothing much we can do there during our off days, besides eating, shopping and... sight-seeing?? there's nothing much to see also la. but it's a BIG waste for not going to the desert tour. arghh... talking bout eating, you MUST go to the Generous Visitors Restaurant (situated along Naif Road) if you're visiting Dubai because they serve superb biryani and everything is nice there...*saliva drooling*. let the pics do the talking...


Taxis..Toyota Camry wei..here mostly Proton Iswara..*boo..


Generous Visitors Restaurant.


Buildings.


Buildings..


Buildings...


A big and nice house.


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Dubai Police Headquarters...so nice right?


Fly Emirates..


Al Bustan Centre; that's where the hotel is. There's a mall and a food court downstairs.


Alien Global (cost DHS18000 \(O_O)/).


Alien again..


And again..


AND again..


City Centre Shopping Mall.


Sheesha/Hookah.


Lots of them.


Fried Chicken Biryani..very very yummy (although it doesn't look so appealing)


Poori baji..sedap gila (crazily delicious??).

months ago, i mentioned about getting a tattoo done before my birthday this year. i wanted to have one on my ankle, but my work doesn't permit me to do so. therefore, i decided to have one done on my lower back. you see, i have this SUPER sensitive back, it gets really ticklish. imagine, whenever i get a haircut i'll be jumping like crazy. so what do you think tattooing on my lower back will do to me then? so worry that i'll never get one done. BUT NOW, worry no more coz I DID IT!!!

yes, i've finally got a tattoo after years of contemplating, and 1 1/2 hours of contemplating again when i was in the studio before i made up my mind to go for it. had it done at Borneo Ink Tattoos in Desa Sri Hartamas. yup, indeed i jumped/shaked/moved a lot at the beginning (i think Simon was a lil irritated), but towards the end, i think i was doing quite well.

a Million thanks to Sam for accompanying me there and to Simon for the great job. Thankx guys!!


Trish & Simon


My Tattoo...Whee...

you know i really hate it when someone whom i trusted betrayed the trust and acted as if there's nothing happening, as if he's not doing anything wrong, as if i'm the one with the problem. F**K IT MAN!! you know, after this particular incident, i begin to like him less and hate him more (when i actually doesn't fancy him much already). he really disappoint me and i am pissed. he thought i'm so dumb that i don't know what he has done, but too bad...i found out, i know what you did!!

so who is he? no name to be revealed.
what he did? don't know where to start, and you don't wanna know.
how do i know bout the recent thing which he has done that triggered my anger? from a close friend of mine.
can i trust the source? absolutely, coz he told her bout the thing.
what thing? you don't wanna know.
and why am i complaining it over here? cannot ar, i like ar!! coz it's my blog and i'm pissed and this is where i can bitch about anything, anyway i like.

alright, it might be a small thing and some of you might be wondering, hey what is there to be mad about? but ever heard that gals can be very unreasonable at times? well yeah, that's me now. i might sound ridiculous but hey, i'm a GAL for God sake. besides, TRUST is one big big thing to me okay..
phew...feeling a lil better now.

feel so dead. life is getting more boring day after day. i feel so dead. there's nothing much happening in my life, only work and work and work, and meeting up with friends once a while. i am very lucky this week. i'm off for 3 days and got to meet up with Tracy for 4 nights straight after soooo long. yeah it's been a while.

one thing i don't understand. is there a law or something which stated that thin/petite gals couldn't go to the gym for workout?? Rosh is a member of Celebrity Fitness and she brought me in by using the 14 days free workout pass or whateva it's called. so when i told a friend that i went to the gym, that friend was SHOCKED!! "WHAT?!! YOU ACTUALLY GO TO THE GYM?!!" duh, what's so wrong with that. then i told another friend bout it and i got the same thing back plus "you know you don't have to go to the gym. you're like so thin and you still wanna go to the gym!! i don't see what's the point for you to be there." aiyo, why la thin people cannot go to the gym one meh? thin doesn't mean i look good leh. i have flabby arms one ok. i have tummy and i have flabby thighs. even if i don't have those, thin people still can tone up the abdomen part one ma, right? *shakehead* and this stupid guy from the gym keeps persuading (more like forcing) me to join the gym to be a full time member. omg, just hate it man.

