Red Apple

I have wanted to update blog with my darling’s latest purchase but I was too caught up with works and assignments. Seriously, I didn’t have enough time to even breathe, let alone blog. I could only tweet and plurk once in a while. Life is extremely hectic with my midterms coming up next week and CNY is another 2 weeks. I feel like I’m drowning. Sigh!

Anyway, for the brighter note, my darling recently has new obsession. It’s the first time for both of us since we both are hardcore Sony fans and only use Microsoft products. We went to the Mac shop for the first time in KLCC. He bought an iPod Touch 32GB and you would be surprised when you see it.

Are you surprised yet of the color? If you know me well, I’m a ‘blue’ person and red is not usual for a man. Yet, I pick this. Hehe!

I think it’s superbly cool. Red is outstanding and I know he always loves something out of the ordinary. However, the truth is I couldn’t get any blue cover to go with it. Hahaha! Anyway, I think red is cool and I’m really honest about it. Hehe!

When he was looking around and listening to the sale guy telling him this and that about the iPod, I ventured to a section where I would call it ‘cute and mini’ section. Then, I called my darling to come over and look. He also thought it cute. The most funniest thing was he thought I wanted it and he bought it straightaway to go with his new iPod.

It’s called iMini. It’s a clock, speaker plus docking for iPod. Don’t you think it’s cute? There’s a blue color one but I have to let it go and picked this red one to suit the new red iPod. They look perfect, sitting on top of my Sony HiFi in our room.

I have been playing around with this new Red Apple and it’s so cool. Very user-friendly and easy to use. I like its touch screen. I can surf net, check mail, tweet and plurk with it as long as it’s connected to WIFI. He also loaded songs, videos and new games. He found Sudoko for me. Sadly, I have no time to play much yet.

I can’t believe that we have changed direction in gadgets. It’s seriously a big change from Windows to Mac. With this Red Apple being so cool, I would think eventually he will start to collect more Apples. I don’t mind if he is going to buy another iPod Touch 128GB (as he said he definitely would if it’s in the market) because he promised this Red Apple to be mine then. I don’t mind at all. Haha! You all be my witness. He said he will give me. Okay?

 

It’s getting harder

It’s already Week 5 for semester 2. I have 2 assignments due this week and next, 2 tutorials, one more assignment tonight as promised by the lecturer and heard more assignments to come. Midterms will be on Week 7. And I took 3 subjects again this semester. Sigh!

At the beginning, when I first saw the timetable, I was thinking ‘deep shit’. There’s only one core subject and one elective available for me. Both are on Tuesdays, one in the morning and one in the evening. I started to panic as I really would like to take the morning class but I have to work. So I started to make arrangement with my boss to let me go just for Tuesday morning. Of course I have to make some amendment on my working hours in order to achieve that arrangement. Eventually, I have to start work at 7:30 a.m. which I’m actually okay with it. I basically need to work 9 hours a day instead of 8. Then, there was the problem with my morning class student quota. There’s only 5 of us registered for the subject. Not surprisingly as it’s in  the morning and it’s an elective subject. At the end, the 5 of us have to agree and insist to continue with the class regardlessly. So here I am with many assignments and soon a journal paper as project. Hehe! After 2 weeks into the semester, many have written to the Dean to request another core subject to be offered and it did. I initially planned only to take 2 subjects, ended up with 3 subjects because I was so afraid that core subject will not be offered next semester as it was not offered for the last two semesters.

Hence, I’m back to square one where I have to juggle my time with 3 subjects a.k.a 3 midterms a.k.a. 3 finals a.k.a. n numbers of assignments and projects. It’s funny when I thought I would go easy this semester. Hehe! However, on the positive side, there are only 2 more subjects for me next semester and probably start my dissertation on the following semester. Another good thing about this semester is I only go for 2 days for classes instead of 3 days. That means my darling will only need to travel home on his own for 2 days in a week.

Okay, now back to work and trying to catch up on reading journals later. I have to submit UML Use case diagram and class diagram this weekend. Another is writing a concept paper on Human activity systems which was supposed to due this week but I couldn’t finish. Must really work harder. Wish me luck.

