vodka!

i read from a site mentioning that the name you choose will reflect as much about you as it does about your dog. it shows how you view your dog and your relationship with it. ha ha. so VODKA! he shall be.
yes! i've got a new pup. he is a terrier mix. doesnt really cos a bomb as a neighbour sold it to me. brought him back to kl yesterday. he was kind of timid at first but this morning he had evolved into somewhat a rascal! mom just called part complaining part loving him. she just bathed vodka! and let him loose in the house. of all places, he chose the best place to flop down... on the tilam! :)
well at least, i can be a little relieved as bronte seems to take vodka! in slowly. yes, she is still the haughty self. looks like bronte is accepting vodka! into her life although she is avoiding him like the plague at the moment. ha ha.

colour favours

something blue i dislike:

[1] pepsi blue

[2] blue honda

[3] monthly blues

onething blue i like:

something orange i like
[1] carrots
[2] cointreau (yum!)
[3] kumquats
[4] sunsets & sunrises
[5] garfield
[8] OJ
onething orange i dislike:

brontë oh brontë

peace. at last i managed to persuade my mom to forgive me. it must be my persistent charms. ha ha. i can be if i want to you know. but i guess not many ppl will be that lucky to get charmed by moi. ha ha. anyway, i've stashed my idea for moving out. mom's condition is quite bad - her slip disc. moving out will only make her feel worse, so since make peace pact d, i'll just hang around until she's stronger.

visited brontë's vet to get more clarifications on the x-ray results. bad. it's not stone in the bladder. the x-ray showed there's a growth near her uninary tract. vet ruled out stone. but was not a good news as it could be either a blood clot or tumor. wouldn’t be able to know until they operated on her. so we decided to go along the conservative solution by the vet – put her on a strict special diet which consists of some special doggie biscuits. hopefully in 2-3 months time, if it's a clot, then it will disolved smaller and eventually disappear. poor brontë, she never liked doggie biscuits. poor mom, she had to crush the biscuits mix it with water & hand feed brontë. we have to monitor her urination pattern also. as long as she make a big puddle a day, then is ok. as this means her tract isnt blocked (meaning the growth didnt increase, meaning is not a tumor). let's pray n hope it's just a clot. cos if it's a tumor, i'm going to loose my poochie! as the tumor is too near her nerves and is not advisable to operate to remove. poor poor brontë. cant bear the thoughts of losing her. have to spent all my time at home sayanging her. no time to waste.

that's what friends are for

[listening to : 그남자 그여자 by vibe]
aaa. thank god for friends. they are always there when u needed them most. just came back from mamak with shane. 1/2 my burden cleared and am ready to face the morning with gusto. first thing to apologize for the 1000th time to my ma even though not my fault. small sacrifices. and hopefully this time she will listen and let me bring her to the doctor.
and yea! now i can find my way into kelana jaya. always thought i will get lost in the maze. well, finding shane's place in tmn megah was ok. it was actually quite a breeze considering me driving nite time. u know la, being a little "nite blindness" is quite a nuisance n risky driving in the nite especially eyes swollen. house 54. so yea! now i know where else to crash shane's place.
anyway, what a blast! germany scored 3-0 against ecuador. too bad ecuador had to lose so badly but happy for them to qualify to the next round. so far all my 3 fave teams, protugal,mexico and spain are on the track to qualify to the next round. hurrah! forta portugal!
now on a more sombre note. i have to seriously contemplate moving out soon. first step to create some space for myself. i guess it's time to be selfish for once. too much giving is unhealthy. fong already got a place for me in her apartment in damansara perdana. it's not too bad but have to travel a bit. now i have to plan carefully. hmm... i prefer puchong but kinda lazy to look around now. somemore her place got all the amenities i wanted : gym, pool, tennis court. rental also within my budget. i think in this state i shouldnt make rash decision on getting a place on my one. like shane's advice "rash financial decision is risky". well, i'll sleep on this, at least for now.

