Thin walls

Weekends flew past too quickly! Last Saturday, I got wokened up at about 8.00am by Kiwi G just to prove to me that he wasn't hearing things a few weeks ago - he heard some wall or floor banging followed by "some bedroom noises* ahem ... you know what I mean. I doubted him as I thought it was quite impossible to hear such a thing behind brick walls. So I told him to wake me up if he hears it again next time, haha! True enough, last Saturday was an ear opener for me! I tell you, it was LOUD! First, I heard banging noises to our bedroom wall which wasn't the first time, I thought the neighbours were doing DIY works on their unit again. Then it was followed by ... *xxx* noises! I couldn't believe my ears! I could hear it through the walls! It was annoying because we also heard it at night while we were watching TV in our bedroom!! I wonder what kind of bricks this apartment block is made of! Someone told me that he finds Meriton apartments have thin walls and I think having lived in one for 2 years now, I can testify to that as I could sometimes hear the neighbours talk while I am in the study room, very annoying!! Sometimes in our ensuite, I could hear *shi shi* ("O-liu") sound as well! So, remember to enquire about the walls if you intend to buy an apartment built by Meriton, yeah?

A success story

Every now and then I would type in my ex-school mates' names in Google out of curiosity. Two days ago, I found an article from The Star dated Nov 2004 about one of my ex-school mate's new clothing line launch. Let me tell you a little bit about her.

She was known as "Sun Poh" (Godly Woman) in secondary school because she was a disciplined Christian girl. We all looked up to her as a role model. She used to write me notes of encouragement and handed them to me at school, of which I would reply with gratitude. She was also known to dress very modestly (well to be honest, at that time, we thought her dressing was a bit outdated and too old fashioned) and was the super "gwai lui" (good girl/mommy's girl) compared to the rest of us. After finishing secondary school, she worked at a bank while taking up some banking courses.

Somewhere down the road, she became interested in fashion and started selling women's clothing (mainly working attire and quality casuals) privately at friends' homes by word of mouth. Through her contacts in the fashion industry, she landed a supervisory job for a new local fashion line in Sungei Wang. In no time, she was promoted to a Manager. I didn't see her for a few years after that. So one day when I met her at church, man, was I surprised by her change in appearance and dressing - puts us all to shame, haha. From a humble, modest, old fashioned girl to the most up todate, sexy and beautiful model-like lady!

Things continued to get better for her. Last I heard, she was still attending church regularly, has 3 beautiful daughters and a loving husband. She is now the General Manager of the same fashion company which has expanded to 5 outlets in KL (Mid Valley Megamall, Sungei Wang Plaza, 1 Utama Shopping Centre, Sunway Pyramid, Cheras Leisure Mall) and 1 in JB (City Square).

We all thought she would serve full time in the Christian ministry ... but little did we know how things took a surprising turn. Hard to believe she was once nicknamed "Sun Poh"!

Some people have all the luck you say? I think in her case, it was sheer hardwork and determination. Coming from a single parent family (wonderful mother she has) and being the eldest, she sacrificed higher education (she could have easily made it to uni) to ease her mom's burden of supporting the family. How many people would be willing to quit a 9-5 stable bank job to go sell clothes in private homes? She truly deserves every bit of success she has today.

My only hope if I get to meet her again someday, is that she remains her modest and sweet self on the inside ... and perhaps ask one VERY IMPORTANT question ... "Can gimme discount on your clothes or not ah?" hahaha.

There are of course other stories of ex-schoolmates who turned completely nasty and changed from Ms Sweet to Ms Witch but I don't think I will talk about them now.

Summary

Celebrated Kiwi G's b'day last week, I think I managed to give him a few surprises, sneaky me! Bought him a Chocolate Monkey, haha (piccy later).

Went Yum Cha last Sunday (I wonder why it is called "yum cha" here and not "eat dim sum") at a restaurant called "Taxim" near our place. Reached there at 10.30am and waited till 12.00 noon for our favourites to appear ie "ham sui kok" and "lobak kou". In between we had the usual buns, siew mai, mango custard, etc just to kill time. Man, we were stuffed for the rest of the day! The prices starts from AU$4.00 per plate of anything. The two of us ate about AU$35-AU$40 worth - I know, pigs eh!

Watched Charlie & The Chocolate Factory too. I think watching the original on TV, two days prior might have spoiled it for me :P

Ewww

Beauty takes a deadly turn
September 14, 2005
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

London: A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation has discovered. Click here for link to full story


Gross.

Model Doggy

Photos of Lilo, my bro's Basset Hound doing the catwalk *LOL*some time last year at Mid Valley. We finally have a *model* in the family hahaha

Lilo (right) relaxing at home with fellow good buddy, Bobby (left) after a hard day's work.

Cute Puppies

I am so in love with cute puppies! Just looking at their photos makes me so happy. I particularly like small breeds such as:

Maltese (click to view photos from puppy.com.my forum)

Shih Tzu (click to view photos from puppy.com.my forum)

However, we will most likely get a Maltese x Shih Tzu cross breed some time next year. I want so many things next year, I can't wait, I feel so greedy.

I will show some photos of my brother's supermodel Basset Hound ie the "Hush Puppy" type dog back in KL doing the runway in Mid Valley megamall, some other day (have to dig through my DVDs).

Spring has Sprung

Spring has sprung from Sept 1st. My favourite season, warmer temps and lovely flowers. The funny thing I learned about flowers is that they can be tricked into thinking it is spring season and blossoms even in the middle of winter when the temp is just right. When winter temp returns to normal on the next day, the flowers go back to playing half dead again, haha, too cute. I just can't wait to have my own garden.