it was Rosh's birthday on the 22nd March and so we headed downtown to party. party on Wednesday night, well it was her idea. guess she can't wait to flash her id proudly to the bouncer (if they are to ask for it) as she turned 21 that day (ok it's not as if she hasn't been to a club before). 21, the perfect age that legalizes most of the things we do. ^^ congrats Rosh, you've just reached the perfect age!! we ended up in Thai Club because that's like the only place with people around besides Beach Club, and Sam has a friend working there. i arranged a surprise for her, i called my so-called bro, Kenneth to come over without her knowing that he'll be coming (Rosh and Kenneth knows each other and they are quite close). yay, she was surprised indeed and very very happy. i'm happy that she's happy. we then fed her with a Flaming Lamborghini. everything went on quite well and it's all good.

~*~Rosh, Happy Belated Birthday to YOU!! love you babe...~*~

i hate it when you go missing in action and suddenly pop out with some nice messages
i hate it when you sound so sweet and caring which i don't know if you're for real
i hate it when you still make me feel so special even after so long we've been apart
i hate it when you make me feel like i'm still special and important in your heart.
BUT do you know what i hate the most? -----> MYSELF...

whee..i burned my left thumb by accidently touching the iron's metal plate. wahahaha... how dumb. but it's PAINFUL.. :(

life's so bored...

NEW DIGI CAM - SONY DSC-T9

(pics taken by using my old cam - Canon Digital IXUS V3)

isn't it fun to start your day with horrible shits that happened one after another? first, my transport came 15 minutes earlier (you must be thinking, earlier is better than late), and by the time i reached the airport, i was like 1 blardy hour earlier (and what can i do in the airport la). then, i received a notice stating that my claim for the transport was rejected due to some missing details (f**k the details) and last but not least, i don't know which stupid monkey mistakenly took my bag and i went around looking for it for 20 minutes before i finally found my bag. THANK GOD!! earlier i thought i was going to look like a lost soul wandering around the building because i was 1 hour earlier, but i ended up looking like a crazy gal, looking for my bag. then off i went to Colombo. when we reached Colombo, one of my colleagues' check-in bag went missing. we were told that his bag was sent to Amsterdam instead of Colombo. poor guy, he doesn't have any piece of clothing with him except the one he's wearing. then, all of us got screwed up-down-left-right by our supervisor, just because of ONE same mistake done by two of my colleagues. it is indeed a lesson to learn by all of us and there you have it, my hell day to Colombo.

so it was Nikki's birthday on the 28th Feb, the day i came back from Colombo. i was invited for dinner at her place and ... *sigh* long story. conclusion was, i think she wasn't very happy. she was mad, sad and disappointed at me. i think she is STILL mad and disappointed at me. first i turned up late, second i turned up empty handed (ok that i must admit it's my fault, i could have got her a pressie earlier before i left for Colombo but i did not *self slapping*) and third, i was there for only 1 hour. i'm like the worst friend/chi mui she has ever had. seriously, i feel so bad. then jie didn't even turn up, he called and told us that he'll be late because he'll be having dinner with his colleagues first (f**ker, he even dare to call me earlier to scold me for turning up late when he himself is going to turn up later than i do). but it was so late that Nikki has to call jie not to come on that night, instead they'll meet some other day. the whole thing was like out of the frying pan into the fire. if it's on normal days, she'll be alright, BUT on her BIRTHDAY, even i'll get mad and disappointed if it happens to me.

