Friday, March 30

Don't Wanna Break Your Heart, Wanna Give Your Heart A Break

Update: 9:51pm - I just sneezed twice, someone must be missing me!



The day I first met you, 
You told me you'd never fall in love,
But now that I get you,
I know fear is what it really was.

I like this girl, all her songs as of late, have been amazing!

"I am not like the rest". 

Thursday, March 29

Risque Statements; In Two's

The need to be more conscious when making certain statements. Or pick 'correct' moments at least. Thank you! =)

Hello..
My name is Ai Li.
And it's nice to meet you.

Wednesday, March 28

"If I Love You"

Reciprocity and the Cute 
=)

The rest was pre-written a couple of days ago. And it brings me to one point today: Most truths are only true, in that one moment.

1. Travel to 2 countries/ places I have not been to before.
 a. Club Med Cherating
 b.    TBC

2. Submit applications for Masters.
Status: I am thinking this is going to be postponed till further notice.

3. Invest in hair care treatment.
Status: I've been treating my hair well.

4. Bake a cake.

5. Wear a dress once a week (unless special circumstances).
Status: Why did I come up with useless things like this in the first place?

6. Wear heels once a week (unless special circumstances).
Status: I brought a pair of heels to the office for storage, does that count?

7. Red highlights for the hair before mid year.
Status: CHECKED; think I'm gonna color it again soon.

8. Do charity work / volunteer.

9. Go for a full medical check up.

10. Keep my hair super long.
Status: Trimming your hair does NOT make it grow longer faster. I keep reminding myself.

11. Get a new pair of glasses.

That's Pao! Our admin pet..
And Pao's wearing my new specs! :D
12. Re-start up HELP Sailing Club.
Status: This is probably not going to happen either.

13. Use a satin pillow case.
Status: Using them pretty lilac colored cotton pillow cases.

14. Buy a satin pillow case.
Status: Didn't end up getting satin pillow cases after all, too hard to find. Instead settled for some high quality cotton ones. Lilac purple, pretty!

15. Do something nice for one person (or more) each day.
Status: I am thinking this is going quite well.

16. Smile and say Good Morning to the first person I see every day.
Status: For the most of it, the first person I see everyday is my kakak.

17. Go climb Mount KK.
Status: Seems to be on track, paid the full payment!

18. Get a second opinion on the wisdom tooth.

19. Drink more water.
Status: Have got to drink way more water.

20. Play volleyball.
Status: This is probably not happening either.

21. Not use work as an excuse to not sail.
Status: This is tricky. And I have more to say about this one. I don't get it. I know I said I won't use work as an excuse not to sail. But it is a different thing if I REALLY have work right? Why can't some people just understand that? It's not about using work as an excuse, but I feel it is me being grown up and being a responsible human being. So people who don't get it, you can seriously screw off.

22. Go fly kite.

23. Go for a picnic.
Picnic with hot air balloon backdrop, pretty aye! :D
24. Do something crazily spontaneous, like an impromptu trip somewhere.
Status: The hot air balloon trip in Putrajaya was relatively impromptu!

25. Try something completely new, can be anything from food to a new experience.
Status: There was trapezing, and then there was zorbing too.

My temporary non-imaginary bubble :D
26. Make 10 new friends and remember them.
Status: 3 so far

27. Eat more fruits.
Status: I tried grapefruit, not particularly yums. I tried eating papaya the other day too, it wasn't so bad. For those of you who don't know, there are certain fruits I stay away from, papaya is one of them. Banana's are no no's too. Durians, no.

28. Finish watching everything in my external hard disk.
Status: Don't think I'll ever finish everything. I just keep adding more shows. Think I've got 6 seasons of Criminal Minds in my EHD now.

29. Read up on NPD.

30. Either read and return The Lucifer Effect, or return it without reading anyway.

31. Only make promises that I can keep.
Status: To keep this true, I have been very careful in what I tell people. I always ALWAYS add the clause, "But I am not promising you anything", so much so I no longer know if it's just me shying away from being accountable for things.

