This was such an eventful and tiring day. My hands are itching to blog.
My day started with a coffee and two fishballs. Kept my stomach empty for an important and big CNY meal at our beloved 5F’s house!
She cooked some yummilicious food and the rest of fookies brought some food too. I brought Yee Sang. We ate and laughed. Then, we watched her wedding videos and laughed. Very quickly, 3 hours passed. We didn’t call it a day yet. Instead, we packed some ridiculous funny food (and laughed) to move on to 4F’s house. We went to 4F’s house and continued to laugh. Get the idea? We laughed a lot!
Soon after, XCool and I went back to Subang to have dinner with my family. My baby brother is leaving for UK tomorrow after being here for a good 3 months holiday.
After the dinner, it’s time to shop for a … Mac mini. You see, XCool needed another backup computer now that he is working on his business full time. What’s better than a Mac? Err… well, basically, nothing. We went to Machines store at the nearest shopping mall, Sunway Pyramid, but they ran out of stock! Grrr. After a few calls to ensure availability, we zoomed to Mid Valley’s Machine store. That wasn’t the end of it. They didn’t have the type of cable XCool needed. Grrr. The salesperson made a few calls and told us the cable is available at … Sunway Pyramid! (=.=)’ With my fast great driving skills, we managed to rushed back to Sunway Pyramid in time.
The Mac mini was opened in my house. XCool took pictures of it while unboxing it. (Something he likes to do but I cannot comprehend). The Mac mini is so small, it’s like the size of my home router. It’s just two times thicker. Very cool!
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I am slacking a little these days. I still remember my goals. In fact, I’ve had a few ideas in my head right now. One of them, I’ll need XCool’s help, which he has already agreed. Yay! Another one needs more research. Will do it after I’m done with payroll next week. Excited.
Universe, please get me connected with more money-making opportunities. Thank you, Universe!
It’s the holiday season and that means lots of love spreading around everywhere. This Valentine’s Day, I wasn’t able to spend it with my new love because it coincided with Chinese New Year. Anyway, that didn’t stop us from celebrating love.
XCool likes to send me flowers. This is a shot few months back.
Really like the bouquet design.
Today, he sent another bouquet to make up for not being able to celebrate Valentine’s Day (and also to celebrate his last day in rat race). It was supposed to be a surprise which turned out to be a disaster. I went out early in the morning when the flower arrived at my doorstep. They tried to contact me but my phone was out of network for hours. Quite a bit of drama. Phiew!
Feeling bored at home after he left, I decided to camwhore (using Phone Booth application on my Mac).
You think you had it going. You think everything is good. Well, it is. But then suddenly negative thoughts start to flood your mind. If that’s not bad enough, they start to affect your life. Argh! It’s really Law of Attraction at work. Negative attracts negative.
How to maintain positive thoughts? I don’t know what I want. If everything is fine then why am I still so upset? Why did it happen in the first place? Do I need all this? I’m beginning to think that I don’t. Nobody said it’s a must. Who dictates that, anyway? I’m happy both ways. Need a holiday. Too much clutter in my mind! 怎么了？
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Spent whole afternoon consolidating receipts for my shop. Mountains and mountains of receipts. 1/3 done, 2/3 more to go.
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Universe, please clear my mind of doubts and give me some guidance. Thank you, Universe!
Last few days had been very relaxing. We put our restaurants thru a “stress test” a.k.a. running by itself. The outcome was obviously good. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have the chance to use the word “relaxing” in my description.
Yesterday, I was hanging out in XCool house and when I was about to leave, he told me to stay back if I want to 拜天宫. What is that? It is a ritual for Hokkien Chinese to pray to the Heaven Palace on the 9th day of Chinese New Year (at the struck of 12 midnight). This is a ritual my mum’s side of relatives used to practice when I was younger. They are Hokkien Chinese. As we got older, my mum and her relatives gradually stop practising it. It’s nice to revisit. The sky in Klang was lit up with lots and lots of firework. Fireworks are great. They lift our spirits. As I admired them, I made a few more wishes and talked to Universe thru my mind. I’m not greedy, just an opportunist!
