Freakin' Tired.

I am so so so freakin' tired. Big Boss cut his hand while making coleslaw. He was supposed to slice the onion and I have no idea why he sliced his finger instead. I was on my way to Cold Storage when I received an emergency call from Karen, asking me to turn back 'cos the boss had to go to the clinic. Damn it. Just when I was craving for Ikea's Swedish Meatball for lunch. #$%^$

Boss had to gross me out with the whole scenario. How he was slicing the onion with the 'slicer' (?!) and suddenly sliced his right thumb. The skin came off, obviously, and blood gushed out. Fortunately, there's no stiches required.

On the unfortunate side, I had to do his job. Making drinks and preparing food. Karen is only in charge of cashier and some simple drinks. I practically worked my ass off. First by finishing the coleslaw preparation (I threw away the "contaminated" onion, so no worries), made tons of drinks, prepared a couple of sandwiches, made tuna and roast chicken fillings etc etc.

Soon its gonna be 9pm. Yippppppeeeeee! I wanna go homeeeeee!

Embarassment.

My partner in crime (cousin sister) came back from Melbourne on Thursday. Yesterday, we had a BBQ at my house kononnye to 'welcome' her la. The usual gang (other cousins) were invited and we had a blast! Sadly though, it rained quite abit so we had to take out the big ass 'pasar malam' umbrella. No idea why it always rain when we decide to have a BBQ. It rained too when I had my 21st Birthday BBQ party. :/

You know what happens when relatives get together. We talk. We laugh. We joke. We basically talk nonsense and catch up with each others. One of my cousin brother is a father again! My cousin sister-in-law gave birth to another son, Joven Loo Zen Kit. Hehehehehe. Another adddition to the Loo Clan. How nice. I can imagine few years down the road, kids around the age of 5 and below running around and screaming their heads off, annoying the soul out of us "older generations". :p

My eldest brother was damn funny. Out of the sudden, he told everyone that he'll always remember Joven everytime he showers. All of us looked at him weirdly and thought it was one of his failed jokes. He looked at us and you know what he said? "My water heater's brand is Joven". There. No wonder the name was so familiar when my cousin told us.

One thing I hate about all these cousin gatherings is how they'll all laugh at you when you do or say something wrong. Rainy days = wet floor, right? I was moving about on my plastic stool and suddenly, I feel the stool legs begin to spread. Before I could get up, I fell. Ass down. Wham! @#%$%&. All my cousins roar in laughters almost instantly! Oh Tuhanku. Malunye!!!!!

Soon.

Next Sunday will be my last day in Departure Lounge. *Yippppppppeeeeeeee*

Sorry about that. Was pretty excited. Hahahaha! There's so much I need to catch up on! First thing first, shopping! I am so neglected of that, I tell you! Almost 4 months. The only thing I've shopped for in these 4 months are groceries! Can't wait to get my life back on track! :p

End of the year equals to friends coming back from overseas. Jun! I am so freaking excited!!!!! ;)

Nonsense!

I can't believe I was actually anticipated to watch this Taiwanese drama. Thank God I rented it. If I actually purchased the show, I think I'll kill myself.



Love Contract. The stupidest drama I've ever watched! Beginning was fine. Then it got draggy and super boring towards the middle. And when I finally lived through it, I realised I don't understand the ending at all. Checked out some forums and was told that there's 3 versions of the ending!

No.1: both lead died
No.2: both lead lived
No.3: all the cast died

What the *tooooooooooooot*!!

Wasted my money. Wasted my time.

Presents.

'Tis the season to spend money, falalalala lalalala......

Christmas is coming in another month. Spent quite abit last year buying presents for people (you know who you are!). Headache all over again. Funny thing is I don't celebrate Christmas. I just find it a nice excuse to go shopping and spend money. Hahahahaha! Oh, and not forgetting the Christmas gathering my cousins put together. It's nice spending the night with them talking about family histories, exchanging presents and laugh about how the present doesn't suit the receipient!

