my xmas eve dinner..

I always like Christmas!! I like the Christmas tress, the Christmas songs and the Christmas decorations.. to me Christmas is the time to gather with your family and friends for dinner and gift exchange..

My friends and I went for dinner on the eve on past few years, so for this year.. we went Michaelangelo's in pavilion for dinner, we tried the foods there before and most of them are quite nice especially my favorite grilled cod fish.. yummy! yummy!! Initially we booked for 12 persons but last minutes 4 of them didn't turn up, some got emergency and some 'aeroplane' at last minute.. anyway we still carry on our dinner with 8 of us.. we suppose to start our dinner at 9pm but we only started around 10pm because one of my friend have to work late and another one was caught in the massive jam.. as usual I ordered my favorite cod fish..yeah! yeah! we ordered different foods so we can shared it and try something different..

After the foods... its time to exchange gift.. everybody name was wrote on a small piece of paper and each of us pick one paper.. jeng! jeng! guess what..???? I picked Angie again this year!!! I picked her also on last year...!! she told me that she hopes I won't pick her again this year because the gift is almost same like what I got fro her last year...!! but... haha!!

We have planned to go clubbing after dinner but when everything done its almost 1.30am, so it is too late for clubbing.. so we postponed the clubbing on the coming new year's eve.. so make sure we eat earlier and have enough time for clubbing.. haha!!

We are really having good time on the Christmas eve and hope we will able to celebrate it together again in Christmas 2009.. hugssss...

Miss World 2008

The final big 4 pageants - Miss World 2008 is won by Miss Russia - the beautiful Kseniya Sukhinova who beat out 108 other contestants.. beside that she also won the Top Model Award and 2nd Runner Up in Beach Beauty Award.. she is a hot pick for all the pageant experts and pageant websites.. Kseniya is 21 years old student and she is 1.78m tall..

The 1st Runner up is Miss India and 2nd Runner Up is Miss Trinidad & Tobago.. As usual, the Continental Queens of Beauty of Miss World 2008 were announced during the Coronation Ball held right after the telecast.

EUROPE: Russia (Ksenia is now the 2nd russian woman to win Miss World, being the 1st Julia Kourochkina in 1992)
ASIA PACIFIC: India (First continental award for India since Priyanka Chopra won in 2000)
CARIBBEAN: Trinidad & Tobago, for the 2nd year in a row
AFRICA: Angola (for the 3rd year in a row)
AMERICAS: Venezuela (the last time Venezuela won this award was in 1999, with Martina Thorogood)

Maggie in VOGUE Icons Award 2008 (with Kate Moss)

Maggie attended the VOGUE Icons Award 2008 in Beijing somewhere beginning of December, 2008.. Kate Moss is one of the special guest that night and glad to see the eastern and western icons in the same event..

I'm back!

I'm back!! after missing in action for almost 3 weeks without writing anything in my blog.. the past 3 weeks was not an easy time for me due to the delayed of vesting date of my current company and joining date of the new employer.. I have been squeezed in the middle of both of them till dry and couldn't find my way out.. honestly I really not in the mood for blogging because my mind is stuck and both mentally and physically I am battery low..

I am here again to share a good news with those who read my blog.. well, I am glad that the new employer agreed to let me joined them a month later and I have to thank you them for their understanding of my situation and also their kindness..

As for my current employer.. I will try my best to complete those outstanding issues and those shits that my boss ask me to clear.. we both are not really talk now and most of time time we communicate via emails unless there is really no choice then we will talks.. definitely he is angry with me and will try his best to give me more shits to do.. well, I don't really care, as long as I still pay the salary and I will do my best to complete my tasks, be more professional and not like him.. a coward that couldn't survive alone and must spoon feed everyday by him staff.. what a shame for him.. anyway I will him good luck in his coming job with Hong Leong.. sincerely!!

So, at this moment I felt much more better and relief after the thing is settled.. I can be more focus to do my works and plan a little bit for next year..

Thanks god! Thanks to everyone who listened to me and help me to overcome everything to make me stand up and continue my life.. appreciated your kindness!!

keeps waiting... sien..

As first they targeted it will be on 6 Dec, 2008.. then postponed to 13 Dec, 2008.. then again.. they postponed it to end of the year.. everybody though it should be the firm date as end of the year everything should be able to settle.. and most of us who found new job has promised the new employment to start work on beginning of Jan.. but.. the latest news is it has postponed to 10 Jan, 2009 due to most of the judges in court are going going for holiday in this month and there is insufficient documents for the process which caused the delay... everybody is getting very fed-up with the delay of the process.. especially those should start with their new job in Jan..

What we are trying to do now is request for early release from the current job.. some have actually spoke to the GM and she said she will try to talks to the new management and in order to release us by end of this month regardless how long the process will drag to... cause we believed the 10 Jan, 2009 will be delay again.. she said we may have to prove the letter of offer from new company to prove that we have new job and promised to start in Jan..

I really wish we can be released by end of this month.. else we may miss the new job due to the delay.. for safety, I have started to find another new job as backup.. bless me.. then we are ca go by end of this month..

Quarantine

What should i say about this movie..?? definitely it is not the type of movie I like.. I seen the trailer and found it is quite interesting and what attracted me most in the preview is the lady crawling back to the camera only to be dragged into the darkness, screaming... and I am really interested what happen to her next....