 

My name is Legion

Coz we are manyyyyyy…I can never forget this phrase from Ghost Rider and I actually learn the word Legion from it. Hehe!

I got lucky with Legion as I recently won 4 tickets to its premiere screening on 20 Jan 2010 at GSC 1 Utama. Consider myself real lucky as it was my first time winning something. Hehe! So you can imagine my excitement and ecstasy. How I won the tickets? You can never guess that I won them through my tweet under ChurpChurp.  The question was “Angels are coming to kill you, what are you going to do?”. My answer was “I’m going to join the Angels in destroying the world in the hope of them making me an angel too so that I don’t have to die.” Hehe! I’m that sadist, okay? It was for fun and I don’t think my answer really gave me the winning chance. I’m sure whoever tweet about this got the tickets.

When I got the email that notified me I won 4 tickets, the first thing I did was inviting my best colleague to join me. Of course, next was my darling, but unfortunately, he had a meeting at 9 p.m. the same time as my movie. So he didn’t go with me and I was rather quite guilty about ditching him at home. Since I have 2 tickets left, I invited my two best buddies a.k.a. the Wong sisters. Haha! It always feels good to share free stuff, don’t you agree?

The movie is great in my opinion. However, my colleagues all said I’m sadist as I always love to see supernatural and killing stuff, so you may not agree with me on this movie. It was as action-packed as one can expect from its trailer but I found it has its slow motion parts too when they are trying to focus on individual character and try to make us understand why they are who they are now. There’s not much storyline as the movie is quite short. There’s still some questions I haven’t found answers yet. Overall the movie is about when people lose faith, you lose everything. With just one goodness, there’s always hope. Hope is the only chance for survival.

The casts are perfect combination. They are all famous in their own way. I love watching them fighting together.

OMG! I’m beginning to love Paul Bettany. I couldn’t recognize him from other movies but when I searched through his movies, I realized who he is. Hehe! This is one of the best scene I like. So cool!

You must think I’m weird as most people are still talking about Avatar and yet I’m talking about Legion. I guess Legion is my kind of movie more than Avatar, though I love watching Avatar too. Hehe! If you like supernatural stuff and are as sadist as I am (:P), you must watch Legion. It totally gives me the idea of the other side of the supernatural when I get to see the angels’ ugly sides. I can say they are much worse than the demons. It does change my perspective on who is good and who is bad. The claim that angels are the good ones is no longer valid anymore…

 

Keep it rolling

Life is just like a rolling ball. It keeps rolling when you are busy. And it feels like it’s never going to stop. That’s what happened since last week. We went back to my hometown last weekend. It’s a 24-hour madness rush for getting stuff done for my mum and grandma in preparation of CNY. I bought mum a new pair of shoes and my grandma’s clothes and purse. It was really shopping madness. One thing good about the rush was I finally bought some new shoes for CNY. My darling has also bought his new shirt and a top for me too. Hehe! I don’t intend to spend anymore as I have been overspending a lot in just one weekend. Sigh! It’s inevitable.

I was supposed to do my assignments during the weekend and I had even brought the work along. However, all I did on the train was finishing my Brenda Joyce’s novel. I have even started another Brenda Joyce’s novel. They are good. Enough said. Hehe! So, today I’m trying my best to start my assignments. It’s all about doing my literature review which is normally very tedious. I really hope I will have some idea about this new topic before tomorrow class.

Anyway, I expect the ball to keep rolling until after CNY, at least. There are just so much to do. For the family, the house, the semester, the hubby…seems endless…sigh…

 

Hectic but good

Life is hectic since the beginning of this week. There’s so much to do in the office. Discussing budget, making IT purchase, collaborating with other offices on IT issues. Then I have classes to attend. Two classes on Tuesdays and one on Thursdays. I got my first assignment for this semester and I would think more are coming since the semester is starting to pick up. More stuff to learn and of course more readings to do.

