Star article:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/8/22/nation/15207018&sec=nation

Starpoll: Malaysia wants the Jimmy Choos to come home

Come home - that is message the Government wants to send out to those who have ventured abroad and made names for themselves internationally in designing, modelling, singing and acting.

Because it's stupid. They are not offering enough to attract them back.

And it's not only about the salary my dears. The totality of the whole industry matters as well. Let's just look at the fashion scene. Ling Tan, for example, a Malaysian-born and established model in US now. Do you honestly think she would come back? Fashion scene is much more diversed there, opportunities are abundant. And you want to compare that to Malaysia's fashion scene? If Amber Chia were given a chance to go over, I bet she would grab it and STAY put there. I know I would.

I must be reading way too many magical and fantasy books. I dreamt I was whizzing around in a flying broomstick last night. You know, just like Harry Potter on his Nimbus 2000. Well, I was on MY Nimbus 2000, flying around searching for DT whom I found later on, at some garden in a tuxedo, mingling around with JC and some other friends! WTF!

And then, catch this. I was dreaming about Britney bathing her baby, Sean in a bath tub and moments later went off to do something which led her to forget about him and left poor baby Sean to drown!

OMG, I sure have weird dreams these days.

Anyways, I caught The Break Up over the weekend. Can't say I love the movie as much. I absolutely hate cliff-hangers! This is a Hollywood movie and Hollywood movies ALWAYS end with "... and they lived happily ever after." And wth was that?!  So they get back together or what? I actually liked that guy who was hitting on Jen towards the end. That tall guy who initially asked her out in the art gallery but got turned down and then went to her house to look at an art piece which she was selling off to him. He's darn cute

And oh, The Dresses. I'm sure by now, you would have read about the raving reviews on her wardrobe in this movie. Two-thumbs up! Love all her black numbers especially the one she wore in the art gallery with a bare back and ohhhh... The White Dress which she wore to a date with this weirdo was absolutely to die for! And no, no one can own that dress because, apparently the dress, by Calvin Klein, was made specially for Jen in that movie.

At the end of the movie, I looked at DT and thought to myself, "OMG, what have I done! I've just put him through a 2 hours torture!" Hahaha, yes the boy got dragged by me to catch it at the cinema

And lastly guys, men, males, it's NOT about the lemons. Think out of the box!

All of a sudden, I missed playing Ballade Pour Adeline on my piano.

I love these.

Presenting...

ACME Bags and Totes for your Macbook (which I love to death!) and laptops such as Dell, Compaq, Sony, Toshiba, etc.

http://www.acmemade.com/bags.html

Go knock yourself out

They are divided into a few sub-categories, The Slim, The Designer Slim, The Slim Cargo, The New Tote, The Slim Pack and The Clyde Messenger.

These are the ones I like:
 

These are from The Designer Slim range

This is from The Slim Cargo range

The ones I would MOST likely buy/own/have/possess: 

My #1 Favorite: From The Designer Slim Range: Bloom White

My #2 Favorite: From The Designer Slim range: Plaid Tan

My #3 Favorite: From The Designer Slim range: Quatrefoil Silver

The price? Hee hee, I just took a peep at the price list on the bottom right.

And oh, my eyes then quickly darted away *whistle*

It was indoor lunch today. Today, it was just DT and I, so cooking for two can be quite tough. (I have the tendency to overcook, according to DT). I prefer cooking for 3 or more actually. Hehe.

So just him and I, I only boiled a soup - ABC soup and did a black pepper chicken dish. Anyone knows why is it called as ABC soup in the chinese community? Well, I don't know, my mom has been calling it as that since I was a kid. ABC soup basically consists of potatoes, carrots, tomatoes.

My version of ABC soup consists of:

• potatoes
• carrots
• tomatoes
• big onions (to bring out the sweetness in the soup)
• some dried oysters (to bring out flavor)
• some dried red dates (also for flavoring)
• and some soup bones

Tip: When boiling soup, always remember to boil soup bones in separate pot first, before dumping into the boiling pot with the rest of the ingredients. This, is to remove excess oil from the meat, and also the yucky raw meat smell.

My black pepper chicken consists of:

• big onions
• garlic
• deboned chicken breasts (marinated with pepper and salt)
• sliced button mushrooms
• black pepper sauce
• soy sauce
• oyster sauce
• and a dash of sugar

Parboiled chopped carrots can also be added into this dish, but I omitted it seeing that my soup already has carrots in them. Soy sauce and oyster sauce are to be added last minute, 2 min before turning off the fire.

