Before she fades....

You'll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do or love you as much!

~ Katie Morosky; The Way We Were (1973)

A Twinkling Smile

Currenty Listening to:

Nocturne in C Sharp Minor

by

Frederick Chopin

Performed

by

Joshua Bell.

"Somehow deep inside I see a smile. A small, weak but hopeful smile. A tiny, teeny-weeny bit of smile that was more than enough. More than enough to light a dim and weary shadow, hidden long and deep in solace and away from the world." ~ P

"Miracle can appear in the smallest of ways. Like a star, it may be dim and little. But it's faint light is what guides and saves in the darkest skies." ~ P

Gliding on Rainbows and Skipping on Clouds

Currently Listening To: Signal Fire by Snow Patrol (OST Spiderman 3), So Close by John McLaughlin (OST Enchanted) & When You Look Me In The Eyes by The Jonah Brothers.

Despite requests, tonnes of pics, informations, experiences, feelings and thought out louds, I couldn't bring myself to blog or upload any of it (maybe a little something later). Instead my random twisted character seems to take the wheel into blogging on something...well, random ! Just fragments of of me....

Some random nonsensical thought out louds / quotes from Philee:

"My life is made out of musical lyrics...sheets and sheets of them. It strums on and on till the notes are engraved in me. But somehow, I am missing a treble clef, two semi-quavers and a dotted crotchet. Did I mention the semi briefs are not long enough? Oh by the way, I've got all the fingerings wrong! No wonder my Sarabande became an Andante!"

OMG~! It has been more than 5 years since I studied music theory, I can barely remember the spelling terms... if it is cacat, do know I am very rusty. Now that was Philee's random-life-music-philosophy of the day. Unless you know music theory, you'll be reading gibberish. And if you do and still don't get it, it's okay - you aren't meant to. :P

"I walked a lonely mile in my head today. It was long, empty and lineared. It beared nothing, just rocks adorning the pavement sides. The wind chiseled my pale face and tingled my soul. My legs were weary, my heart heavy; but I kept walking, pulling myself forward to the thin horizon. I had no where to go but pray that you were there waiting for me in the end of the road."

Some image I had in my shrimpy head today...

"A touch can mean a thousand words. A scent can churn a million smiles. A smile can warm a legion of frozen hearts. A presence can comfort a lonely soul."

Thought of feelings out loud...

"Lain di hati, lain do mulut."

Enough said!

"We all wear masks, despite us claiming otherwise. It is our faces. Because if we didn't, none of us would be really true."

It is twisted, but real in a way.

"Your heart is the embodiment of who you truly are. I signifies you, it is you. The real you. By denying it means denying oneself. Your heart is mirror to yor soul. To your very essence. If you heart wants all the wrong things, be wrong. For it may be wrong but at least it makes you happy. Mind you, lust does not reside in the heart, hence temporary desires are not accounted for."

There you go!

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Dew Drops In My Tea

Currently Listening to: Someday My Prince Will Come by Barbara Streisand (OST: Cinderella)

Worries of the week:

- Response for assignment 6 postings in the forum (Professional Communication).

- Resubmission of Discussion/Analysis for Case Study - Dove Campaign for Real Beauty (Media Audiences and the Public).

- Meet up discussion for Media Audiences Presentation next week!

- Documentary assignment no. 2! I still have no idea! (have to do an early start - Fraser's Hill on Fri!)

All should be done by Wednesday next week! Then Fraser's Hill here I come!

Despite all worries, I must still give praise and thanks to the Lord for being faithful and abunding in grace. Without Him, I am nothing and through Him, I can do more. Praise to Him with all glory!

Sometimes, I notice the little things in life can just make your day. It does! Try experiencing it more and you'll be more grateful in life. On the other hand, sometimes you can actually feel the 'little things" talking back to you. Telling you little stories or so.

I know it seems crazy... but I guess you need to feel it to know.

"Sometimes a certain presence or gesture makes a difference. A simple smile can stir a heart and a small gentle act of kindness can calm even the furiest of fires. Rainbows aren't that far away... you just need to notice the dainty dews around before witnessing it's little miracles. Behind every drop is a spectrum of wonders waiting to be grasp." ~ P

Angry Little Girl Comic Strip of the Day:

Okay, this is a short entry brought to you by Miss Potato. Have a pleasant day people and God bless! Hug and be hugged. Be a blessing and be blessed! No harm in smiling today! You can make a difference.

