HSBC Walk Run Cycle and other random stuff =)

Hey Peeps! I'm back yet again =) So i have had some interesting moments at work for these past few days. You know, working in the bank where i call tons of people everyday just to verify their purchases is quite routine. Some days you get demanding customers other days, you get them ok nice ones. Usually before i verify their personal purchases, i ask them if i could verify some of their personal details. There was one customer, i asked him "Can i have your date of birth sir?" He responded, " Ok, it's today 19XX" I *feeling very awkward and thinking should i say Happy Birthday?" responded "Ok.. thank you very much Sir" hahahahahaha.... i should have greeted him... but since i am more experienced now, i should.... hahahaha. The other funny situation happened today. Before i asked my verification questions to my customer, he said jokingly "It's still the same me. I'm still the same person so shoot away with your questions..hahaha" I was like "eh..hehehe? =_=" ok..." It has been quite an interesting journey for me in the bank. it's like nearly 4 years now that i will be in this bank, which brings a grand total of me being in the banking industry for nearly 6 years. To be honest, i quite like banking with all the new people and acquaintances. It's just some days you feel like giving up and calling it quits! I'm hanging in here =D.

On to other stuff, here are some nice photos i would like to share with you. Just random things and 1 pic from Walk Run Cycle that i manage to snap away with my ipod touch =)

This was one of those days when the sun was so hot!
Taken on 18May11 at 7.56am!

This was one of the fridays when our boss belanja us big ass cookies.
Honestly, i can make quite a mean batch of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies but these were HEAVENLY!!! It was not sweet and everything i wanted in a big ass chocolate chip cookie.
The other flavour was White Chocolate Macadamia... OMG!!! The white chocolate just melts in your mouth! These cookies are TO DIE FOR and i think they're about $3.50 a piece!!!!

The only picture i manage to snap at the Walk Run Cycle Event... Should have brought my water proof camera instead!

A stolen shot of me and my sis from one of the HSBC Walk Run Cycle photog!
I look so round! hahahahaha =P
*Courtesy of HSBC WalkRunCycle photog - Safu*

A shot of me, my sis, my cousins and her friend in red =D
*Courtesy of HSBC WalkRunCycle photog - HjMdFouzi*

I guess this is it for tonight, i will be leaving work early tomorrow!!! Yay!!! And i have a themed Mystery Manor party to attend... my first to be exact... i bet it will be an interesting one! =D Muahz! Bubyez <3

I found ti!!! =D

Hey All!!!! i'm back on such short notice... hahahaha... so these past few days i've been google-ing pictures for the Borneo International Marathon 2011 in case i can find a picture of me or a blog containing a pic of me on race day and i found one!!!! Yay!!! The credit for the picture goes to Ms Puisan!!! Thank you so much for taking my pic =D

i guess this is it ... will blog soon! bubyez! muahz <33

Borneo International Marathon 2011

Hey all!!! i'm back yet again to tell you about my adventures but before that, i forgot to mention a very important observation i had whilst i was in Singapore. It may be true but based on what i saw, it was hmmm...hahahaha... ok Let me just go straight to the point. While i was out walking around in Singapore, i noticed that if a Caucasian man was not with other Caucasian men or Caucasian women or even with an Asian woman. He is always with an Asian man... and i think they swing that way... so yeah odd but could be true or not. Overall, i think i saw in my whole SG trip, 5 pairings like that... Just my thoughts to share =D

Oh, i found something odd today. Tell me what is the most weirdest place you have found an army of ants. I always find them at home, at my desk at work, my handbag sometimes and also in my car but today i found a reasonable army of them ants in the toilet at work and wait for it... ON THE TOILET BOWL!!!! Mind you to my eyes, the toilet bowl was clean ok... so i thoroughly washed it off... made sure it was ant free and continue with my purpose of visiting the toilet.

So the Borneo International Marathon 2011 was held in Kota Kinabalu on 1May2011. Honestly, i don't run marathons but i was there supporting my sister and all the other runners who passed by me and my bright pink sign/poster =D. We stayed at the Likas Condotel which was quite close to the Likas Sports Stadium where the marathon was held. My sister did her first 21km. We flew in from Miri using MAS on Saturday afternoon and we left on Sunday afternoon. We only went to 1Borneo to get stationary for me to make awesome sign/poster and to find food. It was a really fun experience. So enjoy some of the pics i have below =D

The hotel room number we stayed it. We actually booked for a double occupancy room but in the end we got a 3 bedroom apartment for RM150++ per night. It was a really nice and big apartment but it felt a bit empty even with the two of us. To me it felt a bit hollow. If i was given an apartment like that to stay in, i would make sure i have 4 ppl living with me!

