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Busy busy busy! It’s a busy year-end and I have a feeling that I won’t get a good rest until well after CNY.

Jimmy and Cheryl’s wedding is finally near! Bachelor nite yesterday, and it’s so amusing cause he acts like a cute child when drunk-ish Come Saturday and I’ll experience my first western-style wedding lol. Meh… Need to be there a little earlier around 5pm or so, to help out with stuff before guests start coming in. It’ll be quite a rush for me cause I still had to work until 2pm. Phew, just thinking about it tires me out lol.

HueyPeng will be back that weekend, and we’re supposed to meet for after-dinner drinks on Sunday. Looking forward to that. Kinda miss her, cause she’s about the only girl friend I have that could go out with me for drinks on intuition lol.

Then comes Monday, holiday!

Back to work on Tuesday, I think it’ll be moving day. Work’s busy as always. Got new stuff to design and follow up. And the timing is so perfect that we’re moving office during this busy period. Pok kai ah. I don’t like things interrupting my flow when I’m on the job, unless I have time to spare. But for this coming month, I don’t >.< Looking at the junk in the old office, sigh… It’s gonna take a while!

After that, I should be free until… Christmas & New Year, I should think? Oh no, wait. I need to plan those free weekends for CNY shopping trips lol. I need a pair of new pants, a few tops, a pair of black slip-on heels…

Lately I’ve come to realise something. There’s a lot of things that I like and like to do. But I hardly have anyone to share my interests with. I’m talking about pool, bowling, clubbing, karaoke… You know, the entertainment bit. It’s been so long since I’ve played a game of pool. I kinda miss bowling too. Also been long since my last karaoke session. And I love nights out of drinking and dancing. But more often than not, whenever I feel like doing these things, I don’t know who to call. Cause the people closest to me don’t fancy these things.

That got me thinking. How do I come to like the things that I like when I don’t even have the peers? It’s hard enough for me to find friends that click well. Even harder still to find those that click well AND have common interests in entertainment.

Today, 2 of my male colleagues were arranging the new stock that just arrived in the office. I took a break (I sat until my back hurt again lol) and watched them do their thing. Just so happened that both of them bent down at the same time and I got a view of 2 sets of butt cracks between shirts and jeans facing me. Wow… =_=;;; What a picture.

And then they were also trying on random shirts from the new stock for size and cutting. Being shameless guys, they just took off their shirts with me in the same room. Again… Wow… +_+;;; Check out that jelly.

*Rinses eyes* They may be young men, but their bodies aren’t exactly Beckham-ish…

Met up with my darlings for a nice joint birthday dinner for me and Jo last Saturday. This time, we had it at Tony Roma’s at Sunway Pyramid. Ika and I got a Davidoff Cool Water perfume for Jo… And Ika and Jo got me a pretty pendant on a necklace, AND a box of fancy chocolates! *ish chocoholic* Thank you, my lovelies ^^ Didn’t get to spend too long this time around cause my pretty ladies got plans for the next day. Here’s a pic of us!

Stupid blur pic by a skill-less man who stood too far (I had to crop the pic). Why we did NOT take a close up of the 3 of us like we ALWAYS do, I will never know =_= (actually I might know but that’s NOYB lol).

So I was bored after they left and started to call people, hoping to grab a beer or starbucks, or something. It’s Saturday night, of course everyone’s already out with plans, including my lovely boyfriend lol. After a few calls, in the end I joined Derek and his friends. BarCelona kinda sucks, I can’t explain why. I just don’t “feel” it lol. But all in all, good to see Derek again after all these years.
 

Ooooh, see the presents that I got this year. Not many but at least I got some lol.

 Lemon vodka from Clinston, my pet bro.

 Gucci by Gucci from Chris, my colleague.

 Pretty necklace from Jo & Ika *hearts*
No pic of the chocs cause I want them all for myself hehe

That’s all I got this year. Excluding the angpau I got from both my parents la. But hey, useful in their own way =D

Putting the angpau money aside for savings to get the double eyelid surgery that I desperately want. I’m halfway thru the savings! Sticking the tape or applying the glue doesn’t seem to work so well anymore, somehow. And they make my makeup ugly >.<

The vodka is for me to drink a sip during my insomniac nights to help me doze off to a hopefully dreamless sleep. So far I haven’t had the need for it yet, cause I’ve been so tired lately that I just fall asleep easy. Tho I still get active dreams, hmm…

I’m not a huge perfume fan, and I usually prefer fresher and sweeter scents (like Versace Red Jeans, or Escada Tropical Punch). But I guess the mature, womanly scent of Gucci could come in use during my nights out. You know, ladies nights out lol. When I need to smell… “strong” lol.

