Getting a Makeover

The Bodyshop Makeover Event at Citymall

Preparing for the photoshoot

Melissa simply snapping some pictures of me.

26 of October – My first ever photoshoot. Not in a fancy studio but merely at a Bodyshop Makeover Event at Citymall – they set up a space at the mall’s lobby. I was actually only paying RM31.50 – for makeup and one A4 size waxed photo. The actual price was RM35 but got a 10% discount using my boss’s member Card. The makeup was ok I guess – I opted for a darker eyeshadow and a nudie – pinkish lipstick ♥ I was super excited eventhough I’m no makeup fan. Just started to put some colours on my face as my job requires me to put forward a pretty-pleasant face *duhh*. But the hard thing to do was posing for the camera! The cameraman was asking me to put my hands on my waist, bend over a bit, and smile. I feel a bit awkward but enjoyed every moment of it (despite the fact that everyone was watching, staring and smiling). The whole makeover process took around 1 hour and 45 minutes. My boss was actually getting hers done too and paid an extra RM150 as she wanted to have a few copies printed, waxed and burn into a CD to keep. Maybe I’ll do the same next year. Will post my oh-so-ladylike photo later. I don’t have the softcopy so I need to take a photo of the photo.LOL.

P/s: I don’t think I have the courage to wear a furry-furry jacket anywhere else!

Dinner at @mosphere – 24/10/08.

My boss decided to take Ms. Esther out for dinner yesterday at @mosphere – Sabah’s Revolving Restaurant at Menara Tun Mustapha (formerly and popularly known as Yayasan Sabah).  It was raining quite heavy last night and it lasted until this morning. I had Lamb Shank (medium done) which cost about RM53, Ms. Esther had Marinated Lamb and my boss opt for Fish & Chips instead (which I helped her to finish..Hehehe). Not so sure how much thier meal cost though – maybe just about the same as mine. I was not so fond of the gravy but the whole meal was ok. Izrul’s coming over next weekend to have his 4 -days vacation here in KK, I’ll just take him for dinner here. The food was quite expensive if you ask me but maybe people do not mind to pay a lot more to enjoy the atmosphere. On a  scale from 1 to 5.. I’ll say the Food is 3 & the Atmosphere /Ambience is pretty much 4.5. We finished dinner at about 10pm.

Quite early to go back home on a Friday night. Met up with some friends at The Jugs – Pan Pac for a quick session. The place was crowded with a lot of teens I might say – it’s my second time going there. This time it was just a DJ playing all these new upbeat records. There were less peeps during my 1st ‘visit’ but I actually enjoyed it more as there had a live band performing. The worst part last night was that someone was flirting and asking for my phone number – repetitively. You might say it’s a normal thing..but this time it was far more unusual for me as the one asking was actually a GIRL *coughing non-stop*. She was very, very pretttaaayyyyy *winkwink* but I prefer the opposite gender *laughing like krazi*!  My bestfriend went back to Keningau so I was actually bored not to have her with me – the lack of gossiping, admiring others and the screaming session *evilgrin*.

Sabah International Exposition (SIE) 2008

Our Hospital took part in a 5-days (starting from the 15th to 19th October 2008) Exposition at 1Borneo, Kota Kinabalu. It was the largest Exposition in East Malaysia with participation from more than 20 countries and with 380 booths being set-up. being in the PR & Marketing field, I have to do a lot of talking and smiling. I’m used to the talking and smiling but after a 12hours session per day and with more than 150 people visiting our booth (public and other exhibitors), I would pretty much like to remain silent and have a straight face for at least a day. I took one day off from work so I could settle some personal things downtown. We did some free Health Screening sessions and I guess that was the reason why the public are so keen to give us a visit. Who can resist the word FREE. It’s the second most powerful word after MONEY. *kidding*. I posted some pictures below. Photos posted are not really related to our booth but these are some of the things we do while on our way back to the car park.

Mua & Patricia while going up the escalator. Amusing ourself. Hihihi.

Wearing heels for the entire day may get u injured. My boss taking her shoes off as a result. Cannot tahan!

owh what a day.

