A Tag To Start The Weekend

Man, I haven't done a tag in ages! Why you no tag me? :(

Anyhoos.

Bea tagged me a "five-question" post, and that I have to post this a week after I received this on Friday. So here it goes.

1. To watch or participate?
Well, it depends on what it is to watch or participate. Most of the time, I'd prefer to watch. But if it's a stage production, then I'd wanna participate BIG time ;)

2. Malls, catalog shopping, or the Internet?
Oooooh this is a toughie. I'd say malls, 'cos I love to be able to peruse and touch the items. But things are pretty much overpriced here, so I'd resort to the Internet to get 'em. As for catalog shopping ... nah.

3. A bath or shower?
Taking a bath is like stewing in my your own filth :p I'd take a shower anytime. Even in fancy hotels with gigantic tubs, I'd still use the shower stall. I'm funny that way.

4. To talk to people by telephone, in person or by e-mail?
Hmm. I love emails, but sometimes I'd want to chat with the person face-to-face.

5. Typing or writing?
Gosh, I type so much more than I write these days, that I can't even write properly anymore. Still, nothing beats a personal handwritten letter or card. I really treasure those.

I don't know who to tag specifically, so I tag YOU, YOU and YOU. Go crazy ;)

PS: Check out Adino's reply to the tag. Priceless!

Scary Movies? No Thanks!

I'm going to let you in on a little secret.

I am a HUGE CHICKEN when it comes to horror movies. I can't take gore (these images will stay in my head for years; I know because my mind can still conjure some pretty horrific pictures which I had the misfortune to come across), and I do not like the sudden loud sounds which make me jump out of my skin.

Me likey comedies, whether they are romantic, slapstick, or just downright stupid. Any sort of feel-good movies are fine by me. Hmmmm .... *dream of Hugh Jackman for a bit* ... *drool* ...

Anyhoos.

Paris asked me about the scary movies I've watched, and even though I hardly watched any, here are a few which stuck in my head till now. Here goes nothing ...

*Theme from the Twilight Zone in the background*

Gremlins
Hey, it was scary to me, k? Especially when the cute lil' furballs turn into mutants when they got wet or fed after midnight. *shudder*

The Ring
This would be the original Japanese one, not the Hollywood rubbish. I remembered watching it when I was in Dundee, in the dark, all of us huddled on one bed, in front of a 14" telly. The pillow and my fingers were most of what I watched that night.

Exorcism of Emily Rose
Okay, I really didn't want to watch this one. I was in Japan when I watched this. My Jappy friend wanted to watch this, but I didn't. Too bad for me, another colleague wanted to watch this as well, so majority won. This movie seriously scared the bejeezus out of me. Especially the part where the boyfriend woke up and suddenly saw his possessed girlfriend on the floor going berserk. That was some real scary shit. I had to change the position of my clock to face the wall, because I was afraid to look at the time (in case it was 3am. If you watched the movie, you'd know what I mean). I daren't even wake up to pee in the middle of the night!

So yeah, no horror films for me please. My heart cannot take it leh.

Beetrice and Kim, what are your scary-till-they-make-you-wanna-pee-in-your-pants movies?

Complete The Sentence

Ahh, my first tag from TrueBluePenangite and May. For the rest of the tags which I still owe you folks, very sorry hoh, I haven't forgotten any of them; in fact, I'm drafting them out now as I have loads to do! *sheepish grin*. I'll get to 'em, I promise! *fingers crossed behind my back*

For now, my task is to complete the sentences provided. Here goes nothing.

1. I've come to realise that my last kiss was in front of my family at The Curve with my husband of a day, just before we parted ways and will not see each other again in over two months.
2. I am listening to Forever Tonight by Peter Cetera and Crystal Bernard (I am so in love with this song. Sigggghhhh ...)
3. I talk non-stop.
4. I love singing in the shower, and dancing in front of the mirror.
5. My best friends are very close to my heart, but all over the world.
6. My car is a Proton Waja. Not exactly the most fantastic car in the world, but I paid every sen of it with my sweat-and-blood money, so yeah, I'm quite proud of it, although I tell people that it's a shitty Proton :p
7. My love life is a blessing from God.
8. I hate it when people ask me if I need a new credit card, just because Bank A, Bank B to Bank Z are having yet-another-free-for-life promotion.
9. Love is beautiful.
10. Marriage is a sacred union and should not be taken lightly.
11. Somewhere, someone is thinking "good Lord, is this girl blogging AGAIN?!"
12. I'm always on Facebook. I have to stop, I really do. My addiction is getting out of hand :(
13. I have a secret cheesy crush on Hugh Jackman. Ever since Kate and Leopold. What a beautiful, beautiful man.
14. My cell phone is never switched off, and is always with me. Thus I have no excuse that you can't reach me :p
15. When I wake up in the morning I wish I can stay in a little longer.
16. When I go to bed at night I always receive a good night text message from Tim. Even though we've chatted for hours. Yep, we're cheesy like that :p
17. Right now I am thinking about what to do for my four-day weekend. Yep, I get Friday, and next Monday off for the Raya holidays. God bless Malaysia and her many, many races :)
18. Babies are not my thing. Not now anyway.
19. I get on MySpace nope, I don't use MySpace. Facebook is bad enough.
20. Today I am not in the mood to work, as I keep thinking about the long weekend.
21. Tonight I will continue tweaking the new layout for my beauty blog (stay tuned!). For some reason, web design, CSS, HTML and all that relaxes me. I'm such a nerd.
22. Tomorrow I will be able to sleep in. Woohoo!
23. I really want to go to Paris and Italy. I'm just going to keep repeating that until someone gets the hint and bring me there :p
24. Someone that will most likely repost this is Paris, so TAG! :p

