i woke up today to the rude realisation that i have terrible hair. that's because i forgot to pack my serum with me when i went back to stay with my parents. it looks like a flock of birds which recently went treasure hunting in it. sigh... it's quite dreadful. in moments like these, i have the impulsive urge to take the day off and run helter skelter to the salon to get my hair straightened. urgh.. but i am so trying to resist this, because i know in the next couple of days, it'll look just fine and i'll be regretting my rm300 impulse. sigh.. the perils of being a girl. i will wait till next month.

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i just bought loads of clothes at the sales. yet again. i always tell myself it's the last for the month, but that's like telling a crying baby he'll cry himself hoarse. it makes no difference. i think maybe i should sequester myself at home for the next month, be as anti-social as possible. the trouble is there is no where to go in malaysia except shopping malls. spending money is the requisite cure to boredom. for me at least. i live in a dangerous place dotted with malls all around me. a simple trip for coffee with friends renders me in the danger zone.

my darling just went off to the states for work. i am so excited for him to experience everything different there. but i think i am more excited about the list of things i asked him to buy. *fingers crossed* somehow i don't think he'll be very successful given his non-penchant for shopping. he is quite the dismal shopper i must say. well, i'll just be happy for him to come back. i can't believe i still miss him. get a grip girl. you've been going out with him for almost 2 years. isn't it about time to act all apathetic and old-married-couple-like.

he's been calling me like he owns digi or something. it's quite cute the fact that he doesn't really realise it is quite expensive to call me with regards to something like 'i had a really nice juicy steak for dinner today - it was so big i couldn't finish it'. how about 'victoria's secret on sale - all underwear $2.99'. arghhh!!! he's so adorable... esp when one of the 1st things he asks me when he arrives in LAX is "dear.. how are you doing? is everything ok". you would think i've never been alone before.

i'm glad i'm so busy. the days are flying past. only 6 more days to go till he's back. i can't believe it.. i sound like a love sick teenager! i think i ought to feel a little sheepish about this fact, but oddly enough i don't care. i'm not ashamed of the fact that i miss him so much i've been dreaming about him cooking maggi mee for me. just last night! and i don't need the alarm clock in the mornings now. i have this urge to wake up early cos i know there will be a few sms-es waiting for me in the morning. i'm pathetic.

but at least i received some validation from my brother last night. he said he would want to have a girlfriend like me. who would miss him so much if he were away. awww....

i had such a nice, busy weekend. it started out with adrian not having to work saturdays anymore. what a blessing. hah.. i don't have to amuse myself by trotting to borders every saturday morning to browse while killing time. i love having coffee at starbucks there and browsing through home / bridal / girly magazines. not to mention the trove of books there. so cool.. i can actually read whole chapters before deciding whether it's worth buying.i think ad has managed to devour quite a number of books while guzzling his cuppa there. i still can't believe he can read so fast. and i did check. he didn't to the speed reading thingy where you only read a couple of lines from each chapter. and i thought i was a fast reader!

had quite a nice, though really hot afternoon helping out a cell member for her wedding deco. yes, yet another one. OJ cell will soon be OJ Wedding Deco Sdn Bhd. We will all be pros soon. it's kinda fun though..discovering that you do have some talent for tying the perfect bow! ooo and i also discovered that i can do a mean twist with some pliers and steel. but the boys get the fun job of spray painting. *pout*

dinner was a very long wait. my dad wanted marche (again.. i can't believe he hasn't grown out of this new thing yet). i was secretly thankful that the line was too long so we had dinner in TGIF. bleh... they need a new QC department or something. portions have shrunk dramatically, since i can actually finish my whole meal and still have room for dessert. and i can finish that too. and i can go home and want to snack on my ayamas black pepper sausage. says a lot huh. it tastes not very nice now too. most things are either too dry, too tasteless or too blah. my brother has to change his sprite 3 times cos they sent some weird water tasting thing with no gas. hey... give us some gas. we're on a mission to be unhealthy ok.

won't go there again anytime soon. i think the branch in 1 utama is more palatable. i wonder why the different branches have different standards. aren't they required to conform to a specified standard of quality in taste and servings?