Burp!

I know I know, it can be annoying when you load up a page and suddenly some music pops out oh-so-suddenly. By now, I'm sure you must be hearing the sweet voice serenading Chocolate Ice. I love this song.

Just picture this: Sunday rainy morning - tea brewing - bread toasting - still in pyjamas - curled up on the couch reading newspapers. And all this, while Chocolate Ice is playing at the background. Heaven 

Will remove the auto-start music playing after a couple of days. By then, music playing will resume only when you click the 'play' button. For now, just wanted you guys to hear this song out. So, bear with my auto-play for awhile 

Meanwhile, sing to these cute lyrics

Bring me to the sea of sugar and spice
Reminiscing through some chocolate ice
Tick tock take time to be gentle and kind
You sweat coz you run and run all day in my mind

Fly to the moon and the sun
And lets go have some fun
(Come and take my hand and free your soul again)
Fly to the moon and the sun
And lets go have some fun
It's 1, 2, 3 my love is plain to see
What I do for you baby do for me

Let me serenade your soul
When you're feeling down and low
Let the music come alive
Let tenderness arrive
Let me serenade your soul
When you're feeling down and low
Boy you make me feel so high
Together we can fly

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
im here...

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
come to my place la..

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
we go play futsal

angie.low says:
i wanna dinner with you

angie.low says:
can?

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
i wanna dinner with u

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
can?

angie.low says:
eh?

angie.low says:
you copy my sentences

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
eh?

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
you copy my sentences

angie.low says:
david is stupi

angie.low says:
david is stupid

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
david is stu

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
david is stud

angie.low says:
i have a boyfriend

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
i have boy friends

angie.low says:
my name is angie

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
my gf name is angie

angie.low says:
i is smiling the very broadly

d a v i d i a n i s m says:
i is smiling the.... very bad english la

And because I've been such a cry-baby lately, I've decided to go bust my knees once again. I'm going to run for 45 min everyday. Starting today.

Reorganizing and reloading my mp3 player with angst-inducing songs for my runs.

Everyday, around between 4-ish - 5pm, I start feeling peckish. And during these moments, I'd usually make a cup of hot milo kosong kao and grab a few Jacobs crackers.

The art of savoring Jacobs crackers and hot milo kosong kao is an acquired skill. One must be patient and alert at all times. Those of you who consume Jacobs crackers would know by now that they don't soften easily. It takes a little longer than the other commercialized cracker brands out there. So, you need to dip it in long enough to get them soften, just at the right texture. However, never leave your dipped crackers unattended. Come back 5 min later and I'm afraid it's gonna be Milo porridge for you. Heh!

Anyway, mad women at work:

frenzyskye: *ting ting ting*
frenzyskye: milo + crackers time!
Lady Luthien: OMG. you are so freaky!
Lady Luthien: i was just thinking of that and thinking i'm gonna YM you!!!!!!!!
frenzyskye: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Lady Luthien: great minds think alike!
frenzyskye: but of course!
frenzyskye: scary wei
frenzyskye: lol
Lady Luthien: yaman
frenzyskye: shoo.. go make milo
frenzyskye: i go make mine
Lady Luthien: ok ok
(7 min later)
frenzyskye: *dip dip dip*
frenzyskye: your pantry in africa ah?
Lady Luthien: no lah. i made phone call, went toilet and then made milo
Lady Luthien: the pantry is next to me actually

We is the very childish.

Angie is like this deranged woman at 10.00pm on Tuesdays.

No, make that 9.45pm. Because at this hour, she makes sure the tv remote is held tightly and safely in her hands. Her mobile is put on silent. No one is to disturb her peace at this crucial moment of 10pm - 11pm. Not even DT.

You will find her tucked snuggly under her brown comforter. Her bolster, placed horizontally and a pillow, placed against the bolster and she, will plop her fat head on the pillow with the remote at hand.

And, yes, you will find her there for the next 1 hour, watching Desperate Housewives, savoring every scene, every sarcasm, every wit and every muscle on Mike Delphino.

All these, while wiggling her toes under the brown comforter, in her own world of whimsical Wisteria Lane with Susan, Lynette, Bree, Gabrielle and Edie. And Mike Delphino.