The Choices We Make When We Blog

(A serious entry and a tag, all in one. It's gotta be a first, eh?)

Paris tagged me on what I originally thought was my advice on blogging, until I started reading on what she also wrote on the choices we make, and I was like, huh?? Her sis, Pink Elle, talked about choices too, so I thought, okay, what the heck, I'll talk about that too. But something a little different. This time, I'll talk about choices you make when it comes to blogging.

I won't say that I'm a seasoned blogger (far from it; a little over two years is nothing compared to the big guns out there, earning gazillions of dollars), but I've read a lot of blogs during the last two years, and in between, encountered a lot of different people with a whole lotta views. Views about life, the environment, the government, etc. That's a good thing, for what is a blog if not a place to express their views?

But what happens when you cross the line with what you've written? Words that hurt. I don't mean trivial negative comments, e.g. disagreement with what you've written, etc (everyone gets that from time to time), but the ones who really drive a stake to the heart. The ones that disrupts harmony. The fanatics.

I don't know about you, but I absolutely hate it when one swears at another involving the other's mother. ("Your mother" is still all right with me, but when it involves their genitals, that's the one I cannot tahan). Yeah, it's (sadly) common, and a lot of people think it's no big deal, but really, have you ever thought about the person's mother? What if she's deceased? Not so much fun desecrating one's dead mother now, is it?

You have a choice of what you write on your blog. You have a choice to inspire, or disparage. Of course, you'll say we also have a choice to read or leave. Fair enough. But if you want to keep your readers (what's a blog without readers?), why force them to leave?

Remember the saying, "If you don't have something good to say, then don't say it at all"? It's true, y'know.

Anyways.

That's it about choices, and now, onto the tag (yeah, I know, a very sudden change in tone, but heck, it's apparently supposed to be like this!).

~ Start Copy ~

It’s very simple. When this is passed on to you, copy the whole thing, skim the list and put a * star beside those that you like. (Check out especially the * starred ones.)

Write your own blogging tip for other bloggers.Try to make your tip general.

01. Look, read, and learn. http://www.neonscent.com/

02. Be EXCELLENT to each other. http://www.bushmackel.com/

03. Don’t let money change ya! http://therandomforest.info/ ******

04. Always reply to your comments. http://chattiekat.com/ ******

05. Blog about what you know & love. http://sugar-queens-dream.blogspot.com *

06. Don’t use filthy language-buy a dictionary. http://shinade.blogspot.com/

07. Blog about something educational http://climateofourfuture.org/

08. Be yourself; others will follow http://sfgirl-thealiennextdoor.blogspot.com/ *

09. Don’t have too many blogs that will become a chore to maintain http://cubicledenizen.blogspot.com/

10. Keep it simple, user-friendly, interesting and organised! http://erishaling.blogspot.com/ *

11. Keep the blog simple and sweet!! http://www.leslieho.com/

12. Share with others your thoughts and don’t be shy! http://groovy-olives.com/blog

13. Never ask for link exchange. Blog hop to increase traffic. http://www.jessieling.com/ *

14. Blog about something uniquely you. Or post some unique pictures. http://bernardchan.net/ *

15. Avoid too lengthy posts e.g. less than 200 words if you can help it. http://www.mylongkang.com/

16. Avoid Doing Tags. http://clementwongpy.blogspot.com/

17. Remember to go to the toilet when nature calls, don’t just sit glued to the computer or you’ll shit in your pants! http://wuching.blogspot.com/

18. Blog hopping is fun. You’ll never know what gem you’ll find in the blogsphere. http://che-cheh.com/

19. Do. Not. Plagiarize. http://narrowband.org/

20. Don’t put pressure on yourself to blog. Blogging should be FUN! http://rinnah.blogspot.com/ **

21. Love yourself, love your blog, love your readers, and keep sharing your love through your blog. http://yeehon.blogspot.com/ *

22. If you hug them, they will come. http://littlemissmay.com/ *

23. Don’t clutter your blog with too many ads. http://www.parisbeaverbanks.com/

24. Do not read too many SEO, money-making blogs if you've never blogged before but want to give it a go. The information overload will freak you out, and it'll take away the fun in blogging. http://www.sweetcontemplation.com

~ End Copy ~

My peeps to tag for today:

Beetrice - just because :p
Kleio - haven't seen you in while
Little Comma - give you a break from lil' Ivan :p

Go on, have your say. *

Good Things Come In Threes

Haven't been doing tags for a while now. Not because no one tagged me, but because I either didn't have the time to do it, or I totally forgot about it. A thousand apologies, folks.

