Pretty and Bold

As I was driving to meet Guardian Angel this evening, this appeared right in front of me…

It was just beautiful and awesome! I’ve never seen such a bold rainbow, couldn’t help it but to capture the sight.

Away at The Legend (2)

2nd day of the convention came. I woke up feeling fresh because I really crashed out the night before and slept through till the alarm rang and after when Emie was done using the toilet.

There was still time before leaving the room, so I managed to take a good look at the water chalets below (We stayed in the tower building). Wow, there is a private swimming pool built in every water chalet. Sooooo nice……

Check out some of the photos I managed to capture!

See the swimming pool!

We went down for breakfast and headed straight to the meeting room. I was one of the facilitators for this convention to guide and help the merchandisers. After the training session, we were broken up into groups for a workshop. It was my first time being the facilitator. I was quite worried as I have not done it before and not sure what to do. But, it turned out fine and I enjoyed it! In my opinion, through guiding and helping others with my knowledge, it strengthens mine as well. Questions and doubts thrown to me make my brain works too. Learning together is great!

Me and my colleagues

After a ‘mind-working-session’ in the day, it was time for a happy-jolly-enjoyable- night. Our theme for the night was 60’s Rock & Roll. So, all of us have to dress according to the theme and guess what, each of us were given a colored wig! Yup, it was a 'token' to enter the ballroom. It was left on our beds when we were in the training.

Mine was a purple one. Okay, for a moment I felt like Ronald McDonald instead of feeling 60’s. (Half way through the dinner, I took it off. It was rather warm wearing it.)

We all gathered in the ballroom in colorful wigs. That was where and when I saw quite a number of them dressed to kill. A total change from the day and I could hardly recognize them. The night started off with buffet dinner and of course, followed by free flow of beers. There were performances and games played on stage. It was hilarious. Around 10pm, the dance floor was open to all. Everybody was rockin’ their body.

Of course, we didn’t let go the opportunity of taking photos – our once- in- a –life- time -wig –wearing-time.

The Group

' The Charlie 's Angels '

My partner in crime at work

A few of us left the ballroom for second round. We played a fast action game. Whoever who is slow or did the wrong gesture has to down a glass of liquor. Oh my, I was feeling just nice and slight tipsy from having 3 mugs in the ballroom earlier. When this game started, I loss the first 2 rounds and there was it – downed 2 glasses. By the time I had my 3rd and 4th and 5th, I knew I needed to stop. I walked out of the room, pretending to make a phone call, but I told Emie to cover up for me and that I am going back to the room. She knows my alcohol limit and helped me to cover up.

I called Guardian Angel while walking back to my room, all the way from the water chalet. It was easily a 5 minutes walk but I felt longer than that. I was high and I wanted him to accompany me walking back to my room . We chit chatted till I sat down on my bed.

I washed up and charged my mobile phone. That was when Emie walked in. She was surprised to see me still not asleep. We were talking and suddenly I told her that I needed to puke. I knew I had to do so or else I would have been worse the next morning.

My head was spinning as I lied on the bed. Emie walked passed, on the way to have her shower. I wished her good night and said: “I miss Guardian Angel”. She replied: “Aww… I’ve also just told Exxx that I miss him too” and then she wished me back good night.

I crashed out again thereafter till the next morning…….

Even though I was high, but I remember what happened and all the things I’ve said. ;)

Away at The Legend

It really feels good to be home. I had a long working week from Monday till Thursday evening. And Thursday night, I drove to The Legend Water Chalets, Port Dickson for my company’s Retail Operations Convention with my boss. It was my first time staying in this resort.

It was my second time to experience night driving. The roads and surroundings were pitch black. I could hardly see anything when I looked into the rear mirror…. By the time we reached PD, it was about 8.30pm. We were just in time for dinner. Yay! The both of us were hungry!

Met a few new people / soon to be colleagues during dinner. I’ve missed the team building session in the day as I had a customer meeting in the afternoon, so I had to stay back till it was over.

