Sunday, January 10, 2010

A brand new year...

i've resumed work after a good 6 working days of break from x'mas. i would say the impromptu plan of the long break due to leftover leaves turned out to be the best break i ever had in all my working experience. it's nice to be waking up late, bumming around abit, and basically your mind is free from work. and just before the break was coming to an end, i began to feel a little work-sick coz it was getting boring doing nothing much the whole day. and ta-da, time to go back to work. i guessed it was rare to be actually looking forward to work again. :)

the 1st week of work for a new year wasn't too bad. of coz', there're some issues at work which sort of making things tough, but they're just work stuff. and it happened every year. so having to work for nearly 2 years with the company, i wasnt caught off-guard. in fact, getting quite used to it after understanding the whole work process (even new ones).

anyways, this year gonna be a funfilled year and a year of travelling for me. the planned (and some confirmed) events as follows:

  • i'll be heading to Philippines this coming week and would be away from the 15th and back on the 19th. this would be my 1st diving trip of the year!
  • in Feb, i'll be going to Tioman for Open Season Dive
  • Jun/Jul is planned to go to Cambodia for some charity work.
  • mid-Jul, i'll be going to Sipadan for dive trip! yippee!!
  • mid-Sept, i'll be heading to Bali for dive trip! yippee!!

yes i know, this is definitely not the 1st time i'm repeating this. but this serves more like a reminder to me, so there are things to look forward to and continue to stay happy. :D

amidst of all those fun, i have only about 5 to 6 days of leave left for the year, not counting in the cambodia trip. as we still do not have the itinerary out yet, i would have to keep those leave aside for this. if the charity trip didnt come through (or i didnt managed to go as there's some possibility it may clash with my diving trip), i wouldnt mind clearing another block leave end of this year! hehehe... oh well, see how it goes!

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Hua is married

after a 4-years long relationship, Hua tied the knot with Justin yesterday.

as friends, we helped out in every way possible and ensured the day went on smoothly. and i was glad to say that it did. i didnt remember if there was any major hiccups. all i noticed was the bride got extremely exhausted after the 1st half of the day. nevertheless, we could feel her happiness to go through this day.

despite it was slightly drizzling at night, Hua insisted to get soleumnization done by the poolside. only her intimate close friends and relatives were there to witness this sacred event. of coz', the guests were sheltered.

right after, it was time to throw her bouquet. and guess what? I CAUGHT THE BOUQUET! how quaint. tmd. either i was standing at the prime spot or it could be the way she threw her flowers. it was so right in my face! if i didn't catch it, it would land on the floor. and the photographer drilled us that the bouquet MUST not land on the floor. is that fate? i don't know.... when i caught it, the photographer snapped and snapped away... congrats filled my ears. i was like WTF.... looked like i have to quickly find someone and fulfill the prophecy of this tradition. and so much of me wanting to enjoy more... hehehe...

it's slowly sinking in that Hua's married. and i need to get used to her addressing Justin as "my husband" and not "my boyfriend".


well, i'm still glad i'm a Miss and not a Missus.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

nop, not very good

i guess it's not exactly a brilliant idea to get ex-gf and new gf to be in a same place, at the same table. i could tell she wasn't in her best moods when she saw me, and neither did i gave her my megawatt smile. no, i don't think i'm glad to see her even though i've seen her pictures before.

it had been more than a year since i last stepped into Double O, prolly for the last time till it closes and moved to a new premise. i was hoping i would get some fun with the usual bunch of people. unfortunately, i guessed i hoped for too much. no, it's not the same.

the night started off pretty alright, but was kind of awkward. no, it's not seeing YM and his new gf weird. i never felt weird with YM, nor having to see who's his latest squeeze. imagine this scenario: YM and his gf and new clique at one corner of the club, and i was with YM's old bunch of friends at the other corner. for some reason, "merger" wasn't allowed. so ended up, YM would come over with some friends who knew us, and we would occasionally popped by at their table. that was pretty stupid. thankfully, i didn't know who finally came to their senses, both cliques were sharing the same table.

of coz', being the sensitive me and reading her body language throughout the night, no, i wasn't too welcome. she would scoot off somewhere with or without YM. i didn't blame her. that was a normal reaction i expected. i was only surprised she didnt hissed at me. HAHA! of coz', i observed something else which i thought it's not a norm.... well, if u want to know, u can PM (private message) me. anyone but YM. sorry babe, not you. hehe...

YM's friends were expecting catfights. hehehe.... i was glad i had been civilized the whole night. i kept my distance with both of them and that was only right. so she should be coming round and thank me for being nice and "automatic". :P yes i know, i'm a bitch. loving myself to the bits! tee hee!