32. Quit impulse buying.
Status: Well, I won't call a lot of things impulse. I've been good.

33. Do the sailor nails. Maybe for my birthday maybe hmmm.

34. Avoid showering late at night if I can help it.
Status: This one I have been bad at as of late.

Non quantifiable items
35. Trust more.
36. Talk less, listen more.
37. Be more social.
38. Be responsible.
39. Be patient.
40. Take less, give more.
41. Forgive and forget.
42. Love, don't hate.
43. Make time for those who matter.
44. Eat healthily.
45. Be kind to others.
46. Remember that respect is earned.
47. Be brave.
48. Do not envy, do not be jealous.
49. Have a big big heart.
50. Be nice to people.

So, moral of the story is, be true in each and every moment! <3

Monday, March 26

All The Rave

About the Hunger Games.

Once, I felt safe too. I'll hold onto the good memories.



Stunning visuals.

And it's pouring outside, and then it stops, and it starts again. 

Sunday, March 25

This Is For Everyone

- Updated -



"You say it best, when you say nothing at all".

Mission possible - I shall not dislike people.

Thank you, to you, and you, and you, and you...

Friday, March 23

I Was Following Instructions!

The packaging said, 1 and 1/4 cup of water, half cup of low fat milk, wait till boil, pour the content into the pot, and mix. That was exactly what I did!

Pft! Following instructions lead me to a bowl of soupy mushroom garlic pasta. I had about 1/4 of it, and figured my stomach rejects crappy food. So the rest went down the drain. Le sigh.

And the reason why I even bothered cooking to begin with was because my tummy was feeling wonky after work. Felt like it could do with some carbs hence the attempt to cook. =(

Anyway, now all the girlfriends have smart phones. I truly wonder how that will influence communication. Maybe we'll end up meeting even less now. That's a scary thought. *pushes thought away*

And today, yours truly left her new pair of glasses on the dashboard (because I don't like wearing my specs all that much) the whole day. It was only when I got back into the car that I realized I left it there. And guess what! It now has streaks across the lens! Must be due to the mad heat.. Boo.

On the bright side, IT IS FRIDAY AGAIN! :D



"I am walking on a tightrope wire, 
So afraid to fall, 
And I'd tell you that I miss you but I am sure it doesn't matter at all."

There's something about emo music that makes it more appealing somehow. All of us who were in the office today agreed to it.

Have a good weekend ahead people! =)

Thursday, March 22

What's Yours?

I really was planning on skipping posting today.

For a lot of reasons. Like, I really didn't wanna complain about the dodo girl who insisted on something and threatened to bring her mom otherwise, or that the sun was so blinding when we headed out for lunch, or that I banged into the cone as soon as dad got into the car this morning, or that I was late for work, or that I had a really long and tiresome course counselling session, or that I seem to not get things right much these days, or that while I was trying to prepare dinner - which basically is salt baked chicken mom bought home from Ipoh, the freaking chicken cut my thumb!, or that mom hit me when I tried to feed doggie some chicken.

-__-

See, that's what I meant!

Anyway, it really isn't that bad. Hahaha, I was just ranting. But my thumb does hurt. Stupid chicken.

One of the two reasons why I decided to post after all, was this.



As I was driving home, thinking, "What a day".... Lady Gaga (of all people) sings, "Just dance, it's gonna be okay". :D

On my drive home also I was thinking. I have done 3 TOG's thus far, all of which I had to steer, which I kinda hate doing, except for that one time when I was helms but not skipper, that one was fun.

The moral of the story is, I think a lot of random stuff when I am driving. Maybe that's why I am a hazard on the roads. I should really focus more when I drive.

And secondly, as I was eating the stupid chicken which cut me on my thumb, I was thinking, If you had ONE wish, and ONE wish only, and then tomorrow, the world ends. One wish. What would it be?

Gonna go shop for groceries with mommy dearest now..

My one wish, after some serious thought, was for every single human being in this world to live in peace, together. Without hate or discrimination. Just love for one another.

What's yours?

Improvement

From bad to semi good/ semi bad. The next one will be good. :D

And also, I have pledged to donate my organs, all of em'! I am officially an organ donor! It's kinda nice to know that even after my heart stops one day, I may potentially save someone else out there...

Have you pledged yet??
HELP's organ donation drive is on till this Friday, drop by and show some support! Pledge too, if you haven't already done so. You don't need organs in heaven! :D

F Block has some pretty pretty clothing, prices are not too far fetched either. Shall go check out the one in Telawi one of these days.