"Life's a candy and the sun's a ball of butter!"

~Barbara Streisand~

A Symphony of Dreams

Currently Listening to: Dreams to Dream by Cathy Cavadini.

Original Sountrack of An American Tail III.

What if you slept?

And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed?

And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven

And there plucked an strange and beautiful flower?

And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand?

Ah, what then?

~Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Once I dreamed I was a butterfly, and now I no longer know whether I am Philee, who dreamed I was a butterfly, or whether I am a butterfly dreaming that I am Philee."

~ Adapted from Chuang Tzu

The Other Side of the Rainbow

Currently Listening to: Soon and Pure Imagination/Never Never Land

by Jennifer Ackerman

Thoughts/Mental pictures out loud:

*Lotsa giggles and cuteness seen and touched*

*Tender snuggles and warm embrace*

*HAPPY!*

*Manja-manja*

*Grins*

"It's like playing in the rain in my pink raincoat and boots. Swinging my transparent umbrella and singing with delight till rainbows join me." :)

YouTube of the Day:

(Yiang, this is dedicated to you)

Check out her expressions, tehee. Hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do. May this "cute" you up for the day! :D

Hugs!

Quote of the Day:

"This kind of people, must prejudice!"

LOL!

The source shall remain anonymous. :)
(Sorry, hehe. I just had to post it up!)

Okies, have a nice bright day people.

Hug and be Hugged!

God bless!

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Found some interesting and cute quotes from the 1996 movie, The Mirror Has Two Faces (starring BARBARA STREISAND!)... enjoy! :D



Rose Morgan: When my date takes me home and kisses me good night, if I don't hear the philharmonic in my head, I dump him.



Rose Morgan: This thing that we call a wedding ceremony is really the final scene of the fairy tale. They never tell you what happens after. They never tell you that Cinderella drove the Prince crazy with her obsessive need to clean the castle, cause she missed her day job, right?



Gregory Larkin: You don't use make-up, do you?

Rose Morgan: What's the point? I'd still look like me, only in color.



Rose Morgan: It's not a date. We're just agreeing to eat at the same table.



Claire: Now you spend an extra hour in front of the mirror every morning and every night. And now you'll be the one to walk into a room and scan it for who looks better than you and who doesn't. And as the years go by, the numbers change. One day you'll walk into a room and you're the last woman any man notices.



Rose Morgan: Look at me, I'm a grown woman in a prom dress.

Claire: Oh, please. You look adorable.

Rose Morgan: Adorable? I look like an over-the-hill Barbie Doll. It doesn't fit right, it's too tight. Claire: Too many Sno Balls.

Rose Morgan: Why didn't you pick something looser and in my color?

Claire: Because Maids of Honor don't wear black.



Hannah Morgan: Then why are you going to all this trouble unless that something might *happen* with this one?

Rose Morgan: Mother, would you stop calling him "this one", it sounds like you're picking out a lobster!



Rose Morgan: Why don't you get the coffee?

Hannah Morgan: I've buried a husband, I've raised two daughters. I've made my coffee.



Rose Morgan: I tell you what I envy about people in love - I'd love it if someone knew me, I mean really knew me. What I like, what I'm afraid of, what kind of toothpaste I use.



Candy: Look, you're always such a nice guy. But let's face it, we have nothing in common except sex and the fact that you idolize me.



Rose Morgan: I just can't eat a greasy cheesburger in the middle of the day anymore. Doesn't it bloat you?

Doris: Bloat me? No, it doesn't bloat me! Actually I thought it went real well with the spare ribs I had for breakfast.



Claire: Your hair looks good, the curls work. Why don't you get a perm?

Rose Morgan: I tried that once, I looked like Shirley Temple on crack.



Rose Morgan: I don't feel anything, isn't that great! I never thought about how *I* would feel, I only ever thought about you. I only wanted to make you happy, I never thought I was good enough for you.

Alex: Oh but you are good enough for me, Rose, you are!

Rose Morgan: I know, I know, but Alex, you're not good enough for me!



And here's a really funny one:



Claire: I'm in the middle of one of my lesbian orgy dreams and he's staring at me like I'm suppose to include him. I can't even fantasize in private.

Happy day people! :D

The Inkling of My Heart

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket -- safe, dark, motionless, airless -- it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.

~C.S. lewis~

Thought out loud: "Exactly...!"