Kailing knew what i had in mind... heh heh.... but no, it's all say-say only. i have a mean bone but i didn't have to activate it. i believe she's a nice girl, even though i expected more from YM's taste though... :P Kidding!!!

the night didn't end very well. Jacob was barely sober, became emotional and almost got in a quarrel with YM. that's like so WTF. i could only guessed what was going on even though i had to calm down YM and the other boys who was stopping Jacob from saying whatever he wanted to say. oh please, so juvenile! why did they have to take whatever he's gonna say so seriously? he was in his drunk stupor and the last thing could be taken into consideration was what he would say. so just let him say lar! duh! as if raising voice at him would help the situation.

YM and sister went back to the club, Kailing and Jason escorted Jacob back home. as for me, i called on early for the night as well. well, not too early too: 2.30am.

to sum it up, no, i didn't really enjoyed myself. it could've been better la. perhaps with the "proper company", things would've been different. and there is also a possibility that i'm getting detached from all these clubbing scenes. rather than clubbing, i would appreciate good company chilling out at some pub or coffee joints. even steamboat would be much more enjoyable than yesterday.

like i was telling YM earlier, i felt i was getting old already. i doubt i could still keep up with the young scenes anymore. he's with a young girl now so he'll be forever young. HAHA.... bad pun.

clubbing: so a thing in the past.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

random thoughts

has been more than 1 month since my last update. nothing much to say though - life's pretty much the same.

just celebrated jacob's bday at Beach Cabana yesterday. the meeting was long overdue. and i'm glad that we had our share of laughing fits, and also some long chats which ended around 4am. nothing felt better than having fun all over again.

seeing YM there again didn't put me in an awkward position. in fact, i was just glad we could still talk like we used to. only thing was that he was into his old habits, checking soccer updates. really unnecessary. of coz, seeing him again brought back good old memories.... set me thinking.... but i just pushed them away. things were slightly different already, so there wasn't a point.... then i wouldn't deny i missed him somehow. now, i only wished he would be happy with his new-found love. if it was meant to be, it would.



counting down 2 more days to my block leave..... 2 more days and i'll bid goodbye to the working world for the year! how exciting that would be! and 1 more month to my holiday to Philippines!! hoo boy, i sure know how to get myself out of an emo state. hahaha....

i guess when u're single, u would be totally dependent on yourself to make yourself happy. nothing's bad about that. in fact, i thought i would appreciate myself better. :)





Class 95 was playing all 80s weekend. Summer Rain reminded me of the days at Double O.... so much fun.... if i would go there again, how would it still feel....

maybe i should go, before it shuts down for good...

Thursday, November 12, 2009

i'm loving it!

i know I haven’t been updating for a good long while. After I came back from my dive trip, I had to tone myself down and tune back to working life and most importantly, my final exam.

The whole of October was exciting to me: progression to get my open water license, my birthday, and then a pretty last minute Halloween. Basically, October was a good month where I started to explore a whole new world underwater, feeling pretty princessy on my birthday and getting to know my family all over again. Ive never felt better, and found new motivation in life. things seemed to get better than many years ago... and i'm feeling happy.

Other than that, just before my final exam, my mid-term results released and gotten a really pleasant surprise: I got a distinction for my test! Couldn’t have been better for me and it’s really encouraging! And after sitting for my exam, I’m hoping I can still maintain my distinction. Then again, I would prolly forget that I had my exam coz’ the results would be out 1 month later. And then, the whole butterflies-in-tummy feeling would surge through me all over again! Sigh….


Anyways, 1st thing to look forward to: MY BLOCK LEAVE!! YAY!!! From 23 Dec ’09 to 3 Jan ’10! Ultimate NUAHzzzz! Never did this EVER in my working life. So SHIIIIIOK!! Also, I can prepare for Hua’s wedding too…. :D

Another thing to look forward to next year: I’ve 3 dive trips!! WOOOOT!!

Jan – Advance test at Subic Bay
Jul – Leisure dive at Sipadan, Msia
Sept – Leisure dive at Bali

Best part??? I’ve gotten the air fares on promotion!! For all 3 dives, my air tickets in toto are less than $230!! How?? AirAsia is having a promotion for free airfares, and I got it!! So I only paid the taxes! How cool that is!!!! WOOOOOT~~~!

Happy sha lalala… it’s so nice to be happy!

I’ve already planning to book my leave when the new year starts and would have about 5 days of leaves left. Im gonna keep those 5 days till end of the year or for other planning. If not, I would take block leave like I’m doing for this year!

So pleased with myself coz’ I’m finally doing things on my own, and really just concentrate to make myself happy. I guess it’s times like this I would appreciate myself better and make sure I lived my life to its fullest. rather than doing something out of obligation, this is pure enjoyment. somehow, i'm beginning to be optimistic about the upcoming year...

maybe i may consider gaining my instructor license, if i can... coz' there's actually instructor allowance upon graduation on freelance basis. i can do good with some extra cash. :)