Kenanga this Saturday! Anyone? Anyone else? :D

Mommy just reminded me of my fresh soya bean in the fridge, I hope I don't forget it tomorrow morning before work. And grocery shopping with mommy tomorrow eve when she's back from Ipoh.

Tomorrow morning's gonna be earlier than usual though, fetching daddy to send his car for servicing. Rawr, I better go sleep now...

Goodnight world! <3

Monday, March 19

Career Testing and A Bit of Everything Else

Hello all, bet I've been missed...

Anyway, moving on. I haven't exactly been up to much the past week but somehow or another, life's been good. When there's less updating here, more goes on on Facebook. #socialmedia

If I were to play the word association game right now, every word will be food related. Chicken meatball, soya bean and now 花生糊。Officially my 发胖期。

Okay, because I haven't updated in so long, I lost the knack of writing in order but heck it lah, not like this is a thesis paper.

I've come to a point where, if I feel like saying something, I'll just go ahead and say it. If I feel like I want to make a comment, I'll just go ahead and comment. Why torment myself day in and day out thinking to myself, should I? Should I not?? How would that reflect on me if I said that? What will people interpret my actions as... Too much thinking, too much wasted effort. Just do.

Of course, before the above conclusion, there was some thinking involved. As a good friend advised, think about what your expectations are before you decide on your course of action. Always know what and where you are headed to. Otherwise it will only be a journey to disappointment.

Hmm, this sounds sorta weird and demoralizing when I put in that way but just try not to quote me literally all the time lah kay?!

Okay yes, career testing. Had to work over the weekend, well just Sunday actually and had some time in between so I kepoh and went to do a career test, free what why not, free consultation some more. Oh crap, I forgot what alphabets I scored in again. -__-

But long story short, my results were easily interpreted as: Cannot sell, so stay away from sales. General lack of interest in sciences so.. anything science related is out of the picture. I don't mind routine work, and I thrive on being organized. At the same time, I have a very strong sense of being realistic. I am most happy when I am able to help others and I gain satisfaction when I see others happy. Problem is, there is this one strong factor that keeps pulling me away from all these safe zones. The need to know what's more than this, "the urge to spread my wings and fly", so I quote my lecturer. So to sum it up, I am the perfect example of a living component of cognitive dissonance.

Excuse me for being wordy. The words had to go somewhere!

My fan is dusty. Come clean it for me. I've got cold feet and hands. I miss holding hands. Dinner with the girlfriends on Wednesday before Ivy goes off to KK for the roadshow cum education fair. And I'll again be on duty this Sunday at Mid Valley.

Ahhhh yes, this is a must, if you have some free time throughout this week, do drop by KPD A, and pledge! "Even if your heart stops beating, don't stop giving!" Free health screening too!

Finally had my facial today. I figured my face really needed to be cleaned by the professionals. And now I am back to being happy because I have got a squeaky clean face to show off. Literally.

And I bought my S2 a new toy over the weekend, it's a checkered puppy, super duper cute.

I can't remember exactly why I didn't schedule any sailing in for Saturday. I think it's maybe because I was supposed to be working on Saturday too but somehow or another, Saturday is free as of now.

Maybe I should schedule my medical appointment for this Saturday, go check out some doctors go and get myself checked since it's part of my 50 things to do anyway, scared like how also it's a sooner or later matter. Hm.

Okay. I think that's enough words for the day.

I hope everyone has been well and I most certainly hope that the remaining of March will continue to be kind and awesome at the same time.

Love you!

Sunday, March 18

必尽

自己就还是个大小孩。

还没长大,也不想长大。

思想和当年十二岁的我没差。

竟然自己不肯穿上大人的“制服”;就也不应该渴望别人把我看成大人对待吧!

长大后世界就没童话。。SHE说的!

Thursday, March 8

Like A Bad Boyband

I am convinced, this band, best to stay away from. My sincerest advice.

Somethings are nice to hear, some not so. Some things are nice to see, some not. Fragile state, don't touch, break easily. I think I am gonna level up and add a UV protective layer to my bubble.

