March 23 ...

2 of my friends celebrate birthday today .... Wau Bulan and Big Brother A. Both of them have left in-kei liow. Now, added baby N into today's list, he's born around 2 pm i think, I'll be seeing him and his proud parent in 2 weeks time. hippieeeee

comfort ...

Ever wonder how Great is our Lord ? I was slightly upset over the weekend, one was related to family matters, one was related to Teddy Bear - he fell and knocked his head, received 6 stitches. Hmm, I wasn't happy and didn't share with anyone. Sunday went for altar call - prayed for Miracle on teddy bear, I wish I could or able to do something extra-ordinary for him. Today , my angel Ringgit sent me an email which talked about the things in my heart, and he also ended our chat with this word 'victorious' - Haaa, that's how Great is my Lord - He sent his angel to drop hints onto me, to comfort me, to uphold me, to raise me up :)

a wiser decision

Bahija thought for the whole night , and made the decision - spent approximately $700+ on just one thing....aiiii , temptation - I'm a failure ! Here this link brings you to World Vision - a christian organization dedicated to help the poor in the world regardless of religion , ethnicity or gender. For RM600 , $50 mthly - one can sponsor a child, and help the child to have a better future. Bahija would be happier if I channel my $700++ to sponsor a child ... To my readers, if you have the heart to help the needing folks, please check out this site ...

a visit to DPC

Years ago, Bahija and Ringgit visited SPK Dmansara show house - my air liur mengalir-alir - the 2 1/2 storey house is spacious and well designed and built, equipped with 2 master bedrooms - which make sense, as many couples stay with their parents - so couple one master bedroom, their parent also have one master bedroom, the location is good and strategic. Aiii - we only get to dream about it. The other big impressive project is Desa Park City. Tonight, I drove past the area - saw the shops, the houses and condominiums - wow .....niceeeeeeeeee. This whole area indeed has developed well, and sure benefited one of my friend who stay nearby. He shld be laughing out loud, smart investment - can dream dream to upgrade to bigger house later ....

The other high class area is call Sierramas and Valencia. Sierramas project should be started may be 10 years ago - back then, out of no where , situated at Sg Buluh, facing a lot of rumah setinggan, and not so nice neighboorhood - the developer Tan & Tan which initiated this project was very smart. Knowing that BU, Dsara, PJ area already quite fully developed - thus developed this area to be super high end - catering to the rich and famous group.... I am just curious how did T&T manage to promote this area to the rich folks - getting them to purchase and move to a not so happening place back then, plus only one exit via Sg Buluh NKVE exit .... what was the magic ? Now, most people know where are Sierramas and Valencia , there are many i-kei fellows staying there too - hmmm, can someone invite Bahija to these 2 housing areas , plssssss - i want to go there and dream dream ,mengalirkan air liur ....

Next, one of my relative bought a condominium under T&T for > RM 350K. During CNY , T&T sent her a very nice new year prosperity plant - delivered all the way to her house....pandai nya to buat customer happy eh ... kan baik if can give ang pow - less a few thousand on the sales price eh, heeee

speed limit

Tonight , Bahija drove along NKVE from Shah Alam to Sg Buluh - i think the distance is about 30 KM. I wanted to check the speed limit. I paid attention to all the road signs along the way .... 'out of sight, out of mind' is a very valid statement. During my whole destination - I only managed to see one pethatic speed limit sign 110 km/j - which is located North bound after Damansara toll exit, before Kota Damansara exit. Only one speed limit sign ....hmm, when i was driving in CA - I was constantly reminded on the speed limit , as there were plenty of signs along the road - some on the left , some on the middle of the road - so the driver usually cannot NOT see the speed limit lor .... hmm, just wondering, is it better to have more reminder on the speed limit ?

saman

Today, after church service, Bahija rushed back to mum's house. I took Jln Damansara - then the link road to Hartamas, Mont Kiara - passed by Science center. On highway, my usual driving speed is 110 km/hr, as usual, I cruised along nicely on this scenic full of greens link road lah, then cars started to slow down - hmm, saw the road block, of course Bahija kena la ...parked next to whole bunch of BMWs, Mertz, SUVs, nice nice cars ...my the most low-yah one - heee

My last stop was about 8 years ago at Hartamas too - for not using handphone hands-free kit. that time - my wallet only had RM5 , he pun took my last piece of cash ....

