DISAPPOINTED WITH...
A) Rob & Amber for being mean on national TV yesterday.. they could have just slowed down to ask if everything's alrite.. And they really must thank their lucky stars!.. everybody recognise them!... amazing!!!.... no matter how obnoxious and arrogant Rob look week after week, he still looks cute and such a hottie!.... especially when everything goes all too smoothly with every decision he makes (no matter how "cunning" they were!).. hahaa!...

B) Anwar for failing to impress me as the weeks flew by!.... third week and still no outstanding, standing-ovation performances i can give!... hmmmmm..... wat telah happen??...

C) X big-boss for thinking that Ms Taik deserves a better grade than B!... w.t.f!!!??!!.. does he really know wat's going on?.... bleargh!.... thank god for new boss!... hahaha....

D) Deanna & Ray for losing out to the old folks! but that's what you get for being sooooo conceited - underestimating the oldies!!.... u'll be old one day - remember tat!

And I will be disappointed should "Shrek" aka Scott Savol, not get voted out tonite... or AT LEAST, be bottom 2?!..... i think he's got the worst performance last nite - the most boring, most squeky and the most nak-kena-smack-punya-muka!

EXPELLED?

Dunno why but nowadays, i find lil' stuff amusing!.. and this is one of it!.. hehehehe... i juz notice this at the entrance of the toilet.. felt like in school!..... wat do they mean, actually???.... ehhehehe....

DIVA
In times sooooo free, I was able to read almost ALL the articles in Manja this month!.. i admit, i buy Manja every month, out of compulsion and that urge to collect Manja, reading only my favourite sections and always skipping the feature articles if the artiste is of no concern or favourite to me!...

So, what did i find interesting enough to share?... Ziana Zain's article abt DIVA..

"It means everything, seorang yang perfectionist. Best among the best, apa buat semua jadi, orang salute. Nak jadi diva bukan dalam masa jangka pendek, bukan setakat berapa banyak anugerah you dapat. Diva ni legenda, cuma orang Melayu ni suka terikut-ikut. Anita Sarawak, Datuk Sharifah Aini... boleh hiburkan orang, boleh buat lawak, boleh buat orang menangis, boleh bercerita dan pembabitan yang dah berapa puluh tahun. Bagi I, I'm still learning, belum boleh digelar diva" - Ziana Zain

did i hear a tinge of sarcasm? A hint at someone?... wateva it is, whether she meant it or not, i read it - in my oh-so-familiar-common way nowadays - wildly amusing!.. Not only do i think that her statement is right in every sense.. it was pretty bold - how sharp and laser her statement is.. now guess why I find it wildly amusing???.....

FLOSSING AND BRUSHING
Another interesting fact i found in the magazine - according to Harvard Medical School, flossing and brushing your teeth everyday can greatly reduce signs of aging by 6.4yrs!..

So, wat are u waiting for?... go floss and brush those teeth now!!... ;)

10 WAYS TO STAY HEALTHY & HAPPY
1. Smile and be cheerful - checked
2. Laugh - checked
3. Exercise everyday; at least 10-15mins of light exercise - errrrrrrrrrr....
4. Have breakfast; a glass of milk and cereals to start off your day! - i DO have breakfast but just not milk and cereals!... hmmmmm....
5. Banish feelings of jealousy and hatred (dengki) towards everyone around you. Be more forgiving - this is a difficult one.. no jealousy, no hatred/dengki.. but being more forgiving??...
6. No smoking - checked
7. Change your diet; have a more balanced diet. No fast food unless necessary - oh NOOOO!!...
8. Enough sleep and rest - does it count to have accummulated sleep and rest in the weekends??
9. Floss and Brush teeth everyday - in progress of trying to floss everyday!
10. Drink at least 1.5L to 2L of water everyday! - another difficult task to achieve but will try!!...

I scored 3.5 out of 10 to stay healthy and happy!... i failed. miserably. but i think i'm still happy?!... hhehehehe..... are you??