Basically it is talking about a reporter Angela and her camera man, Scott following the firefighters to an apartment where some weird things happening there, they found out the old lady inside the apartment bites and everybody trying to escape and run out from the apartment.. but the apartment has been sealed and they are quarantine.. so more people get bitten and infected just like vampire.. and finally everybody gone just left Angela and Scott trying to find their way to escape from the apartment.. but.. but.. but... (sad ending)

My friend feel dizzy and wanna vomit while watching the movie because the camera man, Scott is one of the role in the movie and so in the whole movie the camera will run here and there, jump up and down.. drop and even he used the camera to hit one of the lady's head till she dies.. so the camera with blood marks.. yak! yak! another reason is because we had very heavy dinner before the movie.. luckily she didn't vomit in the cinema.. haha!!

Anyway.. to me this one is not really scary but what make the movie exciting is because of the camera moving around, especially the night version at the end.. if you like horror or scary movie then this one maybe a good choice for you.. but make sure don't eat too full before the show.. haha!!

Lovely Maggie in Dior party in Beijing..

Maggie attended the Dior party in Beijing last weekend.. I really like her dress and the way she did her hair, and the whole look.. I can be said that she is the most shining star that night.. here to share some of her photos in the party.. She just LOVELY...!!

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

I LIKE TO MOVE IT.. MOVE IT..

YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT.. MOVE IT..

WE LIKE TO MOVE IT.. MOVE IT.. MOVE IT!!

Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melmon are back!! and of coz the naughty penguins are back too.. If you have watched the Madagascar, I am sure you remembered them.. hehe!!

I fall in love when I watched the trailer on this movie and can't wait to watch it.. let start with my favorite role in the movie.. the hippo - Gloria.. she is fat, sexy and always take thing easy.. even a plane going to crash but she stills enjoying her nap.. haha!! she even found a hunky hippo boyfriend - Moto Moto in the movie.. this Moto Moto looks so funny especially when he came up from the water and his 6 pac on his abs are damn funny and everybody can't stop laughing on him.. haha!!

Alex found his long lost parents in Africa and he manages to save everybody life by finding the water supply to everyone.. beside that in this movie also talking about his friendship with Marty.. Melmon expressed his love to Gloria when the plane is crashing down but too bad.. Gloria didn't hear it because she is enjoying her nap.. but.. Alex and Marty heard that.. haha!! I just like to see both their funny faces..

King Julien and penguins are funny too where they really make lot of fun in the movie.. beside that the Nana the Old Lady role is really outstanding.. I really enjoy the way she walks and kung-fu fighting moves.. well done Nana!!

Overall it is a happy movie which can make everyone in the cinema laugh and laugh.. beside that the theme song 'I like to move it..' is really cool to be used at the beginning when everybody is celebrating for the take-off to New York.. if you are bored, suggested you go for the show and sure you will enjoy the 2 hours in the cinema..

hey! monkeys.. no bananas for u.. hehe!!

I watched this interesting news on tv few days ago which talking about the monkeys and bananas.. in Japan, it is a trend now to eat bananas in the morning to slim down or lose weights.. so everybody has become a 'banana-mania' and grab all the bananas in the market although it is yet to prove that it will works..

Indirectly this caused the shortage of bananas in the market and affected the monkeys in the zoo doesn't not have bananas to eat..!! so by no choice, they have to feed monkeys with apples.. monkeys are not really interested in apples but what else can they do..?? because bananas are finished by human.. poor monkeys and.. poooooor human tooooo..

Quantum of Solace

This is the 22nd James Bond film and 2nd from Daniel Craig.. I am not really a big James Bond fan but still won't miss the James Bond movie.. just wanna check out what is the latest technology, cars, planes and of course James Bond's girls.. haha!!

My impression of Daniel Craig is.. so far he is the most physically attractive James Bond.. undoubted he is very fit.. beside that he is the James Bond who really can jump and fight even without weapon.. I like the James Bond's girl - Olga Kurylenko so much, to me she is much more attractive and sexy then the previous one.. she is not the typical Bond's girl which always need James Bond to rescue.. she can fight and having very good driving skill as well.. honestly, I really like her body and the color of her skin.. Judi Dench still as 'M' in the movie and surprisingly she looks younger in this movie compared to the previous one..

Overall it is still an interesting movie which you can enjoy the car chasing, boat chasing, gun shoots, sexy girl and fightings.. make sure you are not late to the cinema because the graphic at the begining of the show with the theme song is great!!

Miss Earth 2008

MISS EARTH 2008: PHILIPPINES, Karla Henry

Miss Earth Air: TANZANIA, Miriam Odemba

Miss Earth Water: MEXICO, Abigail Elizalde

Miss Earth Fire: BRAZIL, Tatiane Alves

Top 8 Finalists
COLOMBIA

SPAIN

SWITZERLAND

VENEZUELA

Top 16 Semi Finalists
CZECH REPUBLIC, KOREA, NIGERIA, POLAND, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, THAILAND, USA

Special Awards
Miss Photogenic - Miss Philippines

Best in National Costume - Miss Panama

Best in Swimsuit - Miss Mexico

Miss Talent - Miss Australia

Best in Long Gown - Miss Venezuela

Miss Friendship - Ecuador

Miss International 2008

WINNER: SPAIN, Alejandra Andreu

1st Runner Up: COLOMBIA, Maria Cristina Diaz Granados

2nd Runner Up: POLAND, Anna Tarnowska

3rd Runner Up: CHINA, Chang Wen Liu

4th Runner Up: CZECH REPUBLIC, Zuzana Putnarova

SEMI FINALISTS:
ECUADOR

JAPAN

LEBANON

PHILIPPINES

PUERTO RICO

TURKEY

VENEZUELA

SPECIAL AWARDS:
MISS PHOTOGENIC: Spain
BEST NATIONAL COSTUME: Aruba
MISS NATURAL BEAUTY: Belarus
MISS FRIENDSHIP: El Salvador

another interesting article about Muslim vs Yoga..