Today was my cheat day! =) Carbs taste so good I almost don't remember. Sandwich for brekkie, biscuits for snacks, and pizza plus chocolate milkshake for dinner. Yums! #satisfying

Free 7 day gym trial starts tomorrow, I am kinda excited, gonna put new songs into the phone in a bit and officiate my new Nike gym bag!

Which reminds me, tomorrow is KPI meeting too! Nooooooo! Haha, dang it.

It's a sailing-free weekend this coming one. Massage on Saturday and shoe shopping over the weekend, tempted to drop by Kenanga to get more items actually.

I am gonna be away for a bit. Be good all you people! =)

Worms Are Spreading

Internet was down at home last night. And data wasn't great either. So this is for yesterday, and a part of this morning.

1. "I am dragon, I spit fire..." This kept ringing in my head the whole of yesterday.

It was probably sparked by a previous conversation about dragon babies - people born in the year of a dragon and I so happen to be the only one in the office. A colleague, also a Psych graduate, later reasoned that the spit fire bit must be because of the anger that's circulating through my body.

2. It's true hey, out of sight out of mind.

3. I saw some photos on Fb today, and as I was seeing it, I was thinking, Can't people be a little more sensitive?? Poor girl, must hurt quite a bit.

4. I really don't understand. Why can't I just fall for the nice guys. I can already sense all the possible comments I am gonna get for this.

There are so many nice ones around but why aren't they the least bit appealing to me? Why am I so weird. You know how people want someone whom they are comfortable around, someone whom they can be themselves when they are together, someone who will always be there, someone who's sweet and sensitive and caring. Someone normal (for the lack of a better word, not that normal isn't good)? I, on the other hand, have no idea what I want. But definitely, I won't fall for someone whom hmm... I don't feel slightly intimidated by. I know, I am so weird right.

So, I conclude that  - I. Have. A. Serious. Issue.

Tuesday, March 6

All The Inconsistencies

All these inconsistencies. Tiring me out lately. Need to get better. Quick.

Logic, please take over.

Monday, March 5

MMMBop

My manager was telling me about a boy band called Hanson. I was like, Hmmm? Who are they??

And she proceeded to explain to me the Mmmbop song which I still didn't recall. So I promised I'll come home and Google it.

If you are like me, and have no clue what the Mmmbop song is.. Have a listen! I bet you'll go "Ahhhhhh!! This..." Just like I did.



Old school to the max. Am I the only one who thinks that they look like girls, they sound like girls too actually. =X

Just saying! :D

Moments

.. whereby I myself can't explain or find an explanation to understand.

I really shouldn't be doing this to myself. Really really shouldn't.

I wonder how long this is going to last.

Sunday, March 4

难免

又想说话,又不是很想说。

1. It's either my ears are really burnt, or, all my piercings are infected. Both aren't ideas I'd like to entertain.

2. Sailing weekend. Officiated my new XS sized gloves. Think there's vast improvements from everyone, just not too sure if I am willing to see through the end of this, or if I want to keep this up.

3. Sour green apples are not the yummy-est!

4. I wanna try zorbing. That's probably the closest I'll ever get to living in a real bubble and not the metaphoric one I often use to keep myself protected.

5. Haven't been in the mood for modesty for the past couple of days now. But some things just shouldn't be said out loud.

6. I am mighty tempted to purchase tickets to go to Samui with the rest now. Just at this very moment.

7. When you no longer want to talk to a person, irregardless of whether they were once a friend or if they're just very persistent strangers, what do you do?

8. I tend to ignore them. I ignore them with hopes that they'll get the message and back off.

9. But what if, you were to flip the situation around.

10. You're now on the receiving end of this 'treatment'. What happens if, you want to talk to this person and somehow, gut feelings tells you, you are no longer welcomed. Dun dun dun. /heartpain

So what then?

11. See, there's always two sides to the coin, we just fail to see both sides at the same time.

12. So from now on, if I don't want to talk to someone, I'll just tell them straight, "I don't want to talk to you." And if they ask why, I will tell them why. Because I learnt that it's better to be straight then to keep people hanging.

13. I don't know if you know, but I broke my blender. Yes, the very one Heng lugged all the way back from the States for me. I broke it the first time I tried using it. #iamakitchendisaster

14. And so, because of the above, Heng decided to give me a step by step guide on how to make smoothies. If you're friends of us both, you'll be able to see it from this link. If not, too bad.