This was my famous bright pink sign which i held up for about 2 hrs! This was taken today and i look so dark! hahahaha. It was quite an interesting experience holding up this sign and seeing the reactions of the runners, pedestrians and practically everyone who passed by me. I was holding this sign a few meters after the 1km mark to the finish line. One man who passed by me earlier that day, said as he passed by me "Buat kacau aje". Well obviously he was not there to see what impact this sign had to the people running the marathon. Standing there by myself in the sun smiling at anyone, I got a lot of thumbs up, claps, thank you's, "Thanks for the motivation!", "Good job", "i like your sign/poster!", "i love you" and some actually touched my sign/poster. Only one runner looked at me and gave me a thumbs down =( Some people who saw my poster/sign started running to the finish line after they saw it. I also got quite a number of runners taking pictures of me or the poster/sign and i was also asked to pose with some of the runners and the organizers who were on bicycles as well. A few curious people asked me what exactly i was doing there so i told them, i was supporting my sister who was running her first 21km marathon and i was waiting for her. The poster/sign was there to motivate everyone who passed by me. The only thing i did not do was take my camera and take pictures of the runners passing by. The highlight of my motivational wait and stand was a good looking thai runner who has already finished the race and was headed to his hotel, i think... which i suspect could be the same hotel that we were staying at. He came to me and said "Hi, i really like your words. Thank you" and then he shook my had and said bye while waving at me. He walked on a few meters, looked back and waved at me again. He was oh so cute and i did not take any photos of him or even asked his name. *sigh* i'll probably meet him in the future again... who knows =D As for my sign... that is not the last people will see of it =)

My sis sleeping at the airport while we were waiting for our flight back.

The sun... we sat under a sunny place as it was cold in the terminal... trying to get some warmth =)

The tiny plane that we were on going to and from KK. To be honest, don't be deceived by this small plane. There was plenty of leg space, the seat belt fits me no extenders needed here =D and i could put the table tray down and it would not touch me... hahahaha... it was surprisingly a pleasant flight =D

So i guess this is it for now! i had a very good and fun experience and i wonder if i will ever see any of those pictures =D Good night all! Muahz <3

Another holiday trip story =)

Hi all!!! Just got back from a holiday from SG with my mum, sis and our friend. We used Air Asia so our flight was from BN-KL-SG and vice versa. Our friend is crazy i tell you. For now, i don't ever wanna go on holiday with her ever! All she wanted to do every night is go clubbing! And all the clubs we went to, the crowd were not "happening" not much people seemed like they wanted to dance. Clubbing is not cheap! And the last night we were there, a sunday night, she insisted we go to a club again! Who on earth goes clubbing on a sunday night! Lucky for me and my sis, the club was deserted! Other than that, i had a good time shopping till my feet hurt like crazy!!!

I noticed that the new craze now for foot wear is Fitflop. Because my feet were so much in pain, my friend suggested that i buy a pair of Fitflops. So i was keen on getting them... seems like they were the "in thing" and made the person wearing them feel like they were walking on air. Well, i did not get it. Much to my disappointment, the creators of Fitflops, did not think about the ladies with wide feet. I'm not ashamed to say that i really have big feet. I wear a size 9 or size 40 shoes. When i tried them on, they were so tight that i was like forget it and i tried a size 41! So fitflops were never meant for me.

I did a lot of shopping, i bought a lot of bags! I finally visited the Perllini store in Plaza Singapura and i bought so much bags that i got a lifetime membership with them! hahahahaha. Perllini bags are affordable and may not be as fancy as Carlo Rino or Bonia, but i really like this brand. I bought a couple of bags from their classic line =D Then i also got a Sembonia backpack for $45!!! this was at a sale at Takashimaya. it was the bag to wrap up all of my bag shopping. I was also trying to look for clothes from Dorothy Perkins and Marks and Spencer but they did not have what i like and DP did not have my size. Lucky for me i manage to buy a little black dress from DP!!! Expensive but worth every penny i paid and i will cherish it!!! hahahah so yeah, plenty of shopping and eating at burger king too.