Another interesting article that I found on the web regarding the Muslims vs yoga, and I would like to share it here with you guys.. One thing I would like to highlight here is, I've been joining yoga for a few months and there is no chanting or praying in Hinduism at all in the class.. by the way, is it siting in Lotus pose consider part of Hinduism or Buddhism.. haha!!

Malaysia may ban yoga for Muslims

KUALA LUMPUR - Muslims in Malaysia may be barred from the ancient practice of yoga if they engage in Hindu "religious elements" during the exercise, a top Islamic cleric said Wednesday.

Harussani Zakaria, a controversial cleric from the northern Perak state, said the government-backed National Fatwa Council would soon release a decree, or "fatwa", which would decide if Muslims were allowed to practise yoga.

"If it involves any faith or religious elements it is definitely not permissible but if it is just a form of exercise that is all right," Harussani told AFP.

"Muslims cannot practice yoga in its original form because it involves another religion," he said in response to a call to ban Muslims from engaging in yoga.

Islam is the official religion of Malaysia, where more than 60 percent of the population of 27 million are Muslim Malays who practice a conservative brand of the religion.

The practice of yoga, a popular stress-buster in Kuala Lumpur, dates back thousands of years in India, where it was a favorite of holy men before becoming hugely popular internationally, especially among western celebrities.

Zakaria Stapa, a professor in the Islamic faculty of the National University of Malaysia, had called on Muslims to stop practising yoga, saying it could cause them to "deviate from their faith", news reports said on Wednesday.

Muslims in Malaysia practised yoga not just for exercise but also as part of the growing urban lifestyle and involved "chanting mantras while in various positions", he said.

"Why should we look for other alternatives to exercise and search for peace? Yoga could cause (Muslims) to stray from their faith because its movements are according to the style and traditions of Hinduism," he said.

The fatwa council, one of Malaysia's highest Islamic bodies, last Friday banned women from dressing or behaving like men and engaging in lesbian sex, saying it was forbidden by the religion.

Lady GaGa - Just Dance (Miss Universe 2008 swimsuit)

The first time I heard this song 'Just Dance' was in the Miss Universe 2008 swimsuit competition.. honestly the performance of Lady GaGa on the stage not really impressed me much.. maybe I am too busy looking at the top15 in swimsuits.. haha!! sorry Lady GaGa..

Lately I heard the song 'Just Dance' again in radio.. the rhythm and beat of the song really impressed me so much.. I really like the electrical feel of the song when the music get started.. the feeling of the song is very 'clubbing' and really make me feel like just wanna dance with the music.. I have recommended this song to friends and they seem like it so much even one of my friend said the song gave him the feeling like walking in the runway.. haha!! really full of imagination ha!!

I have found a few video of this song in youtube.. but I decided to pose this video where Lady GaGa performed on the stage with top 15 Miss Universe in swimsuits.. hope you guys will enjoy the song and the bikinis.. haha!!

Interesting article to share "Peeved by yoga ruling"..

My colleague told me on last Friday that she saw an article the National Fatwa Council has commented and making noise about Muslim practicing yoga because of yoga is from India and they considered that yoga is something to do with Hinduism.. as you know they are super sensitive when there is something to do with religion..

Anyway, the first thing in my mind is - OMG!! what the hell is in their mind.. anyone of them practice yoga before?? I bet none of them.. and how they know yoga is directly link to Hinduism?? and not focus mainly on the physical aspect of the practice..

I have found an interesting article wrote by a muslim yoga practitioner on the web regarding this issue.. I hope you guys will enjoy reading it.. you have done a great job muslim yoga practitioner..

I was shocked and in awe reading your report “National Fatwa Council to make a ruling on Yoga” on Thursday. Before I state my case, I think there are some questions that need to be answered.

> Why is it that during all this time, this body has shown no interest in coming out with any ruling on this practice as it is an ancient practice that has been around for centuries?

> Isn’t it strange that after much commercialisation and more people realise that healthy living is the best way to go, a ruling must be made to forbid us from practising yoga?

> What is the basis of their allegation that yoga focuses on spiritual aspects more than anything else?

> What chanting and mantra are they talking about? I have been doing Yoga for months and never during any of those times did my teachers teach us anything close to mantras or any kind of chanting whatsoever.

What yoga is to me, and I am sure to most people who practises it, is a healthy way of exercise for healthy living, similar to going to a gym or doing exercise on their own.

It is a more preferred activity because we don’t have to run for miles or join expensive fitness clubs just to keep ourselves healthy.

Even without indulging in the spiritual aspect, one can find peace of mind through relaxation and breathing exercises when the body is calmed. It even teaches you to be more patient and be tolerant especially in a stressful city like Kuala Lumpur.

The hectic lifestyle, awful driving experience and endless traffic jams, which the authorities have failed to solve, only causes more stress to city folks and yoga is one of the ways to release the stress.

So don’t tell us to stop doing what we can do in maintaining our health. Is it fair to judge and ban people from indulging in such healthy hobbies just because some people think it could deviate Muslims from their faith.

It takes one who actually practises yoga to know whether there is any truth in such claims. I wonder if any of the people concerned has ever tried yoga in his lifetime.

I am also annoyed that the National Fatwa Council thinks so lowly of Muslims in this country to conclude that we are unable to differentiate what we can and cannot do.

Yoga has been much commercialised ever since it was introduced to the West. The spiritual part of yoga is not something that is normally taught to students because the teachers focus mainly on the physical aspect of the practice – unless one chooses to learn more of the spiritual aspects.

