Thursday, April 23, 2009

Taste it with your eyes




I am a bit lazy tonight. I just want to cook a very simple meal so this is what I made for dinner (Beef stew noodle) - basic but the meat soup are always best prepared in slow cooking. Back home in Sabah, me and my sister always ate beef stew at Wisma Merdeka food court. It’s a must-dunk-break-into kind of thing.

In my recipe, I included chopped scallion, baby spinach, and pickled cabbage. But the best part of my meal was the chilli oil.
I can't remember what the soup tasted without the chilli. You can even add chopped carrots, celery maybe an onion, I swear its like love in a bowl.
Yumm!!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Why oh why?



Why do people tell lies about others to make themselves look better? Why do people discredit others to make themselves look better? Why do people take the credit for the good work that others have done instead of doing the work themselves? Why do people judge others without taking a close look at themsleves? None of us are perfect but wouldn’t life be a lot better if people put the time and effort into doing good themselves instead of spending their time picking up on the faults of others, or telling lies about others.

I think answer might be Fear. They (or I should say we) are afraid someone will be promoted over them, or afraid they will look bad, and especially afraid of taking a close look at themselves. Sometimes I take a look at myself. Having no sense of self is another and then there is the almighty EGO! People that do these things actually need more of our compassion as they are probably lost, afraid, lonely and miserable, searching for something to make them feel good about who they are. Now, that said, it is most trying to find compassion when folks do stuff like that...In other words, I have a hard time taking my own advice sometimes *chuckle* Easier said than done!

Thats my thoughts..

Monday, April 20, 2009

Slow like turtle


For about 5 days now my computer has been running very slowly. It takes about 10 minutes to boot and whenever I run more than 3 programmes at a time it takes about 15 minutes for them to load, even internet explorer or windows media player.

Tumbleweed had given her best shot to help me with this subject - click here and there.. still could'nt get it done. Wish she is here to help me out :(

I am glued to this chair until I crank out another post about my life..what a torture.

*sigh*


Think about this for a minute...If I happened to show up on your door step crying, would you Care?

If I called you and asked you to pick me up because something happened, would you come?

If I had one day left, to live my life; would you be part of that last day?

If I needed a shoulder to cry on, would you give me yours?

Do you know what the relationship is between your two eyes?


They blinktogether, they move together, they cry together, They see things together and they sleep together,


BUT THEY NEVER SEE EACH OTHER...that's what friendship is.


Happy Friendship Week :)

Friday, April 17, 2009

My friday rants

I had a very bad migraine today - I felt so reluctant to wake up this morning but I cant continue sleeping. I woke up at 5:55 in the morning (as hubby had to go work and I need to ready his breakfast), soon after he left I went to bed to continue my sleeping. It took me nearly 30minutes or so to get back to sleep. Suddenly I heard a very loud noise outside my bedroom window- a sound like thunder. When I look at the clock - Its only 7:30am. Well when you were in your deep sleep then suddenly like a blasting sounds hits you - its like my brain is waiting 5 seconds to figure out what is that first annoying noise injection as early as 7:30am in the morning. Reluctantly, I pulled myself out of bed and dragged my half-asleep body looking out from the window and outside I saw a bobcat was doing the job spreading the soils on our ground. I didnt expect that the job was taken as early as 7:30am in the morning. I knew that my parents-in-law need to transfer some of their garden soils to our front as they need to put fake lawn in their garden.

My sleep were spoilt and I forced myself to do the bed. No point of going back to sleep - the sounds of the bobcat was unbearable. I went to the bathroom with my eyes half closed - forcing myself to have my morning shower so that I will wake up fresh.

When done - i had my breakfast and start doing a bit of cleaning around the house, watching a bit of tv and at 10.30am - i hit the road to the Plaza. I told John last night that I want to watch movie this morning. I always want to watch "The confession of a shopaholic" - I have read the book by Sophie Kinsella - I bought it last month. It was very funny story! I cant stop laughing when I read the book - But I always want to read books first. Then I'd compare it with the movie. (Afterall, I was being influenced by Tumbleweed's story when she watched it with mum) so my curiousity getting even stronger.. So here goes my comparison between the book that I have read and the movie I have watched today.

Yeah as I said, the film is based on the popular books by Sophie Kinsella.

"The Confession of a shopaholic" stars by Isla Fischer as Rebecca Bloomwood a beautiful, young woman who is a compulsive spender. She dreams of working for a glamorous fashion magazine; instead she gets a job reporting for a financial publication, edited by Luke Brandon (Hugh Dancy). Becky is the kind of heroine that everyone at least most of us can identify with: Fun, friendly and engaging. But shopping, there is just no stopping this woman but because of her shopping addiction, she's constantly getting into messes. And the irony of the story is that young woman is a financial journalist, who ends up dishing out financial advice to readers. Hugh Dancy plays her boss, who takes a shine to her despite her obvious flaws.

The books are actually rather clever and in my opinion, it do not resemble the movie in any way, shape or form - except for the title and the names of the characters. I was curious about who is going to play the role for Tarquin? (the man that she dates in the book) - but there is no one playing that role in the movie.. but i dont blame the book. The book was not dumb; the movie however was the absolute the essence of dim-witted humour. I guess the author Sophie Kinsella is probably as embarrassed about the adaptation as I was..
After movie, I went straight home and at 2pm I received a package from civant care which I have ordered a week ago. I couldn't believe how quickly my products arrived and in great condition. I bought the product based on the reviews that Civant boasts on its website. I've got to say, I was quite impressed by the results that are shown on the site itself but I have to try it myself.
Here is the link:
Well I hope I dont have a little bit of "Becky Bloomwood" in myself... hehe. When Becky says 'moisturiser is a staple' stocking up on moisturisers is something I do all the time.
It is basic! Dont you think so? .. *wink*



Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Tuesday blue


Tuesday again...and another day..
Holidays over and John had gone back to work - as usual. How much he wants to stay home but life is such - you have to make a living to live. Wake up in the morning is the hardest thing to do!Sometimes I really really wish that I could just sleep all day long, but it's something I just can't do. I feel like all I do when I am awake is sit and wait for things to be over, and it would just be better if I was asleep and wasn't dealing with it all. I usually sleep for about 6 or 7 hours, and any more than that and I'll feel disgusting from sleeping too much. I just don't need very much I guess. I'll even feel perfectly rested if I get like 3 hours like I did tonight. I just hate being awake that long. Oh how I wish I could just stay asleep for 15 hours and not face the world.

Today back to assignment time which I have not start with anything yet. I know its been a week and I have not answered any of the questions. I am a lazy bummer! The more I concentrate reading my law books the more lazier I become. I thought knowledge was supposed to make us MORE curious! Where has all my ambition for life gone then?? Feeling Lazy and Unmotivated *sigh*

I have no quick fix - I’m not that good - so I will have to settle for some practical techniques to dig myself out of own lazy ruts. Perhaps the best thing to do with a dropped habit of mine is to get back into it slowly...

Till later...brr.


P/s : Here some pics which I took during Easter break - enjoy :)




Monday, April 13, 2009

Hello world


This is my new blog. I know its been a while I didnt blog since my last post in my old blog “Chasing the Rainbow” - which I have now removed.


Life has been a bit tough with me lately but I choose not to blog about it in my new blog :p sorry..

Anyway, I just want to say HELLO to everyone and I will start posting from here hoping that this time around I will gain new inspiration and spirit to update more news from my side.

In the meantime, stay tuned and have a great day!

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