My roomie (& partner in crime) was Emie and she was telling me how weird the room was over dinner. It was hard to believe until I saw it with my own eyes……

Firstly was that there is an open bath tub area. It’s really suitable for couples or newly weds to be romantic there. Hahahha…. Then, there is a slight gap at the frosted glass at the shower cubicle. There is a door to separate the bathing area and the actual bedroom. I love the side bed concept where we can oversee the sea view. It’s just beautiful. Emie booked that bed as she checked in first on Thursday morning. Too bad for me…no sea view, but I got a BIGGER bed, right in front of the TV. Ngiek ngiek ngiek !

The tub before entering the room / near the entrance

My big bed

I was really exhausted that night. Emie went to another room for the training slides preparation, I stayed in the room instead. After a nice shower, changed into my T-shirt and peejay pants, I dozed off in front of the TV with my lappie beside me….

…And that was day 1.

I will continue with day 2 later…

Last weekend's Dinner

We celebrated Father’s Day with papa last weekend. We went to our regular joint for Mexican food. The food is good and the service is superb because we are the regulars there.

Papa enjoys wine over dinner, so we ordered a bottle of wine for him and we shared some among ourselves as well. Guardian Angel introduced a specific kind of red wine to papa – Pinot Noir. I’ve tasted it before in his house and this wine is simply different as compared to chardonnay or shiraz. Yummy! It is very smooth and doesn’t make the throat or palette feels dry. I noticed that papa enjoyed it very much.

I enjoyed it. :)

Here are some of the dishes we ordered for ourselves. Do they look yummylicious to you?

Salmon Salad

Lamb Ribs

Time, Not Enough

Today was an extremely busy day for me at work. I had loads to do and meeting to attend while I need to get my sales in for the month before I am away for the next 2 days for a business convention. Time was just not on my side.

I postponed my meeting up with Guardian Angel twice tonight. ( So sorry, dear ) We met up for dinner closed to 8.45pm. He was there waiting for me. Ooppss…..I was being the Diva, unintentionally late. I hope he has plans with his friends or colleagues to keep him occupied these few days while I am away. :)

Many times, I wished my workload is not as heavy as this. I wished I could have more time – for my personal life; for Guardian Angel. I feel bad sometimes asking him to wait or delaying our date. I wished I could find a more easy-going job or be less workaholic. I realized throughout all my working years, I’ve rarely get to enjoy a real 9-5pm job – leaving on time and has- lots- of- time- to- blog-in the office job.

I just wish things will be better for me – career wise.

Monday (not so) Blues

;)

I wanted to blog about this last night, but I was really tired – thanks to the 2 hours of sleep the day before.

Well, I rarely....oops, should be I’ve never started my blog entry with a smile before..yeah, I guess this is the first.

Remember I was blogging about my meeting preparation and so not wanting to meet up with my beloved? Well, the meeting went OK. I somehow felt that she was different yesterday when she talked to me to firm up the month’s plans. I felt that she was sorry for the way she ‘expressed’ herself last week over the phone. I could be wrong or being sensitive. Or maybe there WAS a real guardian angel who made her come to realization that she overlooked the document.

Anyway, I was glad that the meeting was ok. At least, it wasn’t a bad start to a Monday.

I drove to Guardian Angel’s house for dinner last night. It was a post Father’s Day dinner for his dad. Guardian Angel was caught in a meeting and we met up with him later at the restaurant. Dinner was good – we had a healthy, yummylicious meal; vegetarian dishes.

His mum shared some of his younger days’ stories when she was in my car after dinner. It was a good sharing session. It was really interesting to know more about Guardian Angel day by day.

Every day is a brand new (informative) day. Thank you, Universe (and God) for a smooth day.

*Oh, I was in blue yesterday.

A Good Night Note

Good night, everyone. I've just finished preparing myself for the early meeting with my beloved - who called for it on Friday 7pm. I hope the preparation is sufficient. I was ambitious of completing my other 2 reports, but looking at the time now, I don't think so. I can continue doing the reports, but I know I will be for sure be a zombie in 3 hours time.