I believe there are many important issues that need our attention besides something as trivial as this.

MUSLIM YOGA PRACTITIONER,

Ampang, Kuala Lumpur.

Maggie in 《Coats! Max Mara 55周年》..

Maggie attended the 《Coats! Max Mara 55周年》 party in Beijing lately.. as usual she wore black again.. black seems like her favorite color and definitely she knows she looks elegant and glamorous in black.. she has changed her hair style, cut it short, middle split and curly.. to me, she looks lovely with the hair.. love you - Maggie!!

当今世界八大最伟大影后 (The 8 biggest Best Actress..)

Maggie Cheung 张曼玉

Meryl Streep 梅丽尔·斯特里普

迄今还没有哪一位女演员囊括柏林、戛纳、威尼斯三大国际电影节的最佳女演员奖，但获得两项的则有17人之多。。除去已经过世及因年龄而逐渐淡出银幕的，其中下列的八位均是当今演技派女优中的佼佼者，她们都有可能成为第一个三大国际电影节的“大满贯”影后（选项按照年龄排序）：

A、Helen Mirren 海伦·米伦（《乔治王的疯狂》戛纳影后、《恩怨情天》戛纳影后、《女王》威尼斯影后）

B、Meryl Streep 梅丽尔·斯特里普（《时时刻刻》柏林影后、《黑暗中的呼喊》戛纳影后）

C、Isabelle Huppert 伊莎贝尔·于佩尔（《钢琴教师》戛纳影后、《维奥莱特·诺齐埃尔》戛纳影后、《仪式》威尼斯影后、《女人韵事》威尼斯影后）

D、Isabelle Adjani 伊莎贝尔·阿佳妮（《罗丹的情人》柏林影后、《四重奏》《迷恋》同年因两片获得戛纳影后）

E、Holly Hunter 霍莉·亨特（《广播新闻》柏林影后、《钢琴课》戛纳影后）

F、Julianne Moore 朱丽安·摩尔（《时时刻刻》柏林影后、《远离天堂》威尼斯影后）

G、Juliette Binoche 朱丽叶·比诺什（《英国病人》柏林影后、《蓝》威尼斯影后）

H、Maggie Cheung 张曼玉（《阮玲玉》柏林影后、《清洁》戛纳影后）

MAMMA MIA.. yeah!!

We are so frustrated because we couldn't get the tickets for Mamma Mia musical till my friend called me on last Friday morning and he told me that he saw on newspaper they will release 1000 tickets for HSBC care holder from 1st Nov onwards, first come first serve and 1 card only entitle for 4 tickets.. and the tickets are the categories of premium (RM500) and tier 1 (RM400)..and 15% discount are given..

So I have been given a big mission to get 4 tickets for the show and this mission must be completed and no excuse to fail.. haha!! I went to LOT 10 tower record on Saturday morning around 1030 and the ticket counter is only open at 11.. sob.. sob.. I am hungry and feel like going to ca chan teng in sg.wang for breakfast.. but I just worried that after my breakfast the tickets sold out.. then I will be punished by my friends.. so I just try to forget my hungry and walking around in Isetan.. time seems passing very slow.. I back to the counter around 1045 and still no one there.. I just waited there... finally the guy came and open the counter and I am the first 'kiasu' one to purchase the tickets.. and thanks god!! I manage to get 4 tickets at the same roll and the seats are not bad also.. hehe!! so happy.. people are keep coming and who's care as my tickets are in my hand now.. once I just step out from the counter my friend's call to check the status.. phew... very tension lar!! haha.. luckily I manage to get the tickets else.. even more tension..

Although still one and the half month for the show but I am really excited and can't wait the day of the show.. I am sure its gonna be a 'Super Trouper' show will the 'Dancing Queen' on the stage.. haha!! for those who wanna watch and yet get the tickets, please act fast..

NUYOU fashion concert..

I have attended the NUYOU fashion concert on last Friday night with friends.. my friend just told me there are 10 local designers and 4 singers will perform on that night and part of the tickets selling will donate to single mother funds.. I saw lot of local celebrities walking the red carpet and honestly none of them really impressed me much, haha!! the highlight of that night is when the special guest appeared in the red carpet..

The special guest of that night is 李心洁.. first time seeing her.. as what I have expected she is a pretty girl with a pair of beautiful eyes.. she is just a special guest without any performance that night..

The concept of the fashion show is each singer will lead the designer collections on the stage.. mean the singing and catwalk at the same time.. honestly, out of 10 designers, the most impressive is still the collections from Khoon Hooi which really into simple and nice and yet we can see his passion in his collections.. next is Lester Wong, who always know how to play with colorful stuffs in his collections.. for other designers, sorry to say that their collections make me feel like they are just rush and make sure they completed their stuffs to perform on that night..

The performances from Landy Wen was really amazing especially she did a few yoga poses with her high heel..(omg!! high heel... I can't even do it correctly with barefoot.. shame of me..) and she is the only one who sung 2 fast tracks and set the environment into disco mood and making everybody high..!!

Z Chen, the famous local R&B singer did a super great job too.. the music suddenly gone and totally silence while he is singing the famous track 'Because I Love You'.. my friend though it is a special effect.. haha!! but Z Chen manage to overcome it by asking the audiences to clap for the models on the stage and continue singing without music.. he really communicated a lot with audiences and the audiences seem like him so much and always given him back some noises and claps.. I have to say that Z Chen singing skill is really impressive.. great performance!!

The next performance is by Eric Lim.. honestly his dressing is really a bit 'ugly' especially the black raincoat.. he sung 4 slow tracks and honestly I don't know any of the songs and to me his performance is boring, he been tried to communicate with the audiences but.. haha!! the audiences seem not 'giving face' to him..