To a particular person who received a grey teddy bear from me last year, come on... gimme a hint on what you'll want this year! Otherwise I'll get you another to add to your collection! :p

Oh, for those who don't know yet, I am spending another Christmas in Hong Kong. Okay. I can hear those "What?! Again?!" coming. Flood my comments page and chatbox, people! I am expecting you guys!

New Menu.

The interview with LifeTV went okay. Was quite interesting actually. Presented our new menu to them. The review will be out in December and so is our new menu. :)


Presenting to you, our new menu!


Tuna Fusili in Capsicum Sauce


Beef Bolognese Spaghetti


Oriental Teriyaki Toga


Salsa Mexicana Toga

We have 2 new drinks as well. Launching it in conjuction of Christmas. They are called Red Rudolph and Jack Frost. :p

Away from business, here's something on leisure. My definition of leisure would be non other than chinese wayang. Hahahahahah! Been collecting TVB chinese wayang for my New Zealand thingy. While doing so, I switched to Taiwanese Idol Dramas. Kononnye can brush up on my Mandarin. Heh. Last week I finished Devil Beside You. Mei Yin Kong! Must watch this! Another 7 episodes and I'll finish Love Contract as well.

Replacing Lindsay Lohan's top spot in my playlist is 曖昧 (Ambiguous) by Rainie Yang, lead actress in Devil Beside You. This is also the main song in the drama. Even if you don't understand Mandarin, you should try listening to it too. It's really good.


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Third Eye.

Ever since we got back from Taiwan, Charmaine became very 'manja' to her mom. We can't really carry her or play with her 'cos she'll be crying for her mom every single minute. We thought it was one stage of life where toddlers tend to stick with their mom but no. As Chinese, we came up with lots of assumptions like 'maybe she was frightened' or 'maybe she saw something' etc etc. So what her parents did was bring her to the temple and stuffs. I don't know if it helped or not because I haven't been seeing her since last Sunday.

So anyway, my cousin brother who was really good in those Buddhism and spiritual thingy came over to our house the other day. From what I heard from my other sister-in-law (Szun), my cousin told Charmaine's parents that Charmaine is born with a 'third eye', i.e "I can see dead people!!". And that's not that freaky yet. Wait till I tell you what happened in Taiwan.

We were in Tai Chung (another state) on the second day of our Taiwan trip. The hotel we stayed for a night was pretty rundown, with water marks at the corner of the walls and dim lights throughout the premises (except the lobby). I was supposed to sleep alone during the whole trip but obviously, I chickened out. I mean, my other cousin brother who went with us was telling us that he was afraid to even smoke outside the room because its too freaky!

Back to the story. I bunked with my cousin and his girlfriend that very night because the room they had was super huge! It was meant for four person anyway. The room was pretty rundown as well and I tell you, I will never forget the condition of the room and the bathroom for my entire life! The only source of light in the bathroom came from the mirror/sink place. Besides that, there's nothing else. When we take our showers, we have to leave the shower curtains open otherwise we won't be able to see clearly. Would love to capture some shots for you guys to see but I was afraid I might capture something else. Gulp.

Trying not to think so much, I watched tv (over 100 channels, ok!) and chatted with my cousin's girlfriend till we fell asleep. Thank God nothing happened throughout our trip. Know why I said that? Well, Charmaine's mom was an air stewardess and she heard lots of stories about Taiwan hotels from her colleagues. So what did she do? She told me everything. That was like few years back and unfortunately, I still remember it clearly.

So anyway, how does this relate back to the story about Charmaine? Well... on that particular night at the rundown hotel in Tai Chung, Charmaine woke up in the middle of the night, pointed to one corner of the hotel room and cried. Non-stop. What does this tell you?

She saw something. Something we couldn't.

Freaky or not?! When Szun told me, my goosebumps went into action! Same thing happened to my brother when I told him.

Charmaine's parents is asking my cousin brother to 'shut' the third eye. For good. We'll see how it goes. Update you guys on that.

By the way, don't be afraid to travel to Taiwan. Heheheheh. Rundown hotels aside, it is actually a nice place to go food-hunting. Heh. On our last extended-day in Taipei, we stayed in Holiday Inn. Though I've heard stories about it from my sister-in-law, I couldn't care less about it. Too tired already. :)

Life TV.