*Grins*

Let's chase the moon

Jello people...errr.. I got tagged by a pretty friend from high school, Michelle. Interesting, since lama didn't get tagged d.... So I've decided to tag along lo...hehe :D

Rules: Repeat subject header “I’M TAGGED, THEREFORE…” Copy + paste these rules in your entry. Complete these 15 totally useless statements & questions. Mention who you were tagged by, followed by 8 people whom you’ll be tagging.

I'm tagged, therefore "smile and wave, kick and shave" - lamely random... :P

1. If I was the opposite gender, what would my party clothes be like?

- Anakin Skywalker!!!

2. At 10am this morning, I was...

- Zzzzing... stilll..... college did not start still 2pm :P

3. At 10pm tonight, I will be…

- (already passed 10pm) I was reading online manga, blogs and checking emails. (I got one from my dad in US! Miss him!)

4. Who should be the next Malaysian Prime Minister?

- Someone who genuinely loves this country...

5. If my spouse told me to do without sex for a year, I would…

- ask him why???!!!!!

6. If I was a piece of a car, I would be the…

- a cute baby pink Volkswagen Beatle and alive (like Herbie :D).

7. If I was told one day that I would have to give up either

1) anything chocolate OR

2) ever seeing the beach again,

for the rest of my life,which one will I give up?

- probaly chocolates? I'm not crazy of the beach, but not gazing upon it would be an "eye error for beauty". I can always just subsitute candy for chocolate even though I LOVE CHOCOLATES! Funny right? :P

8. Singapore is good for…

- clean freaks

9. If I could only say 3 words before I die, what would those last words be?

- I love you???

10. Who would I like to be left on a deserted island with?

- Caroline :D

11. Die by drowning or by fire?

- Ouch... I am terrified to be drowned - almost did once, bad experience. But I am also afraid of pain... so definitely not by fire... erm.. can't I just die of old age? :P

12. What is one single thing would you buy with your last RM9.95?

- mcdonalds? lol. But Michelle has a point, give it to the Lord and He shall provide... Amen!

13. If I opened a night club, what would I call it?

- This is random: "Peanut Butter & Jelly: - Yeah baby! LOL, I also want to name my future pet octopus that! :D - For real!

14. Don’t cheat: what’s “bulbous”?

- I don't know really....

15. I think my ass is…

- uurrr??? "ass" means donkey...right? I don't own a donkey (but would love to) but if I do, I think it is pretty!!! :)

The 8 sweet and crazy people that I shall bestow this tag upon are:

- Tan Meng Kheng, the upcoming spectacular actor! (gives thunderous claps and ovation) :P

- Yiang, "Spider" girl the cousin of "Cicakman"... :P

- Rachel Wan, loving girlfriend and dearly missed peer!

- Daphne Lee, hot rocka chick - who needs to remember me more than her boyfriend! :P

- Jonathan Lai, the snappy cow!

- Ashivini Subramaniam, the oldest friend and awesome doctor to be!

- Charles Choy, the unforgotten and ever most loving "uncle"!

- Cheong Chao Yi, the similar honest me in so many ways!

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I got some quotes from Michelle and at thevery moment I read them, a smile adorned my heart. They were just what I needed to hear and enforce in...

"Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do."

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's"

"Forget about all the reasons why something may not work. You only need to find one good reason why it will."

" Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. "~ Mark Twain

"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

And I got this quote from the movie Cutting Edge 2 (a figure skating movie) which I just watched... this sentences caught me right on the spot. (Not exact words - remembered through ear)

"If it is meant to be, it wouldn't be so hard." - Jackie

but...

"It is only worth the win if you fight for it." - Jackie's dad

I leave it up to you on how you view it...

Another quote from my all time favourite movie "Ice Princess":

"And if I lose, I lose! Not because I didn't have the guts to do it but because I wasn't good enough!" - Cassie

If you have a dream, go for it, even if life and times may be hard on it. Others may fail you(but it is not your blame), but you can never fail yourself no matter the outcome. Unless you hold back... (and that will be your only blame).

If you really want something and you fight for it against the odds, then even if the battle did not turn out to be of what you wanted, you'll never regret it. For you already "won the war".

"A soldier may die fighting, but whether the fight was won or lost, he or she has already behold victory. For the passion and commitment in his or her heart to draw arms in the midst of fear, doubt, malice and death was conquered!" - P (self quote)

The wind in me

First and foremost, THANKS, GLORY AND PRAISE BE GIVEN TO THE LORD ALMIGHTY CHRIST JESUS!!!