The last performance is by Gary Chao.. since he is a superstart now so the audiences welcome him with big claps.. no doubt Gary has a really powerful voice and great singing skill, his performance in 'My Way' was brilliant.. but one thing I really dislike about him is.. he seems not really care the audiences and just keep singing his songs, not even say 'Hi' to us.. so bad.. although you are a superstar now but please be professional and fair to all audiences, hey!! you are Malaysian too..

ate too much over the long weekend..

Ho! ho! it was long weekend due to Deepavali is on Monday.. I bet lot of people have palnned to go back hometown instead of staying in KL.. I am a KL's boy and never have chance to go back hometown during festival season.. but I am very sure that the feeling of going back hometown to meet your parents and family members must be very happy!!

One of my friend will go back hometown during the long weekend and invited me to join him since I got nothing to do and no special plans.. since I have never been to the place and most importantly he said he will bring me to try some nice and famous foods in his hometown and of course his mum's cooking which can't missed.. haha!! We left KL on Sunday noon and manage to reach his hometown in late evening to join his family for dinner.. the traffic in express way is ok and not so busy and we manage to reach there as what we have expected.. it will be bad if there is traffic jam because it is about 10 of them expecting us for dinner.. his mum has prepared lot of dishes and he highly recommended me the steam chicken and mushroom.. no doubt these two dishes are really yummy!! beside that I do like the crispy fried fishes with ginger.. I am damn full after dinner and can't really sit down and relax but have to take a walk with my friend nearby his house.. since it is my first time to that place, my friend gave me a tour in the town and shown me the places where he spent during his childhood..

The next day morning, my friend brought me to try the famous sambal nasi lemak.. wow!! the sambal is really nice and very hot!! eat till I sweat.. haha!! next we went to the famous waterfall which is about an hour away.. lot of people there especially Malay who like to have picnic with their family with some home cook nasi lemak and bee hon goreng.. we walked all the way up to the top of the waterfall.. when I reached the top it almost half died already.. haha!! On the way back to town we stop by the road side and buy some durian, the town which nearby my friend place is famous with durian, so my friend said must try the durian there.. since both of us also dunno how to choose durian so just have to trust the guy and ask him to choose for us.. the guy is good because the durian really nice and some of the meats are orange color.. after the durian, my friend's mum preparing steamboat for dinner.. so basically my stomach just have about 2 hours break before dinner.. I saw lots of meat balls with different sizes and colors and many types of veggi as well.. again.. I was so full after the steamboat..

Well, its time to prepare ourselves to go home.. we have to leave earlier because everybody is rushing back to KL and that the express way may be very jam.. anyway the traffic is not so bad although there is jam in certain parks of the express way, it took extra 30 minutes then normal journey to reach KL.. anyway it is a nice short trip for me for all the foods that I have tried.. so it is time to work harder in gym.. go! go!

busy to tag those assets..

Again... wanna share something in my current job.. after the job offered, vss, relocation and bla.. bla.. bla.. issue.. now its the time for us to pack office and own stuffs as the rental of current office will end by this December, so basically less then 2 months left before we say BYE BYE..!!

Everybody seem busy to pack and throw their own stuffs and some have started to move back their personal things home, especially for those who have been worked here for more then 10 years, sure they have stored lot of personal stuffs in office.. hehe!!

I still haven't start to pack my own stuffs and I don't think I have lot to pack home but more to throw.. hehe!! currently I am busy to tag those assets like laptop, pc, printer, servers and etc which have purchased by the new management.. I was joked with one of my colleague who has accepted the offer by the new management that she is an asset for them and I should tag a label on her forehead.. haha!! most of the assets taken by them especially pc are quite old, 4-5 years old with Pentium 4 processor, but guess what?? my boss told me that Pentium 4 to them is consider new because most of them are still using Pentium 3 now.. OMG!! no wonder the staff have to stay back everyday due to the speed of their pc, haha!!

I have label those asset with yellow sticker, and I can see the yellow stickers are everywhere in the office now.. indeed it looks quite nice and a more colorful working environment.. what about the liabilities?? I heard my boss said some of the pc and laptop will sell it cheaply to staff.. I don't think anyone will really interested on that because more of the machines are old.. and the new old is getting cheaper.. so who's care the liabilities..

they said - they have been cheated!!

Something to share regarding the new management again.. after the vss and job offering matters have been settle (after the deadline for both matters..).. everybody though that's the end of the story, for those taken vss will just wait for the money by December and for those accepted the job will wait to go to the new office once everything has been settled here..

Just heard from one of my colleague who accepted the job offered by new management that they have decided to change the location of the new office.. initially they said the new office will be located somewhere in Sultan Ismail area which is near to our current office which is easy to access from everywhere.. and easy to get foods too.. but latest news updated by our GM yesterday was they have decided to move the new office to PJ uptown due to the rental is half cheaper then in town area.. so most of them who accepted the offer felt they have been cheated because the new management only announced the relocation after everybody have signed the letter.. and they couldn't change their mind and reject the offer, unless they resign..

It seems like we are (especially for those who accepted the job offered by them..) on the mercy of the new management and they can do whatever they like without considering the staff and the situation of us.. one very good example is.. initially they have liaised with one of the department in our office and after a few meetings and they decided to take over the whole department and even planned to move them to their office somewhere in September.. but.. guess what?? they changed their mind and at last they don't want the whole department.. one of my colleague from that department even told me that during the meeting the heat from the new management even told them 'you are save, after meeting me..' save mean 'you got a job'.. but finally thing just turns up the other way.. so.. I guess you guys can think the attitude of them towards us.. what a shame for such a big organisation simply said but without doing what they have said..

my new toy - ipod nano 8GB (black)

Since my previous ipod can't function anymore.. so I have to look for another one.. I used ipod everyday when I am travel to work, running in the gym, travel around over the weekend.. so it has been part of my daily life.. so I must replaced one as soon as I can..