ANOTHER WILDLY AMUSING ENTRY..
Read this on my cuzzin's blog!.. ahhahaha.... really gonna have fits restraining myself from laffing loudly in the office!!... ahahhahahaha...

there was some drama on the platform because at first the voice on the speakers said the next train to heathrow terminals 1, 2 and 3 would be arriving shortly, and then after some time of wondering where the heck the train was the voiceover said, "oh there has been a security alert at hounslow west and policemen are now searching the train. the train should arrive in a few minutes." then after a few minutes the voice said that there was an unclaimed bag on the train and so customers were advised to take the bus from outside the station to get to heathrow if they were in a rush. just when everyone was getting to the steps, the voice said, "apologies for that, but the train will now be arriving on the platform soon. the security alert has been cleared up." and everyone got back to the platform. it was a good thing i hadn't moved from my spot yet since i decided i might as well take it easy and go early to heathrow in case of any train delays, like this one. later the voice said (exact words), "i'm sorry about that. some naughty customer forgot their bag on the train and the police were called in to check on it. we all know you've got your bags with you, but i'm sure he'll be wishing he was dead when the police get through with him." haha. inject some humour into the situation.

humorous alrite!.... u'll never get that in Singapore!!!.... ;)

BERITA MINGGU
It was one of those days when I had a lot of free time on a Sunday (and many more to come since dearie is on exam mode!) So, anyways, i was reading BM and read on this guy who have just passed away, 1 wk before his wedding.

The article talked abt how he wanted to celebrate his wedding on his mom's bday, etc, etc.. but as fate would have it, he didn't live long enough to go through the marriage. And then, it went on who he left behind.. and i juz find it wildly amusing that BM went on to describe his supposed wife-to-be who is a widow, and has 3 kids and 5 grandchildren!.... errrrr... y eh?.... i dun geddit! i dun think u need to tell that this widow is 40yrs old, clearly implying that she is 3yrs older than him, second marriage, with her picture and a subtle implication on her life!... now, the whole malay community knows who she is.. and it's juz wrong, i think to be stating all these!!.... but it is amusing what and how BM report such stories.. and in the case of the coming one... hehehhee....

DIPENJARA DAN DIJEL...
what's the difference?.... u tell me??.. hahahhaa...

I FEEL LIKE...
a) taking a looooong leave till they've sorted out what they wanna do with me!
b) going home coz i'm feeling kinda feverish now... i think i'm coming down with flu - AGAIN!
c) i'm going NUTS seeing how the Americans are voting!... American Idol should stop airing for now.... how could they have preferred Nadia over Scott aka Shrek??.... bleargh!!...
d) a traitor!...... *censored*

IRC.. where it all began

Strangers turned into friends

And 6 years on, here we are today..

Your smile brought us together..

It felt right to be with you..

and that's when i knew you were the one..

You are that missing puzzle..

And you've completed me in every sense..

Today, I just want to keep growing old together with you..

There's still so much to do, so many things to learn

And one day, i want to be able to tell our kids that

"home is you"..

I love you, darling.. Happy Anniversary!

The clock is ticking..

the journey of our next chapter of our lives is starting soon..

And hopefully, every chapter hereon, will be as colourfull..

and meaningful as this one was...

NEWSFLASH: AMERICAN IDOL
There won't be results show tonite!.. instead, there'll be an hour long show of last nite's recap due to an error with the graphics shown on-screen (incorrect voting numbers were displayed) during the performance recap at the end of yesterday's show. Today's show is to enable a re-vote. Only the voting results from tonight’s show will determine who received the lowest number of votes and will be sent home this week. read it all on idolonfox.com.