For He is worthy and so much more!

The worse of the week is over! Communication Research assignment 3 and Screen Text assignment is done, submitted and OVER! Yeah baby!

I have never spend the whole day literally in my room just doing my assignments! It only required me to write a MERE sum of 5000 words! (Yes, "very little la I know!") But I managed to finish it in 8 hours...which was okay right? Since I have myself a 12 hour quota.

Hello, not easy k? Reading a 15 page long question/article and all, plus needs reference from text book, theories, bla bla bla....

One straight random shout out from me: Degree sucks!!! I can't believe we are paying so much money for the university to torture us!

But "word crapping" prevails still... hence, habis pun! Again, YEAH!!!

But then again... with all words summed up, I was not where near the targeted amount of words, but fear NOT! For it was already (in my opinion) sufficient (kot?)!

So I have the weekend to relax and be lazy Philee till I have the courage to "wake up" and start my 2 o-so-freaking-long-and-complicated-which-I-don't-know-how-to-start journals for Screen Text and Public Relations!

Not to mention another 3000 words for another on-coming campaign management PR assignment!

BLUEK!!!

Have I shouted out I NO LIKE DEGREE?! (Yes the grammer error was purposeful!)

Anyway... college is over for the week so I shall not whine on it....

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Let's talk about violin class today!!

Not bad, didn't get much errr... bad comments as last week. Hehehe.... was ok, played some nice tunes today with new songs. :D

And as usual, my left fingers are rather sore today... but no biggie, it is worth it. :)

By the way, I have two very interesting and amusing (at least to me) quotes today from my violin Teacher Miss Chuang:

"You are there, just not there yet!"

(LOL)

"Don't play like pasar malam pyjamas!"

(Double LOL).

Reason to that second quote is because I played a new song today that was suppose to be a seductive song called "Sweet Loraine" (cant remember by whom). And Ms Chuang vividly, in a amusing manner demonstrated how the song should be played in a dramatic style. LOL.

She said and acted: "Imagine late night in the pub, sexy lady lying on the piano wearing black stockings and heels along with a black dress singing...bla bla bla..... " - LOL

"This is how the song is, don't play like pasar malam pyjamas."

Get the point?

The song is suppose to be played in a seductive way (sexy black clothes) and I was told don't be a robot...hahaha (pasar malam pyjamas).

*Compare both "garments"*

Then soon later, I played this another song "Rumba" in which again my delighting violin teacher again took the sweet effort in dramatising it out (to let me get the "feel" of the song) before "performing it together".

Hence, we "danced" in class a little....LOL!

For real, she grabbed me and did a Tango before getting into a Waltz and finally down to the Rumba (in a funny and messy way of course).

And the song played later turned out pretty well! I got the beat and "zam-ed" it (if I do say so myself).... :D (cheers to both me and Ms. Chuang)

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I miss my dad :(

He is in San Fransisco, USA now for work for weeks to come. And before that he was in Netherlands, Holland before coming back for a few days in which he had to go to Ipoh. And now after US, when he returns home, he will soon depart to Singapore pula....

Holland-Ipoh-USA-Singapore (continuously)

But after all the travelling and work, he will have a month of leave in which he will get to spend it with me, yeah! We are gonna do adventure stuffs together again!!

But for now... I miss my dad.... and his big teddy bear hugs!!

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I feel like (currently):

- dancing around (like an idiot as usual) with my "invisible" someone....hahaha... pretending la... (yes, lame I know) - which I have been for the past hours in my room here.... nice to dream a little. But it is possible to do the Waltz "alone" and hit the cupboard.... :P

- Speak Shakespeare!!! - Inspired from Casanova (movie) kot.... I seem to be a little delirious mood - "talking" to myself and riddles and in words that I usually read from my poetry and Jane Austen books.

"Oh how I wish to converse in such a manner with a gentleman after my own heart, who is worthy of my lips and sweetest from the start ." - P

*Whao... that was super random wei....hahaha - totally on the spot! I am so self quoting that!!!!
Now I am a bit "angau"...lol!

O such a beauty, the splendour of love.

Give me thy heart and I shall bear my future.

Carress me with thy warmth,

And let me linger.

Show me the star of thy affection,

And let me twinkle.

