Sunday, October 29, 2006

Things you might not know about me

Before you people continue reading this list, you are required to make a couple of promises :

1) You shall not use any of these against me :

(a) if we were to fight in the future
(b) to embarass me during social functions

2) You shall not judge me nor think any lesser of me ( but even if you did, who cares ? This is me and people who are worthy will love me as I am)

And specially for Rachel :

You shall not say things like " But mom... you did this too when you were young..." when you want to do certain things. Will not work on me, k baby ?

Things you might not know about me :

1) I am petrified of being fat. I was a rather plump kid and had my uncles calling me fat when I was young.

2) I am an exercise freak ( as a result of (a)) and is really obsessive compulsive about NOT missing my gym time.

3) I lost my virginity at 18... to an older man.

4) I play the piano, organ and am one mean drummer.

5) I am a speed fiend and love driving fast.

6) I am addicted to peanut butter. And i eat it straight off the jar. My breakfast most mornings except for weekends will be : 2 tablespoons of peanut butter and a cup of coffee. And it has to be the chunky version. I don't like the creamy version.

7) I love bread. Can eat bread 365 days for the rest of my life and I will die happy.

8) I hate durians . Can't stand the smell and I gag if I were to even catch a whiff of them from afar.

9) But I love petai. Cooked in any other manner or raw. They are heavenly.

10) I am also a chocolate addict. Chocolate covered everything is good..... Yum....

11) I love to dance. I danced whenever I have the chance.

12) I hate cockroaches. I run a mile when I see them. Can't stand them but dare not kill them.

13) I am good in bed. Very, very good...

14) I can hold my alcohol very very well and can drink many people under the table so don't ever challenge me to a drinking session.

15) I drink my coffee white. With no sugar.

16) I watched Grease 8 times when it was first released. With 8 different boys... and each one of them thought I was watching it for the first time. (Hmm... I was such a flirt & a tease..)

17) I am good friends with all my ex boyfriends except one.

18) I have a very healthy bowel and I need to go to the loo after every meal. ( I know.. i know.. This is information overload). Helps keep me trim.

19) I don't wear knickers unless I am wearing skirts or am having that time of the month. And I go braless whenever I can.

20) I am an insomniac and am quite dependant on sleeping pills to aid me sleep. I stock up on sleeping pills each time I go to US.

21) I am a perfectionist and I drive my family crazy sometimes.

22) I am guilty of flaunting my sexuality to get things done at times....

23) I am a voracious reader and I devour like 4 to 5 books every month.

24) I love running.

25) I can't hold the chopsticks properly.

26) My vital stats are 34-25-36. And yes... I am bootylicious.

27) I love massages.

28) I have an over active imagination so I am absolutely bad at horror and stalker movies where there is a lot of blood and gore. I am the kind that will put her hands over her eyes and keep on nudging the person next to me whilst asking " Is it over ? Is it over ? " and if I can't cover my eyes in time, will jump three feet high whilst screaming out " Fuck, That frightened the shit out of me". I did not dare go to the toilet in my own house for like a whole month after Exorcist.

29) I once stood up a guy who booked a whole disco to surprise me for my 16th birthday. I was so heartless .... No amount of nudging from my friends changed my mind.

30) I don't like pork. And won't eat it unless forced to.

31) I am tall - 5 feet 6 inches tall on my bare toes. And I love four inch stilettoes. So with shoes on, I will be 5 feet 10 inches tall. Which is taller than most Malaysian men. Which is why I used to worry about not finding a mate who will be taller than me. I found him though... hubby is a 6 footer.

32) I have sun kissed skin. Everyone who meets me for the first time always comments on my beatiful glowing tan. Its natural , people... as a result of my Chinese-Nyonya-Thai heritage.

33) I once managed to catch a thief in dressed in my short mini skirt and four inch stilettoes. And no human, man or woman came to my rescue. Yes, I can run like the wind even in high heels.

34) You know the "nuts" they serve you at restaurants and pubs ? I only pick up "whole" nuts to eat. Those that are 'halfed" I don't eat.

35) I used to go for stake outs with undercover cops during one of my first jobs . ( Now... I wonder what she does..... ) Nope, I was not a cop. Cool eh ?

Friday, October 27, 2006

Bitching Therapy

The long Deepa Raya break gave me some time to catch up with some girl pals for some long awaited 'bitching' therapy that was way long overdue.

It had been quite a long while since Queenie, Janne and moi got together for a girls' day out. So it was with much eager anticipation when we finally got together at Prego's at Westin.