Our corporate group Marketing Manager – Mr. Andrew , Senior Marketing (International) Executive – Mr. Shuhaimi and Senior Marketing Executive – Miss Esther is on their three days visit to our Hospital. They actually came to help us in planning some major activities and proposals to create a very good repo and exposure for our hospital. The discussion will only start tommorow as my boss had to go for another important meeting with the Executive Director. So I was requested to show these 3 nice people the other private hospitals we have around Kota Kinabalu. I am not so good with all this roads/ways but thank goodness, I was actually doing quite ok. So i brought them to all these related places and after completing what work requires us to do, all of us decided to go downtown – Mr.Andrew and Miss Esther had came to Sabah once but this is the first for Mr. Shuhaimi. Then I started to become this tour guide asking them to look at their right “that is our previous container port”, telling them to look at their left “this is Jesselton Hotel, one of the oldest hotel in KK”, when I was driving past all these places. Cramped in my Viva, I hope they don’t mind the small car I have, and the worst thing is that I haven’t been to the carwash for almost two weeks. Bad impression but luckily it was raining cats and dogs so they should know it’s raining season now in KK. Hehehe. I forgot to take my camera with me as it would be a good remembrance of their trip here. We went out of the hospital at 2pm and I sent them back to the their hotel at about 5.30pm. The day before they came, I was actually feeling a bit worried as I imagined them to be people who are very formal- as they are dealing with big corporate clients. But boy was I wrong! They were really funny peeps! I was actually enjoying the ’sightseeing’. Will post some photos later as I’ll be having dinner with them at the Revolving Restaurant tomorrow. I’m tired with all the talking and laughing I did today.

I stole something…

…and I feel purely okay. Hihihi.  ~ I actually ’stole’ this picture from Cornn’s blogpage. We took this at one of our occasional outings – taken with her mobile. I was super tired that night and I felt like sleeping. We hang out with a few peeps that day and somehow we had trouble getting that happy feeling. I suspect that its because we don’t blend too well with some of them joining our table that night and the fact that the stage light was like pointing towards us. so not shiok. Boohoo.

P/s: I somehow like this picture because it looks like I  got cleavage laaa!

*blushing.. followed by hysteric laughter..and it echoed. *

28 Things to Do Before I Turn 28 (reviewed)

June 22^nd, ‘08 (coming to 4 months, so let’s see the progress..*drum rolls*)

28 Things to Do Before I Turn 28 (in no specific order)

Self-captured: I look like I’m 28 already.  *sighs*

I consider this to be a part of my ultimate “refocusing” mission (being as realistic as I can)

1. Exorcise the words, “lah” and “bah” from my English vocabulary: It’s time to start talking good English, and stop talking like a teenager. *Goodness gracious. I’m still with lots of “lahhhh”!!

2. Invest in some seriously frivolous undergarments and feel-good clothes!: The value of comfy cotton briefs is unquestionable, but every girl’s got to have frilly lingerie too. There are days when I need a mental lift and simply feeling physically-pretty is an instant mood-booster!

3. Get into the habit of journaling. I am better able to examine my heart and thoughts when they are expressed in writing. First step, buy a writing pad. *ok. seriously. I don’t need a pad. I’m no computer geek, but did started to blog last year. Updated my page a lot more these days. So mission accomplished.

4. Take a photography class. I’d love to make photography a more serious part of my free time.

5. Buy a DSLR. Nikon D40 is good enough for beginners like me, and how should I start attending a photography class without a DSLR? *Mission accomplished!!Bought a D60 infact. invested more than I projected but hey, its worth it.

6. Create Photo Albums – of Family, Friends and My-own-Shutterbug Portfolio! *coming soon!

7. Love myself as God loves me. I completely realize that this will likely not happen in five years, but it’s a goal that I must strive towards.

8. Take some sort of ‘girly’ course; Baking, cooking, sewing etc. I’ve always been so envious of girls who can bake or sew and do it well. I really like to learn.

9. Make more money than I spend: In other words, I want to be debt free. The important thing is to manage my money well. *oh so not happening this year. Maybe next year.

10. Invest in a very good hairstylist – I need to change my hairstyle. It will be very good as a self-confidence-booster.

