I'm referring to the packed condition of our commuter. I know I know I've ranted enough on this topic, but just want to add another comment.
I was trying to come up with a term to describe a condition that is worse than the term "packed like canned sardines". I came up with the following... For those who often / had the misfortune to take our public transport at rush hour, namely the train... take your pick :
Packed like....canned tuna???
Packed like....canned anchovies???
Packed like....vacuum-packed sausages???
Packed like....the rubbish on dump-sites compressed by bulldozers.... :-p
I can just imagine some minister / official saying "You already know it's rush hour, don't travel at tht time lar!" (which was exactly the phrase used for a major public transport "melt-down" during some festivities some time back)
Well buster.... unlike you, who can probably move freely without time constraint, we have fixed office hours to adhere to. Even if we staggered the time we leave office, the trains are still packed between 5 - 8pm! So what you want us to do? Leave at 4pm (only ministerial position has tht luxury)? 10pm where the zombies come out & play (& we die of starvation / become obese fr late dinners)?
Sigh... I know I know... why bother ranting... Their skulls are too thick to penetrate & their bums too precious tht it has not graced the seats of public transports in M'sia (oh wait a minute... u mean there's seats?!? Oh can't see them amidst the throng of ppl).... :-p
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Tiring Weekend
Last weekend was tiring & what's worse, I felt like most of it are from non-value adding activities (yikes! talking like a corporate robot now....)
We spent nearly 6hrs listening to a vacation club talk! Worse, we ended signing up for it. It's a Club membership with Golden Crown Resort (GCR) & a cruise membership with OVR (can't remember the full name). After hearing all the scary stories of scam etc & despite being able to verify the company to be "reputable" with its dealings with M'sia Tourism Board, we're still worried tht there's a catch somewhere. Fortunately there's a 10-Days cooling off period, so hubby is planning of cancelling the subscription be it genuine / fake. If anyone of you know about the above companies & have news abt them, do share. Even if I plan to cancel the membership, doesn't mean tht I don't plan to join it in future (if it's indeed a genuine membership).
That was Saturday... By the time we reach home, have dinner & clean up the dishes, I can't even lift up my eye-lids... The minute I put my head on the pillow, I fell asleep. Hubby said it was abt 10pm at tht time.
Sunday we had a full day course on forex trading. Hubby lar... I didn't wanna go, but he insisted... So go lor... To be honest, after the training, I'm more convinced tht stocks market is a better & safer investment than forex. No doubt there are ways to ensure we don't lose everything / techniques to track for opportunities, but it'll require full time monitoring because it only takes a few minutes to lose all your capital. Anyway, we left home at around 8.30am, had b/fast & arrived at the "class" at 9am. We finished at 5pm & I was already zombie like. Amazingly, I managed to stay awake to watch Death Race (see Movie Review) to the end at my sis-in-law's hse (she has a home theatre room - complete with reclining chairs, surround sound system & sound proofed / padded walls).
And on Monday I woke up at 6am so tht hubby can start journey back to PD at 6.40am! How we managed to stay awake I had no idea....
We spent nearly 6hrs listening to a vacation club talk! Worse, we ended signing up for it. It's a Club membership with Golden Crown Resort (GCR) & a cruise membership with OVR (can't remember the full name). After hearing all the scary stories of scam etc & despite being able to verify the company to be "reputable" with its dealings with M'sia Tourism Board, we're still worried tht there's a catch somewhere. Fortunately there's a 10-Days cooling off period, so hubby is planning of cancelling the subscription be it genuine / fake. If anyone of you know about the above companies & have news abt them, do share. Even if I plan to cancel the membership, doesn't mean tht I don't plan to join it in future (if it's indeed a genuine membership).
That was Saturday... By the time we reach home, have dinner & clean up the dishes, I can't even lift up my eye-lids... The minute I put my head on the pillow, I fell asleep. Hubby said it was abt 10pm at tht time.
Sunday we had a full day course on forex trading. Hubby lar... I didn't wanna go, but he insisted... So go lor... To be honest, after the training, I'm more convinced tht stocks market is a better & safer investment than forex. No doubt there are ways to ensure we don't lose everything / techniques to track for opportunities, but it'll require full time monitoring because it only takes a few minutes to lose all your capital. Anyway, we left home at around 8.30am, had b/fast & arrived at the "class" at 9am. We finished at 5pm & I was already zombie like. Amazingly, I managed to stay awake to watch Death Race (see Movie Review) to the end at my sis-in-law's hse (she has a home theatre room - complete with reclining chairs, surround sound system & sound proofed / padded walls).
