Because You Told Me So

The stars whispered to me, that we were put back at the same place. At least they said so in my dream. Before my sleep was disrupted by the rain. The rain which was oh so familiar. Yes, the time when the world span under our feet, as we kissed in the rain.

groans.

The worstEST way to start a day: mixed up my English in front of a cute guy.

Fantastic.

Talented Young Story Teller

Her creative imagination amazes me!

Update

If there's a blogger club which dictates its every member to blog frequently, I would have been shot to death 7 times at least.

September is a very happenning month :) Loads of interesting events were given a spot on my calendar. One of it, was my very own birthday.

It's always heart-warming to know someone secretly (or at least tried to keep it as a secret from me) arranged everything for the celebration. From picking a present to presenting the cake. When I saw the candle lights danced on the cake from afar, as Darryl held it carefully in front of him as he walked down the stairs, and the rest of the debating friends broke into birthday song, there wasn't anything warmer than how I felt inside my heart.

Darryl made me a bookmark! Like, how often do you receive bookmarks made by your own friends?! Kevin & Xu Vin picked me two books which totally blew my mind (and got me flabbergasted) : Animal Farm by George Orwell and *ahem* How Not To Be A Little Old Lady. AND the books are nicely wrapped when it reached me! How sweet and thoughtful! As usual, Kevin drew me a card on behalf of the rest, who wrote messages all over it =) Xu Vin later then gave me another present from herself: a purple nail polish together with removal and protective layer (or what you call that.. Nvm, I can ask Joy later :D)

I just finished reading Animal Farm. Honestly, if what Ervina said was true, that our brain is the sexiest organ, I would say I'd have by far the best orgasmic read ever! It's a relatively short story, but every turning of the pages simply makes you want more of it! Not only it blew my mind, but the author was simply stunningly brilliant. His sarcasm makes you adore him deeply and enjoy every ride down the storyline very much. And oh, my dad says he's read it 30 years ago during his Form 6 years as his English Literature subject requirement! Isn't that cool? It's not fair! How could they read such an enjoyable piece of writing for a subject?!

I've tried out the nail polish, too. But as expected, I need more practices to improve my skills. Joy would be my personal trainer for this :)

And Darryl's bookmark is ready to venture into the warmth of yet another new book which I'll start reading soon!

Last weekend, my parents were in KL. We celebrated my birthday, too, over a lovely meal in Nandos :)

Many, many thanks for the wishes and hugs and presents and love and pizzas and cards and cakes and pressing-my-head-while-I-picked-out-the-candle-from-the-cake! It's lovely to have known and spent time with you all =)

Random Flash-Backs

Feel like posting up random pictures I saw in my folders. Here you go :)

Around last year, Kev and I took a pic together in the Felo Conference Room.

A year later, same people, same venue, but.. me being photoshopped OMG.

Jun Hoe turned up during my convo to pass me the gifts on behalf of the rest, ended up him helping me to carry more gifts from other people because I was running around to take pictures with others.

I was grateful that they turned up, and gosh I really, really appreciate him and Darryl and Alex and Reno and Maggie and Jeremy and others who turned up as well (In this photo only has Maggie, Darryl and Jun Hoe). Because it's an important day to me, and I'd like to share my happiness with the important people in my life :) Besides, they also willingly helped me to hold some of the presents when I was away.

And I totally miss this girl. Soo Pei Ing you DIDN'T come to my convo! But I'll still try to make time for yours next year :) Make sure you go on stage in DECTAR next year, it's the last lap of your medical student year already!

We had fun taking some time off to take farewell picture with a colleague of us who was leaving. Have I told you how much I like the people I'm working with now? :)

Though not comparable to this group of darlings:

:D

I Want A Book Weight!

Does anyone know where to get one? I don't notice any of them in the book stores around my place...

I Can Read Maps but I Lost Myself

It's been an emo Saturday. Well, partially. Or maybe it's more like a roller coaster between Yes and No throught the day.

I found that, I'm ok with NO swimming session in a Saturday. And I really think something weird is going on with me becuase I don't crave for the time to read and I haven't started a single search in the WordSearch puzzles I bought last week.

I've lost myself, including the guts to blame it to the hormones.

Reading Month

As Yvonne's skilled hands efficiently wrapped my books with protective book covers, I couldn't help but to be awed. A few quick snippets, the plastic wrappers were sized accordingly. Then she folded the ends in, secure with cellophane tapes here and there. And Ta-da! Nicely wrapped books ready to be flipped from cover to cover, withstand multiple times of reading, anytime, anywhere! I like my books to be wrapped before I walk into the content of them :)

In the past week, I've visited a book fair in KLCC (Book Fest) almost everyday, even if it's raining cats and dogs after work. I need a new book shelf - that is how broke I am (how much I've spent) after the trips there.