Alamak!.. this season's AMI is sooooo "drama"!..... i wonder how it's gonna be today??.. But i love all their performances last nite except Mikalah!.... she should go out this wk!... she sucked!.. but the best was definitely, Carrie and Jessica Sierra!... I just have to say this - Nadia's hair was friggin distracting!!.. tat hair really looked like a dyed skunk was lying on top of her head!.. i can't stop staring at her hair!!!..... i hope she doesn't do that again!..

My pick for bottom 2 - Mikalah and Scott!... Scott looked like that solar-operated dummy that B has on her desk; you know like the one that goes nodding it's head up and down? But he goes swaying left to right - picking up some kind of momentum to........roll, perhaps?

KUDOS TO ROB & AMBER
i lurrrrve these 2!... they're sooooo freakin lucky - with a capital L!.. the show would be darn boring without the 2 on it!.. I hope Rob dun get too smug abt this but hell!.. can't blame him lah - their strategies worked and they're sure have got this "lucky charm" thingie going ard.....

THE CONTENDER
Great show!... really!... i missed the first few episodes but so far, the last 2 had been very heart-warming and oh-so-touching!.... their love for the family gave them the determination to strive for a better future through boxing. WOW!.. this is a MUST-watch reality TV..

this is the time when there's so much to watch!!.... i shall not want to imagine what it'd be like when all these shows have stopped airing!.... B.O.R.I.N.G siah!!

M'SIA FEAR
I guess my fear of visiting "next door" will never be completely erased. stories after stories i heard.. just last sunday, they reported on The New Paper that an innocent young woman, back from grocery shopping at Giant's (KL) carpark was shot on the head - died on the spot!.. another man got attacked also or something and in critical condition!... the robber/murderer, drove off - stealing someone's car!!.....

and the latest, though not serious, happened to dearie's relative. he was at the petrol kiosk somewhere there. Was just taking out his hp and it got snatched - rite out of his palm!... urrrrgh!... wat's up with these people?.. even their own countrymen are scared for their lives. These are happening way too often and way too much!.. Innocent lives have been taken away just because of another's greed! And the government? What are they really going to do about it? What kind of government allows the nation to be griped with fear of it's OWN country?... A home is your shelter. It should be safe from harm and where you seek solace. But if the whole place is totally unsafe, what is "home" over there then?

And what is this i heard abt the discovery of using pig something for the casing of the sausage, which are sold at IKEA there? - when there's a supposed HALAL cert posted up? This is such an outrage!... so now, I can't even be sure if the food can be eaten, though there's a Halal cert?.. simply OUTRAGEOUS! news of the discovery here..

TICK TOCK.. TICK TOCK...
This decision making has been nagging me for the past weekend!... urrrgh!.... And time's almost up to make a decision.. tempting.. buttttttttttt.........

SLEEPLESS NITE
I couldn't sleep the whole of last nite... it could be because:
1. of the above
2. my Sunday had been spent sleeping and lazing around enuff!...
3. of that 3 glasses of teh i had with dearie while talking cock at that prata shop!....
4. all of the above

But i definitely couldn't remember the last time i didn't sleep the whole nite!.... never in my entire life!.... yesterday was the first!.... should have watched The Notebook.. hmmmm.... but a sleepless nite beats having a nitemare about your wedding!.....

WELCOMING OUR NEW "BROTHER"

Click here to view his pledge^*

I'd like to welcome our new "brother" - Nigel Faris who has embraced Islam last Saturday. It was a simple but beautiful "ceremony" - filled my heart with pureness and serenity as I watched him lafaz the dua kalimah syahadah... I know for sure Zee was brimming with happiness as he successfully said it out at his first attempt.

Thanks Zee for giving us the oppotunity to be part of the start of his new life. May Allah grant him the strength and faith to overcome all obstacles and to perform his duties as a Muslim. And may you do your part well in guiding him through his new journey. ;) And we'd be more than happy to offer our help/assistance/advise etc, where we can, to ease yours and his "journey"... see you on your wedding day!!....

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BDAY AKAK!
We celebrated Ms Gem's bday at RosmAman's new home.