And on Monday I woke up at 6am so tht hubby can start journey back to PD at 6.40am! How we managed to stay awake I had no idea....
Monday 24 August 2009
Movie Review: Death Race
I know it's an old movie, but I missed it when it was aired on cinemas, so hubby & I bought the DVD to watch at home.
Not bad... I'm officially a fan of Jason Staton. The race in the movie is really cool & I love the ending.
The show is abt US in 2012, where the economy collapsed & unemployment rate increased to an all time high. The government, bankcrupt, had to corporatize the prisons into profit making establishment. That was how Death Race was born. Not only the prisoners had to race, their race cars are also equiped with machine guns, bombs, smoke, oil etc to shoot down their opponents (now you know why it's called Death Race - it's racing, cheating death & cross the finish line! literally).
These races (in 3 stages) is then sold live on the internet for a fee (like Astro On Demand like tht lar)...
Good show & it's not all about races. Am not going to tell more abt the extras... find out yourself (if you've not watched it). Warning: It can be very violent though.
Not bad... I'm officially a fan of Jason Staton. The race in the movie is really cool & I love the ending.
The show is abt US in 2012, where the economy collapsed & unemployment rate increased to an all time high. The government, bankcrupt, had to corporatize the prisons into profit making establishment. That was how Death Race was born. Not only the prisoners had to race, their race cars are also equiped with machine guns, bombs, smoke, oil etc to shoot down their opponents (now you know why it's called Death Race - it's racing, cheating death & cross the finish line! literally).
These races (in 3 stages) is then sold live on the internet for a fee (like Astro On Demand like tht lar)...
Good show & it's not all about races. Am not going to tell more abt the extras... find out yourself (if you've not watched it). Warning: It can be very violent though.
Friday 21 August 2009
Dream Home In Smithereens
Hubby & I have been house hunting for a long time. We know we can't stay at my parent-in-law house forever. The eldest son's daughter is going to enter Primary School in a year's time. We can't be expecting the poor girl to sleep with the parent all the time. That would be so inconvenient to ahem.... beget another sibling.
However, our Dream Home is a tough one because it needs to fulfill several of the following criteria:
1. Should be around Seremban because it's a manageable drive between PD & KL, a good place to bring up children & not too "ulu" (i.e. rural) that we can't enjoy some city pleasures
2. It needs to have enough land for a swimming pool (hubby insists tht it's a pre-requisite for his dream home. Nothing I / dad say can change his mind)
3. The house needs to have at least 5 sizable rooms. 1 Master bedroom, 1 Girl's room, 1 Boy's room, 1 Library / Study & 1 Media Room
4. Safe neighbourhood for children to play outside of the house compound & for me to return home without fear of snatch thief.
However, our Dream Home is a tough one because it needs to fulfill several of the following criteria:
1. Should be around Seremban because it's a manageable drive between PD & KL, a good place to bring up children & not too "ulu" (i.e. rural) that we can't enjoy some city pleasures
2. It needs to have enough land for a swimming pool (hubby insists tht it's a pre-requisite for his dream home. Nothing I / dad say can change his mind)
3. The house needs to have at least 5 sizable rooms. 1 Master bedroom, 1 Girl's room, 1 Boy's room, 1 Library / Study & 1 Media Room
4. Safe neighbourhood for children to play outside of the house compound & for me to return home without fear of snatch thief.
After viewing houses after houses. Bungalow land after bungalow land. Nearly committing on a so-so new bungalow facing West at Seremban 2; we finally found a gem!!! We found a house on 960, Bukit Rasah with the setting like Gasing Hill. Picturesque, cooling green trees, old but comfy houses, joggers / people walking their dogs... sigh... it was heaven. The house itself is extremely old - more than 25yrs, double storey with 6 rooms, 1 wet & 1 dry kitchen, large dining & living room with total build-up of about 5,000sqft. It's on a piece of 11,000sqft freehold land, with enough space for a swimming pool, vegetable garden (wishful thinking), badminton court, dog kennel, tool shed, tea house & still have space for more (mmm.... dreaming of shady trees around some koi pond / bonsai garden around the tea hse). We found it!! Our dream home....
ok gotta admit tht it's not all heaven lar.... there's still the concern of the psychedelic coloured tiles from floor to ceiling for the 4 walls of the hse, the pillars & the floor (imagine brown water drop shape & blue background squares & repeated throughout the outer walls of the building! purple, lilac, pink & white small-small tiles like the ones you still see in some toilets, for the floor & the pillars... arrrggghhh!!!!). So there's still be a lot tht we need to put in to make it nice & livable. We finally agreed to purchase at RM4ook - just nice for our budget & some spare for us to renovate.
