free treats ..

Some of my friends very pandai , they bought a few counters from Berjaya .....so last year Oct - they received a few vouchers. They bought me free lunch on sunday at Kenny Rogers. Next, one of them blessed me with these 2 vouchers , Ringgit - u owe me a starbie , and I can use this buy 1 free 1 - deal ? heeee. I thought my starbie luxury indulgence was over last year Dec...tapi looks like I get to sample a few more cups :) so when I am stress later and need a place to chill out , I'll use it

This year, I must monitor the counters and pick up a few , so that by year end, I myself receive the vouchers in my mailbox :)

Tuesday night dinner ....

This year , I want to improve myself , as well as reward my mummy - giving her a break on tuesday night. She doesn't have to cook , but to appoint or promote me to assistant chef - hehehe.... the first tuesday night of 2010 - here's the dinner I cooked , roasted rosemary chicken, olive oil garlic roasted pasta, vegetables and egg mayo mashed potatoes. The new recipe I leart tonight is mashed potatoes ... tasted ok :)

If you have any good , simple, healthy and easy recipe - share with me , I need to think for next tuesday night deee .....

** my sis and new bro-in-law enjoying the dinner, they submitted the request for next tuesday ---> Hainanese Chicken Rice - hoo hoooo !!

blurrrrr new year ...

Unbelievable .... this was how I started my 2010 :-

Dec 31 night - I ffk and skipped a countdown party with friends coz I was too tired from my Turkey trip

Jan 1 morning - church sunrise service at 6am, I was late for 1 hour ...arrived at 7 am

Jan 1 night - again , late 1 hour for my friend's gathering party

Jan 2 - slept until 1 pm , woke up blurred lagi , dreaming ..... then read a sms from classmate - AIYUH , I totally forgot about my 12 pm class ....gosh , rushed for class at 1:30 pm, the class ended at 2:30 pm , somemore dare to said 'Ah, so fast over liow ' ...my classmate who sat next to me said 'coz u came in at 1:30 , miss ' - opsssssss

Jan 3 , Jan 4 and so on - Bahija IS NOT GOING to repeat this same pattern - no way ....jetlag is goin to be over and I am going to be back to my normal routine , aim gonna to be late for another time !

mask or no mask ??

My mum and I both brought along many mouth masks during our Turkey trip ....we were prepared to wear it throughout the whole traveling journey - only from airport to airport. But when we arrived at KLIA , no one wore the mask ....kind of weird if we both pakai , padahal the whole travel group - 31 of them not wearing leh .... so we waited till boarding time in the plane , same thing , I didn't see anyone wearing mask .... like that - ok la - save the hassle, we didn't wear the mask to /from Turkey :) .....

Guess people start to pay less attention on this H1N1 flu .... however - I think we still practise hygiene - wash hands before meals , wear mask if we are having flu , and avoid going out to the crowd if we are not feeling well

2010 family project

This year , my family will start the big project - to start planning and sourcing , hiring a domestic helper - aka a maid , to help take care of teddy bear , also to help mum with some house chores.... at the gathering tonight , Ringgit asked the gang "will it bring out the worst of us when we have a maid ?" .....Bootidelicious said yes, her maid drives she and her husband to super boiling temperature. Heard so many horrible stories about maids , about them lari , about them abusing the kids , or being slow and dumb ....likewise, also read many bad owners who abused the maids too , so there are 2 sides of a story....

I am actually very takut to start this project , it's an additional task , responsibility to keep an eye on a maid in the house, by default , I think I will be paranoid and afraid to have her too....a lot of What If ??? aiii, got to spend time to prepare myself on this, to be called 'mum' or 'ibu' - goshhhhhhh :(

Happy Blessed New Year !!