wedding gathering

wedding is a great place to meet up with mates that you have lost contact over the years. i'm glad i was so determined to attend shookfurnn's wedding even it meant i had to drive there myself. the journey there was actually quite pleasant. ha ha. now i know 2 more places 2 hang out. first the new jusco and second - south city.
at the entrance there's pk and jin. hmm i think jin did something to his hair isit? the bride was radiant n sweet in pink. after congratulating her, i bumped into many of my collegemates which i have not met for years since graduation. it was a happy reunion but hmm i think i am a little bit behind in terms of baby producing... hmm. sharon's 4 month old babe, joshua is sooo cute. he even let me cuddle him. aaa. vincent (no no not the one i dreamt) also has a baby girl. shocked. then there's belinda. aha! she came alone. so i tot i can find a gal in my shoes. so i turn to her and jokingly asked. "hey belinda, so how many you have?" ha ha. i nearly fall off my chair when she nonchalantly answered "two". ha ha ha. sharon was laughing at me. "wrong person to ask. she has the most at the moment". ha ha. and finally i get to meet sin's wife. n guess what. yea, she is 8 months preggy. i think i need some catching up with these fellas. i need to contribute to msia's population. hmm. i need to go on a rampant prowl.... for victims... ha ha. anyway, the dinner started rather late at 2115 for restaurant wedding. food was ok. but again sharkfins' soup can be mistaken for sharkfins' goo. jo was in quite late and it was a joy meeting up with her. last met her @ her wedding. tatlung is still same old same old. she was late as she was doing a shoot with carmen soo! yea. carmen soo! she is so beautiful.... jo is now freelancing as makeup artist. u go girl! really had a great fun time at the wedding and laughing all nite with jo.

(ps : thanks to chin2 for the the photos

depressed, desperate, determination & dreams

haha. it's not as serious as the title sounded. it's just me being melodramatic.
perhaps it was the frigid aircondition n rain but never felt so melancholy for quite a spell like yesterday. perhaps it's pms. perhaps it's the age catching up and lack of sex? erm. not true. not lack of it. it's totally missing - the sex chapter in my life.
i was desperate to chat with someone. called tassa. she's shopping. called vonn. she suggested that i was moody due to the toyboy thing? na la! told her maybe i need a sex partner. ha ha. she said as if i need sex 24x7. whoa! i mean who says i need it 24x7. just need him to be on standby 24x7. reachable within a phone call? urgh! then noticed that all the while she chatting with me, her hubby was driving beside her. omfg. i mean if u know me. u know i was trashing. else, i would have sounded like a mega sex slut? hmm.
suppose to go out with shane which she cancelled later - in return she promised me a cheesecake treat. yea!! so i pattered around the house taking note what to clean up on sunday. weighed myself. yea! confirm shed another kilo to total of 4 kilos since 1May. mood liven up tremendously.
tassa called. aa. had a great nice chat. she just finished some papers on monday and was disorientated due to the stress. shared some weight losing ideas. she was shocked when i told her my initial weight. "are u sure? the sofia foo we know?". ha ha. i was not surprised. a lot of ppl had the same reaction when i revealed it. i can qualify for the super heavy weight category, i guess. she thought of marie france. i thought it is too expensive. well we agreed on exercising part and determination. i felt in these 3 weeks, i was pretty determined. forced myself to wake up and dragged myself to the gym. although i only spend max 30 minutes of brisk walk, i guess is a good start. plus i sweat, er.. perspired (i can nearly hear Ms Lim's voice admonishing us - "Sweating is for horses, human perspires"). with all this perspiring, it somehow makes me more awake and alert at work. hope to stay this way. er. ok tassa. WILL stay this way.
goal!! 6th min, argentina already scored a goal. hmm should have placed a bet. i cannot ignore the deep rumbling sound which i pretended it wasn't there. it was my tummy la. whip up a quick spicy fusion mamak-italian pasta goreng. damn the carbs. then it was goal goal goal goal and 90th minute another goal. goals galore. argentina whose team is younger made Serbia and Montenegro looks like kids in the pitch.
then i had weird dreams. (hey! not wet ok) i dreamt about vincent. vincent?! why him?! i've been pondering for quite sometime now. but cant really relate any thing current with him. weird. but he was kinda cool in my dream. like i said it. it was a dream. hee hee it was actually quite a nice dream. hmm.

korean nite out

yes! world cup fever is finally here. didn't manage to catch the opening ceremony as i was having dinner with leng and team mates at hmm... was it mont kiara or sri hartamas. anyway the korean restaurant is very near to souled out. food so so. service so so. company - some of them was funny. perhaps cos there some of us there couldnt take beef, so it was chicken n pork only. well dashed was my anticipation for some good bbq beef. i remembered we had great beef bbq which they rolled out onto the hot grill- that was my first time having korean food @ ampang. the bbq was great that time. others was er forgettable. cos none of us really know how to order. however, this time around, kel vin, leng's sa is familiar with korean n stuff and thank goodness for that food was ok and we didnt go overboard. (previously with my team, we ordered so much that we had so much left over.) i particularly like the soju. it tastes sweet and reminds me of tapai. well unlike what swee told me. she said it tastes like kerosene when she had some in korea. ha ha ha. perhaps it's a different type? anyway, the soju we had, was some mixture of soju with "pat nin chao"? too bad i had to drive later so i didnt drink as much as i wanted. you know me la. drink like a fish. ha ha ha.