We immediately engaged a lawyer & issued a cheque as earnest money to secure the property. 1st bad omen came in the form of the seller wanting to change lawyer from 1 in Seremban to another in KL. Was later told tht the new lawyer is actually the granddaughter of the land owner. So, we have to recall the cheque & await for the new lawyer's details to issue the cheque.
2nd bad omen... We were told the new lawyer don't want any earnest money to commit the property. Upon signing of the S&P, then only they collect the full 10% deposit. However S&P signing can take weeks / mths depending the disputes raised between the 2 lawyers. So it's really strange that the seller doesn't want to accept the deposit / earnest money / sign any letter of offer / provide any written confirmation tht she's agreeable to sell the property to us. A sense of foreboding envelops us.....
The bad news was finally delivered about 1 week after we have engaged our lawyer & submitted my loan applications along with all my documents.... The new lawyer-cum-granddaughter is asking for RM405k & she even said tht we should not "disturb" the old lady (her grandma & owner to the land). Any disagreement should go through her. Hubby & I was puzzled at first... RM5k?!?! RM5k to break her grandma's words... Isn't tht "insulting" tht her grandma's words / commitment to us is just worth RM5k? However considering the small sum, hubby agreed anyway.
However, the more we talked, the more we felt cheated. It isn't about the amount. What is RM5k, when we're already paying RM400k & another RM100k for renovation? Even dad thought that it was really shoddily done. What if we agree with RM405k & later they say RM410k, cos' we still have not signed any letter of offer... So, hubby quickly called back the agent & said, our stand is still RM400k. If RM405k, the deal is off". A few minutes later, we got our reply, "Deal is off mar deal is off lor..." @#%@$#@%&*#$@... the cheek to even use tht tone!
Dunno if the story tht was told to me about this owner is true, so I'll just take it with a pinch of salt. The story tht was told to me was tht this old lady (land owner - her name is on the land grant) is the 2nd wife & her husband has died, but bequeathed the property to her. She had no children of her own, is very sick & is relying on the 1st wife's children to take care of her. The children are now fighting for the "inheritance" / share of the "spoils".
Book Review: The Redemption of Althalus by David Eddings
Before I start this review, I would like to record that my friend (Ee Lin, who's also a fan of Eddings' books) & I are deeply saddened that our favourite author - David Eddings has passed away. Though it was already a few months back, but since I'm reviewing his books.... I thought it was only appropriate to mention it here.
Now, about this book.... where do I start?.... I think so far this has to be the longest 1-book story that I have ever read from Eddings (913 pages!). Maybe because the story is completed in 1 book, while most of his other books are in series (The Belgariad - 5 books, The Elenium - 3 books, The Mallorean - 5 books etc). If you're not familiar to Eddings' works & are wondering what's all this funny names about - well, just imagine Tolkiens & his work for Lord of The Rings, they are the same genre.
Anyway, back to Althalus. The story is about a young, skillful & "lucky" thief called Althalus, who 1 day ran out of luck & on several occasions barely escaped with his body intact. Depressed & with light pockets, he went into hiding at his favourite campsite "tavern" (of sort). There he met a strange character called Ghend, who tasked him to steal a book for him from the house at the edge of the world (at tht time, people thought that the earth was flat) in return for gold equivalent to the weight of the book.
Ghend is actually the follower of Daeva - God of Darkness, pro-creation, nothingness. Deiwos is the God of Creation & Light. Dweia is a Goddess of Life (birth & death, fertility, tending to the creatures created by Deiwos). While Althalus, after meeting Dweia at the house on the edge of the world (at tht time he doesn't know she's a Goddess) & learn to read / utilize the white book of Deiwos, ended up being the defender of all creations.
