august babies

okay. i'm really backtracked in my posts, i know.

i've been meaning to write about:
- Bangkok
- MTV Asia Awards
- Panic at the Disco
- Pasta Zanmai

but nyeh. i'm no longer the avid blogger i once used to be. probably coz a whole bunch of my friends gave up on it. i lost my extrinsic motivation.

anyway... i digress, so, let me get back on track.

last saturday, we had a belated joint birthday dinner for way han and leonard at las carretas. su-yen msn-ed me two weeks beforehand and booked me. =p

su: "you better come!! or else...."
lisha: "ok ok, i'll be free on the 16th!"

su can be quite ganas if you piss her off. she's a mum of two boys, yo. so don't mess. she'll crack her whip and discipline you without hesitation. hope amer's into the S&M thing. haha

it felt like a high school reunion. the food was pretty yummy and surprisingly, reasonably priced. the cocktails were pretty cheap too. i think it was about rm14 for a margarita!

leo & way han fighting over who should don the sombrero first.

leo & su - i swear they both look like anime characters.

way han & leo - the august babies

fiona & hisham (more well known as mix fm's sham)

way han: "you blow it."
leo: "nah man. you blow it. your birthday was more recent."
everyone: "just blow the damn thing, both of you!"

Introducing the POOem

every relationship has their idiosyncrasies and quirks that make it special.

alvin and i share our relationship with the toilet bowl fairly intimately. when either one of us is gracing the throne with our bottoms, we sms each other POOems.

not poems, but POOems.

today's POOem from me to him:

A banana a day makes your stomach give way.
It makes you want to say,
“It’s shit time, dey!”
So have you had YOUR banana today?

romance with a twist.

i've got my bottom covered

my mother is back in town.

alvin and i went to pick her and paul up from KLIA and brought them out for supper. in the car she handed me two plastic bags of things i had requested for from australia - bonds underwear and jewellery supplies.

"are fifteen undies enough for you?"
"FIFTEEN?!?! why did you buy so many?"
"well... you sounded desperate!"

-_- that's my mother for you.

playing dress-ups

i don't know what i would've done without jen. thank god someone knows how to sew.

when joyce asked if i wanted to help Tongue In Chic dress up a couple of dolls, i immediately said yes and got girly-excited over how to dress them up.



then. i realised.

shit. i can't sew. -_-

i can do straight stitches. well... they're more like crooked stitches.

but with a lil improvisation here and there, we managed to dress up the dolls a little. my poor dolls look a lil underdressed next to the rest, though. *sniff*

to be fair, most of the other contributors were fashion designers/fashion design students. nevertheless, i was still proud of my glam ballerina and glam diva.

40 days summarised

okay, it's time to end my hiatus.

it's been a fairly eventful month and a half.

- went to bangkok with cam & soon wei. was supposed to blog about it, but i kept putting it off until the hype died.
- MTV Asia Awards in Genting.
- weekend epicurean trip to penang

and i just spent the weekend sewing outfits for dolls with jen whilst watching SATC. could this be a preview to our future? two old women sitting around, listening to fictional characters discussing their sex lives and sewing outfits for dolls.

oh. plus my 14 cats.

yikes. scary thought.

what happens now?

"do you really know the person you're sleeping with?" carrie bradshaw posed this question.

what happens when the person you thought you knew inside out, suddenly shows a side of them that makes you take a step back and realise, you don't know them as well as you thought?

what happens when the person you've been building your dreams/future with, becomes the person who tears them apart?

what happens when you realise this person has become your best friend, confidante, your entire world, and you have no one else to turn to? your friends are his friends. your home is his home. your safe place is him.

what happens when you realise you have crossed way over your side and you've lost your way back? it becomes a one-sided relationship.

so what happens when doubt begins to eat inside of you and you wonder if you've given up far too much to let go now, and yet, you wonder if you should?

and yet, all he can do is get angry when you raise your issue.

so what happens now?

you repress your emotions and stay. because if you leave, you know he won't hurt as much as you will.

playing house

the new house is looking mighty nice. i must applaud my dad's sense of design. thank god he isn't one for gaudy floral wrought iron gates and lions at the front door.

he once said to me, "a lot of rich chinese have no taste." and it's so true.

i'm sure you've all noticed those ostentatiously huge houses painted in pink with garish looking balconies and greek style columns. not to mention the palace gates that barricade the entrance.