11. Contact lenses? *Mission Accomplished. With a good support from my best friend, so yeah..I picked Hazel. *winks*

12. “Stop seeking blessings where there are none to be given”. I want to learn to stop seeking the approval of persons who I know will never give it. That doesn’t mean I plan to cut them completely off from my system, but I will stop putting so much weight into their opinions.

13. Avoid cynics and people who bring me down - and toxic behaving people in general (make me depressed, sad, or make me want to kill everybody – bad karma). Sometimes it’s impossible to ignore toxic people. So also learn how to ignore everything they say. (Life is short man. I refuse to give time to people who don’t make me want to live happier and stronger as is or how I chose to be (come).

14. Have a person draw my portrait; so I can see how others see me? Cheesy.

15. Go for International Vacation Trips – Collect at least 5 stamps from different countries in my passport. In other to do that, I need to have an International Passport first.

16. Climb Mount Kinabalu – Every Sabahan must! *Next Year

17. Stay at least one night in an Island – I went for several trips to an island before with friends and families but never actually spend the night there.

18. Have at least a Bachelor Degree in Marketing or in any field.

19. Take a Helicopter ride!

20. Go for White-water-rafting!

21. Treat my family to superb-dinners. *Yay! So far I treated my parents for a superb dinners at great hotels. They don’t really care actually. Hehehe. But the feeling to be able to pay for such things makes me all teary. More coming soon.

22. Earn above 3K per month – take my job seriously. And show good performance. *yak yak yak

23. Learn a foreign language – I must go for Mandarin classes.

24. Learn to control my temper and develop patience – channeling negative energies successfully.

25. Change how I speak with others and avoid anything I consider to be judgmental.

26. Win a competition – Whatever it might be.

27. Write a letter to “The Editor” on views/experiences or whatsoever- get it published.

28. To love helplessly and unconditionally.

29. Get married? *owh dang! Waiting for that someone.. *sighs*

And then I remembered!

Corn also started a shared blog under blogger.com since last week – http://eleanorcornelia.blogspot.com Gosh. Seems like I have a few blogs to maintain *laughs*.  Oh well, a girl can not have too many blogs! I have my ‘anarchylikeflower’ for more personal postings. “eleanorcornelia” is actually run by four girls… Mua + Corn + Jen + N (we met way back in high school, and we only started to re-connect this year , after leaving HS for 6 years). This page is mostly about sharing our daily routines, gossips and journeys of 4 girls – individually or collaboratively. and “TheLoveForPrettyThings” is a photoblog of mua (descriptions provided at previous post). It’s 1am in the morning *I haven’t set the correct time for my blogpages – ignore the time stated in my post* . I’m still wide awake but I had enough of sitting in front of my notebook..gonna go watch TV. Adios.

The Existence of a New Love.

So I invested in a Nikon D60 last month. I however, have not really been fully utilizing it..and it breaks my heart. So I decided to start a photoblog. Adding another blog where I will start posting photos that I heart. At least, it will help to ‘push’ myself in capturing pretty things in life, through the finder that is and adding them into my own collection. Hopefully.  I’m so not good at this shuttering thing and I am still having a hard time understanding the manual that comes with the D60. It all seems too confusing at first but gets better and better once I started to do some research. Due to the lack of time – with work and personal errands, I try as much as I could to allocate some time with D60 – My new love in life.

http://theloveforprettythings.wordpress.com

Human Behaviours.

Human beings amaze me. I don’t really care about the physical side of things. I am amazed of our behaviours and attitude. How a person carry themselves. Maybe I was being too observant on people. I don’t stare at people and judge them. I look at others and try to make sense out of their behaviours – the negative ones of course. But who am I to judge what’s negative and what’s not. Nevertheless, being overly sarcastic until you hurt someone’s feeling is so-no-cool. I find this to be very rude. Could we actually tell someone that they’re a bastard or a bitch and tell them to stop being one? (my apologies for the foul words but no other words can describe these people with this precision!) I guess not. It would create much chaos. Enough with the chaos that these B & B created.I’m pissed of with someone right now *laughs* and wanted to release my anger in writing but I just feel like shouting. My head is jammed, maybe my anger went up to my head and it took a lot of space until I can’t even express how I feel *sighs*.      ….I’m going to bed…..

