Wednesday, October 31, 2007

You guys *have* to listen to this guy, he sounds like he had to have an operation in order for him to sing like that!

Vitas

xoxoxox

Whew just finished watching Season 5 of 24, it is *such* an adrenaline rush! Jack Bauer is possibly the fittest man alive (yep, the character, not the actor). Plenty of times I've caught myself not breathing until the end of a particularly action packed scene and it's like *exhales*, oops didn't realise I was holding my breath type thing lol. There's something about Jack Bauer that's just so...*Grr* (lol! I ran out of words to describe him). Season 5 is probably one of the better seasons; there were so many major character deaths! And of course it ends in a cliffhanger that sets you up for season 6. As good as 24 is though, sometimes I do think like, how come noone in the show ever needs to use the loo? I've never seen Jack in a loo scene, surely that's not normal?? And their phones are constantly powered up, if I used my phone as much as they do I think it'd die within a couple of hours! This one, a whole 24 hours also can last lol.. But hey, it's a good show anyways if you don't sit and think about it too much. And believe me, there's so much action that I tend to just sit and absorb everything that's happening instead of analysing.

Guess it'll be early nights in for me from tonight on, at least tomorrow I start at 8, normal work days I start at 7! Bleh. And I used to complain about 9 am starts. What I wouldn't give to revert back to uni hours of 9-5 now lol.

Night! xoxoxoxox

Tags:

Dee - Thanks, I didn't know that. Wonder why the artist didn't sign his name on his drawing? Jeff Thomas' probably getting all the credit for this one too, poor anonymous artist.

Neez - Thanks hun, good luck with sorting your life out as well, hope it goes ok!

War- Thanks hun, kinda nervous/excited about it now, but I think I'm going to miss my student life SO much! :) I love going through the photos you post, to see if we have any mutual friends.. in a non stalker-ish way that is lol! :)

Shasha - Lol! Nooo it's not lame at all, it's sweet. I'm in a sappy mood too anyways lol, hence all the Pon and Zi posts :D Haha.. oh well, I guess we'll have to repeat clothes at work (shock! horror! lol). After the first week or so we'll be too busy to care I bet.

Tina - Lol balum start kraja already want to reminisce lol. And thanks for the good luck, will definitely update tomorrow :) Also, I have a whole folder of Pon and Zi stuff if you want I can send them to you? Hehe or you've already chosen the hug one as your favourite?

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Just got my contract and terms of employment through the post. And I now know where I'll be starting too. Reading through the contract made me nervous, it seems so adult and scary!! Ah well, roll on the good times (I hope!).

Speaking of work, I've been going through my clothes and I've just realised that I don't have that many work clothes at all. How I wish I'd gone on a spree before I left and stocked up; but I was too broke at the time and there was always a pretty dress or skirt or top that distracted me from boring shirts and trousers. Now, no work baju. Poo. Think I might take a leaf out of Shasha's book and tailor some trousers, but not sure what to do about shirts. I wish there was a Gap or Zara or even better, Curtis and Hawes here for all my shirt-y needs! Btw ladies, do you tuck your shirts in or out? I never used to tuck mine in til this year cause most of the girls in my year tucked their shirts in during presentations. But then it's not very flattering, specially if you have a tummy, like I do. Lol! What to do?

And speaking of work yet again lol, my mom drew my attention to Brudirect's HYS a couple of days ago, where apparently, there've been a lot of complaints posted on the forum by people working for my future employers. Now, what I don't understand is, I know the company has it's own forum for people to air their greivances in, so why would people choose to do it in a public forum instead? It's so embarassing to the employees and the company to have their dirty laundry out in public like that. And just how effective is it going to be anyways, noone uses their real names in HYS so who's going to take them seriously? It's like signing a petition, but instead of using your real name, you use "The Tooth Fairy" or "Roger Rabbit" or something equivalent. Noone's going to take you seriously. Honestly, some people just can't be pleased. If they're really so upset by the way things are run in the company, take it up through the proper channels; surely the people in charge would respond better. And really, if you're not that happy, then just resign. You know? Plenty of people would take their jobs in a second. But obviously this won't happen. Biasalah, all talk, but when it comes down to it, they hide behind their pseudonyms and go about pretending. Sheesh.

xoxoxox

Tags:

Tina, War - They're just the cutest aren't they?? They're called Pon and Zi, and I think if you google them, you can find a whole bunch of different cartoons. Oh and the penguin one is a newly added favourite now :D

Monday, October 29, 2007

The second one's my personal favourite :)

xoxoxoxox

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Apologies in advance for the upcoming post, it's ever so slightly whiny slash depressing.

Sent P off at the airport yesterday, as I type this he's on his way back to the Uk. And I think it's finally sinking in that I'm not going to follow after him anytime soon, that I'm actually staying here for a long long while.

Not had much experience with long distance relationships before; the longest me and P have been apart have been during summers, and I tend to rack up the phone bills over that time. But it was all ok because in the back of my mind I knew I was flying back. Based on observing my friends, LDRs don't have the highest survival rate; out of the 8 girls I knew who had a serious boyfriend before they left, came back either single or with a different guy. Only one couple I know survived the distance (in fact they're engaged now) but still, odds aren't too good are they.