Our sincerest apologies for not having the prezzie arrived on time!.... tulah kau!... nak sangat bende nie... sampai nak kena import dari Amarika! hahahhaa...

RosmAman's new home is still not done up properly yet... will definitely look beautiful though once they've added in more colours and furniture and all..... haaaaa... makes me wanna have our own home when we get married later!.....

And a kid to go along with it too!..... look how simply adorable baby Syaza is!.... soooooo kiiiiiuuuttt!!!....... make me wanna gigit-gigit her!..... michelin baby!....

The wonders of life, love and friendship.. beeeeyooooooteeeeefull!.... ;D thanks ladies for giving me a wonderful time - yet again!!....

More pictures here..

MARIO.... MARIO...

Ok.. did some more search on Mario... (YES!... aku tak puas hati!... heheheheh) and found a fansite dedicated to him... and found out the truth behind his departure..

I spoke to Mario personally earlier today on the telephone and he squashed any rumors of being kicked out, or reasons he had to leave. He said that he has some family things to take care of and the timing just wasn't right. So contrary to whatever rumors you may here, I personally talked to Mario himself and will not believe anything else.

- quoted from site

very sad... but what to do? if that's what he wishes.... a talented one gone.... hmmmm...... no more sweet "caresses"....

DISCO DAY?

After the manic lunch we had today, the 2 decide to disco in the office!... haha!....

WHERE'S MARIO??
I just went to the American Idol website and found Mario missing from the list of contestants!... tell me i'm dreaming or seeing things?.... damn it!... where is he?!.... aaaaaah!..... tiiiidaaaak!... it won't be the same without him... like that can only support one person?!.... urrrrgh.... wat's up siah?!.....

STRANGE HOUSE
I found this amusing.... haha... the architect is amazing to have done up this retail house this way!.... ;D

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Was searching the net for the answer to Mario's departure and found out that he's left due to personal reasons... now wat could that be?..... this is very irritating.. but anyways, there's a rumour going on that Baby Face made him an offer he couldn't refuse!... now, if that's real, then, good for him!!... but i would still have liked him to be on the top 12!....

THE FABULOUS WEEKEND

We had this...

with a group of friends. to welcome..

them - the newly weds.. to see..

their wedding album, as well as Ayu's and Irilyana's cheesy wedding video (hehehhe).. and I received..

*picture taken from Yana's multiply*

from Irilyana - PASSION. The release of pleasure... oooooh!.... thanks guys!!...

"MINT" TO BE
Mom and Dad went to KL for a wedding... (thus the fabulous weekend!.. hahaha..) and got this for their wedding favour....

i like... nice. simple. practical. But yet pretty meaningful.... hmmmmmm..........

MR NICE GUY

Went out to eat with Mr Nice Guy yesterday with a few other colleagues. Though he has kinda forbidden me to put up the above pic on my blog - WHO CARES?!... hehehhehe..... anyways, thanks for the durians, brudder!!....

So why is he labelled Mr Nice Guy?... coz ultimately, he's the only person in the department who's willing to orientate Ms Taik after our move to our new "home".... and him, being nice, he tried to help me take out the computer cable...

try and try as he might....

for this.... but of course, to no avail!..... but thanks anyways!!!!..... ;D

OUR NEW "HOME"...
is soooo huge... it didn't feel cozy anymore!... plus!.... Ms Taik's here... and she tried to be very friendly with me - i HATE it!... coz now, i have to be rude to her - like TOTALLY have to ignore her!... damn it!... B told me that she actually asked her before - "Wonder if Emi will talk to me again after this (the move)?".... HAH!... hello?!... wake UP!... even if you're the last person in the office or on earth, for the matter, i'll NEVER talk to you!.... geddit?....