O my... that was SUPER RANDOM TOO..... tetiba aje... too "angau d"! I must be. I am a poet again... tra la la la la....! :P

Okay I got to go before I get more mushy here... :D

Do have a pleasent day and God bless!!

*HUGGIES*

I am a Chinese girl....

... and nothing else of origin.

My father is a Chinese and so were his parents.

My mother is also Chinese and so were her parents.

Other more, I dare not confirm.

But only that I know I am of Chinese origins.

Though my skin portrays the tinted dark shade of an egg's yoke, with "sepet" looking eyes along with an Asian figure no taller than the world's average height, I was raised in a Western way.

I ate frequently with a fork and spoon compared to chopsticks, I spoke clear English without knowing the basic of Chinese letters, I had nothing of Chinese taste in my wardrobe and I certainly did not know anything passed what my grandmother tells me to do during Chinese New Year.

Yes, I was a typical banana in the making. Despite being raised by my "Chinese - Hakka talking grandparents", English was my "mother tongue" or first language and second was Bahasa Malaysia. However, I was well adversed in speech with several Chinese dialects of Hakka, Cantonise and a little Mandarin. Since I was never in a Chinese school (except Kindergarden), I did not know how to read or write Chinese words, but if I was to be given an opportunity to learn, I would prefer to learn something else instead. French, Spanish a little Japanese and now I have taken a liking for Korean. I am a Chinese, but I couldn't read even the simplest words. According to my grandmother, it was sad.

I never really did liked who I am when I was young, I always wanted to be white, to be more. To live overseas and to experience 4 seasons especially snow. Not that I am being racist here, I am just saying what a young girl just dreamt off and how the world always depicts that the West is always much better.

As I grew older, I began to love myself and the things / people around me more. I guess after attenting public "kebangsaan" school your whole life, the "patriotism" just gets planted in you. I guess it is a good thing, I had friends of many different races and was more than fine with it. I learned to see people and not colour, I learned to love Malay and Indian food more than Chinese (lol). I came to realise that primary school canteen food was the best I have ever had. The 50 cent nasi lemak plate, the 20 cent kerepok lekor, the 1 ringgit chicken rice and so much more.

Sometimes I pity those (no offense) who attend private schools or chinese schools (ahem ahem). I have come to noticed that those who do so are less interative among people of other races and are only secluded among them own. Eventhough I am Chinese (and I am proud of it) I love being with others who don't share my "colour". Sometimes I find myself loving other culture more. If I could pick any food, it would either be Malay or Indian. I love the Ramadan month where all my fav traditional food is up for serve. Not that I am being bias or un-Chinese, but living in a multiracial country really is a blessing. I am more than happy to be my parents child of "yellow skin" and equally charmed by the "colourful country".

Okay, you may find it weird in why I blog about such...
Nothing inparticular really, I happened to just finish watching "The Joy Luck Club" (again after so long). For those of you who do now possess any clue to what it is, it is an American Chinese movie about four Chinese women migrating from China to the States in times of suffering and the connection with their daughter's lives. Kinda complicated to explain, you have to watch it. It is a pretty good movie, especially for Chinese mothers and daughters, haha. I watched it with me mummy today.

Suddenly, I was just glad I was my mummy's little girl and that I was a Chinese, period.

I am a Chinese girl who once dreams of being white, who loves Malay food, adores Indian culture, and speaks numerous languages be it foreign or local.

So I maybe campur here and there but "moi" or "gua" 's skin will always be yellow (not forgetting the sepet eyes too).

Here are some interesting quotes from "The Joy Luck Club"....

Suyuan: That bad crab, only you tried to take it. Everybody else want best quality. You, your thinking different. Waverly took best-quality crab. You took worst, because you have best-quality heart. You have style no one can teach. Must be born this way.

Old Chong: How many sharps? How many flats? What key are we in? Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: Z major. Old Chong: What? Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: Z major! Old Chong: Good.

- this quote is sorta cute. fyi, the piano teacher was pekak, so hence the z major...lol.

June (Age 9): You want me to be someone I'm not. I'll never be the kind of daughter that you want me to be. Suyuan: Only two kinds of daughter: obedient or follow-own-mind. Only one kind of daughter could live in this house: obedient kind. June (Age 9): Then I wish I wasn't your daughter. I wish you weren't my mom. Suyuan: Too late to change this.

- lol... good answer from the mum. meaning no matter how things get with your mum, you are stuck to her! hehe...