We're both going to work our best at keeping it going, and I'm going to save up and visit as much as I can so hopefully we'll have a happy ending too?

Ok, this post is going nowhere fast so I'll leave it at that lol! Off for (msg filledTina? Lol!) sushi with Mells and PS later yay!

Oh and my computer is no longer infected with silly stuff, thanks to Kaspersky.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Taggies:

Neez - Hey you, it's been a while :) How's it going, update me on your life!!!!

War - Broadband rocks! If only more dvd shops were like Joey Joe's huh..

Anna - Me too...And so cheap too!! Portobello's better for earrings than Camden I think, more unique, but more expensive lah..Joey Joe's in Kiulap, it's one building down from the Hua Ho there. (Correct me if I'm wrong, please lol I've only been there once!)

Tina - They do seem to have a large collection don't they.. I was well impressed when I asked for the Phantom of the Opera dvd and they gave me all 3 versions of it! And the woman even knew which came first etc etc.

Shasha - Equally long reply left on your blog lol! Last weekend as an unemplyed person for both of us woo!! Lol

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Been torturing myself by browsing shopping websites over the past few days; Oasis, Topshop, Asos, Amazon. Finally caved in and bought 6 books online tonight lol! The email said it'd be dispatched on the 26th and should get into Brunei within the first week or so of November so yay! :)

Also, one week away to starting my job eek! Goodbye student life, goodbye bumming about for hours without a care in the world :S. But at the same time, hello money! (For more internet purchases obviously lol!)

Night all! xoxoxox

Things I miss:

1. The one minute walk from my house to the nearest Starbucks

2. Java chip and mocha frappucinos. Non-skinny obviously lol

3. Magazine days! Every Tuesday and the 1st and 15th of each month

4. Sitting in a bookshop browsing. If the shops come with a Starbucks or a Costa's then even better. Hours of flipping through magazines for free!

5. Weekends browsing through Camden and Portobello (source of a lot of earrings). Dimsum for lunch and having a go at the drum game in Trocadero.

6. The Hummingbird bakery. Red velvet cupcakes :(

7. Weekends away to visit the Granbies, or having the Granbies come to stay.

8. Friday nights at King's College Union lol. So cheesy but so fun, even though we were probably oldest people there.

9. SHOPPING! Walking to Whiteley's or through High Street Ken. I hardly ever went to Oxford Street last year, too crowded for my liking.

10. P; except P's not a thing, so let's see.. I miss being able to order books from Amazon and get them within 3 days with my one-click shopping thingy. I'd probably have to wait 2 weeks or more if I wanted them to deliver to Brunei.

Right, am stopping at 10 before I get too depressed lol!

xoxoxox

Ps: Don't you just *hate* it when you go for a massage and the masseuse runs her hands through your freshly washed hair and gets it all oily? Oily enough such that you feel like you've just swum through an oil spill and you now have to re-wash your hair? Bleh.

Monday, October 22, 2007

I have broadband yay!! Lol yeah forget what I said in my last post, apparently I was directed to a really old and outdated version of the espeed website. Only found out when my friends (who are both from Lumut) came to visit and told me they'd just had espeed installed. Sent my form in on Friday and the nice man came to install the modem today. I is a happy bunny :) Lol so metallichick hun, they DO service Lumut after all. Oops! Only thing is, apparently I can't download torrents AND use the internet at the same time as I've found out about 30 minutes ago when I was downloading the first episode of Heroes and then couldn't do anything else lol.

Weekend was good; it surprises me sometimes how my mom comes through for me in certain things. Spent the weekend in Bandar and spent the Saturday with P. Speaking of which, 5 days til he goes now. Boo :( We both stocked up on dvds, and I finally went to this Joey Joe place that I've heard so much about (I think Tina mentions it a couple of times heh) and it's quite cool. Very well organised and a HUGE selection. Definitely worth a visit. Went to Capers cause I was craving some pasta, but I was disappointed by my dish; I like my pasta al dente, i.e. a bit chewy, but the Capers dish was really soggy. Bleh. We went K-boxing too lol, the last time I was there was over a year ago and I was with my housemates who were visiting from the Uk. It was weird, the kids/teens in the place were acting like they'd never seen white girls before and were crowding outside our booth trying to catch a glimpse of the girls. Very annoying. Anyways that day P was too embarassed to get into the booth with us but he practically dragged me in that Saturday lol! Not sure why the change of heart, but I've found out that K-boxing is actually really quite addictive! Must have some things to do with people liking the sound of their own voice, magnified huh? Lol!

Sunday was uneventful, went back to Reader's Haven (definitely better stock than Booker's now) and came straight home.

Just about to start watchin 1408 now; I've read the short story by Stephen King and it scared me silly, let's hope the film's just as good. I like John Cusack anyways so I'll probably enjoy it regardless :)

P's coming to visit tomorrow and I've booked us both for a massage. Should be a good day.