my room however, remains to be an eye sore currently. the damn furniture is built in and not white as i was originally told. well, not completely anyway. it's green and white. with my blue walls.

not the look i was going for. hence, i have decided i will drag someone to help me repaint my furniture white. mwahaha. candidette #1 - my colleague, reza (mr. handyman)

list of things i have yet to get:
- bookshelf
- bedside table
- lamp
- quilt
- frames
- wall decal

speaking of which. i need to find someone who can print wall decals for me.

many many projects to go. fun fun.

i'm contagious

in a non- flattering way.

my senior was having a look at my label designs when i started hacking away like a dying old lady. everytime i coughed, she inched backwards. one moment she was right behind me and the next, she was two feet away with her hand over her mouth!

"oi. don't spoil my weekend! i don't want to get sick!"
-_- "where's the love, man?" *cough cough*
"ok that's it!! you do the labels yourself. i'm going over there..." she points at her table fifteen feet away, "and we'll have a look at it on monday!" *scampers off*

urbanscapes is tomorrow. not sure if i will be going yet. goddammit this is seriously the wrong time to be broke. the sales are on, junkyard sales popping up everywhere, urbanscapes... *bangs head on wall*

meanwhile, thanks to facebook's bowling buddies, we are having a bowling championship tonight at one utama!!

yes, this is what our lives have come to. getting excited over a night of bowling. three years ago, we would have been prepping up to go out and get smashed skank the night away. but not anymore... age has taken hold and decided to climb on our backs for a long ride.

oh, rubbish.

my laptop was sent in to be diagnosed and the outcome was somewhat, heartbreaking.

it was not, as i had hoped, a fault of the hard disk but possibly the motherboard gone haywire. which means i would have to fork out about rm1000+ to get it repaired!!

i am well pissed off with myself & toshiba. absolutely pissed. i thought i'd spend a bit more on a laptop so it would last longer and not become obsolete as quick, but nooOOOooo. just under two years and it's decided to retire.

urgh. should've just bought a dell for half the price. so now what? i'm going to get a second opinion before deciding on whether to repair it or just tighten my belt and get myself a macbook instead.
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that's not all the bad news. my grandmother has been admitted into hospital for pneumonia. according to my uncle, she's okay. so that's a relief.

am now twiddling my thumbs waiting for alvin to get back from work so we can go visit her. i may be driving now, but that doesn't mean i automatically have GPS installed in my head, yo. and we all know how FANTASTIC my sense of direction is.

*ahem* shaddup.
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urbanscapes is happening next weekend. i'm hoping to get free tix if i can. sounds like it'll be quite the happenings.

chuffed!

my first t-shirt designs have been printed the samples were sent over today for us to have a look at. i'm quite pleased with the results, although... they do need to tweak a few things, naturally.

designing prints for fabric is quite different from print on paper. you have to keep in mind the stretch of the fabric, the curvature (does it make the wearer look too fat/thin/saggy), results after washing processes, etc.

they'll be available in WH by the end of the year for the holiday season. =)

oh... it's men's shirts, btw. sorry ladies.

kokokaina

who'd have thought u could be famous through the internet? it seems to be the trend now.

colbie caillat did it. so did marie digby. and here's an undiscovered talent (for now). eunice introduced me to kokokaina and i'm in love with her songs and her sultry vocals.

check out her videos here.

party in your jammy

as promised... some of the (many many many) pics. i ain't got no photoshop right now so all the pics are in its original form. aight.

if u want any of the pics removed for good reason, just let me know. there are some priceless moments caught in stills. *grin*

ons

pimpdaddy brian

"let's see if your muscle is still so big when i pull your armpit hair!"

anrie is the hottest photographer

so man!

old folks unite - yue neng & brian

birthday boy & i

david and one of his many 'natural' poses

absolutly alcoholic

we had a mini series in still shots going on. i think it needs no explanation...


the end of mini series

bradders in pyjamas

david's natural pose #215

high-waisted is like, sooooo in right now.

stu, shean, mike, ons, dave, jo, big B & birdbird

me & stu

joanna & b

geisha girl

oh, out comes the tongue again.

poor johan was pinned down and tickled while they all forced him to whistle.

mike & david pretending they're tag heuer models?

the cake says, "happy birthday hunny bunny!"

brian & i

cheers!

doncha wish you had this many chicks in your bed? joanne, cindy, audrey, me & anrie

yue neng gets a taste of a night in hugh hefner's life

the result of viagra

the result of a penis enlargement

the result of too much alcohol

girlfriends vs football

we all know who is likely to win.