Lindo Jong: This one moment would decide for my whole life whether fear would rule or I would. I decided. Underneath I knew who I was. I promised myself never to forget.

[Before seeing her husband for the first time] Lindo (age 15): I have prayed to the gods many days for you, so that you were not too ugly or too old. (She sees her husband and realizes he is a boy.) I must have prayed too hard.

- this is actually a funny one if you watch the movie....

Waverly Jong: Even at that age, I knew I had an amazing gift: this power, this belief in myself, to be better than anyone else. If someone was bigger than me, older than me, it didn't matter. And if they were mean, I could make 'em sorry.

Ying Ying: Losing him does not matter. It is you who will be found--and cherished.

An-Mei: I tell you the story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way. No, this cannot be, this not knowing what you're worth, this not begin with you. My mother not know her worth until too late - too late for her, but not for me. Now we will see if not too late for you, hmm?

- I like this a lot... proves that I AM SO CHINESE...LOL!

Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: [opening naration] The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. "This bird", boasted the market vendor, "was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose. And now look, it is too beautiful to eat!" Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of lei wide, stretching their necks toward America. On her journey, she cooed to the swan, "In America, I will have a daughter just like me. But over there, nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husbands belch. Over there, nobody will look down on her because I will make her speak only perfect American English. And over there, she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow. She will know my meaning because I will give her this swan, a creature that became more than what was hoped for." But when she arrived in the new country the immigration officials pulled the swan away from her, leaving the woman fluttering her arms and with only one swan feather for a memory. For a long time now, the women had wanted to give her daughter the single swan feather and tell her; "This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good intentions."

- this is really beautiful..

In the end, enough said... I hope you gain something by reading this... cause I know by "writing" it, I had a new perspective in my life.

Love your mothers, cherish your origins and make sure you get the right guy! LOL!

Love ya all... muacks!

The Weekend....

This Weekend was full, awesome and totally errrrr....not boring? LOL.
Let's start with Saturday.....

I WENT FOR ROCK CLIMBING!!! YEAH BABY!!! LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER!!! LOL!

Okay... if you are a typical sceptic and you-think-you-know-me person... then you would probaly think "Philee can climb ar?" Right?
The truth is.... I CAN! And I did better than I thought I could - so did me dad (he was real proud of me!) Seriously... I really wanted to do it but at the same time I was doubting the fact that if I could really do it (lots of people discouraged me saying Im too "princess-ly lembik" to do so - first one said by mum own mother!) but I end up doing more than I thought......hehehe. I am sooo thrilled!
Went ot Camp 5 (largest indoor climbing gym in Asia) at One Utama with my dad and his colleague Jecy (who turned out to be very young - so got friend...hehe). Jecy and I both took the Taster Session - RM 45 per person for 1 hour with a marshal. While my dad just hunged around to keep on eye on us- or me...hehe.
We started with a boulder (which didn't seem easy to me at first - gulp) but I end up doing it! Hehehe... twice - actually the second time was at a different section - harder one. And I managed it with a drip of sweat (ok la for me).... the harderst part was to jump off the boulder! It didnt's seem high from down there but from UP there, it was a little freaking high! But there was no where to get down but jump, so I DID! And it actually felt good....hehehe.
Later on... we proceed to the minor but rocky wall.... It seemed quite high at first... but I managed to conquer it! Hehehe...twice!
FYI, the wall climbing (except the boulders) are done with harnesses and ropes with the support of the marshal - meaning you climb and the marshal "holds" the rope down the to support you in case you jatuh. HLLC youth.. think SWAT camp - high ropes course remember?
Next, we proceed to the castle wall! It was sorta easy looking but then again, looks can be deceiving... managed to climb all the way top, TWICE again! And I tell you the feeling was just AWESOME!
After that.... it was the Sentinal Wall (14 metres)! It was much tougher was we had to try to climb in "colours" - meaning only hold specific "rocks". But then again... after all that climbing earlier, I was sorta quite tired. My vision was actually a little blur....hahah... topping over d.... But still I went for it... halfway. In which I lost grip - cause no strength and jatuh! In which of course the harness caught me la!
Jecy was better than me... she made it 3/4 way up the Sentinal wall before falling (she used to climb a lot ma...). Despite being tired... the 1 hour session was not over, so we proceed to the Autowall (16meters i think)....
Again... I was already quite tired... hence I could only get half way up there before losing my grip and "jatuhing" with the mercy of their canggih harnest. Just when I thought it was over.... the marshal asked me to try again and this time at the slanting (IS IT?) and harder Autowall! No need to say la... normal one also I lose grip di... this one ar...tak sampai 1/4 I jatuh d!
Hahaha... yeah so the last few ones I didn't make it all the way to the top (but normal la, Jecy also couldn't, some more I am a first timer) but I am real proud of myself - my dad too (he hasn't praised me this much since....er....haha).