To cut a long story short, Ghend & his minions with his black book of Daeva vs Althalus, the white book of Deiwos & his assortment of followers - each with their own special characteristics / powers do battle in their bit to (1) destroy the world into nothingness (Ghend / Daeva) or (2) maintain the world & its creatures (Althalus / Dweia - lastly Deiwos). Of course in the end, good managed to overcome evil & the world is saved. Althalus ended up "married" to Dweia (oh.... I forgot to mention tht Althalus is in a way immortal because he lived to 3000-4000 years while in the house at the edge of the world / Deiwos' hse).
Ah..... how satisfying.... A true Eddings work... witty characters, thick plots & keep you on your toes from start to finish. Wonder if they'll do something similar like LOTR for Eddings' works? Would also love it if Raymond E. Feist books are turned to movies (hopefully of the same quality as LOTR). Now who's Feist? I'll write about his books sometime.....
Now, about this book.... where do I start?.... I think so far this has to be the longest 1-book story that I have ever read from Eddings (913 pages!). Maybe because the story is completed in 1 book, while most of his other books are in series (The Belgariad - 5 books, The Elenium - 3 books, The Mallorean - 5 books etc). If you're not familiar to Eddings' works & are wondering what's all this funny names about - well, just imagine Tolkiens & his work for Lord of The Rings, they are the same genre.
Anyway, back to Althalus. The story is about a young, skillful & "lucky" thief called Althalus, who 1 day ran out of luck & on several occasions barely escaped with his body intact. Depressed & with light pockets, he went into hiding at his favourite campsite "tavern" (of sort). There he met a strange character called Ghend, who tasked him to steal a book for him from the house at the edge of the world (at tht time, people thought that the earth was flat) in return for gold equivalent to the weight of the book.
Ghend is actually the follower of Daeva - God of Darkness, pro-creation, nothingness. Deiwos is the God of Creation & Light. Dweia is a Goddess of Life (birth & death, fertility, tending to the creatures created by Deiwos). While Althalus, after meeting Dweia at the house on the edge of the world (at tht time he doesn't know she's a Goddess) & learn to read / utilize the white book of Deiwos, ended up being the defender of all creations.
To cut a long story short, Ghend & his minions with his black book of Daeva vs Althalus, the white book of Deiwos & his assortment of followers - each with their own special characteristics / powers do battle in their bit to (1) destroy the world into nothingness (Ghend / Daeva) or (2) maintain the world & its creatures (Althalus / Dweia - lastly Deiwos). Of course in the end, good managed to overcome evil & the world is saved. Althalus ended up "married" to Dweia (oh.... I forgot to mention tht Althalus is in a way immortal because he lived to 3000-4000 years while in the house at the edge of the world / Deiwos' hse).
Ah..... how satisfying.... A true Eddings work... witty characters, thick plots & keep you on your toes from start to finish. Wonder if they'll do something similar like LOTR for Eddings' works? Would also love it if Raymond E. Feist books are turned to movies (hopefully of the same quality as LOTR). Now who's Feist? I'll write about his books sometime.....
Thursday 20 August 2009
Movie Review: GI Joe
This show can be summarized in 1 sentence : Typical male movie.
Not that it's bad. The girls are hot, the men are... oklar... The sci-fi gadgets were amazing & believable, the CGI nicely done, story line.... oklar... not fantastic, but not like totally non-existant like some similar genre movies... So verdict is so-so...
Not that it's bad. The girls are hot, the men are... oklar... The sci-fi gadgets were amazing & believable, the CGI nicely done, story line.... oklar... not fantastic, but not like totally non-existant like some similar genre movies... So verdict is so-so...
Book Review: The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
That's right, Quinn did a good job in getting me hooked to the Bridgerton family. This time it's Anthony's story. Since his name started with "A", so you're correct if you guessed that he's the first child (for those who read my previous reviews on her books).
I can't remember if I mentioned tht the Bridgerton children lost their dad to a bee sting at around 38/39 yrs of age (apparently he got stung the 2nd time & tht took his life...). Anyway, Anthony being the eldest (he was 18 when his father died), was the most impacted because he was daddy's boy through & through. Co-incidentally his uncle also died at the young age of late 30s. So he had this notion that the men of his family will not live beyond their 30s.
As a result, he went all out to "enjoy" his life (women, card games etc), but without sacrificing his "duty" to his family & lineage. His 1 greatest fear is to fall in love because he doesn't want the burden of a heartbreak when the time comes for him to expire & he doesn't want his widow to suffer like his mum (for his mother & father is a love match). So in his early 30, in trying to ensure tht he has an heir, he decided to get married BUT without falling in love.