Yet I’m so happy that I have so much to do. Weird, right? I’m happy that life is hectic and time passes faster. To me, I feel I have achieved more with hectic life. Do you? Hehe!

PS: Can’t write more now as I’m currently eating my Maggi mi before rushing to my evening class today. Hehe!

 

Overdue opinion

I kind of remember that I promised Mun to give my opinion once I finished watching the TVB drama called Born Rich. I did watch it right away after reading Mun’s post and finished the whole series in one week or so, I think. When I was watching towards to the end, I was so mad with the main casts, Marcus and Angie. I’m not so good as you, Mun, to debate who is wrong. I’m damn sure Marcus and Angie are the ones in the wrong. I guess I’m that kind of woman who cannot tolerate loving 2 at the same time. It’s so unfair to either party and it only shows one thing on Marcus: selfish. My heart goes all the way to Connie as I was watching the drama. Maybe it’s just me who cannot tolerate such triangle affair. Can’t say Angie is all bad as I can see she feels guilty being the third party and being tormented by her own feelings. So all I can conclude at the end is Marcus is the most guilty person and he’s just damn lucky to have 2 women still loving him after so much.

Overall, the movie is quite entertaining with all the experienced actors and actresses. I like Anita Yuen’s performance the best. I have to say Nancy Sit’s character is a bit over for her. Never see her so hysterical before. Sometimes it’s quite annoying too. Kenneth Ma is getting better with acting too. I quite like him.

I still haven’t watched Beyond the Realm of Conscience though it has been sitting in my hard disk for a month. Many said it’s very good but I just don’t really fancy show about inside the palace. I would watch it eventually when I’m free. Probably wait for my next semester break, I guess. Hehe! But don’t get me wrong here that I won’t watch any during the semester. I sure will find some other more interesting shows to watch. The truth is I can never separate myself from entertainment and study. They should go hand in hand for my ’success’. Haha!

Just to share with you the best show I watched during the break other than Born Rich. It’s called A Chip of the Old Block. The most funny drama ever for 2009. I finished the whole 21 episodes in 3 days. Oh my! It’s a little bit about time travel and life in the 60’s. I can’t believe  Myolie Wu can be that pretty and funny at the same time. I love Ron Ng’s performance too. He has improved a lot and this drama really shows he could take other character well too.  The opening theme song is very good that it got stuck in our heads for weeks. I couldn’t tell you more how much I love the show. I can watch it again any time without feeling bored. Believe me and make sure you watch this new show. Even my darling came to watch it with me which he seldom did for any TVB show. This is the only show that I saw he laughed so much. He even remembered the theme song and we started singing it for fun. Hehehe!

 

Kick start the new year

With spending time at gym – RPM class, a valuable training program at PKGS and lot of lazing session at bed. Haha!

I didn’t feel as pain as my first round of RPM session and I guess it’s a good sign, right? It’s getting more enjoyable if you like to sweat from head to toe. And I’m totally serious when I tell you about sweating. Hehe! I still haven’t tried any other equipments at gym and probably won’t cause I truly love joining classes for the motivation to continue on. I want to join more yoga classes but the timing is always not right. Hope this week we can join one. I’m desperately in need of stretching.

I also attended a great training session last Sunday at PKGS, offered by the Sisters and conducted by Bro. John. He’s the founder of La Salle Learning Center, Penang and he’s the expert of teaching ’slow learners’. He was a teacher, a headmaster and finally a facilitator. He’s very good and I learn a lot of new stuff. He’s trying to change our perspectives in life and open our minds. The training is really good for me to kick start my tuition classes soon. I will need to try to implement my new understanding to my classes and hope to be more effective.

On Monday, it was work as usual. First day of work in 2010 yet still lazy. The body was in the office but the mind still on the bed. Haha! I did some planning and budgeting as it’s the beginning of the year. Trying to figure out which credit card to be terminated and which to keep. I also need to plan what’s the best way to pay the service tax for those cards I want to keep. I have been in serious discussion with my darling about our financial aspect especially regarding the credit cards. We have decided to use the best few that can give us either cash rebates or good savings and discounts. We plan our card termination process in stages, you know. Hehe! We also discussed a lot about our house loan. It’s time again to withdraw from EPF to reduce house loan and I have to prepare letter to request for the process.