By the way, I think memes (well, the good ones) are great post-fillers when you are having writer's block. They normally come in lists, which makes it really easy to read, AND it gives the readers a better picture of what you are like. Just a tip :)

Okay, onto the tag.

Paris tagged on a three-on-three a couple of weeks ago; I have to give three answers to each question. Ahh shouldn't be difficult. At least it's not another 100 Things About Me :p (oh, and I owe you two more tags, Paris. Will get to that as soon as I can).

Three things that scare me are
1. Flying cockroaches - they're the most disgusting living thing ever to have the privilege to live in this planet.
2. Dying alone
3. Gory pictures/movies - these images stay in my head for ages, and, for some reason, make me very nervous

Three people who make me laugh
1. My hubby :p
2. Blackadder
3. My dad (we can joke just about anything. And I mean ANYTHING)

Three things I love
1. Bags - I agree with Paris; I'm a bag lady too!
2. Mobile phones - I change a new one almost every year (yeah, I'm weird like that. Although with my current Nokia N80, I might have to wait a while before getting a new one, 'cos that one cost me a bomb).
3. Blogs - what can I say, I'm addicted to you people ;)

Three things I hate
1. Cockroaches (all sorts. Despicable!)
2. Baked beans
3. Split ends

Three things I don't understand
1. The stock market (OMG, Paris, could we be anymore alike??)
2. Finance, marketing, accounting mumbo-jumbo.
3. Why there are so many stupid people around.

Three things on my desk
1. Mug
2. Fan which I brought back from Japan (this follows me everywhere; it's quite big, but I lug it around to meetings and such. Hey, the Japs do it too, plus it keeps me awake during meetings)
3. Stationery holder (a proper holder, and a yogurt cup which holds my 2B pencils and highlighter pens)

Three things I am doing right now
1. Not working (how else would I be doing this meme?)
2. Playing Scrabulous on Facebook.
3. Chatting with Tim on Skype.

Three things I want to do before I die
1. Visit Paris (the city and the person *grin*)
2. Do something I really enjoy AND get paid for it.
3. Go for my 50th school reunion, if we still have one :p

Three things I can do
1. Play the piano and sing at the same time.
2. Raise an eyebrow (so far, I do not know anyone else who can do this)
3. Mimic people (my family and colleagues are very amused by my antics)

Three things I can't do
1. Lose weight *sob sob*
2. Shape my own brows (I tend to muck it up; best to leave it to the pros)
3. Sleep too long (I get cranky if I've slept too much)

Three things I think you should listen to
1. Your inner voice (unless you're schizophrenic, of course)
2. Sound of falling rain. Very therapeutic.
3. Your mother.

Three things you should never listen to
1. Gossip (but isn't that just so hard NOT to?)
2. Pushy salespeople
3. Fanatics on the Internet (bloody attention seekers)

Three shows I watched as a kid
1. The Electric Company - BEST! Much better than Sesame Street (boo Elmo!). Poor kids these days have to be subjected to Barney and Teletubbies *shudder*
2. Jem (my favourite cartoon - the big hair and cute songs got me hooked)
3. Growing Pains - Had quite a crush on Kirk Cameron then (early bloomer, hehe)

Now to tag three people:
1. Adino
2. Pelf
3. Zewt

Tine's A Drama Queen

I'm known as a drama queen at the office. Well, I reckon it's justified as I'm pretty blunt with my words, and when I'm happy or excited about something, I really physically show it. Also somewhat dramatic, and am known to stick to a subject for a long time (thus going on and on and on about it) and not let it go. Oh, and I tend to *ahem* fling my arms around when I'm talking excitedly. No, not like a flailing monkey, but ... okay, well, close (bloody hell, can't believe I just said it out loud here).

Not very dignified, I'm afraid.

You Are a Drama Queen (or King)

And the oscar goes to... you! You're all about overreacting and just plain acting. You see the world as your stage, and give a great performance. And while you're friends may find you entertaining at times... Everyone's secretly hoping that you'll just chill a little. (But they'd never tell you - they fear your wrath!)

Are You a Drama Queen (or King)?

Yep, confirmed. Dammit. Okay, okay, gotta chill *deep breath, yoga pose*

Oh well, at least it brings life to the mundane hours at the office :p

What's your story? Quiet and introverted? Or a crazy loon like me?

Ten Cents Towards RM127

I read this at Zewt's blog, and thought, hey, it's Friday. I can be charitable too.

Anyhoos, for the uninformed (which I was, till about 3 minutes ago), a Malaysian blogger, Idham, has agreed to donate RM127 to the Darul Izzah Orphanage in Bangi for every blogger who does this tag. Let's all do our part for charity, eh?