~Nikki, i know this will never make any difference, but i'm terribly SORRY for whateva that i've done. Sorry and Happy Belated Birthday to you!!~

Karen just came back from Dhaka and she was complaining about how dirty everything is in Dhaka; the food, the water, the air, everything. and best of all, she was there for 10 torturing days (there's an exhibition going on in Dhaka, some machinery show). and as for me, i'll be going to Colombo end of the month. but lucky for me, i'll only be there for 4 suffering days. i'm not trying to sound crazy but i'll be bringing 2 big bottles of water on that day. dare not drink their water, it's DIRTY. you should know how dirty their water is. well Karen brought her own water to Dhaka too, and she bought some bottled water from there. and guess what, she suffered from diarrhoea. ouch.. i don't wanna spend my day in the toilet, doing "business" too. therefore, i'm so gonna bring my own water. *sigh.. my bag is going to be darn heavy.

got the link to this video from this blog. take a look, it's funny. it's about why Asian gals date white guys.

i came across this post few weeks ago about the lemon cheesecake flavour Kit Kat. went to Giant and got it like 2 weeks ago and i just tasted it just now (yes i know, you must be wondering why i got it like 2 weeks ago and just ate it today, but don't ask me). tasted quite ok, but i don't really like it though. prefer the white Kit Kat instead. the packaging, yup it looks too plain. somehow it looks more like a "cetak rompak" (couldn't think of the right English word for it) kinda thing. i mean, just see it for yourself.

Mum booked the tickets to London this morning, since it's MAS fair or whateva fair it is. Mum and 2 of my sisters are going to London next month, WITHOUT ME!! :[ they can go anywhere without me BUT NOT LONDON. and they'll be there for 2 WEEKS!! so unfair! they'll be going to London and then to New Castle to visit my bro. i wanna go too...but stupid la, how can i go when i have no leave to take, my company hasn't give us any leave yet. arghh...i couldn't believe this is happening.

so CNY is over and what's the highest amount of money you have got from an ang pau? RM100, RM200 or probably RM500? every year, my sister's company will be having a CNY dinner and that's when she'll get her big ang pau from her boss. last year, she received a super thick ang pau from her boss and since it's considered rude to open your ang pau in front of people, she waited till she's at home before opening the red packet. to her surprise, there were 8 pieces of RM100 notes in that ang pau. damn, an ang pau worth of RM800!! that's like something i'll never get in my entire life. so what about this year's ang pau? well as usual, they had the dinner and she received an ang pau from her boss just like any other year. but this year's ang pau was a lil too thin compared to last year's. so she thought maybe there's only a RM50 note or RM100 note in there. and again, she waited till she's at home before opening the ang pau. guess what is in the red packet? a cheque worth of RM1700!! *eyes wide opened and jaw dropped!! WHAT THE HELL MAN, AN ANG PAU WORTH OF RM1700!! that's like one super huge amount. that's so crazy and i'm so jealous.

last Friday, something huge happened to me at work. it's so traumatizing that it will haunt me till the day i die. it all happened just because of this stupid bitch. i'm not trying to lay the blame on her, but if it's not because of her, the whole thing will never happen.

Peeping

click here and run your mouse over the people standing at the bus stop.

me just came back from New Delhi yesterday. was there with my colleagues and we were there for only 2 days. the journey to New Delhi was a hell. i actually decided not to go out, but i finally went to this place called Janpath Market which takes approximately 10-15 minutes walk from the hotel we were staying in. honestly, i was quite scared to go out alone, but somehow i managed to gather some guts and proceeded. bumped into my colleagues in Janpath Market and some of them thought that i'm nuts for going out alone. i know, i couldn't believe it myself either. if you are to ask me how's New Delhi, i would say no good. no offence but i don't wish to go back there again in the future. it's so dusty and musty and it's freaking dirty. and the people there, they're not so friendly. oh and you can easily catch people peeing by the roadside, a very common sight and of course, i don't wanna see. when i came back from Janpath Market, i wiped my face with a facial tissue and it's DIRTY. i cleaned my nose and it's BLACK. eww.. well fortunately, i have a bunch of nice people to spend my day with.