So below are pictures of what i managed to snap with my ipod touch, to be honest i did not even use my camera at all! hahahaha... so enjoy =D

my view when we we flying from Brunei to KL

Eating chilli crab at Jumbo Restaurant in Clarke Quay! Best chilli crab eating experience ever =D

Motivational words posted on an MRT Sign board.

From Rubi Shoes and dedicated to all them shoe lovers out there

CK Underwear Vending Machine at ION Orchard. So men, if by any-God-knows-how chance you lost your underwear around ION, you can buy them here instantly! =) hahahaha

So i guess this is it for now, i shall be back at work by this friday... arrrrgggghhhhh.... i wish i don't have to work! then i'll be flying off again on Saturday with my sister for her Borneo Marathon. Hopefully i'll still have energy by Monday! hahahaha... Bubyez! Muahz <3

#100 facts about me

Hey all!!! i know i have disappeared for quite some time now... well i have been pretty busy, there was one weekend where i went to Miri for the weekend with my mum, my sis and the bestie. We actually stayed one night at the Miri Marriot... It is really a beautiful place to stay in =D And it won't be long till i'm on leave!!! woot woot!!!

So as the title says #100 facts about me. i saw this as a trending topic on twitter, so i thought, why don't i put some in my blog. Bear with me people, all of the facts are in random order and are made up as i write this blog, hopefully i can reach 100 =D

Fact 1 : i love cute cartoon cows...wait, i'm OBSESSED with them. For what reasons, i still don't know.
Fact 2 : i love bags, be it handbags, totes or backpacks i love them all. And when i see a hot bag, i MUST get it. Sometimes i can't sleep because of it.
Fact 3 : i love to travel! My #1 yearly destination is Singapore.
Fact 4 : i like to bake, i still have yet to polish my baking skills to make a living of it.
Fact 5 : i'm a big pirate... we all know what that means =D
Fact 6 : It took me 1 year to get my driver's license and i got it at the age of 21. It was not because i failed but because i was to lazy to attend practical driving lessons and i was working to pay for it.
Fact 7 : I nearly killed my driving examiner because the car lost it's power steering for while. I nearly crashed into some wooden construction thingy before i manage to brake on time.
Fact 8 : Sometimes i just have urges to eat a piece of cheese. You know those single wrapped kraft singles cheese and i do it.
Fact 9 : i used to have a love hate relationship with ipod products and itunes. Now i love it and i want to buy an iphone 4!
Fact 10 : i like wearing black everyday to work, sometimes i add a bit of colour.
Fact 11 : i prefer wearing short skirts/dresses on rainy days because i don't have to fuss with my pants being wet.
Fact 12 : when i'm in my car driving home from work, i crank up the volume of my radio and hook up my ipod so i can "karaoke" on my way back...hehehe
Fact 13 : When i'm infront of the TV, it only takes me a few mins and then i fall asleep. This als0 applies to the Twilight books... sorry no offence =)
Fact 14 : i can't swim to save my life.
Fact 15 : i love watching cartoons when i get the time to. I love watching Sponge Bob and Phineas and Ferb.
Fact 16 : when i eat fast food, i always eat burger. i never order fried chicken unless they're boneless.
Fact 17 : I usually eat boneless breast meat chicken. If i have no other options then i would eat the wing or drumstick.
Fact 18 : I love eating sushi but only things that have been cooked and nothing raw.
Fact 19 : i love buying books. The only vampire author i love is Kerrelyn Sparks. Her books are more exciting and filled with passion.
Fact 20 : i have never gotten drunk or wasted. Only a lil bit tipsy
Fact 21 : i love watching drunk people who do crazy shit! hahahaha... Well someone has to stay sober and make sure they don't get in trouble right? =)
Fact 22 : if i receive a text/whatsapp message an unknown number, i normally respond "Hi who is this? i've lost my phone so many times that i never had the chance to save your number"
Fact 23 : i don't usually eat lamb but i make an exception for lamb burgers and lamb misoyaki from Excapade =D
Fact 24 : I LOVE COCONUT PRAWNS FROM ILOTUS <33 They're the BOMB!!!
Fact 25 : i dislike driving at night or in the rain at night. I have to use my glasses to drive and all these car headlights look like really up close bright stars to me. That's why i prefer driving on the highway at night.
Fact 26 : I STRONGLY HATE CARS WITH BRIGHT WHITE LIGHTS. They really hurt my eyes.
Fact 27 : i hate grass cutters cutting grass at the side of the road. seeing them send shivers down my spine. i'm afraid they might hit a stone which might hit my car or their grass cutter blades might hit my tyres. i know i sound crazy and they're just doing their job but i still hate it.
Fact 28 : i have found joy in drinking peppermint tea and also some of Mr Brown's coffee. i love the french vanilla one and the macadamia nut one.
Fact 29 : i love the cold. when it's pouring i like to make sure my aircond is on full blast so i can cocoon myself in my comforter.
Fact 30 : i love lazing around during the weekends but lately i have not have the chance to do so. And i literally mean laze about at home doing nothing.
Fact 31 : i don't normally use make up to work or when i go out. But i go all out during work functions. This is so i can wow people.
Fact 32 : i LOVE going to that cafe by the beach in Jerudong =D
Fact 33 : physically, i like guys/men who are really tall and skinny. If they look good in glasses, then that is an added bonus. Guys who look like this really rocks my boat ;) hahahaha
Fact 34 : i like using phrases such as "whatever/whichever floats your boat"or "fudgesticks"
Fact 35 : i like to dance but i have no rhythm and have 2 left feet. so if you see me dancing very awkwardly then that is just me =D
Fact 36 : Sometimes during a conversation with my close friends, i would make dirty remarks and they would look at me and shake their heads. So i justify by telling them "If i don't say it then you know it's not KeL or me being just me" they often respond by nodding or saying "Yeah that's true".
Fact 37 : i don't like clowns
Fact 38 : i like to smile a lot and i mean literally. which sometimes lead to me attracting wrong kinds of people.
Fact 39 : i hate frogs, rats and snakes. i will squeal if i see one near me. let's just leave that one at that.
Fact 40 : i don't like being near balloons or when people are touching them... I don't like it if it pops!