Howdeeeeee, Bahija is back from Turkey :) , it's a wonderful trip, I am now little bit jetlag , plus missing Turkey a lot actually. An eye opening trip for me, as it is a 99% muslim country, yet I don't feel that I am in a muslim country. Everyone is friendly and modern looking , turkish folks very leng cai and leng lui, they are very liberal ..... how I wish my country is like them .....

will take some time to tidy up things, then share the photos ....
my mum and I did the hotair balloon - that was very fun :)

Arrived at KLIA on Dec 31 , 7 am. 2009 was a great year for me - accomplished few things , life was busy and fruitful. Hmmm, for 2010 - I will aim to be SEXY :)

S - Simplicity - live a simple life , need to focus more to enhance this skill
E - Exercise more for healthier lifestyle
X - Cross, mean spending more quiet time with God, continue to improve my knowledge
Y - Young - want to feel young, youthful and having young mindset - energetic

Happy Blessed New Year to all my readers , may we all have a healthier happier 2010....

teddy bear is learning english ...

I'm very proud of teddy bear .... he started to attend my church sunday school , a special ministry for the special children. Somehow he is so pandai, he knows when is sunday, he wakes up early and ask to go to school. When he was young, he went to school and learned some basic Bahasa Malaysia , but since he stopped school , he has forgotten most of them .... Now at the age of 43 years old or this year, he learnt the following english words :-
1. When anyone ask him 'How are you ?' , he shld be able to reply 'Fine, thank you.'
2. Apple , Orange, Car, Sleep , School, Shower
3. See you
4. Stand up
5. One screw up word 'Panana' - because I was too impatient, I taught him 'papaya' first, then rush into another word 'banana' , the end result - he thinks the real betik is called 'panana' now , aiiiii , damaged done - trying to correct him slowly :(

there's a talk to send him away to a home or care center ....gosh, I wish there is better choice... I think nothing beats his own 'home' , a place where he is so used to, know how to switch on the TV, lights , sleeping on his own smelly bed , most of all - a loving home , a home where he knows he is loved, he is well taken care of , also a place he gets to meet his family members..... I am just too sad to put him into a home or care center.... choices and sacrifices - something for my family to think through and work it out pretty soon ......

business tip...

Bahija is busy setting up itunes, loading songs ...now listening to FM radio pula - hahaha...

Apple sent me an e-invoice , the registered business address is Hong Kong....Apple is smart :) ..I learnt from an e-business expert, he taught me and my partner that to do e-business or the matter of fact , to do business - go to open a bank account and setup a company in Hong Kong , all this can be done in super short time 1 day ....the beauty of it - is that the business is free of tax for foreigners :) ....hey, that is one of the best deal .... see , even giant corporation like si Apple , produce and warehouse apple products in Shenzhen, China - due to cheaper labor....then ship out from Hong Kong and make the business deal invoiced from Hong Kong - to enjoy the free taxes - pandai kan , utilizing the global benefits or incentives given by each countries :)

Dec - my messy room

Let me show my readers my horrible messy room .....any single man who saw my room , will be scared and ran away cepat-cepat , haaaa..... my 1Q 2010 task is to clean up - move to master bedroom, unload all the packed boxes , make my life organized a bit :) .... coz right now , I DARE NOT find anything , coz I cannot find or don't know where ... messy messy messy !

in the picture , behind the computer table , is a bookshelf, in front of the multi-tier drawers is the clothes hanger thingy .....everything is multi-tier, multi-layer, back and front - horrible .....sleep also not nice as no fresh air , choking nia , heeee

Bahija - cepat clean up lor ...

another gadget ....

Bought this GPS in Nov - it's a birthday gift for my sister and brother in law ...... aiyuh , until today , I still haven't help them load the Singapore/Malaysia maps ..... last sunday bought the SD card , next perhaps Jan 2010 then only load the maps la ...as Bahija has another red hot gadget to play with now ....

my present arrived !!

cool ....'he' was shipped last night from Shenzen, today 3pm arrived ..... here is my 2009 christmas and birthday present for myself .....though Ringgit said I shld have gotton the Ipod Touch ,tapi tak apa la ....a gift is a gift , I shall spend some quality time with 'him' first - hahaha

Have Fun , Bahija :)