So I climbed - 2 boulders, 2 minor rocky walls, 2 castle walls, 1/2 sentinal wall, 1/2 auto wall, 1/4 slanting auto wall.

Okay ma... for first timer and miss lembik...freaking happy d k? As said my dad also very proud of me watching the whole time... he called me Spider Girl...hehe. After the session... my hands were so tired that I could barely open the water tap! LOL... and the next day.... my wrists (especially my right) was aching terrible... I couldn't move my right fingers much without causing pain to my wrist - but it's normal...hehe.

(OK - I KNOW SOME OF YOU PEOPLE ARE HANDY IN MUSCLES AND STRENGTH, BUT I AM FAR FROM EVER BEING AN ATHLETE OR EVEN A SPORTS PERSON, SO THIS LITTLE THINGS THAT I DO MAY SEEM NADA TO YOU BUT TO ME, ITS A BIG ACHIEVEMENT AND I AM FREAKING PROUD OF MYSELF!)

Note: For a Taster Session, better go with a friend... 1 hour may seem short but when you are tired, it seems longer (and you wanna make sure you make use of the full 1 hour - RM45). If I didnt' have Jecy with me... I would be worn out by 1/2 hour (the waste d). The advantage of having a partner is that the marshal can take turns with the both of you.. hence giving you time to rest.

My biggest regret was not taking any pics! Since my dad was there the whole time, he could have had all the time to do so...but I didnt' bring the camera (was rushing in the morning!). Nothing vain la... but it was first time thing and I did good, so of course I wanna remember it with pictures of me HIGH on the wall right?! ARGH!

So anyway... that Saturday was the best ever....I have never felt so GOOD in a long time - since I can remember! Must go more often. Am planning to take the Basic Wall Course and get certified as a individual climber as well as gaining membership there! Anyone wants to join me!?

*Happy*

Later in the evening, it was uncle Tony's before-wedding-day-family-gathering-for-dinner. Nothing much to blog about, it was all eat-family-more family- hyper kids .....

SUNDAY:

Uncle Tony's wedding day!

....Too lazy to blog bout details.... just a normal Chinese wedding... la...(go bride's place...pick her up, come back, tea ceremony, makan...etc)

At night pula was the wedding dinner lo... at Dynasty Ballroom.... Here are some simple pics...

My mum and dad...love em!

Aunty Carol and uncle Hang

Granpa, Kelvin (back from US) granny

Dad and gramps

Heman Hang! My darling little super-chubby cousin! Hehehe...

Random... on the way back...hehe

OKAY.... hm... you must be wondering where am I right? LOL. Actually there are a lot of pics of me (and Jenny too) but because of my SE level lately... I just couldn't bring myself to look at em pleasantly (let alone upload them). So there are only pics of me family and no me (despite my nice *ahem* dressing! - I wore the new "shawl"!

Random... before going to the night dinner on Sat (before the wedding). NOTE the pants.. thats the slender pants I just bought...cute?Heheheh...

Despite all the good stuff in the weekend, something bad happend.... Im currently on a cold war with a good friend (will not be named). Im sorry for saying some "stuff" (in which I totally regret), I have never said it to anybody before - and never thought I would. But for a moment there, you were just so in-sensitive and egotistical that it just pulled one of my big nerves. I didn't mean to be rude. I have already apologised before hand and if you are still ticked then I can't do anything about it... *Sighs*

"No matter how bad someone treats you, that shouldn't be the reason for you to be mean..."

(Undirect and umcompleted quote from Kathleen Kelly, You've Got Mail - can't seem to find the direct quote)

Interesting Random Quote:

Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today, I saw one. It got on at 42nd, and off at 59th, where, I assume it was going to Bloomingdales to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake - as almost all hats are. - Kathleen Kelly, You've Got Mail

P/S: I actually woke up at 3 something pm today! Slept at 8am today....hehe.. lastest I have ever slept (or earliest)!