You Thought I Was Done With 2013?

Following (THE) Queen Bey's footsteps, I am now releasing a number of never released photos before the year of 2013 ends.

Nope! I'm still not done with 2013!

Deepavali & All Souls

Should you have not known me enough, then i guess you should be reading this post again. I am indeed a believer.

Well it was rather difficult this time around as Deepavali and All Souls coincide on the same day. So the plan was, let's settle the Deepavali prayers at home early in the morning, and move to Penang Island for All Souls' Blessing of the Tomb by 10 a.m.. For the interest of those who are not aware of All Souls, its a day to visit the tomb of our loved ones to say prayers and be thankful of their love and presence. Its just similar to Qin Ming.

So...the drama (and works) begins.

Dad has the honour of breaking the coconut!

Then off to Western Road, Penang.

The tomb of my grandfather, whom I've never had the chance to meet, and my late grandmother whom we had lost 3 years ago.

It was indeed a 'colourful' celebration.

A Day To Remember

Fact - this would be the first time I went on a cruise ship, and it was free! There was this award that I had to represent my company to receive, and of all places, they organized it on the cruise ship - Libra Star Cruise by Genting World. It was a mere 3 hours session but we did explored the rest of the 10 floors cruise ship. One word - fantastic!

I apologize for the photos as they are rather noisy. Damn I need to get those speed light so freaking soon!

But the highlight is definitely of course...

What a week!

Dreams

I remember vividly quoting a saying, "Dreams don't come true, goals do" in an article that I've wrote but to my surprise, many of my colleague did not quite agree. Well to be quite honest, I am such a big fan of a dreamer myself. But at the end of the day, what is more important is that how do we want to "achieve" our dreams that matters...which translates into our own personal goals.

For me being myself, I dream really lots. My mum would usually tell me story of how my aunt studied in Canada, my uncle in Australia, and another uncle of mine who used to work at New Zealand. At that point of time, I would be happy just to hop on an airplane and fly. That "dream" came true in 2007. My maiden flight to Adelaide, Australia.

Then when I started working, one fella is flying to Sudan, the other Iraq, another Vietnam and Philippines. But then when is my turn??? Perhaps I am too "young" in the company. But then when things are to happen, you somehow someway can know it. Notice in one of my post, I wished that I could get enough money so that I could return to Australia one day?

Well, looks like I will flying again to Melbourne next week! Dream big, have faith, pray...

That One Day Trip

My BFF will usually (sarcastically) say that I travel like the Queen of England. Why so? Because I love to do day trip for my business travel. I leave Penang to any location early in the morning, and leave from that location back to Penang at the same day. Me, Penang...unbreakable.

Dropped by KLCC yesterday for a short meeting with my boss. By now, I think the world should know that I will be away to Australia, Melbourne for a week next month. It was a mere 30 minutes meeting with him about the details of the Australia's trip. Its no vacation though! The meeting ended around 10.30-ish, and I had nothing to do after that.

So, I dropped by my favourite spot in KLCC - Kinokuniya.

I seriously don't know when did I developed the habit of reading. The shity thing about Penang is, even MPH does not have some of the books that I crave. And, after about an hour of 'shopping', I traveled to Melaka. Yes, MELAKA!

Long trip there, and visited the Melaka terminal for about 2 hours or so, then then I headed straight to KLIA.

Met up with 2 BFFs there and we have quite a lot to catch up among us, and of course the main 'dish' was gossiping lah... The takeaway message from our so-called 'discussions' was, remember you've got life to live with. Work is not the only thing you need. Work-life balance lah...

Tired, but fulfilling indeed.

Owh yeah, have you noticed that my photos are extra 'clear' recently?

Damn I looked fly!!!!! Well, that's because....

Hihi... Life oh life!

The Hamt@RO State of Mind

Right, some revision perhaps today. This is Hamtaro (ム太郎) - a japanese manga hamster character.

This on the other hand, is Hamt@RO:

Why was I called (or even equated to) Hamtaro? Well you see when I was in campus, I had this bed sheet that was made of Hamtaro characters. Hence, one of my fellow friend decided to just call me Hamtaro! When I started this blog, I simply named it Hamt@RO Me.

Similarities between myself and Hamtaro would be:
1. Cute
2. Cute
3. Cute-ness like oh-mi-gosh!!!

Disclaimer: Vainess in action on first gear kicking in!

No but really, the similarities of myself and Hamtaro would be that I enjoy sleeping (who doesn't anyway??), love listening to music and love taking photos. Speaking of which... taking photos and camera would be my new found love.

More great "clarity" to come! Cheerios!

It Has Been 4 Times

Yes, indeed. It has been 4 times since 2010 that I've gotta work on Hari Raya Aidilfitri, but I'm not complaining though.

  Noticed the similarities in all 4 years??

This year was no exception. Arrived at work around 10 AM, and started signing off the Hari Raya cards for all my staffs.

Then prepared all the Hari Raya gifts for them. This year - Tupperware products.

Ok, I will have to admit I'm a Tupperware freak!

And plus, this year's bonus would be...

I Am Not Selling Ice Cream

Well, it is not ice cream as it does not involve any "cream" in its recipe. The correct name for it would be sorbet.

Sorbet /sɔrˈbeɪ/ is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water flavoured with fruit (typically juice or purée), wine, and/or liqueur.

This recipe makes 5 sticks of sorbet, just like ones above. Right, here goes the 5-ingredients' recipe:

1 cup of fruit concentrate (Sunquick would be a good choice)
2 cups of plain yogurt
1 cup of boiled water (ensure its boiled water as we are not going to bring the mixture to boil)
1 cup of sugar (you can choose to reduce sugar if the fruit concentrate has sugar content)
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence

So, over the slow fire, stir in 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of boiled water and 1 cup of fruit concentrate till all sugar dissolved. Remember, you may not need to bring the whole mixture to a boil since you are using boiled water.

Stop the fire once sugar is dissolved. Pour in 2 cups yogurt and stir the mixture. Finally, add in 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence and you are ready to pour into your Popsicle mould.

 It takes a good 3 hours before you can really enjoy them. Try lah!!!

What's Life After All?

Uncertainties. Excitement. Going with the flow...

I had a very rare "ah-ha" moment last week. I suddenly remembered when did I most had 'life' in my life. That was, years ago when I was doing my internship at Guppy. Though work was tough, but I still had time to hang out with buddies, doing the most bizarre stuffs and venturing into new stuffs we had never tried before.

Then came in an invitation by a colleague on last Wednesday morning, "Hey, let's go for movie tonight, 10.30PM". At first, I was like, "R u crazy? 2moro no need work ah?" But then, I went...

That was the first movie I've watched in cinema since James Bond, not Skyfall but Quantum of Solace!!!

Remember my colleague who gave me that Roti John paste? Well, she offered me a job last week. To become a Roti John maker for a day. Since I've got nothing to lose on a Saturday evening, I said, why not?

The lady in pink is the nicest colleague you can ever find. So for me, life goes on, but definitely with a bit more flavour last week.