Visited the apple website and they have launched the 4th generation of nano somewhere beginning of last month.. it came out with 8GB and 16GB, and there are 8 colors available.. some of the colors like purple, orange and green are too outstanding for me.. definitely not my cup of tea.. from the website, I would prefer the black one which look elegant among all.. haha!!

I visited the ipod outlet and the new nano looks cool to me.. I like nano most because of the size which is easy to carry around especially in the gym.. the new one is even slimmer and lighter then the previous generations.. the price of 8GB is RM599 and for 16GB is RM799.. I would just go for the 8GB because it is still within my budget and I don't think I need that big capacity because my main purpose for ipod is for listening songs and not watching video or others.. so finally I got my new ipod..

One interesting thing about the new ipod is.. whenever I rotate the ipod while viewing photos, the photo will rotate automatically as well.. cool ha!! and the panel is much bigger then the previous one which is nice for viewing photos and videos.. anyway I am happy with my new ipod and I will take good care of it..

I have done a stupid thing - shower my ipod..

I am really MCC(mong ca ca) on last Wednesday night.. guess what.. my ipod is inside the pocket of my short and I didn't realised that.. I washed the short.. and only noticed that when i touch something inside the pocket.. it is too late.. I try to on it but it failed.. I used fan to blow it.. and it can't function also.. so by no choice I just left it and hope it will be ok next morning after it have completely dry..

Can't really sleep well that because of the ipod.. in the morning the first thing I do is to try to on it.. but the ipod doesn't awake.. it still can't be on.. I really feel upset because of my mistake.. I decided to bring it to any apple outlet for them to check whether it can be repaired.. I brought it to one of the outlet and after explaining what I have done to my ipod and the guy told me in this case he don't encourage me to repair it because at the end the repairing cost might be same as the cost of a new ipod nano (8GB).. because most of the parts have to imported from US and I have to bear all the shifting cost.. so by no choice I have to say bye bye to the ipod which I have used for almost 2 years.. I will keep it nicely inside the container and let it rest in peace..

Mamma mia - ABBA

I've been cheated by you and I think you know when

So I made up my mind, it must come to an end

Look at me now, will I ever learn?

I don't know how but I suddenly lose control

There's a fire within my soul

Just one look and I can hear a bell ring

One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

Mamma mia, here I go again

My my, how can I resist you?

Mamma mia, does it show again?

My my, just how much I've missed you

Yes, I've been brokenhearted

Blue since the day we parted

Why, why did I ever let you go?

Mamma mia, now I really know,

My my, I could never let you go.

I've been angry and sad about the things that you do

I can't count all the times that I've cried over you

And when you go, when you slam the door

I think you know that you won't be away too long

You know that I'm not that strong.

Just one look and I can hear a bell ring

One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

Mamma mia, here I go again

My my, how can I resist you?

Mamma mia, does it show again?

My my, just how much I've missed you

Yes, I've been brokenhearted

Blue since the day we parted

Why, why did I ever let you go?

Mamma mia, even if I sayBye bye,

leave me now or nevermamma mia, it's a game we play

Bye bye doesn't mean forever

Mamma mia, here I go again

My my, how can I resist you?

Mamma mia, does it show again?

My my, just how much I've missed you

Yes, I've been brokenhearted

Blue since the day we parted

Why, why did I ever let you go

Mamma mia, now I really know

My my, I could not have let you go

MAMMA MIA! musical - mania!!

I've seen the advertisement of the musical of MAMA MIA! stage performance which organised by the star just right after I seen the movie.. since I the movie is so enjoyable.. I guess the musical would be definitely much more interesting.. but I know the pricing of the tickets will be expensive too.. ZZ told me somewhere last week that there are free tickets to win on Monday (6 Oct, 2008) by logging on into the start website.. wow!! can't wait the arrival of Monday.. am I lucky enough to win free tickets..??

I logging on into the star website on Monday morning and guess what.. there is a notice at the website announcing that 'Response to our ticket giveaway was overwhelming, with all the free tickets taken up.....' I am really disappointed seeing the notice.. and what make me more upset is the pricing of the tickets are really in the high-end to me.. so at that moment I tell myself just forget about the musical..

Yesterday one of my colleague went to buy the tickets for the Tier 1 category, she paid RM320 for one ticket after 20% discount (the discount will valid till 31 Oct, 2008) and she claims that the seats which are still available are not really nice beside that the Christmas and New Year's eve tickets are selling like a piece of hot cake.. so if I decided to go for the musical I better go get the tickets soon..

At my end, I still couldn't make up my mind although I know it may be a once in a lifetime experience for me.. well, I have to decide by this week..

big raya lunch with colleagues..

Today is the big raya lunch with colleagues in office.. everybody contributed some money to buy foods and beverages and we will have the big lunch in pantry.. they have ordered the usual foods like satay, pizza, roti jala, fried bee-hon, KFC, ketupat, carrot cakes, fruits and drinks.. I have tried all the foods beside ketupat because not really like that.. to me, the best among all is the satay!! everybody seem like the satay very much and all gone in the flush.. haha!! actually the satay are ordered from kajang, no wonder so nice.. my next favorite is the carrot cake.. it is nice not so sweet and oily.. and some of them started to find out where to order and want to order again for next occasion.. all foods are finished beside the ketupat and fried bee-hon.. some of them packed those left and bring home for dinner tonight..