So anyways, i always "kena" these things... coz on the way home, she actually took the same bus as me... i was on my second last stop when i saw her changing bus to hop on my bus!.... she didn't climb up so, on my way down, i was slowly scanning to see if she was standing anywhere near the door... and as luck would have it, there she was, rite beside the door!... DAMN!!!.... i went down.. purposely didn't wanna look at her.. and "tap! tap!".... urrrgh!... turned to face her, smiled curtly and looked away!!.... SHIT!... tat felt HORRIBLE!... but i dun wanna give her hope!... coz there ain't a slightest hope/light that i'm eva gonna speak to her unless it's official!....

God!... can someone actually knock some sense into her?... i dun wanna have to one day actually go tell her "the truth" coz any normal human being should have gotten the message by NOW?.... rite??....

IDOLA KU....
aaaaaah.......... Mario made me have goosebumps..... felt as if he was rite beside me, caressing me, singing oh-so-tenderly and oh-so-romantically!...i'm absofuckinlutely smittened!!!.... and Anwar - he made me wanna hear him MORE!!..... can't get enuff of his singing!!..... he's oooooh-soooooo-gooooood!!!!......

THE SORROW..
watched the first of the 4-part special on the killer wave yesterday on 5 and the story of the 2 boys were too heart-breaking to watch!... i felt for the mother!... to have lost 2 sons at the same time as well as her parents!.... one story after another.. and it's only in India and Banda Aceh!.. it's not yet in Phuket where more have Singaporeans died!... it's times like this, we should all feel blessed that we're still alive and spending our lives with our loved ones... hmmmmm.......

IF I'M EVER FAMOUS...
My colleagues here will remember me as Emilia - the one who fell flat on her face, playing dog and bone!.... tat was such an unglam and an embarassing moment!!!....

The next day, those bruise appeared somewhere at my abdomen, leaving me cringing in pain everytime i need to button up my trousers!... and it's a bit difficult to walk straight the first 2 days.. it felt like I've juz had fats sucked out of me!!....

IF I'M EVER FAMOUS...
I'll be rich first!!.... Dearie eagerly showed off his new bike to me on a sleepy Saturday morning.. with the tiredness still lingering from the day before events, and the aches from the fall... i woke up to see the new bike..

and I swear I'd get him a better-looking bike than this!... pronto! if I ever become rich and famous!...

IF I'M EVER FAMOUS...
I hope I'm a singer but i will NOT get a manager who's sooooo bitchy, bossy and acts as if she's got paid MORE than me!.... and will NOT get back-up singers who comes down to sing only "Hey Yo! Hey Yo!" for me!... urrrrgh!.... so, guess where we were over the weekend??...

yes... we were at Soundmix Productions with Babes Conde, Iskandar Ismail, Ghani and I think it's the whole Bonafide group coz Mark was there along with a 2 other peeps. ooooh!... how we regretted being tooo shy to take pictures with these ppl!!..... hahahaha.... so what did we get?... juz the signboard lor!.... hmmmm.... anyways, Wati sooo farny!.. she got excited seeing Mark!... "alamak! makcik!... belum Taufik!... hehehhee...." it was fun with Babes and Iskandar.. they got us going but the disappointment was we did not get to sing more than that "Hey YO!" line!.... all because of that manager!.... wat the f*@#!... waste of time!!... all that practise sessions and $$ gone to waste!!....

POUND!... POUND!.... POUND!...
I feel like someone's hitting my head over and over again!... i'm having such a terrible, terrible headache since yesterday!.. it's slightly better today but it's still there whenever dearie goes over a hump or i make a sudden jerking movement!... urrrrgh!... not in the best of health i am today - and that SUCKS!! coz we're supposed to be going for some FUN TIME later this afternoon and how do i play any games if i'm having this stupid headache?!....