it was supposed to be a fun night, but it ended up with disappointment. jie called me yesterday afternoon and said that we're going to meet up tonight, probably around 11:30pm. when i was having my dinner, another friend of mine called and asked me to go to Genting with them. but i rejected them because i told them that i'm going out with jie, for he's the one who asked me out first. around 10:30pm, jie called and told me to get ready. took a quick shower, spent some hard time looking for something new to wear (CNY ma, must wear new clothes and i didn't buy any for this year, so must find something new or quite new to wear), got myself ready and started waiting for jie. time's ticking away, 11:15pm to 11:30pm. 11:45pm, 12:00am. 12:30am and he's still not here yet. gave him a buzz and guess what, he said a lil while. at around 12:50am, i text him and he's still in Subang. WTH!! he kept me waiting for almost 2 hours. told him to cancel the plan and here i am, blogging with disappointment and anger. frankly speaking, i'm disappointed and a lil mad. should have followed the others to Genting. sigh.. alright, going to bed now. Happy Chinese New Year!! it's Dog's Year, my year!! woof woof..

How To Avoid The FLU

Eat right!

Make sure you get your daily dose of fruits and veggies.

Take your vitamins and bump up your Vitamin C.

Get plenty of exercise because exercise helps build your immune system.

Walk for at least an hour a day, go for a swim, take the stairs instead of the elevator, etc.

Wash your hands often. If you can't wash them, keep a bottle of antibacterial stuff around.

Get lots of fresh air. Open doors and windows whenever possible.

Try to eliminate as much stress from your life as you can.

Get plenty of rest.

OR

Take the doctor's approach. Think about it...
When you go for a shot, what do they do first?
They clean your arm with alcohol...
Why?
Because alcohol KILLS GERMS.
So.....

I walk to the liquor store. (exercise)
I put lime in my Corona...(fruit)
Celery in my Bloody Mary (veggies)
Drink outdoors on the bar patio..(fresh air)
Tell jokes, laugh....(eliminate stress)
Then pass out. (rest)
The way I see it...

If you keep your alcohol levels up, flu germs can't get you!

p/s: hc, i think you should follow these GREAT ways on how to avoid flu. DRINK MORE!! forget about the rashes, they will go away eventually. practice makes perfect. haha...

just so you know, i'm not going back to Penang and Kedah for CNY this year. my family is going back but not me coz i have to work on the 3rd day of CNY. how sad. alright, i did mention that i'm not looking forward to this. but honestly, i'm so gonna miss the food. *saliva drooling* it's ok, i already told Mum to bring back some nice food for me. :D

i had the most terrifying dream ever on Sunday morning. the one dream that i fear the most, the one dream which we do not wish it would happen, but we know eventually it will. it was a real tragic, so tragic that i woke up feeling so down, so sad, so solemn. my day was as gloomy as night. the dream was about my beloved baby, Hailie. couldn't really remember what happened, all i can remember was i rushed back home, and someone told me that Hailie is gone, forever. she was sick, so sick that she couldn't make it, they have to let her go. i was shocked, i felt as if everything just came crashing down on me. and the saddest part was when i never got the chance to see her for the very last time. so sad..

all of us love our baby, Hailie. she's so cute, so adorable and she's always there to cheer us up. if one day she is to leave us forever, i believe it will be extremely hard for us to accept it. no any other dogs could ever replace her, for she is our one and only baby, Hailie.

yes i'm talking about my dog. i'm not being crazy or ridiculous, ok. animals deserve to be loved, so does Hailie. she's part of the family. if you wanna laugh at me, go on.

whee...i'm off on the 1st and 2nd day of Chinese New Year!! so happy!! i thought we're not going to Penang and Kedah this year (we "balik kampung" every year during CNY), but i was wrong. Mum told me today that Dad wanted to go back. *suckz..* i never ever look forward to this. those relatives of mine (especially Dad's side, stupid aunts, uncles and cousins and EVERYONE) are mean mean humans. don't like them at all, ok ok i know no matter what, they still are my relatives but who cares, i hate them.

