My 2010 Favorite... * the tangible*

And the list begins....

1. Favorite place on earth

My home of course. i would rather spent a full day at home then going out to fancy shopping mall or restaurant.

2. Favorite Holiday

Christmas of course, duh. I went to Penang for christmas holiday and the town is really charming! And the best is i get to meet up with my GOOD friend- HL after so many years! And she will be married around the same time with me next year, Jack you are a lucky lad you know!

3. Favorite Christmas presents

Stila Smokey eyes makeup palette

I know i am a bit too old for the gothic smokey eyes makeup, but who cares! Thanks Jenny, love ya!

Favorite Movie

Inception

Leonardo is simply marvelous in this movie. I love the plot and the storyline, it holds your breath and kept you captivated for the whole two hours.

Favorite book

Charlaine Harris- Sookie Stakehouse series

Do i need elaborate more?

Favorite Drama series

1. How i met your mother

Its hilarious man! it sorta reminds me of Friends. The whole story talks about how Ted met his wife, which is yet to revealed even after 5 season. I hope i get to know who the mother is in the season 6!

2. Glee

Kurt is super cool in Season 2 Glee. he gaves me a few goosebumps especially when he sang the song "house is not a home" wait, is that Season 1?? anyway, I think the drama will stay for a long long time

Cougar Town

I cant believe Courtney Cox still can pull it off after Friends. Its as though the character Jules is specially tailor made for her. I love the episode whereby she breakup with her younger boyfriend, Josh. The standing in the rain crying his heart scene gives me the ' awwwweeeeeeee' all over.

Favorite album

1. One Republic- Waking up

My favorite in the 1st half of the year. I played the album whenever i'm in the car consecutively for 3 months.

2. The Script- Love and Science

Peter's influence. Love "Nothing" and "For the first time" and the story behind the song.

"The song 'For the First Time' was about a time when we got back after touring around the world. We wanted to press palms with the people who had really gotten us there, and we got home and realised there's a stark reality out there, the recession has hit, people are losing their jobs and their valuable things, and we thought, it almost pales in comparison to your news. We started the song, and it ended up being a bit bleak and we felt we really needed a great message in these, to turn it around... so we needed a message of hope, as people are being stripped of all these things they're realising what's really important. It's all about going back to basics: drinking cheap wine, eating your dinner off the floor. That's when you meet each other for the first time, when you have nothing " Danny O'Donoghue of The Script

My favorite blog

http://thepioneerwoman.com/

The blog was introduced by Audrey, it was really a cool blog for a housewife. It makes me wonder can my life be so enriched like her after married?

i will come with my list of intangible soon....

201210 ROM Photo stream

Thanks to Nana for the great photo stream!

decrypt me! (my name)

Wedding and some of my thoughts

Am shopping for a good photographer for my wedding day now. And for some reason i thought of KL and eve's wedding photographer- Dennis Yap. A bit of google search and i've landed with his site with the blog entry of the newly wed's wedding photo shoot 2 months ago. Click here to view.

In his entry, he commented "It may seemed a little dull if a wedding is a plain process without any emotional elements." which kinda caught me in surprise, i wasnt aware that he viewed the entire process in such a way. I was acting the busy bridesmaid on the day, so it was only normal that i didnt really know how did the outsiders (those who are not directly involved in the wedding process) felt or responded towards the whole event. Did they enjoyed it though its a christian wedding? Do they felt that they were part of the celebration? do they felt like a mere observer rather than a participant? or do they felt out of place with all the 'ritual' and proceedings of a christian wedding?

The busy bridesmaid: Sam, SH and myself

The experience of being bridesmaid (not once but twice!) had taught me 1 thing, that most of the brides just wanna get it done and over during the BIG day. The planning process was tedious and the actual day was pretty much tiring and exhaustive. Imagine wearing the makeup and the long gown the whole day, while wearing the smile and suck in your stomach the whole time so that you look like miss universe at all time under the flashes of the camera.

I think it looks glamor from the outside but sometimes its not really a pretty enjoyable experience for the wedding couple.

For some reason, it kinda makes me wonder would the invitees who came felt the same way too? Of course we all want to be there to give our blessing to the couple, but do all of us actually enjoyed the process or felt that its an obligation?

In my heart i had always wished my wedding is just a small exclusive party for those who we love. A nice little restaurant with afternoon tea and lots of cupcakes, people going around chatting with each other, people giving toast and telling funny stories of us, some may want to sing a song or two. Just a casual afternoon hang out with lots of laughter.