I thin that is it for now... I'll try to come up with 60 more facts when i am on leave... hehehehe... hope that was bearable for you peeps. Enjoy the rest of your sunday and i will watch Phineas and Ferb now =D xoxo muahz bubyez!!!

The long awaited update

Hi All! My sincerest apologies to my readers (if any) for the lack of updates... The past 3 months have been very busy busy months for me at work and to be honest i do not feel what i use to feel at work. Things have changed but for now it has come to a point where i am not very happy with my surroundings. Don't get me wrong here, i love the job, i love working in the bank and all but some things are just not very favourable. But hey, you can't please everyone right? At the moment, i am looking for opportunities outside the bank so hopefully i do get an answer outside. For now i will continue tolerating with what i have because i know i can survive it =)

Let's move on to more brighter things =D. I can't really remember what i did for the past 2 months but here are the main highlights i remember... i know, i'm such an old person, cannot even remember what i did... hahahahaha... should start loading up on those raisins eh? hahahaha

So in January, the bank had the Annual Dinner event so it was Grease night, i dressed in all black and got dolled up. I had fun during the dinner and i did a bit of dancing. There were great performances, food was alright and i went in hoping my ass of that i would win a 42" TV and nothing else. And my ticket won me an the new edition 8GB ipod touch!!! hahahaha!!!! it was so unexpected but i am very grateful that i won something. Last year i won a phone, this year an ipod touch. I felt that this was a good start to the year. To be honest, my instincts tell me that this year will be a good year for me and i believe it despite all those feng shui things saying that it won't be a good year for rabbits. So for me, i trust my instincts more and i believe that this year will be a good year =)

My winning ticket

My ipod!

After that i remember that i volunteered for a mural painting at learning ladders. it was fun. i just volunteered for the fun of it and painting is fun =D



Then there was chinese new year in the office!!! This year i felt that the CNY celebration at the office was more lively! And i think i collected more ang pau this year... hahahaha... there was a lion dance in the office and on our floor we had about 4 lions going around and they even brought the drums up in the office to play, so it was pretty loud. there was lots of eating too, but where there is good food there is always good company =)

My friend discovered the Mr Brown Macadamia Nut coffee and it tastes good!!! a bit milder that the French Vanilla one but this tastes real good! 2 thumbs up from me