Today, I officially went back to my work. Was checking out some Inland Revenue things that I need to fulfill for my shop in the area of Human Resource. So much work to do. The thing that really annoyed me was that they require us to use 3.5 floppy diskettes to send in to Banks to make payment. My goodness. I haven’t used those ancient device since my secondary school days. WTH.
That’s what Chinese New Year is all about. 15 days of feasting. Chinese has a saying “it is a fortune to be able to eat”. It’s only the third day of Chinese New Year and I’ve stuffed many food into my mouth. Look at the spread for steamboat dinner of 9 pax at my house two nights ago…
Tsk tsk.
Thank goodness I am half vegetarian. That helped me to control my diet to a certain extent.
My shop’s business is doing extremely well since reopening after one day’s rest. I’m doing a stress test for my staff to see if they can handle everything by themselves. So far so good. My sister and I haven’t been going to our shop for four days.
I just got back from my family reunion dinner not long ago. This year’s Chinese New Year celebration is very different. This is the first time I’m celebrating the festival in Kuala Lumpur. My relatives from Johor and Singapore will be coming up north to join us. Tonight, my reunion dinner was with relatives from my mum’s side. Caught up with my aunties, uncles, cousins and nephews. I’m so full now…. Being a half-vegetarian sure helped me in watching my diet. Tee hee hee….hiccup!
So, what are the differences between CNY in Johor and KL?
1. They sky in Johor will be filed with colorful fireworks for hours pass midnight. They will be a few families lighting firecrackers (against country’s law prohibiting them to do so). In KL, it’s so quiet.
2. Less food in KL. In Johor, we’ll be munching all the way. (my siblings agreed with me on this). Such a bunch of gluttons…tsk tsk
3. Less CNY TV programs in KL. If we’re in Johor, we’ll be tuning in to Singapore’s Channel 8.
In conclusion, CNY in Johor is much better than in KL. There’s just more excitement. CNY without firecrackers made one feel like a big part of the festival is missing.
Regardless, I have a feeling this year will be just as awesome as the previous ones. My shop’s sales was VERY good today. It was unexpected. This is a good sign. Ho ho ho! Opps… wrong sound effect. It should be …. Huattt ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Such a hectic day. Went to LHDN (Malaysia’s Inland Revenue Board) to settle some tax issues. It was as though the place was having a family day. The whole place was packed with people. Then I realised today is the 10th of Feb and these people are rushing to make tax payments.
After that, I went to pick up my half-handicapped bf and hurried to MidValley. We spent whole afternoon doing our last-minute CNY clothes shopping. Took a break and caught Black Ransom in the cinema. The show has nothing to shout about. I fell asleep for fifteen minutes. We continued with clothes shopping and dinner.
Finally, I’ve got all my new clothes!!! Just need to get a pair of new shoes or two.
These days I am resting. After Chinese New Year, I will start working hard smart again. So, I will write less money related topics.
Today’s topic is about cheaters. I had a long chat with a friend the other day who was still hung up on her failed relationship. She loved the man so much but he ended up cheating on her big time. Until now, she is still holding on grudges and didn’t like the feeling of being discounted. Having experiencing this myself, I can’t help but to wonder about a lot of things.
For me, it is acceptable if my partner falls in love with another and tells me honestly. I would let him go and deal with myself. I mean, nobody is indispensable. There is nobody I can’t live without. Think about it. We’ve survived so many years without a partner. We can survive again. Yes, there will be heartaches but this is for the better. I believe I am smart enough to learn how to survive. Do you think life will be great if you’re constantly forcing someone to love you?
But what really pisses me off is when a person falls out of love and lies about it. (This applies to both man and woman) Why do they have to cough out some excuses to conceal the actual reason? It really makes one appear shallow. Then again, to see a person stooping to that level sure helps the getting over process to escalate. At the end of the day, all is no lost.
If a person cheated before, will he/she cheat again? I’ve seen many cases whereby the answer is yes. I guess people do change and we may want to hope that they have. I prefer not to take chances. After all, it is my lifetime happiness we’re talking about. A person who cheated before is a turnoff to me and I probably would never be able to trust the person completely. This applies to my friends too. If a friend of mine is a cheater, I will be more reserved when I deal with him/her.
Anyway, my eyes are getting smaller now. So tired. Not going to bother with grammar/spell checking this post. Let me tell you what is as tough as being a sick patient….taking care of a sick patient.