The requirement is to complete at least 17 of the following 27 sentences.

1. A person is only as good as his/her word.
2. Friendship is always taken for granted
3. To love is to
4. Money makes me want more money.
5. I miss my monkey in Australia. Boo hoo! :(
6. My way of saying I care is by doing this tag?
7. I try to spread love and happiness by
8. Pick the flowers when they're just about to die, 'cos then they'll be reduced to clear.
9. To love someone is to let them go.
10. Beauty is overrated for pretty people, and underrated for the ... err ... not so pretty ones.
11. When I was thirteen, what I remember the most was having a crush on somebody who didn't even know I existed.
12. When I was twenty one, I remember that I didn't get a '21-year-old' key.
13. I am most happy when I don't have to go to work.
14. Nothing makes me happier than not having to go to work.
15. If I can change one thing, I will change my job (okay, okay, we get the point!)
16. If smiles were .... then I ....
17. Wouldn't it be nice if we could kerching kerching? *wink wink*
18. If you want to .... then you have to ....
19. Money is not everything but having no money is a very shitty thing.
20. The most touching moments I have experienced is ....
21. I smile when I think that in 9 more hours, it's the weekend!
22. When I am happy, I sing (and then it rains. Boo!)
23. If only I don't have to ...., then ....
24. The best thing I did yesterday was ....
25. If I ever write a book, I will give it this title "Rich Tine? No, Poor Tine!"
26. One thing I must do before I die is have lots and lots and lots of unadulterated and uninhibited S.E.X. Tee hee hee!
27. Doing this meme, I feel like I'm about to go to sleep, 'cos I never thought it would end.

There ya go. I reckon twenty's enough (not easy leh!). I agree with Zewt though; the phrases are rather ... err ... on the dull side. Anyhoos, I probably contributed 10 cents to the charity (since so many people did the meme too); still, I feel good :p

For those who'd like to do the tag, do drop a comment on Idham's blog.

My A-to-Z

Oooh, what a meme-filled month. Got tagged by Paris, and this time, it's an A-to-Z about yours truly. Oh well, lucky you, get to know a lil' more about me :p

[A is for age]: If you asked me this last year, I'd sock you one. But since I'm having a pretty good year so far, it's 26+ (no, NOT 27, 'cos my birthday's not here yet, so not counted).
[B is for booze of choice]: Long Island Iced Tea, and give it to me STIFF!
[C is for career]: A very practical (read: boring) one indeed - engineer *yawn*
[D is for your most dreaded]: Flying cockroaches. Euuww!!
[E is for essential item you use everyday]: Mobilephone. Can't imagine how I lived without it :p
[F is for favorite song at the moment]: Endless Love by Jackie Chan and Kim Hee Seon (I'll post it up sometime)
[G is for favorite games]: Risk (High-five, Paris! :P)
[H is for Hometown]: Home of the best char koay teow in town, Penang!
[I is for indulgence]: A 2-hour facial, a full-body massage, the whole spa works. Heavenly ... *sigh*
[J is for favorite flavor of juice]: Orange
[K is for kids]: None. Woot! :p
[L is for last hug from husband]: Bukan husband yet; Last hug from fiance was over a month ago *sigh*
[M is for years of marriage]: Not married yet
[N is for name of your crush]: Too many lah. Is Hugh Jackman counted?
[O is for overnight hospital stays]: There were a few when I was really young - high fever and stuff, nothing too serious, thank God.
[P is for phobias]: Long escalators scare the bejeezus out of me
[Q is for quote]: As quoted by Samantha in Sex and the City, "F**k me badly once, shame on you. F**k me badly twice, shame on me."
[R is for regret]: Not traveling out of the UK, even though I studied there for 3 years.
[S is for status, married or single]: Still single, hehe
[T is for time you wake up]: 6am during the weekdays, and 9am ++ during the weekend (I can't seem to sleep past that, as much as I'd want to)
[U is for underwear]: Black or commando's the way to go, baby ;)
[V is for vegetable you love]: Choy sum (aptly called the Flowering Chinese Cabbage)
[W is for worst habit]: I chew at the corners of my fingernails when I'm nervous. When it bleeds, you know that it's something really major.
[X is for x-rays you’ve had]: One of my chest (to go to the UK), and of my teeth (when I had braces)
[Y is for yummy food you make]: I can't cook that well, but I do whip up mean soups :p
[Z is for zodiac sign]: Gemini

Hmm ... let's see, who to tag? Okely dokely ... Bea, Truebluepenangite, Kleio and Jemima (Jem, I know memes don't go with the flow of your blog, so up to you lah, if you wanna do it :p)

Do You Have A Dirty Mind?

Your Mind is PG-13 Rated

Your mind is definitely a little dirty. You're naughty, but not trashy. You don't shy away from a dirty joke, and you're clearly not a prude.

Do You Have a Dirty Mind?

Drats. And I thought mine was absolutely filthy.