I am so not looking forward to it.

Almost Picture Perfect

This is what you do when you have a group of buddies. You pose and have fun together.

An almost picture perfect.

**Lack of 2 family members**

Sunrise in Penang

This was how beautiful the sunrise was at 7.30am in Penang.

Saturday Night Out

Ok, enough whining on my job. I shall blog about some happy happenings now.

As I’ve mentioned earlier that I was meeting Guardian Angel for a fun night…..here was how it went.

It all started at 1pm when he texted me. We discussed about the day’s plan and suggested to watch movies. Later, he replied that we will be watching 2 movies – A- Team and Karate Kid!

He picked me up at 5.30pm. Off we went to Pavvie for dinner and then movies. We were indecisive of what to have for dinner, until we walked passed La Bodega. It is one of my favourite restaurants as I love tapas and paella. So, after suggesting that and agreed to, we strutted in and got a nice table outside. It was after the rain, so it was nice and cooling.

The both of us looked through the menu. I thought we were ordering ala carte for ourselves, until I checked with Guardian Angel and that was when I got a shock.

What shock, you must be wondering?

Well, the first shock was that he told me that tapas will be ordered. Secondly was that he will be ordering paella. (I was looking at the paella list at first but I held back because it was stated that it is served for minimum 2 pax. A little disappointed.) I didn’t know Guardian Angel takes paella too! (It requires a exquisite taste based on my observation so far) It's as if somehow he knows......

Yay!

I felt that it was very sweet of him to order my favourite food at my favourite restaurant!

He granted my (2) wishes in 1 day.

Thank you dear, for giving me a simple,enjoyable and quality-time-spent weekend (with you).

Late Night Whine

It’s 4.25am now. I’ve just ran through the emails that were sent on Friday as I was travelling and unable to access to my mailbox. There were some important emails, some reminders and a very disturbing email.

I don’t think I can sleep now.

I just can’t understand what wrong I did to her. The delay delivery (actually was on the dot) of the artwork was mainly because the confirmation of the promotion mechanic was given LATE by HER! The pain of securing stocks that I had to go through was a ‘please lar, please help lar’ that I’ve said to my product supply chain (to release the stocks to me) and finance (as it is the closing of financial year now, have to do a pre payment for the stocks). Plus my agency needed time to change the product pack shot and resize it accordingly. Not everyone sitting at their desk just serving YOU! She didn’t understand my situation and all I get was whooped in the face.

I always remind myself of the ‘good deed’ she did for me. But, at times, I felt that it’s not fair to me. I AM thankful (and I really am, truthfully) for what she did for me, but at times taking all this shit and being threatened of changing another manager to service her is too much. I don’t like to be threatened.

I tried to buck up. It didn’t work. Maybe not enough.

I even started wearing back my rose quartz necklace. It is suppose to be good for communication and improves relationship – in this case, of course I want my relationship with the people I deal with at work to be improved; to be better. I walked passed a crystal shop today and walked in. I took up the catalogue to check if there are any other stones that can provide more to improve relationships. Call me superstitious.

Or maybe I started this off with my wrong foot in the first place? Maybe I am just not fit enough to handle this role. I still just couldn’t figure it out.

I am just now waiting for the day to come and leave --leaving her happy with another person who can serve her better and leaving me not living in this misery and stress (work wise).

An Afternoon at Empire Gallery

I finally woke up closed to 1pm when my mobile phone beeped. (It was a message from Guardian Angel) I slept for almost 12 hours. I woke up a few times in between but fell back to slumber. I was really tired as I was away on a trade visit up north for 2 days. I broke my own “travelling record” – I drove myself up to Penang then to Ipoh and back home to KL with 2 other colleagues. I drove almost the whole journey.

Washed up and clad in a tube top and shorts, I went to the new shopping mall, Empire Gallery for lunch with mama. It’s ‘me & mama’s time’ on a weekend before I meet up with Guardian Angel later in the evening.