I’m currently humming to..

i <3 this son.. the first two lines also I find it shiok oredy hahahaha.

T-Shirt – By Shontelle

Hey, ohh, let me tell you no.
Oh baby.
Trying to decide, trying to decide if I, really wanna go out tonight.
I never use to go out without you, I’m not sure I remember how to. I’m gonna be late gonna be late but, all my girls gonna have to wait cause, I don’t know if I like my outfit.
I tried everything in my closet.

Nothing feels right when I’m not with you, sick of this dress and these Jimmy Choos.
Taking them off cause I feel a fool, trying to dress up when I’m missing you.
Ima step out of this lingerie, curl up in a ball with something Hanes.
In that I lay, with nothing but your t-shirt on.
Oh, with nothing but your t-shirt on.

Hey, gotta be strong gotta be strong but I’m, really hurting now that you’re gone.
I thought maybe I’d do some shopping, but I didn’t get past the door and, now I don’t know now I don’t know if I’m, ever really gonna let you go and I, couldnt even leave my apartment.
I’m stripped down torn up about it.

Trying to decide, trying to decide if I, really wanna go out tonight.
I couldn’t even leave my apartment, I’m stripped down torn up about it.

Nothing feels right when I’m not with you, sick of this dress and these jimmy choos.
Taking them off cause I feel a fool, trying to dress up when I’m missing you.
Ima step out of this lingerie, curl up in a ball with something hanes.
In that I lay.

Hey hey, nothing feels right when I’m not with you.
Sick of this dress and these jimmy choos.
Taking them off cause I feel a fool, trying to dress up when I’m mising you.
Ima step out of this lengerie, curl up in a ball with something hanes.
In that I lay, with nothing but your t-shirt on.
In nothing but your t-shirt on(2x)

Oktoberfest!

A word of reminder: ~it’s an event that involves a lot , a lot of alcohol~

Oktoberfest started off on 26th September and the event lasts until 12th of October (not very sure of the actual starting & closing date of the event, shall start asking Germans on IRC later). Basically, Oktoberfest is where millions of beer drinkers from around the world will come to the Bavarian capital Munich for the world’s famous beer festival!

Below is an excerpt I found in the Internet that explain what Oktoberfest is all about. Geez. How I wish I’m in Munich right now. Not for the beers only but for the food also bah. According to one of the articles I read in MSN about Oktoberfest, the government of Germany actually provided more than a thousand toilets *coughing* washrooms to cater for the massive amounts of people coming from all around the globe. I can see why…With all the beers available on their left and right, gulping beers non-stop until the end, people really need to P!!!

Look at that Barrel and the size of that glass!! *Reuters

“Oktoberfest is an annual fall festival which takes place in Munich, Germany. It is associated with the consumption of large amounts of beer and traditional German foods, along with general merrymaking. With a few exceptions due to wars, Germans have celebrated Oktoberfest every year since 1810, although the early version of the event was dramatically different than the modern incarnation. Many communities with a large German population host their own versions of Oktoberfest every year, encouraging people to celebrate German heritage and join together in fellowship.

The first Oktoberfest was actually a horse race, held to celebrate the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig I and his wife Therese Saxe-Hildburghausen. The race was such a success that the Germans decided to repeat the event, adding a fair as well, and slowly but steadily, beer entered the mix, eventually becoming the major feature of Oktoberfest. The horse races were dropped in the middle of the 20th century, but it is still possible to purchase a wide range of crafts at the fair, when it happens at the same time as Oktoberfest.

The center of modern Oktoberfest is Theresienwiese, “the field of Therese.” Large tents are erected on the field by many famous German breweries, who serve beer which is enjoyed by attendants of the event. The tents also typically have bands playing German music, and people can wander around tasting different beers, listening to music, eating classic German and Bavarian foods, and looking at traditional crafts. Many people also like to dress in traditional Bavarian costume when they attend Oktoberfest, to get into the spirit of things.