Go on. What's yours? ;)

Bloggers I'd Like To Meet

Paris tagged me a while back, but have only gotten round to it now as I ... err ... forgot about it :p

Hmm ... I've never thought of meeting new friends when it comes to blogging as I jumped onto the bandwagon just for a bit of fun. It was only after I started making my blog public did I begin to have a steady stream of readers, which I'm grateful for.

Someone once told me "Aiyo, you damn nerdy lah, next thing you know, you'll be going to all those blogger meets, etc". Err ... blogger meets are nerdy meh? Well, I haven't been to any just yet, but I reckon it would be fun. Didn't your teacher tell you it's always good to make new friends? ;)

Anyhoos, here goes nothing:

1) Who was the first blogger you met?
None just yet.

2) Who is the ‘Most wanted to meet blogger?’ for you?
Ahhh ... this is going to be interesting. There isn't just the one blogger whom I'd like to meet; I'd like to meet as many readers as I can!

First on my list would be Paris, 'cos she's my very first reader whom I do not personally know (of course, would definitely like to know her further, and ... err ... kaypo what she does for a living. Tee hee hee!). I'd like to meet Jemima too, 'cos she's real sweet. Next on my list is Merv, whose bus stories have intrigued me to no end (funny lah that fella). Too bad Jay's like a million miles away, 'cos I wanna see what he looks like!

3) Who is the ‘I can meet, want to meet but somehow never got to meet’ blogger?
None just yet.

4) Who are the group of bloggers you most wanted to meet?
Somehow the term 'group of bloggers' remind me of Star Wars/Star Trek fans who meet up at sci-fi conventions :P I'd agree with Paris, I'd like to meet with our country's beauty bloggers.

5) Do you have any bloggers/blog readers that you wish to meet right now?
There are more, but I'd like to meet up with those in Q2 first.

6) Who do I tag next?
You guys decide lah, if you wanna do this. Me lazy :p

Five Fragrance Faves

Oh my, another meme, eh? Tagged by Bea this time, and I'm gonna say, it's going to be a lil' tough for me to describe my favourite perfume. I don't understand the different tones each perfume has, nor do I understand what they mean by citrusy (err, meaning it smells like oranges?), woodsy (apa macam kayu?), floral (honestly, I tried sticking my nose into flowers; they don't smell all that good, except for roses), etc.

Anyways, here's a list of my favourite perfume, in no particular order. I won't be able to tell you exactly what it smells like, but I'll tell you why I love 'em.


Elizabeth Arden's Fifth Avenue

A very classy fragrance, which I snuck a few sprays everytime I stop by mum's dressing table. I was probably in Form 1 or 2 when Dad bought this for mum, and I've always loved it. This was the first perfume which I do not think stinks, compared to the heavy Chanel stuff Mum uses. This perfume is surprisingly still quite expensive, despite all of Arden's other perfume ranges.


Clinique's Happy Heart

This is my absolute favourite, and I wear this to work every day. Again, it was part of mum's stash (she has a table ful of perfume, thanks to my dad who gets her a bottle everytime he's away on business trips), before she got me a bottle of my own for my birthday a couple of years ago. It's not strong, which I really like. I can't stand overly powerful fragrances, like the ones from Chanel. There's a bottle of Chanel Cristalle that my dad got me, which I only used twice.


Givenchy's My Givenchy!

Again, not a strong perfume, which I like. It's quite ... err ... citrusy (I think, 'cos I think I smelt oranges. Tee hee hee). This perfume means a lot to me as it was the first expensive perfume I bought for myself, and it was from Japan. My stay in Japan for the past year and a half has not been easy; it was very stressful at work, and also being on my own, in a strange land where I cannot communicate. I always try to get myself something nice after my trips, and My Givenchy was my very first.


Estee Lauder's Pleasures Exotic

When Estee Lauder's Pleasures first came out, I thought it smelt rather unique. I had a bottle of it, but gave it to mum in the end because it got too strong for my liking. When I was given the Exotic, I was rather skeptical in using it, as I thought it would be as strong as its predecessor. To my surprise, the fragrance was lighter, and definitely smelt better than the original. Plus, I think the bottle's real pretty, with embossed flowers.


Lancome's Hypnose

This was given by the boyfriend, which was, in actual fact, one of the first presents he gave me. I love the shape of the bottle (very unique and ... err ... "angle-y"), and the scent's refreshing. I like wearing this when I go out in the evenings, as the fragrance is long-lasting.


Well, I'm gonna extend this to Paris, TrueBluePenangite and Kleio to find out what their faves are ;)

My Favourite Malaysian Bloggers

Many thanks to Paris for listing my blog as one of her regular reads. Muchos touched :)

Ahhh ... tagged by her once again, and this time, it's a meme on five of my favourite Malaysian bloggers.

Aww, man! Choosing only five is no easy feat, as I'm a huge blog addict, from Malaysian blogs to the international ones. I'm quite embarrassed to admit that I read over 20 blogs each day (and these are the REGULAR ones). Yep, I'm THAT kay po.