Hari ni dalam sejarah - reseach Egypt tour

Bahija and sister sibuk reseach for CNY tour , as usual - commanded from mummy lor .... christmas trip belum pergi , sudah nak enrol for CNY , today even tell me April nak go Hokkaido , aiyuh , stress nyaaaaaaaaa, her daughters and son have to resolve to printing 'fake' ringgit liow lor ...... Anyway, I am now checking for Egypt tour - brought back the sweet memories, I really had an awesome unforgetable trip with Ringgit, CY and Kiasu Ching. Today all of us are busy with our own lives, it's so impossible to have another similar long trip together ...gosh, glad that I made it that time, haaaa

That time, the best travel agent with best itinerary was Excellence Holidays. Today , this agency sudah bankrupt , tutup kedai....So , I seached , called up the various agents again - they were Parlos, Marco Polo, Reliance, Apple - read their initerary , wasn't impressed with it ...

This morning , I went downtown helped my brother cancelled his insurance policies. While I stopped for traffic light, suddenly there was a bus - not to be missed -stationed next to me - it said 'Pearls Holidays' ....Ah Ha , I quickly noted down , went home googgled checked their itinerary ....wow - perfect .... I like it so much ...The iti is like this :

Bahrain -> Cairo -> Alexandria ( North ) -> then Aswan ( South ) -> Abu Simbel -> Kom Ombo -> Edfu -> Esna -> Luxor -> Cairo ---after learning all the history, hearing all the stories from South to North - saving the best for the last - keep us 'suspense' - on the last few days when back to Cairo - finally go Pyramid , Sphinx

My Egypt trip was like that only I didn't go Abu Simbel and Alexandria .... now this tour by Pearls Holidays is quite complete with all destinations , for CNY departure all in is RM 6584 11D9N ... In the market, some travel agent also include new destination callled Hurghada ( near the Red Sea )

Now I want to think and wonder , did God send the bus to tell me about Pearls Holidays .... if yes , I'm in - I like their itinerary and tour price is not expensive - reasonable at the KL market rate... Then , if He is behind this ah , can I then tell Him to help get more customers to sign up ah ...because there is only 6 enrolment now ...min for tour to jalan is 15 participants ... Hmm, challenge sikit , sakit hati put down payment , last minute said tak jadi leh ....aiiii - guess I go pray pray - hehehe

my christmas & birthday present

Dec 13 evening, finally - I placed my order - this is a gadget I've talked about for many many years ....it's kind of cool to track the status ....anticipating his arrival at my doorstep, today I am off , perhaps can stay home and welcome him ...haaaaa , feeling happy , then focus and load all the songs into him especially christmas songs now , then when I'm touring Turkey in the cold winter time , listening to christmas songs , sip hot chocholate - wow , baru ada feel !!

Overnight his is shipped from Shenzhen to Subang via DHL Express .... same

7482720335 - Detailed Report
Date Time Location Service Area Checkpoint Details
Dec 16, 2009 10:12 KL - Msia Arrived at sort facility - KL
Dec 16, 2009 07:57 Subang - Malaysia Clearance processing complete
Dec 15, 2009 20:57 Hong Kong Hub Clearance processing complete
Dec 15, 2009 17:37 Shenzhen - China Departed from facility
Dec 15, 2009 17:37 Shenzhen - China Processed - Shenzhen
Dec 15, 2009 17:29 Shenzhen - China Shipment picked up

Dec moving fast .....

I had a shock when I talked to a friend, she reminded me that I'll be out of country pretty soon ....suddenly I terperanjat , quickly look at the calender , wow - indeed - Dec is passing fast , still a few things to settle before the clock turn to 2010 .... tomorrow morning hope can wake up early and go for a hike ( need some exercise la - been so lazy ) , then go for my exam, at noon, after the exam , meet my fav kakies, then dinner, chat chat ...then head home prepare christmas shopping list , then prepare for sunday activities and plan for all the tasks for next week .... the week after next - Bahija is out of country deee - gosh , hehehe - now I panick - belum mentally preparing myself ..... viola , ttyl !!