Anyway, today - when i kena stopped , I was prepared to get my saman - not worried at all ( geee - didn't know what have I eaten or done la, I calmly accepted my saman nia ) , the truth is I did speed - so I salah lah. He told me the speed limit is 80 km/hr and i was goin at 110, asked for my license - i passed to him, then turned my head away from him and listened to radio....then he shouted very loud 'cik - nak i tolong or nak saman' - I turned and stared at him - then said very calmly 'i want saman, please' .... wow - geee - what happened to me liow ? heeee. Again, i turned my head and listened to song waiting for him to capture details and pass me the saman slip la , at the same time, my brain reminded me to observe his ID & name - as I want to report this ( to support my PM punya vision mah - berhentikan or mengkurangkan corruption ) ... after a while , he knocked on my window, returned my license and said 'i let you go' .... another geeee - i supposed that was a surprise to me, that i took my license and then drove away - without saying anything to him , not even a 'terima kasih' .... not sure TQ was appropriate

My key learning is that it's a sign sent to me - reminded me to drive safely & obey speed limit - it's a good reminder - TQ

funny 'taste'

Hmm, I may be a bit kuku liow - photos on toilet bowls ???? heee - First one taken in Japan - very high end - with sound system, seat has heater feature, it has flush, washing & drying buttons. Second picture taken in Brunei - my mum stared at them for a while , thinking how to use 2 of them. I gave it a try. First - use the right one, when done, move the butt over to the left , and push the button - wow - cold water flushed out - so cooling - butt butt felt so good , and whole body in 'shock' ( that's how I felt la , keli actually) . In Doha, Qatar, I sat on the toilet seat - and felt my butt terbakar - the weather is way too hot - until the toilet seat also super panas .... Then in China, in some ulu kampung area - their washroom is super duper dirty, smelly and open, no doors - as showned here. In Italy, the washrooms come with various types of faucets and gadgets - I need to spent time figured out how to get them to function..... Bahija just find this interesting as I get to taste the different scenarios :)

part 2 about country B

I heard 2 free medical testimonies - first one - father sick, no specialist in country B, thus government sent him on first class to UK for treatment, all expenses paid by government, and 3 family members were allowed to follow him to take care of him. The second one - friend sakit - government paid for all his treatment in Sgp ( multiple trips )

Some friends asked me if msian can migrate to Country B ? hmmm - after asking some friends. I have some updates. Msian needs to stay in Country B for min 25 years - baru can consider to apply for citizenship wor. 25 yrs - this is a huge number.... so the fastest and direct way is still via marriage eh.

Next interesting info - msian who worked in B country for 180 days, he /she does not have to pay income tax to our irb .... wow , too good to be true hor. One who stays less than 180 days in Msia - is consider non-resident for that year, B country is tax free, so need to check the Double Taxation Agreement ( DTA ) between B and Msia .... if this is true - hmm - Bahija may want to explore this option liow, since my nature of work is support and my boss is flexible that so long I can be contactable and work at the same timezone - it doesn't matter where I am physically ... so I'll get myself to work from country B for 180 days lah tiap-tiap tahun, to avoid my taxes - hmm, does this make sense ??? geee - go dreaming lah

buah tangan ...

Western Dragon invited Bahija and friends to her house. This is her first time / first year giving ang pows - she's excited about this event, giving out 2 packets to the singles - heeee untung. Thesedays, Bahija memang lazy , i just went to my friends' houses empty handed, coz i think there is this tradition that only the married folks need to bring barang2 when they visit others. Being single, I just need to enjoy the flexibililty lah :) Anyway, tonight, Bahija was surprised to see Chinese Dragon brought a bag of buah tangan to her house lor ( as far as I could remember, ini kali pertama leh ). Chinese Dragon is obviously getting lots of 'preparation' or training for the next promotion - another new chapter of life - heeee :P

my 07 CNY vacation ....