Since when we have all succumb to the stereotypical wedding whereby BIG church and BIG crowd and BIG 8 course chinese dinner reception are a must.

Anyway, just my little ramblings on a very dull afternoon in an empty office (how come everyone is still in holiday!!!). I will post my ROM photos stream in my next blog. Its password protected so please do send me an email if you want to view it! ;)

For your eyes only

All my friends were bugging me for ROM photos. The thing is I DONT HAVE IT!!!! Well, you cant expect the bride dressing in white going around taking photos with DSLR hanging on her neck right? Anyway, my dear bride maid managed to sent me some from her iphone this morning, all the way from Singapore. Being a iPhone newbie, all her photos were ..... hmmm .... lets say if i have a restless leg syndrome, she had the same for her hand k.

hahaha... Jv dont be angry at me. Am so glad you are there with me that day.

To curb your curiosity, am uploading two of the best quality here.

Us, holding the marriage cert like those secondary school kids attending graduation ceremony

Lunch at Saisaki, Hannah, myself, daddy and jv

Anyway, thats all. To all the gu-po gang, Hannah will upload all the photos onto FB for your KIND viewing and comment. Ironically, yesterday i was lectured by a 6 years old (my future flower gal) that "Daddy told me we shouldnt upload private pictures on Facebook" LOL

husband sounds foreign to me

Yeah, i guess the title said it all. Am having trouble to acknowledge the fact that i have a husband now. Yesterday when we sent the car for service, Peter referred the car as "my wife's car" and for some weird reason, i started to smile nervously to the service counter lady, as though i need to act 'normal' so that i do look like a wife.

If you asked me how i felt about being legally married, my answer is "its kinda weird". In my heart i know something is different, yet life still went on as usual. All the hard works in physical (buying clothes, booking of restaurant) and emotional preparations, finally came the ROM ceremony, and then the whole event went passed in the speed of light ..... welcome everyone, lots of hugs, snapping photos, ceremony starts, signing of the certificates, the registrar was overly enthusiastic, congratulation wishes, more hugs, more photo snapping, food, chatting around, more food, final hugs and many goodbye .....

Yesterday morning it marked the end of the entire process when i've finally sent my dad off to LCCT at 5am. After drove back home, I crawled into my bed and slept again for another few hours before i was woke up by the alarm. The moment i opened my eyes, it slowly dawned to me that i'm lying in the same room, enjoying the same quiet tranquility of the morning like any other morning (my home felt much crowded with the mere presence of my dad for the past few days), wondering what to do for the rest of the day. And i felt that i am myself again, as though this is THE real life and the past few days was just a long long dream.

Its really weird.

This whole thing of bearing a new identity as someone's else wife but the life still going on the same is totally weird.

I think it will be long long time before i can get used to it.

10 days to go

Last night i was trying out the white dress and white heels just to ensure that it still fits. And it suddenly dawned on me that its only 10 days to go... FREAKING 10 days! Can you imagine that? 7 years of relationship will be finally concluded on a piece of legal paper.

yeah, its kinda freaks me out now.

Birthday at The Daily Grind

Not my birthday by the way. Its Peter's. And i'd mistakenly wished him one year older than his actual age which pissed him off, lol. Anyway, the Daily Grind is a great place for late evening hangouts and BURGERS. For gourmet lover like me, its heaven.

We had big plate of garlic chicken with fresh salad as appertizer. It was pretty good. Apart from the combination of the nicely grilled garlic chicken and garden salads like the lettuce, olives, it also comes together with the croutons, cheek peas and walnuts slices.

Garden salad with garlic chicken, RM18

Our mains consists of 2 types of burger, mine was down from the farm burger (RM33) and Peter chosen a non conventional Tokyo burger.

My burger set comes with burger with beef patty (bbq sauce), some onion rings, big fat grench fries, corn bun and fresh salads. The burger was nicely done, but i think it taste kinda mild. I was expecting some sort of kick with the cowboys on the horse trampling through my taste buds.

Peter's Tokyo burger (RM30) has a softshell crab lying between the buns, at first i thought the beef patty must be lying underneath the crab or playing hide and seek with me. but after numerous attempt of search, there is no beef patty at all! its just a big fat softshell crab! The wasabi sauce was great but the taste reminded me the Softshell crab Okonomiyaki (Japanese pancakes) from Zanmai Sushi. It wasn't bad, but it wasnt extremely good either. Just different i guess.