The blogs I read are either real funny, controversial or both. It's good to maintain a balance; there are plenty of good writers out there. You wanna know the latest happenings in Malaysia or even the world? Instead of heading to news sites like BBC or The Star, just check out PPS. Chances are, there'll be more than 5 bloggers writing on the same issues. Great source of info; it's like Malaysian's very own Craiglist. Hehe.

Anyways, I digress. Here is my list of favourite Malaysian bloggers, which I regularly read, in no particular order:

Serendipidity in the making
Okay, I'm obviously going to be biased here, cos she's my cousin, but yeah, her blog RAWKS. Her rants on crazy Malaysian drivers are hilarious, and doing what she does, man, does she have access to celebrities (albeit local) or what? A very good writer, with a heart of gold. And her dog, Patches, is absolutely adorable.

Paris Beaverbanks
I first got to 'know' Paris from her beauty blog. I enjoy her writing, whether it's on beauty stuff, or just on her everyday musings (she's also got pretty good budget tips). Yep, we're both crazzzy bag fans, all right. Tee hee hee!

But Enough About You
I enjoy this blog so much, that I read ALL of his entries from the start, TWICE. He's really funny, and everyone's just dying to see how he looks like, and his man, NM. He's a very good writer, with his wit and dry humour, he never failed to crack me up with his posts. He's also a very creative artist. I do not know him, but I wish I do. It really is too bad that he's stopped blogging now. This man will go far.

Shattered
A Malaysian joining the rat race in Singapore. Super funny writer, especially on his observations while taking the bus to work. I just starting lurking on this blog not too long ago, and what I see, I like.

Jemima's Journal
This is not your usual blog of ramblings and rants. She's candid with her feelings, which were beautifully written on her blog. The pictures she uses with each entry complements her words.


Don't think I'm gonna tag anyone today. I've got another meme on my hands, so feel free to nick this for your own ;)

Top Five Movie Favourites

I've been tagged by Paris B. It's been a while since I've done a meme, so here goes nothing.

It's really difficult for me to pinpoint a particular favourite movie, as there are so many! I think a movie's good and worth watching if I'd want to watch it over and over again (yeah, I can watch a good movie many times over without getting bored). I'm more into comedies and chick flicks than anything else. Anyways, after rummaging my bin of favourites, here are my top five, in no particular order. I've also added a lil' something of my own to the meme, which are memorable scenes and lines.


Bridget Jones' Diary I & II

Something about the lumbering, 30-something love pariah endears to me, especially when her love interest's played by Colin Firth. I'd watch anything played by the sexy Brit (better than Hugh Grant anytime). Renee Zellweger played Bridget really well; you just can't help but be sorry for her when it came to struggling with her love-life, career, and a porky behind. So like many of us, eh?

Favourite scene: Bridget deciding on whether to wear really tiny knickers, or huge granny pants for her date with Daniel (Hugh Grant).
Favourite line: Don't have a particular favourite. Every line's hilarious!


Back to the Future I, II & III

I was 5 years old when I first watched Part 1, but only fully understood the show a couple of years later. By then I was simply hooked. It's funny how I learnt the word "butthead", and the phrase "make like a tree, and get out of here" when I was only seven. I thoroughly enjoyed Part 2 though; I thought that by the year 2015, there'll really be flying cars and self-drying clothes! Doc Brown's (Christopher Lloyd) my favourite character, followed by Marty (Michael J. Fox).

Favourite scene: In Part 2, when Marty got on the Hover Board to get away from Biff Jr. (Thomas F. Wilson) I wanted a Hover Board so bad!!
Favourite line: "Manure! I HATE manure!!" (when Biff crashed into a truck with a large load of manure)


The Devil Wears Prada

The book actually portrayed Andy Sachs as a real bitch, compared to Anne Hathaway's angelic features and actions. Still, Meryl Streep did Miranda's character justice; very chic, very bitchy, very VERY cold. As for the rest ... hello? Weren't you mainly paying attention to the clothes? ;)

Favourite scene: Andy strutting down the streets of New York, lookin' very chic, and wearing all those super-gorgeous clothes to Madonna's Vogue. I want me that lovely white coat she wore in that scene.
Favourite line: "Why is no one reeeaady?" (Miranda to her staff, during a fashion runthrough)


The Wedding Singer

I'm quite a fan of Adam Sandler movies (yeah, I know, not many are), and I think this is one of his best works, as he portrayed his character really well as a jilted wedding singer (the scene where he sang a song which he wrote for his ex-girlfriend was hilarious). Drew Barrymore complemented him really well. At least his character isn't all crazy and stuff, as he usually was in his previous movies.

Favourite scene: Whenever the Boy George-lookalike, who is, incidentally, also called George (Alexis Arquette), sang the song "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?", it NEVER fails to crack me up.
Favourite line: (when deciding how the wedding kiss at church should go) "Well, maybe a little tongue. Not "porno" tongue. "Church" tongue."