Bahija went to this neighbour country which is on the east side, the country is 6 alphabets , starts with a B, end with a I. It's a small rich country. They don't have politicians, simple and ruled by the Sultan. The Sultan is 61 yrs old, thin and quite good looking actually ... the rakyat like their sultan very much ....I figured out why liow. Education ( from kindergarden to university) and medical ( I mean ALL the medical fees ) are FREE. Petrol is subsidized, and cost B$ 0.35 per litre. Rice supply is not enought, thus imports from Thailand, and Sultan subsidized 50%. This country is tax-free , meaning no sales tax, income tax, property tax semua tak ada - just delete the word 'tax' in the dictionary. The people also proudly told me that there is no poor people in their country, Bahija had to repeat the question 3 times to triple confirmed...the definition of poor is under poverty line. On average, people here change car every 2 years.....When I walked around the town, the town is clean, buildings, houses are well maintained and painted nicely, no grills - that means security is good. I also asked them, they said there is hardly any rompakan, theft or crime cases - wow - nice hor. The main bus terminal is clean, bus engines are off when they are parked at the terminal. My mum and I are very impressed with the locals, people from all races are very friendly, they smiled at us, offered help, and they stopped at zebra crossing, patiently waited for us to cross .... wow - never expect this to happen in an Asia country lor .... This B country is celebrating its 23th National Day today - for the rakyat there, hope all of them continue to enjoy the peace, work hard to enjoy the benefits, and not taking things for granted and be malas eh .... The not so cool thing here - no alcohol, no night life such as pub, bars, karaoke, massage centers - all those are NO NO, their newspaper nothing much to read, very nipis - every day hanya read about the royal families .... u see - country is peaceful and small, not much crime to report lah...so report the rich and famous lor, heee.... Generally people is quite rich, surprisingly their malls really really really hmmm no syok lor. This was the first trip Bahija didn't spend a single cent on shopping as there is really nothing worth to buy - haaaaa....It's a short exciting discovery trip for me and mum, we simply picked this place, because it's a new country my mum hasn't visited, it's nearby and affordable for me - I'm very 'pok kai' at this moment. My mum is excellent - this trip, we visited a national park, she walked 1226 steps up to a mountain, sat on long boat and speed boat, walked on river and made it to the waterfall - very KENG. Mat Sallehs also puji my little mummy leh

新 年 快 乐 .....

It's the time where food , more food and food :) Bahija have managed to shed some kilos for the past 2 mths. Hope I don't gain back those 'hardwork' easily.... I'll be out of town for a few days, when I'm back, Feb will be ending soon - so fast, Jan & Feb just zoom past - too fast that I don't think I've done anything significant yet ....wishing all my readers - Happy Chinese New Year !!

p/s : those who have IM-ed me and left me a message - TQ - sorry I didn't get the chance to chat with u guys :) - take care to all of you wherever u r .....

an insult ....

Weeks ago, Bahija and sister relaxed at home while listening to TV3 news, suddenly - we saw the annoucement 'Le Tua Langkawi' bla bla bla - I told sis - that was a typo error - hmm, then later on, we realized that it's not typo - itu memang 'Le Tua' - the Malay version of Le Tour ( in French ) which means The Tour .... alamak - Le Tua pula - what a joke ... yesterday - a comment on Star - a real insult to the Malay Language - which is so true lor - I second the writer. Now in Malay , to discuss and to be flexible , you can say like this - 'untuk di-diskusi' and 'fleksibel' - what do you think ? siow or not ... bincang and mudah berubah will still be my choice of words as compared to using the 'CC' words - sound so weird ... yeeeee

The Holidays ...

Bahija needs to get some fresh air :) , went for mid-nite movie.... wish this movie 'The Holidays' screened last year during christmas and before NY lah .... perfect timing. Anyway, this movie is quite good :) , hmmm, Bahija like this guy Jude Law aka Graham ....so cute ...oh, he was born on Dec 29, 1972 kat London... okie doot - i sign off and go sweet dream - heee

wake service

This week has been quite taxing for some friends. ML's dad is having very serious health issues - kidneys failure, diabetic , blood clogged, couldn't urine, and now latest problem - rectum bleeding .... Uncle has to put up a strong fight to get thru this critical stage..

Thursday morning - received a sms - the daughter of my ex-cell member passed away. She had leukemia since she was 9 yr olds, she fought this disease for 6 years, died at 15 yrs old. Tonight, Bahija attended her wake service, it's my first experience attended a christian wake service. It's simple (which makes perfect sense ) - we sang her fav songs .. of course we grieved over her death, but indeed we are glad that she is now with the Lord in the promised land.

This reminds me again - that I shall complete my will writing ( first draft started 2 yrs ago - still have not seal the deal yet .... ) - must get this into my personal imbo - haaaaa

what a day ....