urrrrgh!..... and another headache is coming up too!... it's tat time of the year again where your promotion and performance bonus supposedly gets affected by your appraisal!... *yeah! rite! rolls eyes*.. i'm STUCK!... i've practically completed the form if not for the part where i have to list the key tasks that I wish to complete or do for the coming year!..... gosh!.... i dun even know what I'm doing now!... let alone next year!... plus i dun even know if i'm here next year or not?!... but i sure hope so.... that glimmer of hope is there... i LOVE my bosses!... not that Mr Fuck-Face (FF), of course.. but the ones below him... they're cool!.... they gave me assurance and somehow managed to instill trust in me... so i'm entrusting them my future in their hands... hence, as you have guessed, i'm staying put here.. as one of them says "goodness always prevails".. so, i'm willing to wait and i believe, i can learn more from them than if i were to move to another part of this organisation...

howell!.... i juz really, really, hope that Mr FF gets out sooooon!!.... will he ever??... ooooh!.... how i wish I can bitch abt him here!... but i can't!... DAMN it!.... oh!... before i end this entry!... i juz have to say - Americans voting SUCKED!..... how could they have chosen Aloha over Janee?.... YUCK! YUCK! YUCK!..... i hope this would be the one and only stupid votes they make!... but of course, i wouldn't be surprised if this is the first of many stupid votes in the competition!!... :-p

WAVE..
Couldn't believe it when dearie said that he's bought a new bike without waiting for ME!!...kekekekekekek..... as I've guessed it - it's a Wave!..... YEAY!... i'm really hoping that this is not as problematic as his Phantom!..... and it can fit both of us on it!... kah... kah... kah!.... ;D

SUPPORTING....??
Who?... Who?.... Watched AR7 yesterday and I am definitely supporting *censored*!!!........ hehehe... can't say it out loud.. later suay!... coz normally, the couple that I support dun win juz like my other favourites in other seasons!... but anyways, i'm glad that the lifelong friends (the uglier blondies/red-haired) won't win it!.... and am sooooooo jeles everytime Rob does his mushy stuff to Amber!... kekkekeke.... but it made me feel sooooo warm inside!... :)

On another reality TV - AMI4, it's gonna be really difficult who's out from the guy's team... but i think it's relatively easy for me to pick one out from the girl's team.... some of them were ambitious orite yesterday!..... she can't do it lah.... she looked nervous and she looked so inconfident!.... she should have been out last week but was given another chance - and she BLEW it!..... so shooo! i hope she goes out tonite!....

THE AIR GOT STALE!...
Juz when i said the air got staler.... it was announced that we'll be moving to a new place, nearer to my previous dept next week... *YIPPEE!*and i was told of where I'll be sitting in our new workspace and guess wat?!.... i had never had a better "fengshui-ed" place!!!....... i'm gonna be facing tat blardy, bodek and pantat besar, cinoneh!!!... AAAAAAAAHH!!... my mornings will never be the same again!!..... ;(

and then, when dearie fetched me from work yesterday, the air juz got STALE!.... apparently, he needs to sell off the bike ASAP and get a new one!.... DAMN bike!... *problems! problems!* so now, we're getting a new bike and that would juz have to be a Wave coz that's what we can afford!.... wat with our wedding prepz and all other financial burdens that he has.... if only he'd let me help!....

hmmmm.... so this morning, i wonder... wat else is there in store for me today?....

WHAT NOW??
I'm in a fix!.. decisions! decisions!..

can I or more so, should I wait?.... how long more?...

i'm comfortable here. yes?.... YES.

How badly do I want this? Pretty bad.

Do I want the faster. guaranteed. way up with no guarantee of happiness with the people and the work OR do I want the slower. no guarantees. way up but with a guaranteed, chopped and sealed feeling of happiness and satisfaction with the people, work and environment? I'd be greedy if i take the first option while the latter will definitely make me a happier person!

It was like a breath of fresh air and I was bursting with good news juz yesterday!... today, the air got staler and i'm in a state of confusion!.... the only thing that's motivating me to go on is HOPE and TRUST.

Haiyah!.... At the very most, i'd be a tai-tai later and make loads and loads of babies to keep me occupied!.. Hah!... lagi stress!...