Books which I have bought from KLCC Book Fest:

1) Prisoner of Birth - Jeffrey Archer (RM19.90)

2) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - J.K. Rowling (RM49.90)

3) Microtrend - Mark J. Penn (RM19.90)

4) The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in A New World - Alan Greenspan (RM42.40)

5) Guide to Smart Insurance Planning: Are You Really Covered? - Lee Yow Chuan (RM23.90)

6) Ultimate WordSearch Puzzles (x2 - one for me, one for Fea, hence the price is not to be revealed)

7) Wordsearch: Pocket Puzzles (RM3.00)

8) a purple Bros aluminium water bottle (Kevin's super advance birthday present *grin*)

Total entrance fee I've paid: RM10.00

It's a reading month :-)

Paper Work

Friends know that I'm always crazy over books, and I get excited to have new books to read, or just merely owning it :) Hence during my convo, Jerry and others bought me two books by Candace Bushnell. According to Wikipedia, the books which this American author and columnist based in New York City has written are: Sex and the City (1997), Four Blondes (2001), Trading Up (2003), Lipstick Jungle (2005) and One Fifth Avenue (2007). Trading Up and Lipstick Jungle are the two books on my bookshelf now.

Sometimes I still cannot help but to judge a book by its cover - especially when it comes to new author for me. When it passes the first level, I'd briefly flip through the book to scan the contents and more importantly, the writing style of the author. I always believe there are many ways to present an idea. But creativity sets excellent authors apart from the rest. I want to indulge in a book that will make me continue reading it.

Here is the very first paragraph from Trading Up:

It was the beginning of the summer in the year 2000, and in New York City, where the streets seemed to sparkle with the gold dust filtered down from a billion trades in a boomtown economy, it was business as usual. The world had passes into the new millennium peacefully, the president had again avoided impeachment, and Y2K had fizzled like an ancient bottle of French champagne. The city shone in all its magnificient, vulgar, and ruthless glory.

I.totally.love.it.

Thanks, people! =)

Gifting

Sometimes a gift does not just cost as much as it is stated on the price tag. Though very likely the latter would have been removed (with Jun Hoe's superb well-trained-for-a-million-years skills), one may still be able to guess its shelf price.

But, the recipient may never know what one had gone through to get those gifts. It could mean walking in the rain. It could mean letting go the once in a life time good chance to buy something for ownself, to save enough money for the gift. It could mean decidophobe-ing over the choices one has, taking risk of what if the friend doesn't need/like the gift and etc. It could mean being squeezed like sardin in LRT after work. It could mean staying up thinking of ways to wrap and present the gift. It could mean passing by display windows and one can only smile at the desired items before walking off, with joy in heart that her money was spent more meaningfully.

And it definitely means precious time was spent thinking about the recipient during the entire process.

I enjoy receiving gifts. And giving gift to friends is a happy deed, too!

But no, Kevin Tan, I would like to have my sharpener back, please ;p

I want you to trust me, that I have your best interests in heart, that I mean no evil nor harm to you. I need you to know that I love you, love you so much that I never feel my love depletes for you, that it is always enough to cover the aches and wipe off the tears. I wonder if you understand that I still care a lot for you, that I want to hang on a little longer, just to make sure you guys are doing fine. I want to be the person you guys have faith in and turn to, when things happen.

I have taken risk being hurt again, without insurance coverage before hand. I want to believe the risk is over, and it bears good fruit. Because that's all I've got, and that's how long my shelf life is. It is short, but at least the final few breaths that I've had, were the sweetest scent too luxurious for my humble lungs to consume.

I don't have to give you the benefit of doubts, because I'd love you anyway. It's just making loving you unconditionally less silly from other's eyes.

You don't have to love me in return, but I long to know if you want to...

Departure of my love

I miss the time it hugged my body, tight yet with elasticity, to cover me yet gave me enough freedom to move around. The advantages it gives me to reduce friction, to satisfy my hunger for speed; the quiet moments for myself to swim all my night away, to clear my thoughts, to express my love for life, to miss someone secretly, to release anger and pressure, or just to do some maths by concentrating on counting laps and nothing more. It's so close to me like my second skin. Lian King once complimented my new goggle:

"Woa, it's blue colour! It matches your swimming suit!"

Well, not anymore, for the goggle has lost its matching partner. As for me, I've lost my loved one, my swimming licence - I can't swim naked OK?!

Sigh, I have to quickly buy a new one. My skin itches whenever I see the pool!!