Well it seems that I’ve moved past those few dreadful weeks that were shrouded in an insomniac spell. *celebrates*

A night of good rest has never felt so precious until you can’t get it no matter what you do ;)

I can’t wait for this weekend - going back to the parents’ hometown for Chinese New Year. It’ll be great seeing my beloved grandfather, and the ever friendly aunts and uncles, and - this is truly the highlight of the trip - spending time with my cute li’l cousins who are ever entertaining with their nonstop giggling and running around :D

We’ll be staying at the Hyatt this time around which means we’ll be really close to the beach. Mom says she’s bored of the sand and the sea, having lived her entire childhood there. But that’s okay, I’ll appreciate the coastal experience twice as much, for the both of us :)

So did I say already that I can’t wait for the weekend?!

The Friday that was;

♠ teriyaki chicken rice
♠ champagne milk tea
♠ Ramly beef burger
♠ mojito
♠ accidental missed call
♠ jaywalking as a police car drove by
♠ Aero revisited, now with a new name Paradize
♠ “Are you two dating?”
♠ “Oh I like to touch girls too(!)”
♠ endless spinning on the dance floor

If you’re wondering about the title of today’s post, my music mood for today are songs by the band, Train.

I remember saying some years back, that Train is really good at coming out with songs about girls and all their intricacies. Just read the lyrics to Meet Virginia and Drops Of Jupiter ;)

Anyways I know more than one of you are waiting for the pictures from the Hong Kong trip in December… Unfortunately I really have nothing to work with until the photos get uploaded by the photographer/camera owner - which obviously isn’t me :P

In short, HK was all about shopping. Food was all right but my tastebuds remain a loyal fan of Malaysian cuisine hehe.

Oh, I have to mention this. See, I had my phone on roaming but I didn’t exactly expect any calls to come in during those 11 days out of the country as most if not all of the usual people have been notified of my being away.

But yeah, I did receive numerous phone calls. And, them being international calls, of course the caller’s name was not shown. I had no chance to screen my calls - and so, I pick up.

“Hello?”
“Hi, happy new year!”
“Happy new year… Umm who is this?”
“You don’t know who I am? Wait, is this Isobel’s number?”
“Y-e-sss..”
“This is Gallen la.”
“Oh! Hey you do know I’m still in Hong Kong right?”
(voice suddenly got a whole lot louder) “… I thought you were back already?! OMG this is costing us both a bomb, hang up NOWWWWW!”

It was a good LoL moment, though it wasn’t very funny when I checked my phone bill for the month. I was RM30 away from hitting my monthly credit limit (which by itself is honestly a crazy amount that seemed impossible to reach.. till now). This translated to about 92% of credit usage versus my usual.. *counts*.. 14% (!). Madness.

So yeah that aside, do stay tuned for the HK photos.. they’ll be up here one fine day, I’m sure.

Have a good weekend peeps, and happy Federal Territory Day next Monday to those of us working in KL ;) Yayy.

Sorry I spoke too soon - it would seem that 2010 is bent on blazing the destructive trail that 2009 left behind.

I can’t decide if it’s hatred or sadness.

At the torching of the churches and the “religious”-based (is it really an issue of faith, or just plain politics?) mayhem that decorates news titles, blog posts, and tweets like dirty confetti.

At the fact that in a matter of days that had gone by, I hear of one friend’s mom’s ongoing battle with cancer, another friend whose dad passed away suddenly, and finally a colleague who had her mom hospitalized for reasons yet unknown. These are all good people, but of course life never fails to remind us that bad stuff can happen even to the most golden-hearted kind..

On a smaller scale, I have been plagued by disturbing and difficult dreams for the past two nights. I wake up not daring to shut my eyes back. No wonder I’ve been evading my sleeping time lately. Slumber offers no escape anyways, so what’s the point?

Happy Monday anyone?

Way too many people are glad to see the end of the horrid year that was 2009…

And I’m definitely with you guys. The 12 months of mediocrity, untimely and tragic deaths (including the personal loss of an uncle from my dad’s side), the tide of emotions between feeling overwhelmed and underwhelmed, and too many tears gone to waste. I don’t see anything I’m gonna miss here, do you?

So I suppose it’s safe to say, good riddance 2009 and hello 2010!

Happy new year, and happy new you :D

Cheers!

Hohoho… I’m still in Hong Kong and this is an automated post just to say - Merry Christmas, ya’ll! :D

Yes, this is the X’mas display outside of Pavilion - pretty reindeers and pretty Coach store in the background :)

Not forgetting, Happy 26th Birthday to Maverick! Woohoo we’re all (hopefully) partying it up in Hong Kong ;)

This year I’m glad to be able to take in all the wonderful things that come with Christmas - singing along to carols on the radio, giggling at the Christmas cards received (especially the cute Flash animated ones via email), feasting my eyes on the festive decorations in shopping malls, buying gifts, and watching A Christmas Carol in 3D. Whee.

You know, it hasn’t been this way for a couple of Christmases before this. It’s like I was always either too wrapped up with work during December, or too busy adjusting to changes and uncertainties that came my way at the time, or yeahh, work. Heh.

So hey, please do have a Merry Christmas, just like the one I’m experiencing right now :)

And as per the annual tradition - hello where’s my snow?! *looks up*

Previous Christmas greetings: 2008 . 2007 . 2006 . 2005 . 2004

Owl City might just be my newfound obsession. Of course you’ve all heard of the hit, Fireflies. A touch of whimsy and a huge dose of magic, yes? This song is no less amazing - Vanilla Twilight :)

FYI:
Owl City is an American synthpop musical project by a man named Adam Young. Adam started out making music in his parents’ basement in Owatonna, Minnesota, which he claims is a result of his insomnia.

Hence the name Owl City, I presume.. Please get more insomnia episodes then, Adam! ♥

Sometimes, just when you think a story has reached its final chapter and you turn the next page expecting to see the words “THE END”, a new chapter greets you instead.

It takes you by surprise, like an unlisted hidden track in a CD; an extra feature in the DVD you bought; an additional scene to the movie after the credits. You know what I mean ;)

And so this was how it unfolded.

It was the weekend, and a phone call interrupted my blissful Saturday morning’s sleep.

It was probably the last name I’d ever think of to show up ony the phone screen. But yes, it was a familiar voice although not so much of a familiar face anymore.

I suppose the motivation for him to make the call was purely work-related, but we ended up doing some catching up as well. And you wouldn’t believe the coincidences, they’re insane.

Fact #1, his company is servicing my company. What are the odds eh! He’s been to my office building oodles of times, but usually at a different tower from where I work.

Fact #2, his office is located at a building that I used to frequent every day for six months. It was fun talking about the few good lunch places around there, and going “yeah yeah yeah, I always eat there!” :P

Fact #3, he’s staying in Cheras. Well some of you will know that I can be found in Cheras about half the time anyway ;) It’s unreal to discover that this friend of mine has a place just a mere 10-minute drive away from where Chris lives.

At this point, we were already going, “OMG stop stalking me!” I mean seriously, I never realized the Klang Valley could be this small.

To top it all off, today I tell him over MSN that I was at Ikea last night and had their yummylicious meatballs. And to that he replied:
wahh…
i nearly wanna go yesterday
but not feeling well
so cancel plan
yuhh…wan to follow me like tat meh u
hahah

And now we’re yakking about how awesome Ikea’s meatballs are - though they’ve shrunk in size over the years - and getting ourselves totally hungry.

What a Friday this is. Happy state holiday to those lucky munchkins who have the day off today. Hrmphh :P

P.S. Happy birthday to Ivan “Budak Mengada” Fong! Whee!