7 HRS to the New Year

Seriously, I can't believe it...
No, no it can't be...
You're kidding me, are you?

2009 IS OVER??? Didn't it just start moments ago?

Time really flies when so much has happened. Let's take a sneak peek at 2009 briefly...

[1] IT WAS A TIME FOR BOTH OF US TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIP...














[2] WE WENT TO BUKIT TINGGI...














[3] WE WENT TO CAMERON HIGHLANDS...














[4] WE WENT TO MINYAK BEKU (NOT FAR FROM MY HOMETOWN)...














[5] WE WENT TO SG GABAI...














[6] ...AND ALSO FOR A PILLOW FIGHT...














[7] WE WENT TO KLCC FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING...














... and many many more stuff we did... indeed, 2009 was comparatively one of the better years that we've had in our lives. I mean, there were sad moments too, but overall, it's been great.

We pray for an even better year in 2010, more action, more fun, more $$$, more luck, and all the good stuff...

Have a blessed new year, dear readers, and we will continue to post stuff here for years to come. GOD BLESS!

24 hours without....

Dear honey,

Yes, it's barely 7 hours but I'm missing you like it's been 7 years...

Dameone's making noise again, thinking that Decklan is after his meatballs. I just had a bath and am now dressed up exactly like how I have been for the last 2 days to attend this wedding dinner that I told you about.

Damon's sad because Mermer, Momo and Mervyn are not around, but luckily Meimei is there to accompany him.

Looking at your t-shirt hung on my clothes hanger in my room creates that impression that you're here with me, but when I blink my eyes, I realize that we're about 120km apart (which is so near yet so far).

I just read the news about TBH and how ironic is it that I actually talked about it with your dad this morning. There really isn't anymore justice around here where we live, which is what we agreed yesterday night in the car when we were taking a break away from them smokers... haha.

Hope you're feeling much better now. Have you taken your medicine? I miss feeding you your cough mixture. I hope you're holding up well. I miss the meow meow and the silky-woof, hehehe... that always puts a smile on my face every time I think of it.

But anyway, looking forward to seeing you again tomorrow, and until then, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU 2, I LOVE YOU 3, I LOVE YOU 4EVER... :)

Lovingly yours,
The Big White Creature

For want of a better...

I vaguely remember this sermon given by Fr Simon LaBrooy, when he did mass @ Divine Mercy Church, Shah Alam. It was during the 3rd Sunday of Advent, and the theme for that particular day was "Joy".

It got me thinking... what is this concept of Joy? Yes, we all know that it means happiness, but what is happiness to us? Is what we define as happiness really happiness? Or is it just a "one-night-stand" thingy which disappears after a while, leaving us hungrier for even more?

When we ask people about what they define as happiness, a lot of folks normally associate happiness with WEALTH. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, MONEY. So, before we proceed to hang these people on a cross (i.e. crucify them KAU-KAU verbally), let's see why they associate money with happiness:

We live in uncertain times today in our country. Fuel's expensive, food prices are on the rise, companies retrenching their workers, cost of education and living are generally skyrocketing... We have a lot of miserable people who are not able to provide for themselves and their family sufficiently (and frankly, with the way things are going, I'm at risk of becoming like one of them too).

However, happiness that's brought about with wealth has one characteristic: it doesn't last long. The euphoria of making a killer sale and earning a good commission, or the excitement when your new car arrives at your doorstep. Don't you find that the happiness only lasts for a couple of days? Then after that, you start to want something else to make you happy?

I feel that happiness does not come from there. Personally, this is what makes me happy:

• I come through the door, and my darling Michelle is there, waiting for me. The smile on her face when she sees me makes me happy.
• We all come home to a loving family, with mom, dad and our siblings, over a nice dinner... now that makes me really happy.
• Going to church, and meeting friends and relatives there, that does it too!

You see, it's not material in nature. Yes, we need money and all to survive, but that must not be the thing that makes us happy! I find that if I find happiness in the ability to acquire material wealth, I'll always be left hungry for more, and I work harder and harder and make everyone around me sad and frustrated that I am not able to spend time with them, I feel the despair of not having a life at all... list goes on (hey, been there, done that, and AIN'T DOING THAT AGAIN!!) And when I find that someone else has more than me, it makes me frustrated, it makes me beat myself up, asking myself what did I do wrong? Why is person A so much richer than me? Why can he afford this and that while I'm practically fucked here?

NO! I told myself. The simple things in life make me happy. I started meditating more, thanking the heavenly powers that I have people like Mom, Elaine and Michelle (hugz to all of you), thankful that I can love and be loved, thankful that I'm not of ill health or having any serious ailments, thankful that I have no handicaps... you see, these things make me happy. It's not necessarily money. I mean, sure I'm happy that I've got a top-score rating at my workplace for my performance for 2009, I'm doubly happy that I have been promoted (okay, I've a reason to be happy here because prior to 11 August 2008, getting promoted was a miracle for me)... but hey, there's more to life than money.

Fact is, the reason that there's so much crime, hatred, misery, and all that "bad-stuff" is because people are too materialistic when they define happiness. And when that type of short-lived happiness dies of, they are left wanting more, and more and more and more.... and THIS is the root of all evil. Money isn't the evil thing. PEOPLE are evil. Evil spawned by the WANT for more. One wife not enough, want girlfriend outside. Salary from their job not enough, still want to engage in shady stuff to get money. One theme park not enough, they want 2 (haha, get the joke?)