Over a five cheese pizza ( which was heavenly) , ceasar salad ( good) , tiramisu ( sinful but worth every mouthful of guilt) and coffee, we re- bonded and had a wonderful session of bitching and gossiping which did wonders for our well- being.

We bitched and gossiped about :

a) our hubbies and/or ex hubbies
b) one particular psycho friend whom I cannot mention here
c) stress at work and psycho workmates
d) sex or lack thereof
e) other people's hubbies
f) what lovers will do for you vs what hubbies will do for you
g) our fantasy f***s

This followed by retail therapy was pure bliss and worth every second.

Here's to wonderful girl friends. May we have more bitching sessions soon.

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Encounter with a sampah throwing maniac

Was stuck in a horrendous jam last Thursday. Took me three hours from my manicurist's place in Taman Maluri to my gym at New World . After a session of kick boxing (with wobbly legs) and a hot shower, I was caught in another jam going home ( at 9.30pm).

It was at the traffic lights when I saw this car next to me starting to unload their rubbish onto the streets of Jalan Ampang. I mean this woman was literally 'spring-cleaning' the car. Out came soiled tissues, bits of food ( I think) and what nots. And she was doing it with her children sitting next to her!

I was on the phone with a bored girlfriend who was also stuck in the jam. I just gestured with my hand whilst telling my girlfriend " Look la, The next car is spewing rubbish out of the car. What kind of people are these? Buang sampah in your own car la or at least keep it in the car till you get home".

The wife saw me gesturing and proceeded to tell the husband, whom proceeded to wind down the window and shouted at me. He kept asking me whether I had a problem and looks as if he would very much like to tear my head off or at least come down and beat me up(a woman) .

I swear that if I was not on the line at that moment, I would have :

a) stopped the car and cooly picked up the bits of rubbish and throw them back in to their car.
b) lectured them about keeping their rubbish in their own home, car, etc.
c) educated them on the use of a rubbish bin.
d) gave them tips on how to be good parents by showing a good example.. a sampah throwing dad/mom will breed sampah throwing children.
e) taken a picture with my phone and posted their faces and car number around town.
f) asked them if they are aware that people like them are the ones who contribute to flash floods in KL as they are the very culprits that clog up our drains resulting in horrendous jams like the one we are currently caught in.

However, I restrained myself and nonchalantly looked ahead as I don't want to be the first road rage victim of a sampah throwing maniac.....

Monday, October 23, 2006

Guess my age....

Well.. no one seems to be able to do it. Correctly I mean. I have had guesses ranging from 27 ( which to me is also a bit too far fetched) to 32 (which is as young as it gets).

I was at a function two Saturdays ago when this "auntie" (She may be just as old as me only but I didn't ask) who sat next to me and proceeded to give me a lecture about relationships and marriages.

Auntie : You got boyfriend ah ??

Me : Yes, but none serious ( which is the truth.. I have a hubby instead)

Auntie : How old are you ah ? Twenty Seven ? Aiya you young people must have faith in marriages. No point pak tor so long and then also break up. In relationships, you must give and take......drones on and on

She proceeded to then take my palm and gave me a life reading.

Auntie : Wah, you have a very good career line. You very intelligent and everything you touch will turn to gold one

Me (thinking silently to me self) : Yahoo, I have Midas touch.. sighs, how come I don't enough to retire yet?

Auntie : You are a born leader and every time you open your mouth, people will sure listen one

Me : Hmmm... maybe I should consider a career in politics.

Auntie : You have three siblings.

Me ( springs up up right, hey : she's right! maybe she does have psychic abilities after all) : Yes, I do have three siblings..

Auntie : Whom you are not close to at all..

Me ( whoosh, down comes the interest level again...) : Actually, we are very close...

Auntie : I mean they live far away and you don't see them very often..

Me ( trying to pull back hand now... I do see them often except for one brother who lives in London) : Actually I have a brother in London and I actually see other siblings quite fre.....

Auntie : See , see... I am right. Aiya but your love line ah... not so smooth ah.... A lot of bumps ah. All your relationships with men ah... sure got problem one ah..

Me : What kind of problems ah ?

Auntie : You have a lot of men interested in you ah... So, you must not give all your heart to one person .... otherwise, you sure get disillusioned with love .

Me (thinking to self) : I thought you just told me to have faith in marriage ?

Luckily I was rescued by my girlfriend just then.. Anyway, I digress ... Back to my age.