A writer for a Chinese entertainment magazine (LifeTV) came yesterday and asked if he can write a 3 page review for Departure Lounge. Hell yeah! Of course you can!

They are coming over on Sunday at 3pm. So whoever who wants to see yours truly being interviewed, do drop by. Hehehehe. We're taking this opportunity to launch our new menu (more food!!) and some seasonal drinks as well.

Sunday will be fun!

Title.

Hate to do it but I guess I have no other choice. Found out that there's another blog by the name of 'Ramblings'. To avoid confusions, I've decided to change it. Gotta thank Greg who was helping me out. Went through some ideas with him and we actually agreed on a theme but I changed my mind last minute. Nevertheless, thanks alot dude!

So here it is. '∀: life the other way 'round'. The A 'terbalik' represent the side of me that I hardly show or talk about in real life. If you can't see the 'A' I was talking about, then that's too bad. Maybe your browser doesn't support it. It works real good in Safari.

Oh, if you haven't notice, I've changed the layout too. Somehow I couldn't stand the previous 2 "TicTacToe' layouts. Sigh. Well, hope this will last!

The Girl From Ipoh.

Went for the play yesterday at Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPAC), Sentul. It somehow felt abit like IACT (my ex-college) gathering 'cos there were students and ex-students around. The reason? Half of the LiT Perfomers were from IACT. Ex-lecturer, admin staffs and ex and current students.

So what do I think about the play? Not very good as compared to Memories For Sale which was performed in 2004 at The Actor's Studio, Bangsar. I find this play abit boring, draggy and 'as if it was plucked out from a chic flick'. The whole story coud be better.

Bad storyline aside, I have to say that LiT Performers did a great job. Both in Memories For Sale and The Girl From Ipoh. :)

Top.

Confessions Of A Broken Heart - Lindsay Lohan


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Currently topping my playlist.

Teenage.

I was rummaging my cd collections for Christmas albums when I suddenly come across 2 cds by my early-teenage years favourite pop duo, M2M. Those were the days, I tell you!! They were like one of the best pop acts then until they decided to call it quits and go solo, hence Marion Raven's solo album, Here I Am.

Got to know about them from Jun, who typed the chorus of their first song (Don't Say You Love Me) in ICQ (as if she was singing!). Jun, my dear, ingat tak? I remember it vividly 'cos you were so annoying me then! :p

Time passes damn fast-la. Remember the time when we went to the showcase with Greg? I hardly even know him. Sekarang, I kacau him everyday on MSN. Hahahahaha. Best giler. If only we can turn back time, right? So nice.

By the way, Jun, do you remember me having this (below)?


Autographed cover

Off topic. For some reason there's 3 ostrich eggs on my dining table.


Anyone need boobies replacement? :p

Unwell.

Feeling slightly sick. Started coughing abit since yesterday night. I guess it was Charmaine and her mum's virus. Sigh.

As I promised, pictures from Taiwan!


Well, this rock behind me is supposed to resemble Queen Elizabeth...


With Jess and my uncle


Grilled puffer fish!


The town of Tanshui


With Pauline in our comfy bus


Sun Moon Lake


Taiwanese Sausage and Wild Boar Meat Sausage (right)


Eating tofu in 'Beancurd Street'


All of us in front of Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall


Chiang Kai Shek's bronze statue


With the guard of Martyr's Shrine


Changing of guards


The touch for wealth! Stupid bro behind me


With brothers, Pauline, cousin, Jess and uncle in front of Taipei's 6-star hotel


Raohe Street Night Market


At Ximen Ting


Hip-hop Charmaine


Our lunch. Taiwanese spicy steamboat


Dinner with cousin's Taiwanese friend, Bryan and Monica


Prawn meal. 9 dishes of them! I swear I am not gonna touch any prawns for the next couple of months!

That's all for now. Too many to post up! I'm back to work now and I can tell you that I so wanna die! Hate it when time passes so damn fast when you are enjoying. Minutes are like hours when you are suffering! God.