In came the Sheffield family. It consists of Mary (the second wife), her daughter Edwina & her step daughter, Kate, whom she cared for as her own after the death of her husband - Kate's father. While Mary & Edwina is fair, blonde & petite, Kate is all the opposite. While they are soft spoken, gentle & graceful, Kate is the exact opposite as well. However they loved each other dearly.
Edwina attracted the attention of Anthony as a suitable wife candidate because she's pretty & smart enough, but there's no risky spark tht would make him fall in love with her. However due to his reputation of being a rake, Kate went all out in preventing him from pursuing her sister. In a chain of events & a "scandal" (not going to go through the details - if it piqued your interest, do read it), Anthony & Kate ended up married to each other instead!
Anyways, it started "without" love (or rather they refuse to acknowledge there's such feelings), but all ends well. Oh yea... and Anthony managed to the ripe old age of 92!
I can't remember if I mentioned tht the Bridgerton children lost their dad to a bee sting at around 38/39 yrs of age (apparently he got stung the 2nd time & tht took his life...). Anyway, Anthony being the eldest (he was 18 when his father died), was the most impacted because he was daddy's boy through & through. Co-incidentally his uncle also died at the young age of late 30s. So he had this notion that the men of his family will not live beyond their 30s.
As a result, he went all out to "enjoy" his life (women, card games etc), but without sacrificing his "duty" to his family & lineage. His 1 greatest fear is to fall in love because he doesn't want the burden of a heartbreak when the time comes for him to expire & he doesn't want his widow to suffer like his mum (for his mother & father is a love match). So in his early 30, in trying to ensure tht he has an heir, he decided to get married BUT without falling in love.
In came the Sheffield family. It consists of Mary (the second wife), her daughter Edwina & her step daughter, Kate, whom she cared for as her own after the death of her husband - Kate's father. While Mary & Edwina is fair, blonde & petite, Kate is all the opposite. While they are soft spoken, gentle & graceful, Kate is the exact opposite as well. However they loved each other dearly.
Edwina attracted the attention of Anthony as a suitable wife candidate because she's pretty & smart enough, but there's no risky spark tht would make him fall in love with her. However due to his reputation of being a rake, Kate went all out in preventing him from pursuing her sister. In a chain of events & a "scandal" (not going to go through the details - if it piqued your interest, do read it), Anthony & Kate ended up married to each other instead!
Anyways, it started "without" love (or rather they refuse to acknowledge there's such feelings), but all ends well. Oh yea... and Anthony managed to the ripe old age of 92!
Friday 7 August 2009
Series Review: It Started With a Kiss
"It Started With a Kiss" is a Taiwanese romantic comedy drama series. It's actually quite some time back already, but am only starting to watch it recently. I'm up to Episode 15 now & I think I'm only hitting the half-way mark.
I can't belief I'll actually follow a drama series. Sometimes I find it a chore to follow episode by episode. I was the sort who likes everything over & done with in 3hrs (like the regular movies). I'm ok with Lord of The Rings length of like 3-4hrs x 3. But 1hr x 40/50 episodes? It grates on my nerves. Not to mention tht series can be quite slow paced at times. Even crying & moaning can take almost an entire episode, turning me into an impatient child in a long trip repeating the mantra "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" every other minute.
The good thing about this drama series is that every single episode has something really funny / really embarassing on the heroinne, so it makes plodding through the many-many episodes bearable & I actually look forward to finding out the result of her mishaps. Not to mention Jiro fr Farrenheit is in the show. Although he's all goofy & all, but I kinda like looking at his face. He has a clown's face when acting silly characters but looks really cool when not. I've gone past the phase of "hero worship" like in my teenage years where I only look at Take That members, Jimmy Lin & Takeshi Kaneshiro; & whoever more handsome / more talented / more whatever will not shake my "loyalty" to them... Thank God that was over! Now I just admire looking at good looking guys / sweet looking gals in general & tht's it! phew....
I can't belief I'll actually follow a drama series. Sometimes I find it a chore to follow episode by episode. I was the sort who likes everything over & done with in 3hrs (like the regular movies). I'm ok with Lord of The Rings length of like 3-4hrs x 3. But 1hr x 40/50 episodes? It grates on my nerves. Not to mention tht series can be quite slow paced at times. Even crying & moaning can take almost an entire episode, turning me into an impatient child in a long trip repeating the mantra "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" every other minute.
