Make a wish..take a chance..make a change.. and breakaway!

I wish I had done a longer cardio session just now. I went to the gym at 5pm and did 15 mins on the treadmill and another 15 on the elliptical machine and then I moved to the studio to do some strength moves. Before I could do my bicep curls while balancing my torso on a stability ball, in came the aerobics instructor the bh ladies hired. Drats!

Kalau aku tau tadi, I would have done another 15mins on the treadmill again. *Ish!* I guess I can do my push ups, crunches and yoga moves for biceps at home. Oh well.

Because my strength session was interrupted, I hilang mood a bit and decided not to shower after gym as a sign of protest :P

IAB saw me in the office as I was chatting with Zuls and asked me if I had been to the gym and (half jokingly) said he could tell because he could smell me… *hardyharharhar*!

Yeah, well, you badly need a shave you grizzly bear you (Well, at least, that would have been my retort if I had the nerve to say it out loud lah *hehehe*).

Tomorrow I’m leaving for Tawau with my husband’s side of the family. I’m nervous about flying a1ras1a. Maklumlah, I have always flown m*a*s. I’ve only flown with a1ras1a once to kltn and that was.. what?.. two years ago? I can’t even remember for sure.

But I am excited about it because this would be my first flight with my husband :). This would be his first flight in about four years ago. The last time was to visit his parents when they were posted to Sabah for a couple of years.

I’ll be back Monday. I am bringing my laptop to Sabah because I have work to finish. My next deadline is Tuesday. Later!

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She’s ba-ack!

Guess who’s back in the mack? hehehe



Why? It’s miss h1lton of course. I still cannot believe how different she looks without makeup. I know makeup can make people look really different but this is something else!



I’ve been following closely stories about her going to jail and all. I know a lot of people would prefer that she stayed longer in there but let’s be real. She’s the heiress of one of the biggest hotel chains in the world, what do you expect? Money makes the world go round yo!



I’ve decided to post her pictures walking out of jail escorted by prison guards and her lawyer here because, whether we like it or not, this is a momentous event :P

That these pictures are different from the ones that we see of her on the red carpet is a given. But whether you realise it or not, there is a different energy that she exudes here. I could be reading too much into these pictures but these images capture Par1s H1lton being truly happy in a long, long time. Just like that picture of hers crying in the patrol car, there is vulnerability in these pictures.



I am glad that for a brief moment here, we have managed to document Par1s H1lton being truly grateful for something – her freedom.



Serious talk aside, check out how glamorous she still looks even though she has her hair braided, no makeup and only donning a pair of dark blue jeans, white tank top and a jacket. I wish I looked that good! :)



It’d be suffice to say that today has been a good day for Par1s. I think it was a good day for me too. I felt a sense of completion today. I submitted some forms, handed in my work, paid off some bills with minimal stress. I hope there’d be more days like these coming my way…

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Guess what happened today?

I went to the gym during my lunch break today. I really had to push myself today but I’m happy to report that I completed 30 minutes of cardio and another half an hour of strength training (ab crunches, squats, bicep curls).



I know the number on the weighing scale doesn’t matter but I can’t help but to be bothered when the arrow on scale won’t budge below 59.5kg when stand on it. What’s up with that? Could I be gaining muscle? But my arms and thighs still jiggle! Grrr!



Anywho, I finally called in to enquire about the karaoke contest and club membership forms. The girl said she doesn’t have them with her but will e-mail them to me soon. Alrighty then.



I was discussing with d3ll the other day about which song I should pick. I told her I’d like to try Lang1t Ke-7 aka ayah p1n’s theme song hehehe. Don’t get the joke? Google ayah pin. D3ll also told me that she has followed a lot of karaoke contests and finalists who sing this song and Pudar always come out top. Ye ke? Well, I’ll just practice them (and a bunch of other songs) and see which one works.



Oh, had dinner with J, A, Princess and husband (mine not hers) at n1rwana. It’s always fun having meals and sharing jokes and swapping gossip among friends.



Well, I better get cracking on that story for this week, due tomorrow. Later!

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What I did on Saturday

For the first time in weeks, my husband and I woke up early on a Saturday. Husband had some errands to run and I had some laundry to do. By about 11am, we were already out of the house. Our first stop was to SS2’s d1g1 centre to convert my prepaid line to postpaid. Yes, both of us are getting sick of having to top up three times a month. At the amount that we were spending on our calls and text messages, we might as well become postpaid users. At least we only have to worry about settling the bill at the end of the month, and not constantly have to worry about making extra-long calls as to not run out of credit so soon.



By Monday, I think I should get my postpaid service working.



After making the car payment, we adjourned to K1ll1ney’s Kop1t1am for lunch. It was good. I loved the teh susu with vanilla icecream. Sedap. I had that and the mee goreng mamak which was alright. But my pleasant dining experience was marred by a sudden urge to do No 2. I duely responded to nature’s call because I know that ignoring it would make matters worse. I have had enough sudden sakit perut attacks to know better. I knew I shouldn’t have had the 2 slices of wholewheat bread with margarine for breakfast!



On the way back, we dropped off my sis-in-law at KJ where my bro-in-law picked her up en route to Bkt Jal1l for the cheerlead1ng competition. My husband asked me if I’d like to go to Summ1t next but since I was still recovering from my stomach ache, I said I’d prefer to go home.