Lots of love! xoxoxoxoxoxox
P/s: Is it just me or are some of the articles in the Bulletin sometimes completely useless? There was one in Saturday's issue that got me thinking "But who cares???" lol...

Tag replies:

War - It's sad isn't it? I used to look forward to raya for a whole 11 months, and now it's like a week into the month and I can't really be bothered. I wonder whether the older people feel that way too and they make an effort only for the sake of the kids.

Sha - Thanks hun, I know trust is an integral part of a LDR, but you know what girls are like, sometimes I overanalyse and work myself up over nothing at all. Sigh it's not going to be a great few months. Although I guess I'll get used to it sooner or later but not looking forward to it :(

Anon - Isn't time differences just a bitch?? Oh well, I guess whatever happens will happen. :)

Metallichick - Pfft I overreacted lol :) Espeed rocks!! (Well until it next breaks down and I write another ranty post)

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

So apparently the espeed service doesn't extend out to my area yet so I'm stuck with stupid dial-up for goodness knows how long. WHY doesn't JTB have broadband coverage for the whole country by now, espeed's been around for years and years and years, I would've thought it would have been expanded by now. Gah. Highly disappointing.

Day 4 of being back and I'm not feeling much better about it. I'm almost looking forward to starting work so I can keep myself busy. It's almost like reverse homesickness; but what I miss most is my freedom and the number of places I could go to just to do nothing at all. Here in Brunei (actually make that Lumut) there's is absolutely nothing to do!! Well nothing that doesn't involve an hour and a bit drive up to Bandar anyways.

Speaking to Anne about it and I think we're both going to slowly and steadily get depressed as the months go past. And there's nothing anyone can do about it.

And let's not even get started on the topic of long distance relationships.

Any tips and tricks anyone?

xoxoxox

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Back home now, been trying to access the internet for ages. Damn dial up internet! Part of my first paycheck will definitely be going towards setting up broadband at my place. I can (just about) deal with crappy internet for short periods of time, but since I'm in it for the long haul now, I might as well get it sorted out.

Home is...the same. There are many things I'd like to say but since I haven't figured out how to password protect certain posts and not others I think I'll leave it at that. Incidentally, CAN I actually only password protect certain posts? Or will I have to do it for the whole blog? Anyways, suffice to say, I'm going to have to do some major readjustments.

The flight back was uneventful; if slightly uncomfortable due to my lack of breathing abilities :P As soon as I got home I've been holed up in my room just reading, napping and eating. Don't really feel up to entertaining today hopefully tomorrow will be a better day. Still not in the raya mood and I'm not sure why. Is it because I'm at the age when holidays don't really mean much anymore (I know I'm not the only one who's not all too enthusiastic about it)? Or is it because after missing the last 4 rayas I've forgotten what's actually out there and am content to just let it pass like a normal day? I wish I knew. I feel like the Raya version of the Grinch.

On a happier note, I got a present at the airport from P. He's back for two weeks, and I'm already dreading the end of those 2 weeks. Anyways I've uploaded a photo of my new watch below.

Enjoy the holidays everyone xoxoxoxox

Friday, October 12, 2007

Meh guess who's been up since about 2 am? :P Not that I'm paranoid about missing my flight or anything, but I've managed to contract a fever sometime between my last post and now and I've been pretty much miserable for the past 2 days.

All this sniffling and snottiness and lack of taste is making me less than enthusiastic about raya; not to mention that long haul flights aren't the most comfortable of experiences. I hope I don't infect the other passengers with my germy self; recycled air isn't the best of things.

I have a LOT of luggage with me; I'm not even sure what's in one of the bags, and now is not the time to be unpacking and finding out...Hopefully I won't be too much over the weight limit, P doesn't have too much stuff with him so I reckon it'll be ok. Just.

Leaving very very early for the airport (530am). Not my choice, but thinking about it, it gives me a chance to have a proper wander round all the shops, it'll probably be a while before I visit anyways.

My next update will be from Brunei. Selamat Hari Raya, Maaf Zahir dan Batin everyone

xoxoxoxoxo

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Us posing in front of the many boats found in the area (like I said, expensive place!

Dolphins spotted in the Bay of Gibraltar, so cute! They mostly swam about in pairs and were so playful :)


Wild monkeys on the rock of Gibraltar, we were actually quite freaked out by them, one jumped on me and another one jumped into our van and tried to steal my friend's postcard

Fun in the Mediterranean sea; the water was SO clear, I had my goggles and you could see all the fish swimming around :) :)

Last one of the dolphins!

(more later)

The Costa del Sol is a lovely lovely place, I'm back from my tripped all tanned and broke! It was also a very expensive trip :S Don't have much time to get into the details but it was a great week all around.

Not so great are all the goodbyes I've been saying since I got back. It started when I left 2 of my friends in Spain on Friday; onwards to saying goodbye to my closest friends on Saturday, and continuing on to saying goodbye to another girl yesterday. Tomorrow's another goodbye and Friday's the big day when I finally leave the country :(

I should be excited about coming back, especially in time for my first raya in 4 years but I'm not..Is that bad?

Will post some photos from the trip up next! :)

Tag replies later xoxoxox