don't let me get started on mcdonalds. the only branch that serves a decent beef foldover (and by this i mean i can actually see some beef peeking out) is the damansara one. the rest are dismal. are we out of cows? and i can't believe they cheat on their cheese too!!!! i am so put out. i love the cheeseburger because of the cheese. so i wasn't pleased when i saw that they only give you half a slice now. come on people, how much can you save?

other than food grouses, i had a pretty packed, (un)productive yet thoroughly enjoyable saturday. i love it that ad doesn't have to work saturdays now. woo hoo!

degeneration of feminity?

what the hell is wrong with the female population when they think nothing of dabbling 'harmlessly' with another man (married or otherwise) when they are married. they justify it by saying there is no sexual contact. okay. maybe they won't mind so much if their husbands flirt or have a casual fling with another woman. sans sexual contact of course. no harm done eh? guess they haven't heard that emotional infidelity is just as damaging as sexual infidelity. maybe more?

i always wonder.. is it all in the name of womens' progress? did our earlier counterparts burn their bras for this? to give women the same right to everything. so they think just because a man has free reign to cheat, they can as well. i think they're missing the whole point. cheating is never right. period. regardless of who does it. yes, there are many justifications, the most cliche being 'my wife doesn't understand me', or 'we have grown apart'. it takes two hands to clap. but i don't think when you're at the pearly gates that will be considered a valid excuse.

doesn't anyone take 'for better or worse' seriously anymore?

i'm just a bit irritated because i heard a few colleagues joking about the 'secret' men they are seeing / going on holidays with, without their husbands knowledge. they justify it as being 'just friends' because they haven't had sex yet. look here, i'm not stupid and neither are you. and neither is your husband if he finds out. what the hell are they playing at anyway? and the ones who aren't doing it are encouraging the ones who are! they giggle secretly when sms-es punctuate the steady screech of the fax machine. they proudly show off the messages, the hornier the better. they wave it around for others to read, and the others giggle too. and offer generous advice on the reply.

i can't believe they are abetting this. and i thought they were nice, simple people! shows how much i know. a case of deperate housewives if ever there was one. sans the manolos and well-manicured lawns. gets my blood boiling when it hits too close to home.

then there are those who kiss goodbye to whatever (little?) intelligence they have and act like a total bimbo because they assume men like it. it's oh so cute to be silly, defenseless me. then my hero can charge up in his black BMW (no protons mind you) and save me from my mediocre life and shopping only during MNG sales. now i can browse the racks during non sale periods and actually buy something! and i don't have to pay for it! ooo... what's a little sacrifice of the brain when i have another new outfit to parade in? ooo and i may be able to graduate to armani and then to prada soon. but not too soon otherwise my motives will be too obvious. don't want him getting a little suspicious. so bring on the charm and play little housewife, always waiting for him to come home from work and then listening attentively to him while he rattles on about how work sucks and how it's such a rat race out there.

it's all a little game to them. and i know these people! it's like viewing a real life drama. a bit amusing, sometimes ludicrous.

my money, mykad

i am so amused by how our powers that be make decisions. the latest is to fine us for not carrying our mykads. i can't believe the maximum fine of rm 20k is grossly more than what a kidnapper would be fined or jailed for wrongfully confining someone! geez! and if i were stupid enough to drink and drive, i would be fined only 10% of the amount of not carrying my mykad. makes you wonder whether they were drunk when they came out with this proposal. what's up guys??

i'm so proud of malaysians for creating a furore over this. tell 'em guys.

oh, and not to mention the fact that this proposal makes it even easier for corrupt policemen to go laughing all the way to the bank. who wants to pay a fine of 20k when rm50 under the table can settle it? aren't we just cutting off our noses to spite our face? you want to do away with corrupt practices, yet you bring about policies that just beg to bite you in the ass. i can bet you more people will start bribing their way out of this one.

congrats jason & grace

what a lovely wedding.. such a simple, homemade affair but done with many loving hands. irregardless of some disorganisation and some scary commands by certain quarters (not the bride and groom who were thoroughly sweet to us helpers), it was a good day. i think jason nearly cried when he saw grace walk down the aisle. oooo... but i'm just speculating ;)

guys, may you have a great adventure ahead. god bless.

pre-wedding, last minute practice by the musicians (baby you look so cool with a guitar - *swoon*):


OJ Deco Sdn Bhd:
bride & groom send off. it's so cute: