Can't Take That Away By Mariah Carey

They can say, Anything they want to say,
Try to bring me down, But I will not allow anyone
To succeed hanging clouds over me,
And they can try hard to make me feel that I,
Don't matter at all, But I refuse to falter in
What I believe or Loose faith in my dreams

'Cause there's, there's a light in me,
That shines brightly, They can try,
But they can't take that away from me
From me, No no nooo

Oh they, They can do anything they want to you,
If you let them in, But they won't ever win,
If you cling to your pride and just push them aside,
See I, I have learned, There's an inner peace I own,
Something in my soul that
They can not possess, So I won't be afraid and
The darkness will fade

'Cause there's, There's light in me,
That shines brightly, yes
They can try,
But they can't take
That away from me

No oh oh,
They can't take this Precious love I'll always
Have inside me, Certainly the Lord will
Guide me where I need to go

Woah, woah
They can say, Anything they want to say,
Try to bring me down, But I won't face the ground,
I will rise steadily sailing, Out of their reach,
Although they do try, hard to make me feel that I,
Don't matter at all, But I refuse to fall,
Tell me what I believe or
Loose faith in my dreams,
'Cause there's a light in me,
That shines brightly, yes,
They can try but they can't
Take that away from Me
From me, No no no, Me

Many many things...

Helo.. haven't been here for a while. Been busy with bumminess and laziness... Today however, I've got a list! And nothings gonna stop me from blogging my heart out..!

First on my list of things to blog is our family trip to the "Wild Wild Wet" last weekend. There was me, hubby, nadia (my sis), mom and the kids (naqib and raziq). These kids have been bugging me for the longest time - "Bila mummy nak ikut kita pegi WWW? Mummy nie asyik work work work!" heheh.. So you see.. I just had to bring them there. So what did I do? I booked the company's ASA card for that weekend. This card entitles us to 3 free entries. There were so happy and it makes me happy to see the smiles on their faces.

My youngest brother eventually joined us.. He's an independent traveller now.. no longer needs to depend on mom and sis to give him a lift. That's simply bcos he has just passed his Class 2B license and is not the proud owner of his own bike. I must say.. I'm proud of him.

Before I forget, I'd like to say HI!! to Ayu. Found out recently that she has been visiting my site. She is a regular blogger too and if u guys are wondering, we used to be clasmates for all 4 years in secondary school. She came to all my tunang, nikah and wedding.. and she was also there to give me support when my father passed away. Now she is awaiting the delivery of her own child, whom she is refusing to tell at the moment if its a boy or girl, but I wish her the very best all the same. Happy for you Ayu!

I wanna learn too...!

I am currently attending a 3 day course by NTUC to learn Adobe Photoshop. I find that it is getting more and more crucial that I start learning. It can be such a useful tool to use at work, as well as for personal use. I hope to be able to attend the Advanced class sometime this year too.

Actually, the main reason I want to attend this course is because I'm so envious of other bloggers who have knowledge in Photoshop. Their talent enables them to come up with such interesting designs. I'm hoping to be as talented as them in time to come. But of course, this will only happen with constant practice.

So... yeah.. I'll be practicing. Costantly. Will post my progress on my blog too so that y'all can see whether or not I'm progressing. Feel free to drop me any ocmments k...!

Oh ya.. Hubby, pls pls pls be a willing volunteer for my pictures ok. And sis, lemme ur sons to model sometimes k! I won't do anything naughty.. I promise! Heheh... :P

Management Lesson

A funny email I'd like to share with everyone...

Johnny wanted to screw a girl in his office.....but she belonged to someone else...

One day Johnny got so frustrated that he went up to her and said I'll give you a $100 if you let me screw you....but the girl said NO. Johnny said I'll be fast, I'll throw the money on the floor, you bend down, and I'll be finished by the time you pick it up. She thought for a moment and said that she would have to consult her boyfriend.....so she called her boyfriend and told him the story. Her boyfriend says ask him for $200, pick up the money very fast, he won't even be able to get his pants down.

So she agrees and accepts the proposal. Half an hour goes by and the boyfriend is waiting for his girlfriend to call. Finally after 45 mins the boyfriend calls and asks what happened......
She said " He used coins"

Management lesson: Always consider a business proposal in it's entirety before agreeing to it and getting screwed!!
       

I'm back again!

We got back from Samui and Hatyai on Monday morning.

Will be downloading the pics soon.

Watch this space...

As good as it gets

Last weekend wasn't so bad after all!

Saturday was spent mostly at home. Waited ard for our new wrought iron gate, something which I've been wanting since we first got the flat abt a year ago. So happy when it finally got fixed.. silly me couldn't stop admiring my new gates from afar. Heeheee...! Besides that, I lazed around and watched tv, played my Sims 2 on hubby's PS2 for about 4 hrs (was it really for 4 hrs, it felt like just abt an hour or so.. ;p) and went to Vista Point, my neighbourhood shopping centre for some daily necessities. We also picked up the laundry (our touring pants and jacket) and developed some photos for Alex, our friend from Hatyai, Thailand.

And then on Sunday.. it was busy, busy, busy! Hubby came home from night shift abt 8am with breakfast for me! How sweet is that! But that wasn't how i felt at first when he bugged me till I woke up... sleepy and grumpy. He went quickly to sleep after that, leaving me unable to go back to bed. so what did I do..? I went through my recipes and started cooking! Hubby has been asking me to cook his soup thingy with those black fungus and dried beancurd slices... so I did. Teamed up the meal with fried chicken (his all time fav) and steamed cockles (special request from my mom-in-law).

Later, mom came over as her eldest sis is coming over to my humble abode for the very first time. Mom came bearing ingredients to cook mee goreng. And grandma also came bringing fried kway teow and lontong. Besides that, there were the brownies which I made on Sat, and the cheesecake i bought on Friday. You can imagine that there were lotsa of food! Mak Long came with Idah and Ana (her daughters, my cousins) and Alya and Alyssa, Idah's daughters. With Naqib and Raziq (my sis's kids), u can imagine the din that was coming from my house. It was great company!

When it was time for them to go, I packed off most of the food for mom and mee goreng for mak long. So glad when I finally saw my stove empty of the various pots and pans. And by the end of the day, I was just so tired and ready to sleep.

Caught a movie last night at the new Picturehouse at The Cathay. The place has just been re-opened and so far, it looked great. I love the lifts up to the cinema, and the cinema itself still smelt so new.

I've always loved those type of movies - Lord of the Rings, King Arthur, TROY!.. i loike! So when 'Tristan & Isolde' started showing, i knew i'm not gonna give it a miss! The movie's a love story between both of them from two opposing country, the Briton and Irish. Someway, somehow, they fell in love. However they were separated when Isolde had to marry Tristan's king! I hated the betrayal that comes after that, and the ending's not a happy ending.

Haven't been updating these few days. Been busy nursing my pride after my application for sponsorship to continue my studies were rejected. I had been raring to go, and had been telling everyone that we're postponing the baby till after my studies. So now, I'm lost. Should we start to try have babies, or do I try to apply again for my sposorship next year? We're still in a dilemma.

Neway... saw in the papers that many musicals are coming to town. In our sec school days, we've already caught Les Miserable and Phantom of the Opera. I loved it, but never caught another musical until lately. My colleague got a pair of tix to RENT and we caught it. It made me fall in love all over again with the experience. The powerful emotions just get to me, and combined with the song and cast's performance, I can't help wanting to catch another show! Hubby has made it clear he's not interested.. too arty farty for him. And I dunno if I'd bear to spend so much on a 2/3 hour show..

We're riding up again to Koh Samui on the 11th with a few other friends. It's gonna be a loooong ride. But I missed the island and the small Italian cafe which we used to frequent for their fantastic pizza. I'm also dying for a good massage.. they do it so good there! This time, it'll be the peak season due to the full moon party that is supposed to take place around the same time. And after that, its to Hatyai for another 2 days. This visit will be in time for their Songkran or water festival. It'll be fun!

It'll be my late father's birthday this Sunday, 9th April. Its the first birthday since he's been gone. I just hope my mother will be ok. She doesn't say much and keeps it all inside. But I know that she still cries late at night. My plan is to invite some mom, sis and some of my aunts to my house this weekend. Hopefully it'll entertain her and keep her busy. Dunno if it's such a good idea though. One thing for sure, I'll be busy in the kitchen all day long!