the food? hmm. the side dishes were ok. except for the kimchi and a spicy anchovies dish, others tasted a little bland. seaweed stuff was minimal, nearly non-existance. all these side dishes are refillable. then came a piping hot steam egg. it looks like cawan mushi but it taste better. er. i am not a great fan of cawan mushi or any other steam eggs that were steam to smooth perfection. weird, eh? i love those little pork-marked steam eggs with loads of pork at the bottom. mom's style's the best! :) fyi, to get smoother less pork-marked steam eggs, use lowest gas mark so it wont boil excessively creating bubble causing the marks. the egg pancake with vege was so so. leng was a tad disappointed as she was expecting seafood egg pancake like those she had when she was in korea. ha ha. i find the corn+ham with mayo in the hotplate - tit pan, interesting. i always tot mayo served hot is a no no but it tasted hmm special. plan to do something similar soon.
like i said the bbq was nothing special. the marinade was normal. but i like the spicy noodles with the cuttlefish or is it octopus? ha ha perhaps i am being bias. i love sotong. whatever has sotong in it i'll love itl. then we had some spicy seafood noodles. hmm. the stock taste like the korean instant noodles that swen n me cant live without. the seafood added flavors to the soup. i ate 1/4 crab but was not it a crabbie mood. ha ha ha. u know la. first dinner with leng's mates, must give good impression, so my table manners were too emaculate to dig into crabs. ha ha ha. yea. for those who know. there were other reasons too :P anyway the osyters or "oo" in hokkien were the tiniest ones. i only had one and it's 1/2 the size of my pinky. the last 2 bowls of noodles were quite delicious. one was a spicy soup with tofu and another was kimchi noodle soup.
halfway thru the dinner, we have intensive cantonese lesson led by chee kin. the most usable phrase "hai mg hai". it was hilarious. everyone trying to use the phrase with different situations. all in all it was a enjoyable nite out with new friends.
ps : thanks to tiong for the photos.

hair-raiser!

ok. so cheap-er hair cut doesnt suit anyone. anyway, the story is, i decided to try out the hair saloon that fong had her hair done previously. i mean the guy did a good cut for her. so i thought "eh, why not. can save $". i showed the lady my the photo - tu, that one i just had my hair re-styled, me in pink-tee. so she nodded and said ok. she kept on trimming n layering n kept mumbling "your hair is so thick!". i should have taken some action but i just sat there until i told her - enough lo. then - URGHH! it was totally different from my original cut (i just need trimming) and she began spraying my hair. i was shocked as she was using those cheap hair-spray that my granny uses (i'm sorry if i offended you, ah-Ma). i was ok at first ... felt a little light headed... and fong reassured me it is ok. quite nice actually - she commented. but then when i reached home... i was horrified as i washed the spray off my head. i never felt so bald. yes it was that thin she layered! so it was sayonara crowning glory. well the lesson of this story is - stick with your hairstylist else it is going to be funkie to auntie rm18 is certainly a very cheap "expensive" lesson for my mane n me.
fyi- photo is hair after 2 weeks. well it took me that long to finally decide to post this...
ps: fong. thanks for that day advise and i am still working very hard to save every penny to realise the dream we discussed even it meant sacrificing some. and no, i dont blame you for this whole hair-raising episode. i was game for it.

pps: thanks vonn for consoling me saying it was ok ... ahem. still awaiting the free meal...

06 06 06

many say it's the devil's number. well i dont know how true it is but it's something that will only happen in the next hundred years. hence this entry. kar kar kar... *yawn*

peter & tina

i've known tina since std3 and gone thru the same schools until form6. although we met up during cny gatherings, etc, we lost contact for a stretch during our uni/college year. coincidence brought our friendship back on track as one of my housemates was her coursemate in UM. i was then introduced to peter and another friendship bonded. well, then the fun began. hee hee i have to admit, most time i was like the biggest "spotlight". hmm or is tina the "spotlight". i don't know... i mean if you are one of the IJ gang, you would know the complicated "relationships". and peter was (or still is) in all the "spotlights" (chantal,prem,etc).
we were estatic when they got married on Jan 2004. we tried our best to dress as nyonya as possible. i even tailor-made my first nyonya kebaya. expensive it might be but it was worth every $. the church wedding was so touching. sniff sniff. being an emotional freak, happy tears trickled as she sashayed down the aisle into peter's arms. gapi swooned too. hee hee. not only by the intense feeling but heat too. she was pregnant that time. dinner was another blast. old and young all in kebayas. it was spectacular! we even had supper @ mamak in our kebayas. n guess what? the bride was with us too. :)
~kean xavier ONG~
12:45 18 may 2006 : another bundle of joy arrived in form of baby boy kean xavier ONG into the lives of two of my dearest friends peter and tina. i've yet to visit her. hopefully soon and snap some cute photos to post here.