New Working Hours

My employers has just set new working hours for all of us starting next week, so what are the new hours?
It’s 9am to 5pm! They cut back an hour earlier… Wahoo!

Why? Well, I’m not so sure why this change, but i somewhat have a bad feeling about it, or maybe i’m just overthinking too much, or maybe they plan to retire and shut it down sooner or later? So don’t know.

Aside the negatives, there could be good sides to it like maybe their just being nice or with the current lesser workload and projects, heading home an hour earlier sounds reasonable… Oh! I do hope they don’t deduct our year-end deserved bonus because of this! *Gulp*

Anywho… I’m happy with this new hours as i get to avoid the daily 6pm rush hour human traffic! And a good reason to cook and experiment new dinner recipes. *wide smile*

Junk Food Crave

I noticed a change of appetite for past 1 1/2 weeks, me always hardly into junk or super sweet foods, hardly ate ALOT suddenly became a food junkie!

My usual daily food intake -Since teenage days- consists of just breakfast, lunch and dinner. Rarely indulging in-between snacks or tea-time cookies, unless i’m super hungry… But still, rarely.

So here’s my recent daily menu:
Breakfast-Work-Lunch-Work-Chocolates/Snacks/Junk-Work-Snacks-Dinner-Chocolates/Snacks/Junk-Sleep.
What a piggy i’m turning into… Heh!

Actually, am not that bothered… So as long my weighing scale blinks 43-44kg, i’m happy.

Note: And no… I’m not pregnant.

Waiting Edgily

I’m waiting.. Waiting for an answer…
Forcing myself to sit still to wait for a breakthrough… When? I don’t know. What? I know. How? I somewhat know.

Being an edgy and impatient person, waiting for a desperate answer can be frustrating! Till today i’m still learning to wait on HIS timing… HIS faithful timing.

I always yearn for immediate answers, immediate reactions, immediate surprises, immediate news, immediate responses… Yeah that’s me, most times.

More waiting days to come… Sigh.

Times of Worry

Recently i was acting like a worry-wart for few reasons and no apparent reason at the same time.. Whenever i’m down and blue i will hum and sing one of my fave christian song (below) in my head over and over…

My Jesus… I’m found in you,
you’re my Saviour…
You chose me… Before the world.. And you called my name,
I will go with you… Through the valley… I will soar above every mountain,
I will trust your word, deep within my heart… I will live for you…

Chorus:
I know my future in your hands… All of my hopes and dreams and plans,
You gave me strength to live… And faith to succeed,
I believe in you… Because you believe in me.

Somehow the song above constantly moves my heart to remind me of HIS assurance… so enough to soothe my uncertainties..

The Heat is on… Again!

My office’s rusty old air-conditioner broke down again!! This is the 3rd time this year.. Sheesh!

The heat makes my head spin!
The heat leaves me with cheesy smelly armpits!
The heat causes heat rash on my hands and arms!
The heat makes me feel unmotivated!
The heat slows down my energy level to work!
The heat leaves me feeling grilled everyday!

My colleagues and i have been tolerating all the above for the past few weeks now.. Eventhough standing fans were provided, it’s still unbearable! Just imagine working in a carpark basement working environment for 8-9 hours? That’s how crazy it is..
We told the HR and did our grumble grumble talk with her… Even she can’t help much.

Oh well… What to do when my employers don’t see it a need to get it fixed… Knowing that the whole air-con unit has to be replaced, therefore forging out that large sum isn’t in their minds now. Sigh!

More sauna days to come.. *faint*

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Weddings

I love love stories and weddings, i enjoy sitting back and admire the decorations, bridal dresses, bride’s make-up and the must-have ‘YAM SENGs’ cheers… It all just puts a huge smile on my face..

Last night, we were invited to a church friend’s wedding dinner at a chinese restaurant in the city,  it was filled with laughter, chit chats, and many YAM SENG cheers echoing the banquet hall.

               
                                         
We too had a great time chatting away with mutual friends as well as making new ones.
And best of all, enjoyed the 9 course meal! Especially the suckling piglet!
Talking about weddings, i’ll be attending total of 4 weddings (including this) in the next coming months! Need to save tummy space as well as pressie monies..

Anywho, I look forward to attend another wedding this coming Sat!

Even Shorter Hair

My recent hidden yearning to trim my bangs and hair slightly shorter nagged me to get it snipped!

So tadaa! My china doll look (ignore my sleepy face).. 
                                

In my 10 years or so, this is my first shortest hairstyle i dared myself to try and.. I am very pleased with the outcome! *wide smile*
The one hassle i kinda dread is to go for regular trimmings once/ twice a month so to maintain this length.

Husband loved it but kept saying i look waaay too young and worried about being labelled a cradle snatcher.. Teehee!