One of the most distinctive features of Oktoberfest is a dark, rich beer called Maß, which is traditionally served in quarter gallon (one liter) tankards. The price of this beer is often a topic of discussion among aficionados of the event; it can be an indicator of general economic health, and price hikes are of course always a subject for complaint. The event opens with the Mayor of Munich ceremonially tapping a keg of Maß, and it lasts for 16 days. During Oktoberfest, huge crowds descend upon Munich, making it the largest fair in the world. (www.wisegeek.com)

*Reuters

Look at the size of these Oktoberfest beer mugs. They’re huge. Gigantic! I wonder if I can get a beer mug as big as this in Cock & Bull. These beer mugs look like they’re the same size as the beer jugs they have there! Will look funny though if i have my beer poured to one of these. It will look like as if I’m drinking directly from the jug! *Rolling on the floor laughing*. Maybe I’ll ask Corn to have her beer poured to an Oktoberfest beer mug too!! Cheers everyone!

2nd day of Raya. Holiday still. woohoo.

I decided not to go anywhere today for any Raya open houses. Still too tired from yesterday’s Raya. I had too much of food and my tummy feels bloated, but I can still remember the oh-so-good taste of Kek Lapis I had at Dr. Harith’s house. Yum yum . Nothing much to do at home, became too bored watching TV, so what else do I do? Haha. I blog. I’m just so plain lame. Maybe I should go do something exciting but what??..hmm.. Nahhh..it’s too hot outside for any activities Maybe I’ll just go out with mum later in the evening..hmm.. yah.. I should go out and window shopping at least. I’m officially lame. Huhu.

Oh now I remember! I should be doing some research on this FOREX thing. Promised Hakiim I’ll get back to him about this investment thing after the Raya holidays (see my email to him below. I so did promised him. Adui bah).  I’m bad at keeping this kind of promises as I will keep procrastinate and people will get so pissed off at waiting. He sent me an email with a few attachments and graphs that I should be looking at to get an idea on how this FOREX thing will reap out good profit.Invested in the stock market but with the current global condition, aisehmen..$$ tidak jalan! Ahh! Stress!

“Thank you for mail and I appreciate the detail information. I am not so familiar of how FOREX works but it sure does sound very interesting. Please give me some time to go through your mail and graphs/attachments. I will certainly do so by next week as I have more time to glance through (since we will be having our Raya holiday). I have difficulty in slotting in other personal related things during my working period. I have such bad time management (should be improving very soon though). Are you into this two-way market now? How is the profit in real sense? RM133,000 is a figure which for me sounds too bombastic for beginners like me. Hahahaha! Please let me know if it has been a very good investment for you. Let me know how much I need to invest and how much will I get. I prefer the simple “Kedai Kopi” talk. Hahaha. I’m a bit slow when it comes to dealing with numbers and figures and may need your time to make me understand thoroughly. If I see potential, there is no harm for me to try this (will start small. *smirks*) P/s: Send my regards to your wife. Oh I so envy you two “

From my email to him, it looked like I really promised to get back to him. But I don’t see the word “promise” there. Hahaha. Me and my ignorant-self. Since it involves money, ok lahhh…nanti sy tengok lah. This friend of mine is now staying and working in KL.He’s a Sabahan.  He just recently got married with a very nice KL girl. Mua, him & his wife studied in the same college (all of us are the same age) So I guess they found each other and a few years after we completed our studies, they decided to wait no more. Kahwin lagi bagus! Hahaha. Honestly, I am really really touched as they came from two very different worlds. He had made a very big sacrifice and I know he love his wife so much that nothing else really matters when he made that big decision. I envy them. I want to be able to take that huge step in my life as well.

Raya 2008.

I can still remember the time where I spent my Raya holidays back in Peninsula. Most of my friends, about 99% of them are Muslims. With all the heavy dishes during raya, the rendang, the ketupat, the lodeh, aisehmenn …*salivas about to drop*. So this year, the first day of Raya falls on 1st October 2008. I went beraya to two houses. One is our Radiologist’s and the other is a colleague- also a relative of mine. I ate a lot! Like a cow! Hahaha. Below are some pictures of me during this Raya *mind the tired smile however. Hahaha. Penat beraya nihhh!*

baru lepas makan bah ni, thats why the big smile!

They have the best Kek Lapis I ever tasted! I want more!