Early March, i turned 24!!! I don't feel that much of a difference but i do realize that hey, i'm already 24, i need to stop acting like a little kiddie that i am. 2 of my friends actually asked me out for dinner on 3rd and they surprised me with a cake from Mr Bakers. I like Mr Bakers!!! I love their profiterole cake and my friends actually got me a Mississippi cake. and it was so chocolatey that i love it to bits!!! It's to die for i tell you... i will try to upload some pictures on that soon. My other friend made an announcement over the p.a. system at work and announced to the whole floor it was my birthday. Then kak mai decided that she wants to treat me for dinner again on my birthday and we went to the beach cafe just to end my day by seeing my favourite waiter but he was not there. I got a tweet from an old friend that he was working at the pool side restaurant, so kak mai told me to hurry up so we can have dessert and hey presto he was there. He did not wait on us but he served us our food with the biggest smile i've ever seen from him... hahahahah. My dear friend kak mai is a bit crazy at times, she went over to ask for a glass of water and requested that he served her water and to wish me happy birthday! He came over and greeted me with a very flushed red face. OMG!!!! He was so cute!!! I was so embarrassed that i don't think i can ever show my face there again. But too bad he has a girlfriend already. It's ok, i can just see =)

So the next few not in order photos are of my recent holiday trip to KL!!!! Honestly, they're not very big on customer service there, so KL was a so-so for me. And it was my first time flying via Air Asia. It was not too bad, i was impressed with our landing in KL. It was so smooth athat i was like, what we landed already? hahahaha... so Air Asia is now an option!!! =D I cant wait for my next trip!!! WOOT WOOT! SG here i come =D

Mr luggage was lucky to ride in the front but he had to wear a seat belt. Safety first!

We had dinner at Tony Roma's this was my Big Stack Burger and it only cost RM24.90. It was so good!!! Plus my drink was a refillable coke in a huge ass glass for only RM6.90!!! I must say that Tony Roma's was the BEST place where i got EXCELLENT customer service. If you want royal treatment while dinning, Tony Roma's is the BEST!!! Our server was call Mr Nawab and he was such a fantastic server... Then the burger... oh i have a lot to say about the burger! I am quite obsessed with burgers. The size of this burger i would say is as big as the Classic American Cheese Burger from Charcoal, but this is better. I'll tell you why. Sometimes when i eat a very meaty beef burger, i get a lil' bit heaty and sometimes rasanya mcm sampai ke jantung... i dunno how to describe this but i can feel a bit discomfort ard my heart area or i'll get dizzy and one time i had a nosebleed while eating the burger. Maybe it's me but maybe it's because the burger is so thick and meaty so i "heat" up faster. But this burger from Tony Roma's was the BEST!!! Eventhough my burger was meaty and well done, i really savored it and no discomfort just pure joy eating it!!! i can still taste in and i fell in love with that burger when i saw it!!!! TWO THUMBS UP FOR TONY ROMA'S!!!! It made my trip complete and enjoyable

This was us waiting for the KTM to get back to our hotel

The flower in a bowl at the hotel's restaurant

So i guess this is it for now... will try to update more often now. so adios for now. bubyez <3

Happy New Year 2011!!!!

Hey all... So it's 2011 already. I have already laid out some of the things that i wanted to do. I just hope 2011 will be a better year for me. Just an update, for these past few weeks i have been eating a lot and i learned something during the christmas weekend; i am actually the sister that some of the relatives know/met/heard of/seen/remember. One of my distant cousin said to my sister, in front of me "Oh, she's the one we don't usually see right?"... hahahaha To be honest, i don't feel insulted or offended. I quite like it that a lot of my relatives can't/don't recognize me. Not that i'm trying to be snobby here or something but i feel that at least i won't be so watched like my other sister.So i guess it's a good thing.

So for 2011, i think these are the things i want to do/achieve =D

1. Try flying via Air Asia once. <-- Am doing this when i'm going to KL next year.
2. Try to spend my birthday overseas. <--Am only doing this the week after as my line manager will be on leave =/
3. Buy that $600+++ oven
4. Lauch the online baking biz <-- considering this still because somehow i feel that next year might not be right.
5. Buy an ipod touch
6. Wash my car more often or send it to the car wash more often.
7. make plans and save up for 2012 UK trip <-- Scratch UK, will make it Melbourne... Am planning to go during an Australia open =D
8. Look for outside opportunities
9. Spend on diamonds on myself
10. Experience a ZoukOut!
11. Learn how to swim since i now have sufficient swimwear.

I think that is it for now... i'll probably come out with some more things along the way =D So i guess this is it... Let's hope 2011 will be one of the best years of our lives! Cheers! Muahz <3