Was at a club (let's just call it Club V.. shy to even say I was there at my age...my daughter's friends goes there) at Jalan Ampang a couple of nights ago with some girl friends from Singapore. Will not have picked that place but the Singaporeans insisted. I was like... hey, that's like a young place and we, or rather I would feel really old and out of place..

So there we were, inside the club(my first time there, btw). I looked around and saw... much to my relief, that there were a handful of men who were much older than us ( but hey, they most probably are sad desperate old men trying their luck to pickup some sweet young thing ...). Other than that, most of the patrons were probably in their mid twenties to mid thirties).

Was just drinking and dancing and chatting with my friends when a bunch of guys came over ..

Guy : Hi... never seen you around before ....

Me : That's because I've never been here before.

Guy : How come ? You not local ?

Me : Not my kind of place (... thinks .. please leave me alone)

Guy : So.. how young are you ?

Me : Older than you.

Guy : Cannot be ... you must be like .... 30 ?

Me : Trust me, I am older than you...

Guy : So.. where is your boyfriend ?

Me : Which one ?

Guy : Wah... you got so many ah ?

Me : Ya.. I am a mistress of a big time gangster tai ko and if you don't stop trying to pick me up, his bodyguards will come beat you to a pulp. I won't want your cute little face to be rearranged..

Guy : Slinks away...

I guess I should be lucky that I am getting mistaken for a 32 year old but what IS the obessesion with age anyway ? It's just a number.

Rachel will always tell me : Mom....you should tell them your real age.... You look damn good. Yes, I do but why bother ? Short of making them gawp in disbelief or making them feel bad ( if they are younger but look older) there really is no point.

Come to think of it, even when I was way younger, I always had the problem of being mistaken for being younger.

I remembered this incident during one trip to Genting Highlands Casino. A group of us wanted to get in ... Keith wanted to try his luck at the one arm bandit. I was quite reluctant cos I hated the place... Full of China men in bad batik shirts borrowed from the counter over pot bellies and equally bad T shirts underneath and a hint of desperation in betting away their hard earned monies and striking it rich..

Anyways, we were going through the security gate when it was my turn ..

Security Guard : Amoi, Umur berapa ?

Me : Dua puluh tujuh.

Security Guard : Mana ada dua puluh tujuh? Kalau umur lapan belas, tak boleh masuk.

Me : Memang dua puluh tujuh ... bang.

Security Guard : Tunjuk IC.

Me : (hands over IC) : Nah... tak tipu bang.

Security Guard : Gave me the once over and waves me in.

Guess I have good genes to thank for it. But hey people, age is just a number. The important thing is that you have lived life to the fullest.

So.. stay young people.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

My life list

1) Be healthy.
2) Be happy, really happy.
3) Be thankful for all that I have, always.
4) Be a good friend.
5) Keep secrets.
6) Keep in touch with people I love and (who) loves me.
7) Don't be a victim of society.
8) Love with passion and abandon.
9) Remember birthdays.
10) Appreciate money but don't worship it.
11) Seize every moment.
12) Live every day as if it is my last.
13) Learn how to relax and let go sometimes...
14) Bungee jump.
15) Take time and make time for family and friends.
16) Learn French & Japanese.
17) Volunteer for a charity.
18) China.
19) Spend more time with Granny.
20) Take up a course in wine.
21) Never be ashamed of who I am.
22) Experienced unbridled passion ( at least once in my life)
23) Be spontaneous.
24) Laugh at myself.
25) Just laugh.
26) India.
27) Kilimanjaro.
28) Have a nude portrait of myself done.
29) Have no regrets.
30) Learn to say no.
31) Be proud of myself.
32) Be less critical and analytical.
33) White water rafting.
34) Ibiza.
35) Tap Dance.
36) Salsa.
37) Get enough sleep.
38) Be closer to God.
39) Grow old gracefully.
40) Learn Mandarin.
41) Put less worth on material things.
42) Run a marathon.
43) Sky Dive.
44) Learn to be alone.
45) Conquer my fear of loneliness.
46) Learn to love myself more.
47) Cherish past love and memories.
48) Be more expressive.
49) Throw caution to the wind sometimes.
50) Adopt a underpriveledged kid.
51) Alaska.
52) Live in France, eventually.
53) Care not what people think about me.
54) Be less judgemental.
55) Be not afraid of having my heart broken.
56) Pursue happiness.
57) Drink more water.
58) Be honest with my feelings.
59) Be a good daughter.
60) Be a good sister.
61) Be a good mom.
62) Be a good wife.
63) Forgive my Dad.
64) Value love and life.
65) Be happy. Really really really happy...