This will be the last raya lunch we had because after the merger only left some of the colleagues with the new management.. happy for gathered together and eat but deep inside the heart sure have a bit of sad feeling.. I heard the person in charge of funds we still have some money left and we will try to organise another farewell party/lunch before everybody leave the company.. expecting the farewell lunch will be somewhere next month..

u have to decide today.. Yes or No!

Today!! 7th Oct 2008.. we have to decide whether to accept the job offered by the new management.. since we got the letter on the friday before Raya holiday.. everybody already started to gossip here and there and guessing who will take it and who will not.. the gossip is still in office till today.. I bet the guessing will only end after today.. haha!!

They even have the prediction list who are gonna to accept it.. most of them guessed I am in the acceptance list.. haha!! I will give them a surprised when they come to work tomorrow.. still have a few more still haven't make up their mind when I saw them just now.. another 30 minutes to go before the office close today.. honestly it is quite a hard decision to make because from the letter and briefing given by them, it seems like they are expecting a lot from us in term of job performance.. and make them worried that they may can't cope with the new management in term of work and the new environment.. I told them no one can guarantee what will happen in the new job, if you have no choice then just accept it.. take it as a challenge.. try your best to fulfill them.. if worst.. then look for something new..

Human are affair to change if they are in the comfort zone for too long.. we just couldn't work out the courage to change from what we are having now.. we are worried for something which is uncertain.. when the chance is here for us.. just grab it before it gone..

I am not sure how many of the 30% will accept the offer.. I just wish that they won't regret with their decision.. once u have decided, just don't keep on thinking what will happen next.. get yourself ready for the new environment.. I still remember one of my ex-colleague told me before, 'do you think it is interesting to go to a new environment to meet new people and work together..?'.. when the time she told me that I was like.. Huh!! what is in her mind?? but when I think back now.. she is definitely right.. we should think that way when we are going for a new environment to work and meeting new colleagues..

lunch with VVIP today..

I am one of the 30% who have offered a job by the new company which we will going to merge with.. they have arranged a lunch appointment today for us to meet up the VVIP in the company, for us to know them and also for them to know us.. I bet knowing each other in dining table with foods is a very good idea ha..

We arrived the place on time and those VVIP arrived 15 minutes later.. shaking hand and introducing ourselves one by one.. then proceed to the dining table for lunch.. everyone on the dining table having smiling face.. I guess that is manners.. the VVIP trying to break the ice and asking us the current situation of our current company and at the same time he does explain to us the working culture and expectation from the company.. he does briefed us the process of the merger and the predicted completion date of the process..

The foods are served.. we have soup first before the main course then fruits at the end.. coffee or tea to close the lunch.. nothing much to say about the foods, just average.. I just took a little of rice but I was so damn full when I walked out from the dining hall.. I was thinking the foods tasted average is it because of the environment, the person we are having lunch with or really because the foods are just so so..

Everyone left the place with full stomach.. haha!! but I don't think anyone of us are really enjoying the foods because we have to decide whether to accept or not by tomorrow.. even if they serve us dragon meat.. I don't think we will enjoy that also..

Anyway, it is a good chance to see and learn how those VVIP people talk and social.. I do learn learn a bit.. even if you have nothing to say.. just smile and smile.. sure it is ok one.. haha!!

getting clearer direction now for my job..

Well.. the merger process has been dragged for so long and finally we heard from the new management regarding the arrangement of staff lately.. as what most of us have expected they won't take all the current staff and the decision is they will only take 30% of the current staff and the remaining 70% will be offered VSS..

The 30% who got offered a job by the new management have received the letter of offer from the new management just before raya holiday and they have to make up their mind whether to accept the offer by 6 Oct, just after the raya holiday..they have to use the raya holiday to think and come back with the decision on the first day back to work(so bad ha.. at least let people enjoying their holiday and give the letter after raya..) a lot of information seems really unclear in the letter especially what most of them concerning is whether the new management will accept their housing loan with the current company or not else they have to transfer the loan to otehr bank where the legal fees will cost them a lot.. another issue is in the letter never mention which section/unit they will report to.. only state that report to HR on the first day.. so all of them have no idea what are they gonna to do in the new job..beside that some of them have been downgraded their designation and there is no salary adjustment.. the worst thing is their annual leave has been cut off 8 days a year.. another worst thing is if there is any question in the offer, the HR will come to meet them on the 6 oct morning and they have to decide in the afternoon..can you believe that..??!! if they don't accept the offer then they will pay VSS.. money or job.. u choose..

The remaining 70% group have mix feeling too.. for those who are close to 55 years old should be happily accept the VSS and enjoy their life or finding other easier job.. but for those middle age, they may have problem to find another job due to the poor job market now.. unless they don't mind to get lower pay.. so I am sure it is hard time for them..

There will be 2 more months that our current company will officially close down.. I can see that everybody is sad after spending so many years working together and built up the friendship in the same working environment.. I am sure there will be lot of farewell lunch or dinner for the next 2 months.. I just hope I can still hear joy and laughter in the office in the remaining 2 months althought I know it is not easy for everyone at this time..

GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY AND ALWAYS TAKE GOOD CARE..

Mamma Mia! The Movie

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life Ooo.. see that girl, watch that scene, diggin' the Dancing Queen.... this song is still spinning in my mind even after I have stepped out from the cinema.. "Dancing Queen" is the biggest hit single recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA in 1976..