All I have most is the punk-ish accessories (which I kinda grew out of), so this new pretty necklace is great to match any outfit when I need to dress up casually XD It goes well with casual dresses, even the simple top and jeans. Very useful to decorate my bare neck! (My folks gave me a Love Diamond pendant months ago, it’s an advance gift for my 30th birthday, apparently. This, I wear to formal functions).

And the chocs? Need I give a purpose for it? XD It’s a harmless (and delicious) happy pill, damn it XD

On Friday night, I met up with my dear pet bro Clinston. We had dinner at Sakae Sushi, Sunway Pyramid, then went to chill with a bucket of beer at Friendster. He got me a small bottle of vodka lemon, the only present I got for my birthday so far hehe. It’ll come in handy during my sleepless nights :P Here’s my handsome Didi ^^

On Saturday night, had dinner with the family at Chili’s. Haha yea again, instead of Colloseum. Figured it’s more convenient since I was heading for Avenue K after. Hmm nothing much to say, cause we eat here for almost every occasion haha. Here’s me and my free… brownie with ice cream:

After dinner, it’s party time! It was only the 3 of us at Quattro. Don’t know who else to call for this last minute thing, cause we were supposed to have another 3 more colleagues but they couldn’t make it. So, yeah. 3 persons only on 1 bottle of VSOP, that’s enough to make us… “happy” lol. See how happy we are! Though Ron looked a bit… blur Btw, I wasn’t sober til like 24 hours later haha.

 
On Sunday, I spent it with my sweetheart. Calvin and I went to Sunway Pyramid and before we went to see Madagascar2, we decided to try Michelangelo’s Italian Kitchen for early dinner. It looked pretty expensive, but the prices were actually not too bad! I have to say, they’ve got the BEST pizza I’ve ever had! I highly recommend it! See how much I’m enjoying it hehe:

Today, back to work again on a Birthday Monday. Usual day, and then my boss Alfred decides to have me break the ice and start a ‘tradition’ to celebrate the staff’s birthdays. So after bringing me to meet a client, he took me to buy a cake of my choice, and some soft drinks. And we had a mini party in the office at teatime ^^ The candles are such a dead giveaway of how old I am lol. Alfred insisted to have the exact amount XD

 
Papa says to have a good dinner on my birthday, so I requested for crabs hehe. But the chinese place we usually go to is closed on Mondays, so we had to go to the back up place. Not very happy cause the crabs sucked. First time I had crabs where the meat was stuck firmly to the shell. How to eat??

So that’s what happened so far for this year’s birthday. Another one coming soon, this Saturday night! =D

I’ll be turning 24 in a few more days… Argh, the little step into mid-20s! Bleh… Actually I feel a bit indifferent lah. Birthdays doesn’t seem as exciting as it used to be back when I was younger, before I became an adult. But nevertheless, I have an eventful 2 weeks coming up! Well, just the weekends, anyway.

This Friday, I’ll (finally) be meeting up with my pet lil bro, Clinston, for dinner. Known him for so long already but have yet to meet him.

Then on Saturday, it’s a simple dinner celebration with my family. Not sure where yet, probably Coloseum. Since I’ve got peeps recommending it and we’ve not been there, so why not? After dinner, I’m gonna pop over to Avenue K, cause my colleagues are gonna celebrate with me by clubbing at Quattro, bweee…

Then my Sunday will be spent with Calvin. Not sure what we’re gonna do yet tho. Lunch, movies, dinner? We’ll see.

Monday, my actual birthday! Now usually I’m on leave on my birthday, but I can’t do that this year cause I’m still too fresh in this job So, will be at work on my special day! Blech…

Then comes weekend again, and it’ll be time for another girls nite out with my hunnies =D It’s a joint birthday celebration dinner cause Jo is only 2 days younger than me. This time we’ll be going for TonyRoma’s at Sunway Pyramid. Can’t wait for that cause I always have a great time with Jo and Ika ^^

So far that’s all the plans I have for this year’s birthday. Now you know what I’m up to. Wanna treat me? Buzz me to book a spot in my busy schedule XD Lol, kidding lah~ I ain’t that popular, right

I don’t quite like figures, but I like to count. Math was not really my fave in school, but I seldom had problems understanding it and could easily ace it. Haha I’m just happy over the fact that I managed to tally out my business accounts with the actual bank balance. Was having such a headache to why is it that the balance does not match when I cross-checked! Finally managed to figure it out. A little too late to realise the miscalculation tho, ’cause in my haste, I already wrote the cheque to claim for what I have spent on. I was supposed to claim for only half of the amount written on the cheque. Oops XD heh, I need a bigger calculater lol (should’ve used dad’s giant calculater). No matter… keep the balance for my future spending. Will be needing more stock soon!