The good thing about this drama series is that every single episode has something really funny / really embarassing on the heroinne, so it makes plodding through the many-many episodes bearable & I actually look forward to finding out the result of her mishaps. Not to mention Jiro fr Farrenheit is in the show. Although he's all goofy & all, but I kinda like looking at his face. He has a clown's face when acting silly characters but looks really cool when not. I've gone past the phase of "hero worship" like in my teenage years where I only look at Take That members, Jimmy Lin & Takeshi Kaneshiro; & whoever more handsome / more talented / more whatever will not shake my "loyalty" to them... Thank God that was over! Now I just admire looking at good looking guys / sweet looking gals in general & tht's it! phew....
Wednesday 5 August 2009
More Funnies in Quotable Quotes
I came across this quote from Rita Rudner (errr... dunno who is she)
"I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them"
then I thought...
"I know I want to have children while my parents are still alive to see them!!!"
Lately, everyone in hubby's family is super worried of my father-in-law. This year is really a bad year for him, health wise. He had pneumonia & his heart enlarged for some reason. So he was put on medication that he has to take daily - about 10-15 pills. He lost a lot of weight that his "smiling-Buddha" tummy has totally disappeared! A few months later, he recovered a bit....
Recently he had prostate problem again (this is his 3rd / 4th re-occurance) & had to go for a minor surgery again so that he can urinate without pain. But he needs to be on medication again & his already haggard body looks worse now...
The pressure is on me again to quickly have a kid & hopefully it's a boy too!! Sigh..... So now you know why I came up with the statement above?
Status update on my current un-pregnant condition?
Well, I was refered to another gynae who supposedly made numerous women with problem, pregnant (errr.... by the way, the gynae is a she, so when I said made women pregnant, I don't mean the gynae doing it! :-p) & the clinic is in Seremban. As usual, she got my background & stuff & she found out tht my hubby & I live separately because of our work location, but we do meet about at least 4 nights a week (more if it's my "fertile" period). What she said next was surprising.... maybe it was her attempt of joking & putting us at ease. She said "Well, meeting more often might not neccesarily mean higher chances anyway. After 5yrs of marriange, it's not like you wanna do it everyday anymore..."
huh.... hubby & I looked at each other....
:-) Well.... I'm not going to declare my sex life in the internet, but after 5-yrs, so far so good.... (minus the sometimes stress of baby-making thoughts)...
"I know I want to have children while my parents are still young enough to take care of them"
then I thought...
"I know I want to have children while my parents are still alive to see them!!!"
Lately, everyone in hubby's family is super worried of my father-in-law. This year is really a bad year for him, health wise. He had pneumonia & his heart enlarged for some reason. So he was put on medication that he has to take daily - about 10-15 pills. He lost a lot of weight that his "smiling-Buddha" tummy has totally disappeared! A few months later, he recovered a bit....
Recently he had prostate problem again (this is his 3rd / 4th re-occurance) & had to go for a minor surgery again so that he can urinate without pain. But he needs to be on medication again & his already haggard body looks worse now...
The pressure is on me again to quickly have a kid & hopefully it's a boy too!! Sigh..... So now you know why I came up with the statement above?
Status update on my current un-pregnant condition?
Well, I was refered to another gynae who supposedly made numerous women with problem, pregnant (errr.... by the way, the gynae is a she, so when I said made women pregnant, I don't mean the gynae doing it! :-p) & the clinic is in Seremban. As usual, she got my background & stuff & she found out tht my hubby & I live separately because of our work location, but we do meet about at least 4 nights a week (more if it's my "fertile" period). What she said next was surprising.... maybe it was her attempt of joking & putting us at ease. She said "Well, meeting more often might not neccesarily mean higher chances anyway. After 5yrs of marriange, it's not like you wanna do it everyday anymore..."
huh.... hubby & I looked at each other....
:-) Well.... I'm not going to declare my sex life in the internet, but after 5-yrs, so far so good.... (minus the sometimes stress of baby-making thoughts)...
Tuesday 4 August 2009
Massive Jam Last Saturday
Yea.. yea... I know it's not news.... everyone had to go through that ordeal the minute they leave home.