Kate And Leopold

Any movie with Hugh Jackman in it gets my vote ANY time. Leopold (Hugh Jackman) represents ALL the heroes of the many romance novels I've read - handsome, suave, oozing with charisma, and a perfect gentleman *sigh*. It's simply every girl's dream. Meg Ryan who? ;)

Favourite scene: When Leopold had to accustom himself to the appliances of the future. Oh, and when he stood everytime a lady leaves the table. Priceless.
Favourite line: (Leopold telling the sandwichman off when he (the sandwichman) was rude to him when Leopold couldn't pay for his food as he did not have any money) "May I remind you, merchant, that I am the customer in this establishment and as such require your attention and the utmost respect. I do not accept this modern convention of desecrating one's patrons with such contemptuous disregard. Need I add that without our patronage you would not own that unwashed counter behind which you spew your filthy mouth?" (took this off IMSDb - can't rememeber it word-for-word lah)

(We should seriously learn to speak like that. That should tell people off without sounding crude and crass :P)


I shall tag Beetrice, Blooogin and TruBluePenangite (up to you folks if you want to add the favourite scene and line bits; I was just bored anyways). There ya go ;)

The Empress, Am I

You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents,
beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home
decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

What Tarot Card are You?
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All About The Meme

Haven't done any memes in a while. And since I have run out of things to blog about, I've decided to steal a meme from a random blog and use it as my own. Oh yeah, I'm at the office. So sue me if I decide not to do any work this morning.

So yeah, here goes nothing ...

10 Favourites
Favourite Season: Autumn
Favourite Color: Baby pink (I'm going to add another one - purple. High-five, Bea! (yeah, lame, I know *grin*))
Favourite Time: Err ... an actual time? 12am? That's when I hit the sack
Favourite Food: Too many to mention, actually
Favourite Drink: Cosmopolitan
Favourite Ice Cream: Baskin Robbins' Very Berry Strawberry
Favourite Place: My room (in Penang)
Favourite Sport: Not into sports
Favourite Actor: Hugh Jackman, 'cos he's HA-A-A-WT!
Favourite Actress: Don't have a particular favourite. Sarah Jessica Parker's not bad. I love the way she flicks her hair with her hand. I tried picking it up, but I ended up looking like I'm just wiping sweat off my forehead with the back of my hand. Oh well. They don't call 'em celebrities for nothin'.

9 Currents
Current Feeling: Pissed off (see Last Phone Call)
Current Drink: Water
Current Time: 10:30am
Current Show on TV: Not watching any at the moment; I'm at the office.
Current Mobile Used: Nokia N80 (I had to sell my kidney for this baby)
Current Windows Opened: Firefox, iTunes, Hummingbird xterm
Current Underwear: Something black *wink*
Current Clothes: Office uniform (I look worse than Barney in the purple garb)
Current Thought: "Man, it's going to be 7 hours before I get to go home"

8 Firsts
First Nickname: Ah Tine (for many years, I insisted it's TIN, because Tine's pronounced "tah-in", but nobody else gave a hoot. I finally gave in)
First Kiss: Age 18, with my first boyfriend
First Crush: Jason; I was 11, we took the same schoolbus, went to the same church, but he doesn't know I exist.
First Best Friend: A raggedy Ann doll called Sarah. I had her when I was 6. Told her stories. All she did was collect dust, which I breathed when I hugged her to sleep back then.
First Vehicle I Drove: Mum's Proton Iswara
First Job: Engineer (It's pretty sad; I've never worked as anything else before. Industrial trainee doesn't count)
First Date: Gosh, I can't remember. I think we were at some kinda ice-skating rink (age 18)
First Pet: A mongrel named Tiger (my parents named him after their favourite golfer).

7 Lasts
Last Drink: White coffee with hazelnut extract
Last Kiss: Does blowing kisses over the phone count? No? Too bad ;)
Last Meal: Fried rice, with an egg on top
Last Web Site Visited: My work email (it's web-based)
Last Movie Watched: Failure To Launch (Sarah Jessica Parker's got GORGEOUS hair in that show; I'm totally considering bangs now ... tee hee hee!)
Last Phone Call: Called a biscuit shop to order some tau sar pia (bean biscuits), but got totally blown off by the arrogant owner. Well, up yours too, lady!
Last TV show Watched: House, MD (season 2)

6 Have You Evers
Have You Ever: Broken the Law: Of course I have, who hasn't? ;) (I mean, seriously, who hasn't chucked litter at supposedly "forbidden" areas?)
Have You Ever Been Drunk: Very close
Have You Ever Kissed Someone You Didn't Know: Nope
Have You Ever Been in the Middle/Close to Gunfire: Nope
Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: Nope
Have You Ever Broken Anyones Heart: Yes

5 Things
Things You Can Hear Right Now: The rain outside
Things On Your Bed: 2 pillows, 2 bolsters, 3 soft toys (polar bear, seal and monkey)
Things You Ate Today: See Last Meal (it's only 10.30am, y'know)
Things You Can't Live Without: Money
Things You Do When You Are Bored: Shop, surf and chat on the Internet, watch the telly, read a book

4 Places You Have Been Today
Erm, office loo, company cafeteria ... that's it.

3 Things On Your Desk Right Now
PC, fan, mug, files, earphones, stationery holder, in-tray (lots of junk in it)

2 Choices
Black or White: Black
Hot or Cold: Hot chocolate, cold weather

1 Place You Want To Visit
Paris (like I haven't mentioned this enough)

Not tagging anyone. Feel free to nick this for your own.