Speaking of which, I’m also happy to have finally found a wholesaler off Jalan Kenanga that has plain basic tops for ladies. Funny story too. It was yesterday afternoon, I walked around (with Calvin on my tow) along the streets and went into many shops without finding what I want. They were either the wrong fabric, wrong cutting, too fancy, too old-fashioned, etc… I was getting frustrated (it’s a hot day!) ’cause found so many lovely things there that I like but nothing which I need.

In the end, the one shop that has exactly what I had in mind… Was the shop which I parked DIRECTLY in front of, which happened to be the last shop I looked in. Haiyoh!!! It was there all along and I took the long way around to find it =_=;;; So silly la! Lady luck (aka my ‘Tai Sui’ card in my purse) helped me find my needs by taking me to an empty parking space in front of the shop in a very congested area, but I overlooked it completely haha. I wasted 30 minutes of walking in the humid streets. Calvin shook his head at me over this silliness. Can’t help to laugh over it myself :P But no matter, I’ve got my baby-Ts and tank tops, for a good price too =D Also the bright side is that, all that walking showed me (partially) what the wholesalers in the area have to offer me should I have a different need ^^

I can’t believe that my parents booked flight tickets to see my siblings in Melbourne for next year without me!!! Luckily my sis mentioned about it on email by asking me how come I couldn’t come along. Apparently my parents assume that I can’t go due to workload and planned without confirming with me >.< Dang, all I said was that I’m not sure but if they let me know much in advance then I could arrange. Grrr I can’t believe how close I was to getting left out on an overseas trip AND a family reunion.

Meh… no matter. Good thing still managed to book another seat for me on the same flight at my parents, tho not promotional like theirs. How much I’d sulk if I don’t get to go again!! Come mid-August 2009, Melbourne here I come!

This morning I went to a client’s office on my own. Yes, my first “run” alone without my boss to bring me~! Needless to say, I was kinda nervous cause it’s been about 3 years since I went for meetings at clients’ offices on my own (I used to do that on my first job). Hmm actually back then it was much simpler. This time around I had more things to discuss about other than just design. I got confused on the fabrications for a bit lol. Which slub yarn jersey is for which range… Aiyo. I also need to learn the chinese words for the fabrics haha. I forgot already what is slub in chinese

I also need to learn the Hongkie terms for some things… Like I was talking about measurements to a hongkie colleague, and apparently our slangs for “inch” aren’t the same! I was so blur like wth is she talking about haha. I’m trying to recognise some chinese words also. The common ones like… “sleeve” or “colour” for example. Not so easy eh… ^^;;

So anyway, the meeting went alright. Not entirely smooth cause I still owe the client some answers pending from my boss. But no matter. 

About an hour at the meeting, plus travelling time between Cheras and Puchong, and my pitstop break with Calvin… that’s about the whole morning gone. Got back to office, gather my stuff from the meeting to evaluate, answered some phone calls, then I’m out for lunch already. Back in office, answered more phone calls, and faxed a document. (I never had so many phone calls before! Leave me alone! Haha!) Continued on my design a bit and at around 3.45pm, the power cut!

Arggggghhhhh I did not save 20 minutes worth of work >.< Sob sob, my colours… The entire area blackout. TNB said that something from the main power station got stolen and they need to replace it. WTF? Half an hour, they said. We all know how sufficient they are So we all hung out at the new office building, checking out what goes where and exaggerating how the reno will be like haha. Laser sensors and all, so silly XD It took 2 whole hours before the power was back on. By then, it’s only about 1 more hour til work’s out haha.

Aiyo… hence my title. Did so much today but didn’t do much also haha.

Somehow I feel like life is getting tougher nowadays. I’m not sure what it is that’s making me feel this way. Perhaps seeing other people having achievements and touching success? I’m turning 24 in a couple of weeks. Maybe it is the fact that I’m in my mid-20s and have yet to achieve something great that’s giving me the pinch to buck up. I need to stop slacking off so much and put all my efforts in to work harder. Or else, I’m gonna miss my goal and before you know it, I’m older and past the peak age of where I should be building my career to achieve my dream.

I guess I’ve been taking my youth for granted all this while. “Still young mah, plenty of time la”. Exactly the problem, there was so much that I could have done when I was “still young” that I’m having problem finding time for nowadays. Mandarin classes? Make up course? So much could have done but did not. I’ve wasted enough of my years already. I’m not gonna waste anymore.

From now on, I’m gonna look out for #1. Work harder on what I have set up to do. Look into what I intended to do, like flea market. My social life may die out a little but that’s the sacrifice to be made to achieve what I want, right? I need to clear my life and not disappoint my parents. Cause they are right. As much as I hate their words, but in the end I can’t help to admit that they are right. I’ve got a good life and there’s so much ahead of me. I can’t let anything or anyone hold me back from the possibilities. Even if I have to take the drastic move. Decisions will have to be made, even if it is something that I would hate to do.

Please let it work…