October 18, 2009

Busy Weekend!

SATURDAY
>> Woke up to do a week's laundry that I was in Singapore. I can send two items daily for washing while I was there, but of course there was a pile of everything else.
>> Went out to see the progress of the invitation card; NONE. It has been two weeks since I finalised the details but no work has been done at all. The girl said they will contact me 10 days before I am supposed to collect it. Bad management.
>> And then, went to do fitting for the reception dress. I'm very happy with the 85% outcome. And much happier to note that I have lost INCHES that saw Mag preparing to alter the dress further. (Yeay to that! Yeay to hasrdwork in the guym!!)
>> After sending Mak and Abah back, I changed to attend Toonie's open house. Missed some friends, saw a few. Continued my capacity as baby sitter by feeding the baby. And watching over the second one. Stayed for two hours plus. Food was awesome!
>> Met up with Em and her fiance at Sunway Pyramid. Just talks over coffee (vanilla latte pour moi). Stayed for another 2 hours.
>> Called Cik Yati to set appointment for body service session for Mak and myself. Arrived home at 11pm. And waited until midnight before fell into deep slumber...

SUNDAY
>> Woke up, showered and prepare breakfast while chatting with Mak. We had roti canai segera. With her awesome fish curry.
>> Massage session; one hour for Mak and two hours for me. I cringed everytime she corrected my urat yang bersimpul-simpul.
>> Meeting Sarc later today. Waiting for her to confirm the place.

Tomorrow is BLOOD TEST day!!

October 16, 2009

I'm going home!!

I am currently at the airport. The CIP lounge to be exact. My flight is at 6:45pm and check in at 6:00pm. So, at 3:30pm, I will go around the shopping area and see if i can find anything suitable for the wedding. I am yet to complete my gifts to him, so, will check out few items in the list.

Other than that, I am happy to leave. The best things about this trip was the arrangement made to ease my way from immigration check point in Changi to arrival in the hotel AND the rail system in the country. I had very bad experience this morning with one of the staff at the hotel which I don't care to elaborate. Besides, maybe it is also a reminder to me to always treat people with respect and always kindly. I made a social blunder not too long ago, and I believe I'm still paying for that crime. As much as I feel bad about the situation, I cannot turn back time and in time I hope things will be better... :-(

So anyway, the orgraniser of the exhibition actually arranged for a buggy that picked up my colleague and I right after we exit the plane last week and quickly whisked us away to the private CIP lounge. Our entry was a breeze and the luggage taken care of. Later, we we transported to the hotel via a designated coach. What an experience!

Arriving at the hotel however, the reception was a little mixed up, probably because I was dressed so casually that they did not expect me to be part of such posh event. :-p And this morning, when I was querying about the arrangement made for airport transfer, I was treated not so nicely by one of the staff. Luckily the rest of the team was more tactful that I managed not to give a piece of my mind to her. And sadly, she was a Malay.

Upon arrival at the CIP lounge again this afternoon, everything is smooth so far. InsyaAllah, all will be smooth still.

It is almost 3:30pm. Going for a quick visit to the ladies' and off to the shopping area pour moi! Au revoir Singapour!

p/s: I might be back in November for my cousin's wedding... ha ha ha ha...

October 14, 2009

Two more days to go!

Singapore is not far from Malaysia. Definitely not. And as much as it is convenient to move around in this country, I could never live here. Nope, I don't think so, unless I really have to. Basically, given the choice, I'll stay in my Malaysia.

It's interesting to know that people know Singapore, this teeny weeny island, but are still confused about Malaysia, when it's just a strait away! Makes me a little upset, but I always answered it's just 20 minutes away, just across the northern border. 30 minutes to KL by airplane. There.

J'aime beaucoup mon pay, j'en ne veux pas changer avec autres. Hah!

I want to go home, but I still have two nights to go. The closing ceremony will be tomorrow, and after it's packing up the equipment. Oh! I am never good at packing up and unpacking my own things, I hope I will not miss anything out tomorrow! The best part about an event ou exhibition is that you get to interact with people, meet new people and learn new culture. Possible learn a word or two of a different language. And the tedious part will be the packing up and the listing down of all the contact names and their interests. Agh!

It's not that I don't want to be technical anymore, it's just that I like the rush that I see on people's faces when they see new things and sometimes, in a weird way, the way they act when they think they know everything. You have potential customers that annoy you, or people that visit the booth every year with the same enthusiasm and requirements and needs, but never make up their mind actually implement something! Yes, we have those too!

I want to go home! Ha ha ha...

October 8, 2009

Away From KL

I'm traveling to the Lion City tomorrow morning. I don't know why, but this time around, I am planning my departure hour to hour. I will go with a colleague but I find comfort in planning the details, like what time I should take the ERL which means I will have to know the time to go out from the house, which transportation that I can take when I arrive to go to the hotel.

And while reading, these are my findings:
1. There is a place called Bukit Gombak in Singapore. No, this is not my first time going to Singapore, but this fact actually escaped me from before. My hometown is Gombak and for ages people are saying it's very HULU. So there you go. There's not PJ or Bangsar anywhere else. :-p

2. From Changi Airport, you only have to pay SGD2.70 to go to the city, you will arrive in 27 minutes. Compare with traveling from KLIA to KL Sentral on ERL, it will cost you RM35, you will arrive in 28 minutes. Hmm... Go figure.

Let's just put two, otherwise people will think I say life over there is better than Malaysia. I wouldn't know, I'm a Malaysian and proud to be one.

Hmm... I may go to Bedok tomorrow evening to visit Mak Long. But I have to check what's the plan with the team first. But, this sure will bring back a lot of memories, bittersweet and some.

October 7, 2009

Old News

I've only got the chance to actually watch what happened during the recent VMA 2009; you know, when Kanye West (idiot) hijacked Taylor Swift's moment... I don't really follow the industry's gossips, but I (like billions others) am surprised something like this could happen. It's not important really, coz it has no impact on my life. Ha ha ha... Just thought of sharing it with you.

http://www.ishatonu.com/2009/09/17/old-news-kanye-west-interrupts-taylor-swifts-moment/

Whether the act was staged or it happened out of MTV's control, we can never know, right? It's show biz. Anyway, Beyonce, she's good. I mean, if this isn't staged, the world still have some hope of peace if more people with this same sensitivity are around.

http://www.popcrunch.com/beyonce-gives-taylor-swift-her-vma-moment/