I bought some groceries and some snacks for Guardian Angel as there was a Japanese and Korean fair. The stuff were selling at a relatively discounted place.

I am really surprised that the mall is filled with people. The layout and choices of shops in there is not too bad at all! There are many varieties of restaurants and cafes. Hmm…I will revisit the mall again!

Hmm…ok, I better get offline now. Need to get ready for dinner and movies with my love!

Advice

I stayed in a hotel recently. I saw this…..

“Don’t jump off the building”.

Choose your World Cup Supper

Anything for football, anything with world cup…

Even a menu is linked to the world cup!

So, do you want to have Rooney or Ronaldo for supper?

A Phone Call Away to Make my day

I received a phone call this evening. It was not a pleasant conversation. I kena screwed blindly upside down.

I can accept and admit my mistakes on the overlooked matters, BUT NOT SOMETHING which was not my missed!!!

I did not defend myself just because I did not want to aggrevate you and make a scene!

The Meaning of...

When one is feeling down, the partner has to find ways to cheer him/her up.

When one has problems, the other stands by, through thick and thin.

That’s the meaning of being a couple.

Sometimes It Is...

For the past few days, I was rather a little unhappy and moody. Mama asked if everything is ok between me and Guardian Angel. I smiled and replied : “Yes, we are fine.”

I supposed when a girl is unhappy, others might think that there are some problems with their bf/gf relationship. Little did others know, at times, it could be other factors?

Clouded Thoughts Cleared

I wasn’t well since last night. But I am feeling better now. I have to feel alright. Tomorrow is a brand new day to look forward to.

I think one day of sulking and in misery is enough. I’ve given some thoughts to it and came up with a decision. A decision which will not lead me to an easy life/ easy way out at this juncture, but I know it will later on. Patience is virtue.

There was a thought of falling back to a comfort zone, but I don’t think I will be able to sustain with the salary package for a better future/ lifestyle. I did ask myself – can money bring happiness and satisfaction in career wise? My answer is: it might provide a comfortable lifestyle (some form of happiness), but the job makes you slog like a slave and one doesn’t enjoy every bit of it (some form of misery). But we as human, we are not satisfied even we have the best.

What is this? Yin and Yang? Is there always a balance in life? Is there such thing as best of both worlds?

Anyway, happy or not, days pass, life goes on. So, why not be all cheery and happy? Again, I was reminded on – How I met my Guardian Angel.

As simple as 1234

For someone who made it simple and easy.... ;)

Hear me out - CRY ME OUT

Just love this song! Lyrics are good!

Natural instinct?

Men, they are somehow creatures who have insecurities as well. Not only women. When there are other men around and people who are not their woman’s affiliates – they will tend to be more protective and showing signs of marking their possession. On the other hand, when he is with her groupie, he tends to be more relaxed and less aggressive. Wonder why?

Autumn Love

Noticed that I’ve changed my blog’s template and design? Well yea, saw there were new templates available, so I’ve decided to give it a new look, new feel. Like it? ;)

I chose this autumn template simply because I love autumn. I somehow have this analogy of the 4 seasons:
1. Autumn – A romantic season in the year
2. Winter – A season where you freeze, lots of cuddles and enjoy a hot of cuppa always!
3. Spring – A new life begins/ a new beginning
4. Summer – A super warm weather where you sweat like a pig!

Okay, I don’t think I am making any sense on the above. Pardon me please, it’s 5am and I couldn’t sleep.

Regardless, I am serious about autumn. I think it’s romantic. I love the cooling breeze blowing against my face, I love to see the ground filled with brownish -redish leaves, I just love it!

Safe Stalker

When I first knew him, I thought he was a stalker because he doesn’t exactly live nearby, but he tailed me home. Little did I know, he just want to ensure that I reach home safely.

Thank you, Guardian Angel!

Socializing Weekend

Last week passed by with a blink of an eye.