nothing much to say except that i was so so sick 3 days ago. it was HELL!! i had food poisoning. diarrhoea and vomiting..eww.. i vomited for freaking 3 times and the last time i vomited, it's as if i was going to throw up all my intestines, lungs and all the internal organs. i went to see the doctor of course, but unfortunately i left my medical book in my Bukit Jalil's place and therefore, i couldn't consult the panel doctor and no medical cert for me. :( i ended up going to work the following day, looking like a sick zombie. but no worries, i'm all good now.

since i'm going to work on New Year's eve, i'll never get to celebrate New Year. and so, i would like to wish everyone in advance.

~*Happy New Year people!! May it be a good year, a year full of joy and blessing!! Farewell 2005. Hello 2006.*~

New Year resolutions? none, coz like what i've said last year, i'll break all. but there's one thing i would like to do; to get a tattoo before my birthday. we'll see if i can fulfill that.

Christmas was here again. this shows how fast time flies without you even realizing it. Christmas always reminds me of year 2003. that's when i had the BEST Christmas ever. the most memorable Christmas, the jolliest Christmas i've ever had in my entire life. anyhow, sorry for being late.

~*Happy Christmas!!*~

i HATE this particular person. i know the word "hate" is a lil too harsh, but i really hate her, not dislike her. she's a mean mean MEAN human. arghh!!

i'm back for the weekend! *home sweet home*. home-cooked food are the BEST!! just for your information, i moved to Bukit Jalil on the 2nd Dec evening due to working purposes. i'll only be coming back home when i'm off. life in Bukit Jalil is sad, very miserable i should say. with no food and no pc and internet.

life in Bukit Jalil:
6 Dec - today, i only had 6 pieces of biscuits, 2 cups of chocolate and a cup of tea for both my breakfast and lunch. sad, huh? luckily jie is nice enough to come over to bring me out for dinner. you must be wondering, why don't i cook? well, better not ask, better not know.

7 Dec - biscuits for brunch and a cup of noodles for dinner. yummy, ain't it?

Fukuoka, Japan

last week was my payday and how wonderful that i've finished everything in just a week. i've even used up almost all i have in my account. i went to Fukuoka. it's a nice place, beautiful, but i did nothing much there. on the first day, i was so tired that i slept till the noon and later met up with a friend in Fukuoka in the evening, after her work. on the second day, i went to Dazaifu, the City of Ancient Culture, which according to some resources, Dazaifu is a place that one must visit when one is visiting Fukuoka, especially the Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. and in the evening, i went to the city centre and back to Malaysia again the very next morning.

i met up with Ami, a friend whom i knew when we were studying in London. she brought me to the city centre and showed me around. we went to Kego Park which is located right opposite her working place, Solaria Plaza in Tenjin. the theme for this year's Christmas is Chapel on the Water, and the park has been decorated with beautiful, shimmering illuminations. she then showed me her working place, it's located at this corner, next to the entrance to Solaria Plaza. she's working as a director in a free wave radio station. we then walked to Iwataya, a shopping mall like KLCC where you can find all the high fashion labels. next, she brought me to this place which i couldn't remember what it's called for supper. we had a plate of vegetable (not sure what it's called), prawns (yummy), chicken, a glass of oolong tea for her and a glass of coffee for me and everything cost us a bomb, ¥3500++. *jaw dropped*