In summary

morning - a friend told me her sister and brother in law are having marriage issue - they may end up getting a divorce , they have 2 young children

afternoon - a colleague have 2 slipped discs - she undergone surgery to fix them ( I urged her to try a chinese sifu to urut - hope that didn't create more problems for her - so sorry )

nite - a friend is granted with a special gift - yet she isn't prepared for that - so it's a syok and a huge decision to decide on next action plan

Here I am - feeling very tired already .... hearing all the stories, but I do pray for all of them, Sincerely hope they get out of their trouble. It's common - when one is single - you wish to get married , but after that - tends to forget how to grow each other, how to appreciate each other .... or another scenario - when our body signal maintenance needed, we ignore and don't care - until the chronic issues turned sour ... or when you wish for something badly yet don't seem to have the luck to have it , likewise something you never thought would happened, it just materialized, just like that .... life lor i guess

big hole

last time, renovated and moved to new house - bought 4 air-conds, installed alarm, autogates, bought new appliances ....I forgot about the 'maintenance' part :( Now, each one of them started to merajuk and gave problems. Last week - my autogate not working, not even with manual key - thus i had to climb over the gate and use the master autogate keypad inside my house to open the gate .... called for support, Uncle teased me - he said i never service my autogate - alamak , i ter-realized about 'maintenance' then. So spent > $500 fixed autogate motor (left hand side), receiver, and alarm battery. Last month , my 2.5 HP air-cond merajuk pula, called for service, baru realized 2.5 HP, the service charge is $250 - geee, expensive nya - i also spent close to $500 to service all the air-conds... in short, it's so costly to own a house lor ...next is the termite treatment liow - aiyuhhhhhh

Fun time babysitting ....

Today , for the first time Bahija gets to spend quality time with 2 lovely kiddoes - Andrew ( 7 yrs old) and Adel ( 4 yrs old) .... their grandfather admitted to hospital - kidney failure and a few other problems ... daddy and mummy stressed and tired taking care of things. Thus - Bahija offer a simple help - these kids truly blessed my Sunday, they amazed me with things they do :) Bahija pandai ambil hati kanak-kanak, bought them playsets, chips, ice cream, vitagen, brought them to 3 playgrounds .... until both of them so reluctant to go home - heee, Adel was crying at home and refused to go to bed...opsss. At 4 yrs old, Adel is such a strong minded girl, once she made up her mind, she doesn't change her mind. I gave them cups of water, and container to eat their chips - surprisingly , when they finished, Adel automatically took the empty cups and container, walked to my kitchen and put those dirty items in my sink, she also helped me bring my rubbish bag to the main rubbish bin outside my house ( without me asking, i was thinking to ask Andrew ). Her good behaviour truly melted my heart - okie - i shall reward her with barbie doll dresses liow ......oh, her manglish also super duper cute

happy ......

Bahija had a super duper busy business trip. Got so tired until I slept 16 hours out of the 18 hrs flight, amazing. Enjoyed the whole trip, the business meetings, the fun sightseeings, meeting the people, meeting friends, the chit chats, the food etc etc. Awesome. On my personal agenda, the most important thing was able to visit my favourite church, enjoyed every moment, it's my birthday gift from Father. HeeHee. Right now back home, again, pick up the usual busy life - there are just so many things to do eh, I don't have time to complete so many tasks ...hee, however, I'm indulging myself with some lovely songs, they helped calm me down ... i love this CD - one of my fav christmas present - Thanks to 'you' for sending this wonderful companion over :)

2 yrs old ....

Today I'm 2 yrs old :) ... Praise God - He fulfilled my wishlist , given me a good gift - a sudden business trip, thus I'm able to visit my favourate church in FM - Lakeside church :) hoo hoo - so wonderful. I'm looking forward to this coming Sunday. On my first year, I learned fruit of spirit from my own church, and 7 deadly sins from Lakeside church. I'm so thrilled for this golden opportunity ....heeeeeeeee

better medical report .....

HaHaHa - good news again , my post dated Feb 13, 2005 - my cholesterol LDL was 4.2. I was so malu to visit my family doctor then .... Today, received my Dec 2006 blood test result - LDL is at 3.7 ( acceptable range is 2.0 - 3.9 ), uric acid also dropped to normal :) - HaHaHa ....

I'm still a lazy girl - still not active in exercise. The changes I made is to take oatmeal for breakfast, and eat simple meals - more on vegetables.