Spaghetti Bolognese

            
                  

I nearly got my fingers cooked when my pan’s handle gave way! Shikes!
Think i’m just going to fix the loose handle with duck duct tape and save up next month to buy the TEFAL’s Thermo-Spot saute pan which i’ve been eyeing since March.

My 3 Year-Old Pants

Most days and today i put on my fave pants as usual, and just as i was adjusting my pants in the toilet, i noticed a long tear at the underside of my favourite 3 year-old pants! Gosh! And i never even noticed before i left for work… Eek! I grew embarassed staring down my pants..
Thoughts flooded my brains: “Did anyone noticed? Was it obvious when i walked to work this morning? Was my knickers flashing through that tear??”
With no sewing kit in sight, i guess the next best thing is to leave it as it is and avoid taking big walking steps.. Funny i know, but so far my penguin steps did help avoid tearing it further.. Sheesh!
I couldn’t help but figuring out how to walk home without being seen… but with no cardigan, no sewing kit equals no solution! argh! I know.. i know, It’s just a tear in my pants and i’m freaking out! It’s my first time that’s why.. Lol.

Anyway.. it’s figured out.. Thanks to my caring husband, he’s willing to walk home, drive out, pick me up and drive back home again so i could change to head out for dinner. I’m glad we live nearby too, which will make the back and forth easy.

Well i guess this shake-me-up call to start shopping for new pants and stop being stingy towards myself is necessary. Heh!

Dottie Free

After dinner i went for my second appointment with my doctor. She glanced at my allergies and zoomed in closer to check for any new ones… Within few minutes she looked up at me and smiled… No more allergies! Healed! *huge smile*

Though i’m dottie free, she still gave me similar allergy meds (just in case).

Nasi Lemak brekkie here i come!

Pasta with Stir-Fry Vegetables

Based on my last post i was told by my doc to avoid spicy foods, curries, sambals, seafood, etc. So since i’m still on a strict diet regime, dishing out today’s healthy dinner was relatively easy.

                  

 As for my dotties, it’s fading and healing at the same time…  Can’t wait to taste nasi lemak and seafood again! *wide smile*

Dottie Me

It was a warm usual Friday morning, whilst showering and getting ready for work, i noticed small red pimple-like slightly raised bumps randomly appearing on my body, hands and inner thighs! I quickly soaped and dry up so to zoom in for a closer look, as i touched those pimply bumps it began to itch and the next thing, it popped and oozed clear liquid… Yikes! What is freaking wrong with my precious skin??

Thoughts were circling in my head:
Could it be mild chicken pox? (eventhough i was vaccinated years ago)
Could it be bed bugs?
Could it be an allergy? To what?

So after staring at those pimply bumps for 15 mins, i thought to myself that it wouldn’t be that serious, and since i’ve never had such break-outs before my body would absorb it and fade away.

Wrong!
Today’s the fourth day… And i’m still dottie!
I took the day off and drove to my doctor, she concluded that it’s an allergic reaction, to what? Well, a virus in the air has caused my skin to break-out in this manner. I never thought air virus would be the cause, I mean i never had such break-outs, so why the sudden?

Anywho… I’m glad it wasn’t chicken pox or anything serious, i was told by my doc to avoid seafoods, sambal and curries (for 3 weeks) and to revisit her weekly in the span of 2 weeks to check on progress.

Guess i’ll be walking out with my dots (till it fades) for the next 1 week or so… sigh.

Teriyaki Chicken with Green Beans

       

I was little annoyed that the poultry i bought wasn’t as fresh… Ugh! Oh well.. i’m still glad it turned out edibly tasty!

Our Wedding Album!

Taada! Here’s the final product… Delivered to my office in exactly 5 working days as promised… Very efficient!

              
As i was browsing through the album, i noticed they use thick canvas-like paper too! Nice! *wide smile*

Book Time: Falling Leaves

I picked up my fave autobiography book and read it for the third time. Reading her every word and imagining myself in her shoes…
                           
After many reads, her heart-wrenching and painful childhood moments still moves my heart.

Hmm.. It’s been ages since i last bought a good book… Shall make time to read at least one new book next month!

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Our Wedding Album

I’ve been little busy doing our wedding album for the past 1 week, yeah.. i finally took time (after 5 months of dilly-dallying) designing it using photobook (www.photobook.com.my).
Knowing that we had to pay more using our wedding photographer’s vendor, we decided to save money by using this user-friendly DIY software instead.
Below are some layouts i did, ohhhh… So adooore the photos!

          
          
I got to know about photobook late 2006 whilst attending a design exhibition, their marketing team was helpful and what impressed me was their printing quality control.

A total of 48 pages (best selected photos) printed on A3 Landscape hard-cover costs me RM355.20, very affordable! Can’t wait to see the final product!