i've lost alvin to euro cup for the last week... and there's still two weeks to go. he's lying right next to me, completely knocked out thanks to all the late nights staying up to watch the games.

thank goodness it only comes once every 4 yrs. haha. but then, there's also EPL, champion's league and of course, world cup.

we can never win.

and gullible me, i believed him when he told me at the very beginning, "you will never have to fight EPL for my time." wat utter rubbish. =p
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:: edit ::

saturday night, we had a surprise birthday party for yue neng. everyone rocked up in theme - pyjamas @ Ascott.

it was a hilarious night full of borderline gay & lesbian activities. brian cindy bought yue neng a matching set of pyjamas so both of them made it look like an old folks home.

david donned a sarong.
anrie looked ultra hot in her lacy top, boy shorts and a satin robe.
ons & johan looked like they were dressed for Phys Ed in singlets and track pants.
zee rocked up in a towel. (i really thought he just had a shower til i realised he was still in his towel 2 hrs later)
michael was surprisingly boring in a plain shirt and (holey) sleeping shorts.
joanne was rather perturbed that no one would take her seriously in her pink fluffy pyjamas.
audrey was super hot dressed in a man's shirt (and hot pants underneath).
cindy and i wore tank tops and PJ pants.

my laptop is still out being repaired, so no photoshopping for awhile. will post up pics soon when brian's compiled everything from everyone.

cherry ripe

another polyvore set. =)

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i've got a penis

i'm serious. i do. i told alvin about it on msn.

lisha: i have a penis
alvin: .....
lisha: really baby
alvin: uh oh
lisha: but it's kinda small...
alvin: oh well
alvin: looks like u dont need a local object anymore
lisha: wat should i do with it?
alvin: tuck it in somewhere
lisha: is that what you do?
alvin: i was born with it
lisha: true true... well... mine is really hard. it's like wood. it's brown too...
alvin: thats wierd, cos u are a fair girl
alvin: hmm this is truly a mystery
lisha: indeed....
lisha: my colleague gave me a penis keychain from bali
lisha: i've got an imported woodie
alvin: so it is a foreign object

only he can layan my nonsense. because he's full of even more nonsense!!

speaking of nonsense... i had a truly nonsense dream a couple of nights ago.

i caught a man who had somehow violated a girl. i caught him with every intention of getting revenge on her behalf. i tied him to a chair and the girl sat next to him as i cut off his ears, hacking away slowly. i threw them aside and he yelled "i can't hear! i can't hear!"

gee. really?

i simply laughed at him and was thoroughly enjoying myself. i cut out plastic ears from cups and placed it over where his ears were, as makeshift ears.

sick, bizarre, psycho dream. probably my all my repressed anger bubbling up in my subconscious. don't play play yo. i'm the next Jigsaw (from the movie SAW).

pigging out at el cerdo

cam, mei yin, soon wei, alvin and i celebrated jin min's bday at el cerdo on changkat bukit bintang on sat night, recommended by soon wei.



a very animated soon wei

i was told it was a spanish restaurant so, naturally, i was expecting tapas, paella and sangrias. so shoot me for having stereotyped all spanish restaurants. how was i to know it would be a pork affair?

the first thing i noticed were pig statues greeting me at the entrance. how cute. i found myself suddenly wondering whether i had stumbled upon a chinese restaurant instead. after all, show me a malaysian chinese whose face doesn't light up at the mere mention of 'pork'.

i felt like a kid in a candy store as i looked at all the pork dishes available on the menu.

pork! pork! oh look, more pork!!

i kept forgetting to take pics of the dishes coz i was ravenous and scoffed everything down before i realised. oops.

our menu:

green pea soup with smoked kassler ham

boquerones

hickory smoked pork soft ribs

paella


roasted suckling pig

rum & raisin pancake

complimentary dessert

bottle of red wine


by the time the suckling pig came, i was rather over-porked and salad started to look more appealing.

the bill came up to rm880+ between six people. O_O my jaw dropped.

i have to say my favourite part was definitely the ribs. it was lip smackingly awesome. not to mention the injection of spanish customs like breaking plates for good luck and serving dessert by order of age/importance.

mei yin obliging me with a half-smile

soon wei, JM & mei yin

what an uncanny resemblance

"who should i give it to first?"

happy & well fed birthday boy

el cerdo is definitely an experience.