Then we have to budget for CNY. It’s never fun anymore in CNY once you are married. Sigh! With no increment and bonus this year, I foresee my CNY will be a bleak one. Just hope I can survive without getting myself in debt. Sigh!

 

Recap & Resolve

I guess it’s the time of the year again to recap and resolve. It’s the last day of 2009 though I still feel it’s just another day of life. There won’t be much celebration but we hope to see fireworks from our high hill around our home. Or most probably I will be fast asleep before midnight. Haha!

Anyway, I have been thinking what to recap for this year. Overall, it is a tough year to us, particularly me. The biggest resolve I ever made this year was sending my application for Masters. It was the toughest decision I made that didn’t only affect me but my darling too. He’s so dear that he tries his best to accommodate me in order for me to achieve my dream. I truly appreciate his willingness to sacrifice his time and effort for me. Without him, I won’t be where I am today. Seriously. His support means a lot to me.

For him, I guess his biggest achievement is getting his many certifications all in one year. Not forgetting his expensive ‘toy’ (camera and lens) which produces (undeniable!) very good photos. His Sony Vaio P, the smallest notebook (or is it called netbook,  seriously no idea) has caught almost everyone’s attention whenever we go out with it. Under his influence, I have officially become Sony fan too by owning my first Sony Vaio W. It was my best purchase of the year. Haha! Though I’m slightly regretting now as Sony is selling better Vaio W with Windows 7 and higher RAM. Damn! Sigh! Technology world is like that, I guess. I shouldn’t be surprised but still arrrgghhh…

What should be my resolve in 2010? Honestly, I have no firm resolve though I have high hope to achieve the following:

- Get flying colors in my courses

- Earn more money to help out my family and my darling

- Save more money to change my 12-year old car

- Save more and more money to go on holiday (at least one, please!)

- Be determined in going to gym and really workout (really hope to lose a few kgs at least and stay healthy)

Goodbye 2009 and welcome 2010.

Happy New Year to all…wish you have a great year ahead…

 

Gave our support

How’s your X’mas holiday so far? We are having good times. I’m still on leave today though my darling is working from home doing a 12-hour on-call shift. So being the dutiful wife (ahem!), I purposely took leave just to be with him, to take care his lunch and dinner. Hehe! Tomorrow will be back to work and classes. I will have my first class in the morning tomorrow, hopefully nothing changes or get cancelled last minute.

So how you celebrated X’mas eve? We are not actually celebrating X’mas but I got a X’mas gift for my darling.

Guess what?

You remember I said he doesn’t like surprises? I purposely sent this photo to him and asked him to guess. Of course, he couldn’t guess but he didn’t pressure me for the answer. I knew he couldn’t wait to know. He’s never good with waiting. Haha!

Of course it’s a gadget, sort of…a USB speaker…hehe!

On the X’mas eve, we went to gym after work. I went for RPM for the first time. My legs were not mine after the class. It was said we are able to lose 900 calories with 50-min cycling class. But then we went for Thai food for dinner. I guess all the burned calories just replenished itself. Haha!

We have always wanted to pay a visit to our nearest national tourism place called the National Zoo. Haha! He always said we should give our support to the animals by paying them visit. So, we did on the X’mas day. There was an event and we were enjoying all the shows very much. The best thing about this outing was it’s the nearest outing ever. We reached home in 5 minutes. Haha!

He’s so happy that the elephant came to him automatically…I also managed to touch its trunk…so happy…

Most interesting show…very smart animal

For more photos, click on this photo…

Hope you enjoy seeing the lovely animals…please show your support too if you can. Pay a visit to the Zoo. I live ‘inside’ the Zoo, remember? Come and pay me a visit too. Haha!

 

Holiday Wishes

Photos from his trip to US turns into e-cards to all…Hehe!

Well wishes from both of us to all friends and families. Happy Holidays!