15. Funny people say the funniest things. And the good thing about funny people and funny things is, I have many funny friends, who make the funniest of remarks, which in turn, makes me really happy and smiley.

16. I can still feel the heat radiating from my body. So freaking weird this weather. Rains non-stop, flushes all the rubbish into the damn river, it was damn gross btw, then bright and scorching sun with some measly winds.

17. So many things I want to spend my money on. Please don't use this as reference for my birthday presents okay you people who are thinking that right now!

18. Deck shoes, Henri Llyod splash jacket. All because of this friend of mine who's now selling sailing gear. He brought all these pretty items to the club today and duh of course even if I didn't need it I'd want to own another jacket.

19. The reason why I say don't buy me anything from this list is because most of them are unrealistic stuff. Like, things I don't really need but want to have anyway.

20. Oh, do buy me a house. Fully furnished. Best if it comes with a auto home cleaning system. Can it come with a chef too? And a doggie who can clean its own pooppy. Also! Feel free to get me a new lappie..

21. My current one is really going wonky. First, the on/off button is not really working, so my lappie never really gets to shutdown fully, it only goes to sleep... And just earlier, the screen blacked out on me! Sigh.

22. See what I am trying to do here? No?

23. This came out of my mouth just moments ago, my response as to how to help me detox my systems: Let me ramble and feed me grass. Hahahaha, I think I am funny.

24. Which reminds me. I had happy calories over the weekend. Carrot cake and that ginger and pear cake from Alexis. Not forgetting that hot chocolate too! Yumms. Happy calories don't count.

There, I did it. Twenty four! Have a decent Monday all you people. Heart!

Saturday, March 3

27th

This is something I came across last night, something I had written in my 2011 diary, perhaps one of those times when I was emo. Hahaha. But I feel it still is good advice to myself.

It's not even a rough night Ai Li Ng.
Stop pitying yourself. Goodness.
Be strong. Be very strong.
Be the strongest.
Be invincible.
Never get hurt.
And you'll be just fine.

Love,
You

Friday, March 2

Just Thought Of A New Theme To Play With

It has something to do with the magic number 24. Doesn't require the brightest star in the sky to figure that one out.

Before anything else, happy blessed birthday Ivy Choong.. Not going to text you, so you'll just have to come to my blog to see this.

I am tired tonight though, tired but happy enough.

I don't understand one thing, well, two things. Okay fine, maybe a couple of things. But am gonna just point out two today. The first of which being, why can't some people just get the hint and bugger off already?! I am gonna run out of nice-ness soon and I am really gonna start being mean, which I really don't want to. Because mean Ai Li is just... well, mean.

And the second thing I don't get is why do I keep having issues with my online banking accounts? =(

I forgot my password again, and stupidly decided to try keying all potential passwords and now, my account is blocked. Fwahh. Annoying.

I know I've done my two but one more, one last one. Why do friends people only come knocking when they need something? Selfish humans. Don't like them. I am purposely choosing to not help this once.

On to good things.

Little brother aced some Maths paper, and when I say aced, I mean really rocked the paper. Doesn't matter that I needed the calculator to count (55+56) /2 at work today, I am one proud sister indeed.

Went for our mani and pedi session today! Psych graduates are not necessarily better at handling marketing ploys - because we ended up buying the whole package. That's another RM660 (/4) on top of the debt I just cleared with mommy today and on top of the complete payment for Mount KK.

Can't complain though. All these monies spent the past couple of days are all well justifiable. Least the package is shared amongst us 4, and well, pretty nails always make me a happy girl. What more if the happiness is shared 4 ways. Warms my heart.

Skipped dinner, (whee!) saved the calories. Watched Safe House, free movie tickets, teehee! I jumped in my seat several times, but mostly I was freezing my ass off. The beginning part of the movie reminded me of Milgram's experiment. I am trying to sound like a smart cookie, but I did think of Milgram!!

Mommy bought me a new blazer from Carven and a new pair of denim shorts from Jaspal, throwing out brand names because I don't get to do that very often, I am poor, only mommy is rich.

Okay, I am just babbling away right now. I should really be in bed soon.

Humans biggest advantage lies in our ability to be adaptable.