Hubby & I initially hoped tht we can stay home & hole ourselves in PD to avoid the jam, but his boss is throwing a party for his baby's full moon celebration. Worse, it's right in Bukit Pantai, so we have to really "redah" all the "hot-spots" in KL...
Since the party starts from 4pm right to the evening, we thought we'll leave Cheras at 4pm. The crowd at the Istana should have dispersed by then... Boy were we wrong...
We left Cheras close to 4pm. It was smooth sailing till somewhere in front of UE3, then the real jam starts. We managed to reach Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka & thinking that the Istana road should be open by now, we tried to take the road to Istana, only to find out that it was sealed. We had to make a u-turn at Sg Besi & come back to the main road towards Chinese Assembly hall & hope to hit Federal Highway from there. We drove all the way there only to find that it was sealed as well. We had to make a u-turn & enter Petaling Street. At that time it was nearing 6pm. Hubby was boiling mad by that time & cursing all the police that were standing around guarding the blocked roads.
We finally took a road towards Brickfields & cut into Bangsar. Finally we get to cut into Bukit Pantai via Lucky Garden near Bangsar Village. By the time we arrived, it was nearly 7pm! Wah... damn tiring man....
Hubby & I initially hoped tht we can stay home & hole ourselves in PD to avoid the jam, but his boss is throwing a party for his baby's full moon celebration. Worse, it's right in Bukit Pantai, so we have to really "redah" all the "hot-spots" in KL...
Since the party starts from 4pm right to the evening, we thought we'll leave Cheras at 4pm. The crowd at the Istana should have dispersed by then... Boy were we wrong...
We left Cheras close to 4pm. It was smooth sailing till somewhere in front of UE3, then the real jam starts. We managed to reach Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka & thinking that the Istana road should be open by now, we tried to take the road to Istana, only to find out that it was sealed. We had to make a u-turn at Sg Besi & come back to the main road towards Chinese Assembly hall & hope to hit Federal Highway from there. We drove all the way there only to find that it was sealed as well. We had to make a u-turn & enter Petaling Street. At that time it was nearing 6pm. Hubby was boiling mad by that time & cursing all the police that were standing around guarding the blocked roads.
We finally took a road towards Brickfields & cut into Bangsar. Finally we get to cut into Bukit Pantai via Lucky Garden near Bangsar Village. By the time we arrived, it was nearly 7pm! Wah... damn tiring man....
I am a Cactus No More - errrr Attempting....
I got a firm message the other day to drink lotsa water because my body is having like 20/30% less water than a normal person should have. I was so used to being a cactus, suddenly asking me to drink more than 2L/day vs my normal 2 mugs is making me dizzy at first. I'm not talking about drinks... Drinks I have aplenty. Teh tarik, barley, herbal tea, ice lemon tea, lemonade etc... But what I'm still short of is pure water (H2O) without the "additives".
The first amazing discovery since forcing myself to gorge abt 2L of water/day (though admittedly some days I only managed 1++L) for the last 1 week, was that I get to sleep better. No more waking up 3-5times a night to go to the toilet. I now go to the toilet max 2 times a night (sometimes even less). However, during the day when I drink so much water, I was peeing every other hour lar...
As a result of that, towards the end of the week, I was more refreshed, probably from the uninterupted sleep (or maybe because it's nearing the weekend & I naturally start to perk up).
So far, the results looks good.... Let's see what other improvement it can bring... I was told it should help me lose weight... dunno if tht is true, but it's sure a cheap way of doing it.... not to mention safe.... :-)
So.... with all the drinking I need to do lately, it's no wonder I dun have time to update my blog..... ;-) (excuses..... :-p)
The first amazing discovery since forcing myself to gorge abt 2L of water/day (though admittedly some days I only managed 1++L) for the last 1 week, was that I get to sleep better. No more waking up 3-5times a night to go to the toilet. I now go to the toilet max 2 times a night (sometimes even less). However, during the day when I drink so much water, I was peeing every other hour lar...
As a result of that, towards the end of the week, I was more refreshed, probably from the uninterupted sleep (or maybe because it's nearing the weekend & I naturally start to perk up).
So far, the results looks good.... Let's see what other improvement it can bring... I was told it should help me lose weight... dunno if tht is true, but it's sure a cheap way of doing it.... not to mention safe.... :-)
So.... with all the drinking I need to do lately, it's no wonder I dun have time to update my blog..... ;-) (excuses..... :-p)
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