Wednesday, I had to attend an event in the evening. So, it was pretty much a half day work in the office. It was the company’s 43rd anniversary dinner. The theme was Floral Chic, so all of us were in floral print dresses or skirts or shirts (batik) Well, it was ok to attend the event – more of socializing around and trying to build repo. The dinner was very long. We had to wait from 6.30pm till 9pm before dinner was served. All of us were starving. The entertainment of the night was good – Harith Iskandar and Douglas Lim performed live on stage with their comedian jokes and acts. I ended the night at 11.40pm as I was tired and had to work the next day.

Thursday came. I worked till 6.30pm. I kinda lost motivation that day. Most of the people went for a futsal challenge – it was a monthly sports event in our company. I didn’t go for it as I had lots piled up for me to complete. I was supposed to have steamboat dinner with Guardian Angel, but he wasn’t feeling too well, so I packed dinner for us and ate at his place.

Friday was supposed to be a replacement holiday for me as Saturday was Agung’s birthday. I ended up arranging to meet suppliers. The day just flew passed. In the evening, met up with Guardian Angel for Shrek 3 and dinner. The movie is funny but it was not as good as the first 2 episodes. Luckily, I used the free tickets for redemption of the movie.

Saturday started at 7.30am for me. I needed to ensure all operations and set up were fine before the official opening gambit. So sweet of him to accompany with for it and sacrificed his beauty sleep on a Saturday. When everything was done, up and running, I met up with a group of friends (or more like ex-business associates) - Coincidently In Trend magazine was having a concourse event at One Utama as well, so I asked Lili, Brandon and Rosie for a drink whilst they had their late lunch. It was really great to catch up with them ever since I left my ex company for almost 8 months now.

My booth

Futsal challenge

Managed to hit the gym for an hour session and met up with Mrs Giggs & Arrow for dinner. It had been weeks since I last met up with them. We hung out till past midnight and it was time for me to hit the bed. I was really exhausted after a long day of mingling and “social hopping”, one after another.

This morning, again I made a trip to One Utama to ensure everything are operating smoothly. It was great to meet up with Will Quah in person. I engaged him as my emcee for the afternoon event. There were some hiccups for the event, but managed to solved them.

So I left the venue and my real weekend really began. I rushed to get a bouquet. The thought of getting some fresh flowers for someone special just came to me while I was walking down to the parking lot. It was for a belated mother’s day celebration.

These never failed to make someone smile

Guardian Angel brought me for some nice Tong Sui and finger food. I have to admit that I was rather disturbed and moody this afternoon. Quite a fair bit of problems to think about and to sort out. I kinda guess he knew but didn’t probe further. We paid Jovial Stevie a visit for our ‘ritual game’ thereafter. It was a nice way of spending the afternoon together. We laughed and had fun. My mood picked up.

I hung around watching tv at Guardian Angel’s house after a very filling dinner at the cozy restaurant. We celebrated his mum’s belated- Mother’s -Day….. I’ve decided to call it a day and headed home with him accompanying me home at 11pm.

I am tired.

A Different Feel

I had a different feel tonight.

I actually felt the attention and someone was listening to me; not just hearing me.

Chain Reaction

It’s almost 1am now. I don’t feel sleepy at all, despite after a long, not-so-smooth-sailing day at my work place.

I was rather upset since this morning right after I woke up – by a series of disturbing dreams. I woke up feeling tired because my mind didn't rest at all. I dreamt about my beloved. It was déjàvu , that my beloved called me twice in the morning and taught me a lesson – in improving myself and in what I am working on.

I shall not dwell too much into it. There is always a reason why someone would react in a particular manner. Simple logic – chain reaction. It takes an action to cause a reaction.

Left work later than the targeted time. Met up with Guardian Angel and we had quite a chat there. Both of us shared our ups and downs of the day, which was great. He also shared some insights and thoughts with me (which it shall be kept between the both of us) and also taught me something very important which I always kinda overlook it and being ignorance at it….

I am very lucky to have a guardian angel (Guardian Angel). He taught me to look at things in a different perspective, tips to be wiser in life and being there for me, most importantly.

We will walk through this path together.

Thank you, Universe (and God) for sending a guardian angel into my life!