Mamma Mia! The Movie is a musical film based on the title of ABBA's hit 'Mama Mia'.. seen the preview of the movie and definitely can't miss this one with all the ABBA's songs and beautiful scenery on small Greek island Kalkairi.. I am not really a big fan of ABBA (I am still a small kid during ABBA's time and have to thanks my sister who used to play ABBA's songs at home..) I am quite familiar with their songs beside 'Dancing Queen', my another favorite is 'Take a chance on me'.. and others like 'Mama Mia', 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!', 'Money, Money, Money' and 'Honey Honey' where I can sing a bit of each of them.. haha!! most of their songs are in pop or disco, so we can still hear 'Dancing Queen' and 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!' in disco today.. so can you imagine how popular are their songs.. beside those I mentioned above, they do have some ballads like 'I have a dream', 'Thank you for the music' and the very sad 'The Winner Takes It All'..

Back to the movie.. beside all those lovely ABBA's songs and the beautiful scenery of the island.. those actress and actors in the movie did a great job in acting and singing.. surprisingly Meryl Streep can sing and dance quite well in the movie.. it is fun to see her and another two friends - Rosie and Tanya performed 'Dancing Queen' and 'Super Trouper' with the 70's costumes which are really 'Yeh'!! haha.. I like her expression when she sing 'The winner takes it all', the lyric of the song is so touching and you may cry if you have just heart broken with someone.. her two friends are cute and funny too, especially Rosie sing 'Take a chance on me' on the dining table.. haha.. so damn funny and I like the song so much..!!

The three male actors did a great job too especially the funny Bill who show his butt to Rosie.. I never know Pierce Brosnan can sing so well.. and at the final part their 70's costumes are so funny and their high heels are killing us.. can't stop laughing..

We really enjoyed the movie a lot and all the audiences seems like it so much too from all the laughter in the cinema.. you must go if you like ABBA.. no worries if you are too young for ABBA's songs.. I am sure you will like one or two or even all the songs in the movie after the show.. maybe you will like me, the 'Dancing Queen' still spinning in my mind after the movie.. haha!!

my 5 days in Siem Reap & Angkor..

Angkor Wat
South Gate - Angkor Thom

Bayon

Apsara

Ta Pohm

Bekhang

Old Market - Siem Reap

The Blue Pumpkin

Khmer Kitchen Restaurant


Finally I have visited the place that I have wanted to go for so long - Siem Reap and the beautiful Angkor..

Basically here are my 5 Days free and easy in Siem Reap :-

D1 - arrived in Siem Reap at 8am local time, check in to B&B, breakfast, hiding tuk-tuk (the driver name is Tip) to visit Tonle Sap lake, have dinner near Angkor Wat and expecting for sunset, started to rain and back to B&B without sunset, shower and rest..

D2 - woke up 430am and Tip waiting us at B&B at 5am and heading to Angkor Wat for sunrise.. finally I saw Angkor Wat in front of me (the sky is still very dark because only 530am).. everybody standing beside the lake and expecting the sunrise and reflection of Angkor Wat in the lake.. again.. again.. rain is coming.. I opened umbrella and others are with umbrella or rain coat.. rain getting heavier and no choice have to go inside the temple to get cover.. entering Angkor Thom by the impressive South gate.. the brilliant Bayon appreared in front of me and at that moment my tears almost wanna fall by the beautiful Bayon.. spend the rest of the day visiting other temples in Angkor Thom and back to B&B almost 7pm.. damn tired..

D3 - second day to Angkor Thom and we are visiting the big route today.. guess what.. it is raining since 6am and we are visiting the temples with umbrella.. haha!! the most impressive temple is Ta Pohm, because of the giant trees grown on top of the temples and the movie 'Tomb Raider' by Angelina was filmed here years ago.. the final stop is Bekhang, the temple on top of the hill which need 20 minutes track to go up to the hill.. we are expecting sunset again but due to cloudy sky and no sunset again.. no doubt the view from the top of the temple is great and we manage to see Angkor Wat from here.. back to B&B and again.. very tired..

D4 - we decided not going to Angkor Thom again although our pass due today.. free and easy day!! I have survey some nice foods to eat in Siem Reap and plan to go for that today.. we went to old market for souvenirs.. frens bought some key chairs, pillow covers, silks, wood curving and so on.. I bought myself an oil paint with the face of Bayon and a wood curving of 'Apsara' .. the prices are all in USD so we are getting very tired to bargain in order to pay for the price that we wanted and mostly we manage to bargain 40-50% lesser.. went for afternoon tea in one of the famous cafe 'The Blue Pumpkin' , I tried the carrot cake and banana yogurt shake, both are yummy especially the carrot cake is so juicy.. yum! yum! next we went for a massage which recommended in travel book, the place is 'Bodia Spa' .. the place is so relaxing and beautiful but the price is quite high also, we took the package of body massage for 90 minutes cost USD34, but we got 25% for the second person.. well, the massage is not really great if compared to Bangkok with the price we can get better service.. our last stop is to have dinner in the most recommended restaurant 'Khmer Kitchen Restaurant'.. we order the popular cheese bake pumpkin with mushroom and chicken, Khmer curry, Shrimp soup and garlic fried fish and of course the famous Angkor Beer.. we really enjoyed the food so much and I can say that this is the most delicious foods we had in Siem Reap.. walk back to B&B with happy stomach.. haha!! packing our bag and settle our bill because we are leaving at 835am tomorrow morning..

D5 - woke up at 6am, shower and breakfast.. car waiting us at 715am to send us to airport, the airport is very quiet and not so many passengers in the terminal.. keeps looking back photos taken in my camera and I know definitely I will miss Angkor and Siem Reap very much.. it's time to go home.. bye Siem Reap and Angkor..