Sis wedding ...

Last thursday , brother and sis-in-law flew back from HK , then all family members came back helped and together celebrated the big event ....felt so good, so happy ...busy yet fun. All of us thoroughly enjoyed the events ..... My brother and sis-in-law told mum that they still want to come back when I get marry - Haa, that's a very nice 'good-bye' statement :) After the event, when everyone went back to their respective life , I'm having a slight problem adjusting to the quieter house , not seeing little sis and new bro-in-law, also having to eat the huge serving of food served by my mum - guess she also need some time to adjust to less members in the house , thus need to cook less .... life is like that , we move forward adapting and make the change better for us. Gosh, the house suddenly so quiet liow wor :( ....sob sob sob .....

the grant

Today , Sanguine and I went to MDEC , we signed our Letter of Offer :) , the grant is RM150k , hoo hooooooo.....we managed to justified for the full amount , very happy. Next 20 days , have to register a company , so we are CEO, COO soon ....

Last friday , a call came - good opportunity to bid for a tender .....that is for 2010 work. If all fall into place , gosh , entah how to fully utilise my 24 hours a day liow...

Tak kisah la - worry that next year , I am on holiday mood liow , sis wedding this wkend, tonite dinner with Sanguine and her friends , celebrating her last day of being single , tomorrow it's her R.O.M

it's Nov 30 - last day of Nov ....now is 11:40 pm .... another 20 mins - Dec 1 liow - last mth for 2009 , sooooo fast, scary !!!

a new born baby ....

My eldest brother-in-law performed his water-baptism today .....my whole family and his family members went to my church and witnessed the ceremony. Hehehe, brother-in-law is a new born baby, I hope he continues to walk his spiritual life well, strengthen his personal relationship with the Almighty God.

left 'Lan' right 'Lee'

This year, didn't watch any musical .....thus I decided to follow my friends - go for a concert. My last concert was very long time ago - back then , didn't quite enjoy the concert, thus stopped going ...tonight I went with my 3 other friends , it's a good gathering for us... Sandy Lam was having her concert in the indoor stadium. I went to Alan and Hakken's concert at the outdoor stadium. It rained just before the concert, so turned out it was a great night for concert, the weather is cooling , I enjoyed the concert. Guess I grew up with Alan and some of Hakken's songs, they sang well....I thoroughly enjoyed their concert, so my verdict is - Bahija is still OK to go concert, I 'still haven't felt 'old' yet - hahahaha....

The power of compliment !!

Bahija is a sole proprietor now , I worked for myself , I am my own boss - that mean I scold myself or my customer can scold me , other then that, no one else can scold me ...haha, that is the same as saying good things about me .... my customer only say 'thank you' to me, they didn't or haven't said 'good job' to me yet .... I have been on this current job for 17 months ... Oh boy , there is one thing I missed hearing : "excellent, good job , well done ' ...

Today , Bahija rushed for class....after class - sat for the oral exam ..... it's a very short less than 5 mins conversation with my instructor.... so I walked in , did the oral test.... my instructor with smiley face said 'Execellent' - over on my side, I was so happy to hear that, it's like in cloud nine lor .. for one simple word - it made my days :) ..... see la , no one said good words to me thesedays , until I sooooo deprive of it , hahahaha

preparing for oral exam ....

This Saturday is my first oral exam, 2 weeks from now is my first written exam liow....gosh, lacking brain juices :) .... got to work harder & play smarter to pass the exam. Started my class on Sept 28 .. so fast, first module finished, this sat is revision and oral exam....One good thing which keep me excited is that NOW , when I open the dictionary, I should know how to pronounce a word better , based on the phonetic alphabets :) , for example : ŋ ð ʃ ʒ

I am enjoying myself in this class, now I always receive various emails on job openings .....for those who is free and don't know how to 'waste' their time , come see me, I have plenty of things to recommend ..... besides charity work, now we have job which pays quite well .....and time well spent ...okie , gtg zzzzzzzz tata !!!