So, let's think again of how we define happiness, shall we? Now I did mention about crucifying some assholes above, did I? Let's do it!

Being Too Free?

Yes. I was a little bit too FREE yesterday and decided to start off with my first edition of CHIBI idiot collection.

Started off with the FACES and i got quite a number of inspiration from friends like Cheryl and idiots like Matt. Also thanks to the tiny stickers i bought....

Then it got more serious....

Tried to draw a cat but then i don't think it really looked great. But anyhow I decorated him...

He looks like TIGER BOY! Hahaha...

After that, got a bit adventurous... Started with my favorite illustrated fruit...

And added the finishing touch for my own 'bakery'

And that was how I spent my yesterday night..

P/S: Reason why you still see partial AI window in the print screen is because I am trying to illustrate the point that I DREW IT!

Hope u like it!

Love, the ever too free woman,

Tissue Paper Monster

Ever had a fun job?

I have always felt that a job = a chore. Having a stable job is equivalent to having something that practically stays the same and monotonous, rigid, not fun, corporate and basically, just not flexible.

The past months before this was totally hell for me till I jumped into this wonderful ship that I am currently sailing.

But I guess it is just ME MYSELF AND I who felt that way?

Anyway, this job I have now reminds me of the liberty of workers to demand that they work according to the contracted time (as stipulated in the agreement signed between the employer and the employee). And thus, it made me realize how Malaysians have been flawing this big law time and again but no action can be taken against employers in Malaysia. Wouldn't dream about bringing a boss to court because here in Bolehland, money walks the talk. So we, the tiny kuchee-prats of a kind who don't have money have no say...

But I appreciate being in the light now, working as per what I am supposed to do. And suddenly I feel like I am over-working all my life!

Share with ya guys more when I'm free to blog. Real soooooon...

Thanksgiving

It's that time of the year again, where families are reunited and roasted turkeys are served on the table of every (or most) households.

The Thanksgiving Day celebration dates back to as far as the 16th Century, where initially it was a designated day to give thanks to God for a common purpose. Today, it is a Federal Holiday in the United States, and for 2009, Thanksgiving Day will be observed on the 26th of November (oh yeah, the following day's a holiday too).

Coincidentally, Thanksgiving Day marks the start of the season of Advent, the weeks that lead up to Christmas.

Ah... I can feel the holiday mood setting in already... one more Month End Close before our 2-week shutdown, I'm just wondering where should I go, and where should I take Mom and Michelle for holidays...

Anyway, we just had a good 3-day vacation up at Cameron Highlands along with Michelle's relatives. We'll be posting something on it soon, along with pictures. Stay tuned!

Sia Damon

This is Sia Damon, the middle child out of 3 Moos that we have.

Dameone is the big, fat yelling beef patty of a cow who unfortunately, was much taller and bigger than Damon, thus earning himself the 'ko-ko' title.

Danielle, the little mastermind whose squeal will deafen anyone within the vicinity is the tiny girl and apparently, the only girl around here. And of course, is Damon's favorite. So don't ever think about bullying his Mei Mei, or else he'd give you hell by crying alongside his sister...

Damon is a cute lil' cow I chanced upon at Sg. Wang, a surprising place for a cute cow like him to be hanging out in. Brought him back during the '07 post-break up period as I didn't want to dirty my Dennis (moo)... And the rest is history.

If you'd like to visit Damon, come on over and drop by our place. When we say 'there's nobody home', we really mean 'nobody is at home'....

One... friggin'... hour...

I know a lot of people have ranted about this before, and I think I'll just hop on the bandwagon.

ONE FRIGGIN' HOUR! That's how long it took for me to get from Cyberjaya back home to my crib here @ Damansara Perdana. No surprises about which highway I used. It's definitely, most definitely the ELL-DEE-PEE... okay, that's not the actual spelling, but it's the LDP Highway.

I personally do not think RM3.20 from Cyberjaya to Damansara is worth it. When you pay RM3.20, you would expect smooth flowing traffic. Because, come to think of it, RM3.20 x 20 days a month is RM64.00.

It has got to be one of the Lamest Damn Piece of highway infrastructure I've ever seen in my life. Why can't it be like the smooth flowing Penchala Link? Or even the Maju Expressway?

Anyway, no sense in ranting too much about this, coz nothing will be done about it. Might as well save some saliva and eat something I like to eat.... like the ice cream in the post below.. hahahaha... :p

Ice cream....

Wanna see what's really terrible when all you want is just something sweet on your tongue?

Soft ice cream cone

And terrible ice cream on top of the cone...


Even Mr. Thumb can bend it easily!

Should I send a complain letter to the friendly people at Nestle?

Finally

Finally, a place for us to rant till cows come home!

Can't believe we actually tried using some silly sites like Wordpress (Wordpress sucks, in my opinion) and we didn't bother to update anything at all there! How silly....

Anyway, we'd be throwing our few cent's worth about whatever we think is necessary to be said by us here at our personal sanctuary. Isn't it better to just throw it all in a blog site rather than do those Facebook shoutouts and those Twitter things?