After the dinner, we went to walk around Bangsar and i bought the series of The diary of the whimpy kids for him as present. I don't know if you have this quite disgusting habit, but I think its a good crapping book. Seriously, i mean it literally, its a good book to read when you are crapping in the toilet. Peter does it, me too, as well as my brother. I remember my brother used to put all his book in this old bathtub beside the toilet bowl which we never used in my parent's master bedroom toilets. The books slowly mounting up and fill up the whole bath tub and everytime i need a book from my brother, we will have to dive into the bath tub to search for it.

Anyway, come back to the birthday topic, it was a good and relaxing evening. We were listening to the newest album of The Script while we were driving back. There is this particular songs which is really cool. The singer song writer wrote the song after an argument with his wife on the fact whether love is part of a scientific process of evolution or its purely a faith.

Science and Faith

Tried to break her to a science in an act of good defiance
I broke her heart (I broke her heart)
There’s a pull up on her theories
there’s a watch her growing weary
I broke her heart (I broke her heart)

Having heavy conversations about the frivolous
Constellations of our souls oooooh
We’re just trying to find some meaning in the things that we believe in
But we got some ways to go.

Of all of the things that she’s ever said
She goes and says something that just knocks me dead.

Chorus
You won’t find faith or hope down a telescope
You won’t find heart and soul in the stars
You can break everything, got the chemicals
But you can’t explain a love like ours.

Its the way we feel, yeah this is real
Its the way we feel, yeah this is real

I tried pushing evolution as the obvious conclusion of the start
Anekatips hmmm .. it was all my own amusement
Saying love was an illusion of a hopeless heart

Of all of the things that she’s ever said
She goes and says something that knocks me dead.

Anyway, thats the topic for my next post. Science and Faith. Stay tuned

Xian

Its a slang for boring by the way.

Life has been pretty mundane actually. Everyday is the same as yesterday, work, gym, watching downloaded drama series, weekend, gym, movie, dinner ....

Moving out/in and renovating the house has keep me occupied for a few months. Now, am slowly getting used to living alone (which is one of the best thing happen in my life!!), and since the excitement of moving in finally wear off, its kinda xian when everyday falls back to the same routine. It even felt like the empty pages in New Moon whereby Stephenie Myres had left it blank purposely to indicate how mundane Bella's life was after Edward left.

However, one thing which was constantly good even during these predictable days is my book reading. In fact, since i have move in 3 months ago, i have finished reading more than 10 books.

1. Sookie stakehouse series (book 1-9) by Charlaine Harris

I have a good time reading this. During those night when my adrenaline runs high, i will read 4 hours consecutively until my brain went numb. Its about this cheeky telepathic waitress named Sookie Stakehouse whom encountered all sort of adventures in the world of supernaturals (Vampires, warewolves, witches, fairies etc.). I love her spirits and agility. Am anxiously waiting for the tenth book "dead in the family" to be released now.

2. When God writes your love story by Eric and Leslie Ludy

Its a christian contemporary books on dating guide, its kinda 'mild' for me if you know what i'm saying, but i love the part whereby there are a sort of dialogue between male (Eric) and female (Leslie) which shows different perspective towards topics related to love.

3. Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

It was a book whereby it took me a few nights just to get through first few chapters. Not because its bad, but because of the fact that the words was so real it sends shivers through my spines. Its about a 14-year-old girl named Susie Salmon who narrates the story from heaven after she is raped and murdered on her way home from school. As the girl adjusts in her own heaven, she watches her family members as they try to recover from the feelings of despair that have invaded their everyday lives after her death.

I have scenes and images running through my mind as though i am going through it myself since the book is written from the narration of the victim herself.

"We lay there as I shook, a powerful knowledge took hold. He had done this thing to me and I had lived. That was all. I was still breathing. I heard his heart. I smelled his breath. The dark earth surrounding us smelled like what it was, moist dirt where worms and animals lived their daily lives. I could have yelled for hours. I knew he was going to kill me. I did not realize then that I was an animal already dying..."

Reading this took me another 3 day before i can pick up the book again.

And no, i have yet to finish the book.

4. Vampire diaries series by LJ Smith
I know, i know. You will think that now i am a vampire fan or what (come to think about it, i finished all the twilight series, sookie stakehouse series and vampire diaries, cheesy..), actually i do like the thought of having the supernaturals co exist with human, it never occur to me that romance between two species (do you call it species?) can be quite addictive to read. Anyway, the story focus on Elena, a human who was turn to vampire by two vampire brothers, and her after life in a small town named Fells church. Anyway, it was interesting but too teenage-ish, like Sookie series, it focus alot on killings and blood sheds with a twist of romance in between, but somewhat less realistic compare to the former.

Anyway, anyone wanna join my book club?