the next morning, woke up early and got myself ready to explore Dazaifu. well of course i'm not that smart. i knew where the train station is, got my ticket and damn, i have no idea which platform should i wait for the train to Dazaifu because EVERYTHING IS IN JAPANESE. arghh... seriously, if next time you wanna go to Japan, anywhere in Japan, learn Japanese or go with a friend who knows Japanese because people there don't really speak English. well i got my map, thought it's easy to travel around with a map, but heck no, almost all the signboards are in Japanese too. i know that to get to Dazaifu, i need to take the train to Nishitetsu Futsukaichi Station and from there, i need to take another train to Dazaifu Station. but don't know which platform to wait. well luckily, Japanese are really really nice people. i approached this old lady who doesn't speak English (well she was the only one there at that time) and mentioned the word "Dazaifu" to her. she was saying lots of thing in Japanese when she already knew that i don't understand Jap. bla bla bla, and then she said Futsukaichi. there, finally i know what she's saying. she was pointing to me, then pointing to herself again, and she's trying to tell me to follow her. great! the train came, and she was talking to me all the way in Jap, and hell i really don't understand a thing. when we reached Futsukaichi Station, she grapped my hand, direct me to the train which is going to Dazaifu and told this gal inside to bring me to Dazaifu. yay, i finally know what she's saying!! i was sitting next to the gal whom the lady talked to, and suddenly she looked at me and said, "Do you speak English?" OMG!! finally there's someone who can speak English. she told me that Dazaifu is a very beautiful place and there's a very famous shrine located there, which i suppose it is Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. when i reached Dazaifu, it started to rain. stupid!! i ended up standing at the Tourist Information and waited for the rain to stop before continuing my journey. by the end of the day, i can tell you that the shrine is beautiful and the views are breathtaking. AWESOME!! everything looks so...Japan.


So 'canggih'! butt spray toilet bowl. finally i got to see one myself. unbelievable and i find it quite funny. comes with a heated seat as well. very useful especially during winter. still remember how i always "jump" when i landed my ass on my toilet seat every morning during winter when i was in London.


It's your choice, you want it back or front? choose..


Kego Park 1.


Kego Park 2.


This is where Ami works.


In the restaurant.




While waiting for our food, i gave Ami a surprise. her birthday is on 11th December but i celebrated it with her earlier. bought her a cake from the bakery from my hotel and i brought the candle from Malaysia. Happy Birthday in advance to you, Ami!!


The veggie, quite nice.


Prawns, super yummy.


Chicken, not bad.


Cigarettes vending machine, very very common in Fukuoka, probably throughout Japan.


Tenjin-sama Street, heading to Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.


Aiyo..Hello Kitty shop situated along Tenjin-sama Street. went in for less than 1 minute then came out. felt so out of place.


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Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine.


Part of the shrine.


View 5.


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View 8.


Kyushu National Museum.


Flowers.


They are everywhere. very beautiful.


Lots of fat Koi.


Please cross the TAIKO-bridge and you'll become the Taiko.


Japan's McChicken.


Ami bought me this; green tea snacks with green tea flavoured chocolate on the outside.


Umegae Mochi, recommended to me by Ami. she said it's very famous in Dazaifu. indeed, there are like 10 shops selling this mochi along the Tenjin-sama Street.


Have a break, have a strawberry KitKat. i read about Kit Kat Noir and Kit Kat Wine from this blog, tried looking for both of it but couldn't find any. only found Strawberry Kit Kat. it's yummy though.

Don't Gross Out The World...

to all the food lovers out there...give this a try..!!

Rosh and i are moving out together end of the month. her Dad owns an apartment in Bukit Jalil and no one stays there except for her step bro, so we decided to move in and i'll pay her the rent. the idea of staying together seems to be cool, but when disagreement and misunderstanding happen, then that's gonna be bad. that's what i fear most about living together with friends. i just hope that we'll be alright, just like Monica and Rachel, or Joey and Chandler in Friends. yes i know, they're not staying under the same roof now but they used to, right? so we went to have a look at the apartment, it's nice and we're sharing the same room. gosh, so many things to pack and i haven't start packing yet. and unpacking, arghh hate it. i'm going to miss home, again. going to miss Hailie, my pc, the internet, games, astro, home-cook food and laundry... oh no, i hate doing my own laundry. no one to wash my clothes, no one to iron them. *waaaaaa....

before we went to the apartment, we had our breakfast in McD. it's my FIRST time having McD's breakfast. ok, i know what you're going to say. so just shhh...


McD's Big Breakfast.


Big Breakfast!