13 Things That Annoy The Crap Outta Me

In no particular order,

1. The food in my company canteen - they're ridiculously overpriced for the crap they obviously are.
2. Lizards which doesn't cling onto the ceiling properly and suddenly decide to drop on your freshly washed hair after a shower.
3. Malaysian drivers. Enough said.
4. Sudoku. All right, I can't figure out the damn game, but at least make it fun enough to last at least 5 minutes!
5. Scratched DVDs - this is absolutely shit especially when you're watching the last episode of the last season of Sex and the City, and the DVD decides to die on you when you have about 20 minutes of the show to go.
6. Roadkill - can't even look at 'em.
7. Apologising for something which I didn't do wrong.
8. PMS. Argh.
9. Malaysian heat and humidity. Makes my hair frizzy, makes me cranky ... I shouldn't even be here.
10. Those annoying insects which suddenly appear after a heavy rain. They fly into your soup, into your clothes, and the mean ones bite! I mean, where the hell do they go when the weather's fine?
11. Going to Japan. How many times do I have to repeat, it's work, damnit.
12. Walking on wet roads with only flip-flops on - my calves get wet from the sloshing water. Who knows where the water came from?! Ugh.
13. Baked beans. Never liked 'em, never will.

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Pseudo Purity Test

Nicked this from a blog I frequent, Hedonistics Anonymous.

Start off with 100% and minus off 1% for each thing that has happened to you.

Smoked.
Drank alcohol.
Cried when someone died.
Been drunk.
Had sex.
Been to a concert.
Given a handjob/gotten a handjob.
Given a blowjob/gotten a blowjob.
Been verbally sexually harassed.
Verbally sexually harassed somebody.
Felt someone up and/or been felt up.
Laughed so hard something came out of your nose.
Cheated on a boyfriend/girlfriend before.
Been cheated on by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
Been to prom.
Cried at school.
Gotten lost in a WalMart or a department store.
Went streaking.
Given a lap dance.
Had someone of the opposite sex in your room.
Had someone of the opposite sex sleep over.
Slept over at someone of the opposite sex’s house.
Kissed a stranger.
Hugged a stranger.
Went scuba diving.
Driven a car.
Gotten an xray.
Hit by a car.
Had a party.
Done drugs.
Played strip poker.
Got paid to strip for someone.
Ran away from home.
Broken a bone.
Eaten sushi.
Bought porn.
Watched porn.
Made porn.
Had a crush on someone of the same sex.
Been in love.
Frenched kissed.
Laughed so hard you cried.
Cried yourself to sleep.
Laughed yourself to sleep.
Stabbed yourself.
Shot a gun.
Trash talked someone and then acted like their best friend the next day.
Watched TV for 9 consecutive hours.
Been online for 9 consecutive hours.
Watched an animal die.
Watched a person die.
Had sex and/or messed around somewhere with at least 1 person present.
Pranked somebody.
Put somebody in the hospital.
Snuck into someone’s room and/or your own room after being out.
Kissed somebody of the same sex.
Dressed punk.
Dressed goth.
Dressed preppy.
Been to a motocross race.
Avoided somebody.
Been stalked.
Stalked someone.
Met a celebrity.
Played an instrument.
Ridden a horse.
Cut yourself.
Bungee jumped.
Ding dong ditched somebody.
Been to a wild party.
Got caught stealing something.
Kicked a guy in the balls.
Stolen a boyfriend/girlfriend from a friend.
Went out with your friend’s crush.
Got arrested.
Been pregnant.
Babysat.
Been to another country.
Started your house on fire.
Had an encounter with a ghost.
Donated your hair to cancer patients.
Been asked out by someone that you never though you’d to be asked out by.
Cried over a member of the opposite sex.
Had a boyfriend/girlfriend for over 3 months.
Sat on your ass all day.
Ate a whole carton of ice cream all by yourself.
Had a job.
Gotten cut from a sports team.
Been called a whore.
Danced like a whore.
Been mistaken for a celebrity.
Been in a car accident.
Been told you have beautiful eyes.
Been told you have beautiful hair.
Raped somebody.
Danced in the rain.
Been rejected.
Walked out of a restaurant without paying.
Punched someone/slapped someone in the face

My score? 46%.

Damn. I'm not such a good girl after all.

What's yours?

In Light Of My Birth Month

Your Birth Month is June

Peaceful and harmonious, you seek the gentle side of life. Your warmth and consideration touches many. Your soul reflects: Friendship, love, and beauty Your gemstone: Pearl Your flower: Rose Your colors: Light blue, white, and cream

What Does Your Birth Month Mean?