A couple of hours later, we went out again and this time to have coffee at Star*bucks and do a bit of surfing. It’s a bit silly actually considering that the wireless Internet access at home is better than the one there. But I couldn’t say no to hazelnut soy milk, no whip creme, hot chocolate (I’m lactose intolerant, hence the soy milk).



Came home just before maghrib and continued surfing the Net before actually settling down to complete a brief write-up I owe someone. Still halfway through it. Will continue tomorrow.



And that was basically how my Saturday went. Hope Sunday will be a whole new “adventure”.

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Did you hear?

An old movie starring Jonathan Brandis (remember him?) is showing now on HBO. Since I haven’t heard anything about the guy in such a long time, I decided to G00gle him. Imagine my shock when I read on the Net that he committed suicide in 2003 and died from injuries after he hung himself!

This is what a wikipedia entry on him says about his death:

On November 11, 2003, at about 11:40 p.m., a friend of Jonathan Brandis called police to report that the actor had attempted suicide at his apartment, located in the 600 block of Detroit Avenue. Paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire department [sic] responded and transported Brandis to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where he eventually died from his injuries. Brandis’ death was announced by hospital staff on November 12, 2003, at about 2:45 p.m.” ([1]).

Brandis apparently did not leave a note of any kind. His family was devastated upon receiving news of his death. He had no known personal problems, except for the fact that he was usually quite hard on himself. According to his mother, he had no prior suicide attempts, drank socially and had quit smoking two years prior, along with recreational drugs.

Brandis’s mother questioned whether his use of the acne drug Accutane may be to blame, citing that one of the clinical side effects was reported to cause psychosis and suicide. In a People magazine article, friends were quoted as saying he was lonely and depressed about his lagging career. One friend admitted that Brandis drank heavily, and had even mentioned that he might kill himself. He was also said to be upset when his appearance in Hart’s War, a role he hoped would be his comeback, was cut from the film.

Poor guy. Who would have thought?

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How come I dont remember this?

Fantastic 4 – the first movie is showing on Star movies right now. I went to see the sequel last weekend with my husband’s family. As I was wathching the film, I wondered why I couldn’t remember how Dr D00m got his powers. and what hapened to him in the end.

Watching the first movie again right this moment makes me realise that I didn’t see the first film in the cinemas. I must have caught the movie on vcd one day and was busy doing something else while watching it. I was probably blogging like I am right now :) Patutlah aku tak ingat …

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Old me vs new me

I find reading my old postings very amusing. I thought my old writing was bad, childish even but I dare say that I wasn’t half bad. In fact, I used to be more descriptive, more animated in my writing. Now where did that girl go to? More importantly, how can I recapture that carefree, unpretentious, whocaresaboutgrammar style I used to have? I suppose one way of doing that is to re-read my old stuff. Talk about being conceited! Well, whatever helps ya?

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Running a business ain’t easy ya know!

I just found out that a relative’s business of selling teeny weeny cakes has been facing some criticism. I won’t go into details but suffice to say that their customers get really, really excited by the pictures of the product they see on the official website. But for some of them, at least the ones who blog about it anyway, their excitement soon turns to disappointment because when they open the pretty package, they see that the result is er… “indah gambar khabar dari rupa”.



I suppose in business, you are bound to gather fans (people who are completely happy with your services) and haters (people whom you just can’t please, no matter what you do). You can’t please everyone but you try your best to keep everyone happy and pray that the ones who aren’t will chose to inform you of their “unpleasant” experience instead of carrying the horror stories to their friends.



Like a sign I saw on the door of a cybercafe once: Kalau tak bagus bagitau saya, kalau bagus bagitau kawan (If (the service) is lousy, let me know, if the service is great, let your friends know).



Complaints from customers are not something to be taken lightly. So you can’t exactly turn to them and say, “You weren’t quite happy with the product? Well, tough luck!“



I wish her all the best in her business because they do have good products and an excellent clientele/following.

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New look

Inspired by The Caffeinated Quarterlife, I decided to change my template too. I spent close to two hours (of time that I should be spending doing “proper work”) surfing the Net for a template. I found a few that caught my attention. But somehow they look different on Mozilla and IE. Tired of surfing, I decided to go back to Blogger and choose one of its generic template. Much better, don’t you think?



I have changed my blog title too. It is now “The truth and nothing but…”.



I think it’s an appropriate title for the white background. You know what they say about the colour white, white=chaste=pure=honest=etc, etc.



This template, like others in the past, is not permanent. Sooner or later, I’ll grow tired of it and be itching to change it again. It’s just a question of when.



Well, it’s close to 6pm, it’s Friday and I have a busy weekend ahead. Talk to you soon!

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Updates

Found this on the Newsbox page on the office’s intranet. I am definitely signing up!

Here is an update on the NPC-DiGi Karaoke Contest. The cash prizes for both the solo and duet categories are now double.

Solo category:

1st prize: RM1,000 + 1 Ipod + 1 handphone

2nd prize: RM600 + 1 handphone

3rd prize: RM400 + 1 handphone

Duet category:

1st prize: RM1,000 + 2 Ipods + 2 handphones

2nd prize: RM600 + 2 handphones

3rd prize: RM400 + 2 handphones

Also, the pool of prizes for the lucky draw is increasing nicely. A
plasma tv is up for grabs at the karaoke finals at D’House at DiGi’s
premises in Shah Alam.

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