Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Pet project

~*~*~*Pet project*~*~*~
In my new workplace, i've been allocated a parking space on the ground floor of the building.

However, all staff who park on the ground floor were required to park in Basement 2 (B2) last Thursday due to the fact that we had a huge event going on. All parkings on ground floor have been reserved for the event sponsors to park.

So, last thursday, i happily parked in B2 and not knowing whether to take the lift up or to take the stairs (cos not familiar mah), i took the nearest exit, which i found out was the stairs.

Whilst walking up, i smelled an unpleasant odour ...and then i heard meow-ing sounds.. and to my amazement, i found little kittens hiding themselves (or trying to) by holding on to the railings and curling themselves into tiny little balls.

i was pretty worried that they'll fall down the stairs (as it's pretty steep, not to mention them clinging onto the railing being a rather suicidal act) as they're so very tiny and frail...

And then i saw the mother cat, and she looked like she was prepared to attack should i lay my hands on the kittens and try doing anything funny..

As I was rushing to get to the office cos I was involved in the event and I wanted to ensure everything was in order, i left the place in a hurry. I didn't think too much about the cats anymore as i was too bogged down with work.


Also, i saw that some nice souls have actually given them food and water. That nice person(s) (most like cleaners) also made a box with a hole (so that the kittens can have easy access in and outta the box) laid with towels.


So the next day, my colleague Christine, whose workstation is near the stairs said she heard meow-ing sounds and i related the incident to her. We then decided to feed the cats.

We went to 7-11 and bought these :




We started feeding the kitties on Friday. I was pretty upset as there's only 1 kitten left, i'm not sure what happened to the other 3. I thought i saw at least 3/4 kittens the day before. i just hope that someone nice has adopted them. i cant bear knowing that they might have gone into the carpark and god knows what could have happened to these little defenseless thing.

Bought some potato bread and fed them sommore cat food on friday evening as i was worried that they'll have no food during the weekend.

Come Monday, both Christine and myself were eager to check on the cats. We were pretty upset when we realised that the door to the stairs on the ground floor was locked. So, we took another route to the basement. But to our disappointment, we couldnt open the door from the basement into where the cats are. When we asked the security guard, he said that becoz that exit is an emergency exit, the management has decided to lock it for security purposes.

Christine and i were both very mad. Why lock the emergency exit? Can they do that? OMG, can the mother cat come out and scour for food? What if she's gone out and has no way of getting in? Oh damn damn damn!!!

We told the guard our concerns and he reverted us to his boss. Thank God that man is very understanding and nice. He himself has no idea who locked the place. Damn...

So he unlocked the door for us..and we were relieved to see that both mother and kitty are okay.
It's good to see that they've eaten most of the bread and that they are well.

It's Wed today and the mummy is now pretty comfortable with us feeding her and the kitty. I've started stroking and craddling the two of them. Whilst we were talking, Christine was telling me that the lil kitty was looking up at me. That was so so cute :)..I'm gonna take their piccies tomorrow and post it here..

Sunday, October 01, 2006

Moon cake craze...

~*~*Moon cake craze*~*~

It's all about the packaging these days, isn't it?

I remember most vividly that mooncakes back then usually came packed in red boxes, with a picture of two mooncakes, a moon, and some Chinese characters greeting the occasion.



This is about as traditional a packaging as you can get in the market nowadays. With the quest for all things cute/creative/classy to suit different people with different needs, there is a strong demand for packaging with a difference.


And I was exposed to these kind of lanterns when i was a kid




Now we have these kinda lanterns...


Powerpuff girl? Superman? ?? I remember we only had a choice of different type of animals to choose from (fish, rabbit, dragon, squirrel, etc). Now, kids can choose their fave cartoon characters as lanterns.

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Look around you, everything is so bloody commercialised...

Now almost every single bakery or self-deserving Chinese restaurant sells mooncakes or produce their own in-house mooncake for sale.


Just look at all these available mooncakes for sale…it’s absolutely crazy out there!!


Traditionally, only Chinese restaurants sell mooncakes.

Tai Thong


Hei Yuet Thong


Hei Yuet Thong


Kam Lun Tai


Kam Lun Tai

Now, even the infamous hoteliers sell mooncakes. And they're like so atas..RM20 for a piece of mooncake.

I like mooncakes from Mandarin Oriental, not too sweet. Melts in the mouth too.


Equatorial Hotel


Hilton

This box i damn like.


It's even crazier in HK..i remember seeing hello kitty, little twin star, forever friends mooncakes when i was in Sogo (Causeway bay) few years back...

I LoVE Hello Kitty!!!!


Now you can buy mooncakes from bakeries as well...

Baker's Cottage


King's Confectionary

And i heard that even Bread Story has its own line of mooncakes.

for coffee lovers..

If you don't like the conventional mooncakes out there...try Starbucks' tiramisu mooncake, good stuff!



..i didn’t quite like the greentea mooncake from Starbucks, it didnt taste that authentic.

And for ice-cream lovers...

there's nothing as heavenly as haagen dazs mooncake

Something fancy for the kids?

How about Tare panda mooncakes?

Or jelly mooncakes?You can even order mooncakes online and have it delivered to your loved ones...

There are so many packages to choose from..you can team your mooncakes with roses, lilies, orchids and whatnots, wines and... even a teddy bear!!



hrmm, i think it kinda takes away the fun of mooncake tasting and shopping. I'll still do it the traditional way.


Happy mooncake Mid Autumn festival everyone!

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

New job

~*~*~*New job*~*~*~

Dear friends,

I will not be able to blog as often as i'd like. :(

Am into day 2 of my new job and there's lots to learn. Things will get a lot more hectic towards the end of the year as we're approaching our recruitment drive.

Good news is that i've been given my own laptop, so maybe i might be able to blog afterall!! woohoo..

so keep posted ppl!

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Celebration time

~*~*~*Celebration Time*~*~*~
16.09.2006 was a day to celebrate.
Over the years, we all have had our fair share of ups and downs and it is because of this fact that we wanna celebrate.We sure had many occassions to toast to..

Our celebration was held at the Selangor room in Shang hotel, Kl.


balloons and flowers galore. Balloons are so ol skool. :D . Still ranks no.1 in "party must-have" list.

So funny. These balloons are held onto place by some small tiny balloons. What cool weights!

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First and foremost our friendly hosts: Jean (Carmen's grandma), Catherine (Carmen's mum), and Bunny (Carmen's dad) would like to celebrate the fact that they are well loved by so many friends here in Malaysia. This celebration is a gesture to thank all their lovely friends for their love and support.

*Fact, there were so many MAS and AirAsia crew (friends of Bunny, who used to be Captain for MAS) present in the function room that no one minded when the party started an hour later..these pilots know what the word delay really means.

We celebrated to everlasting friendship!

Catherine and her friends. Catherine is thankful to all her Malaysian friends who welcome her and embrace her with open arms.


Me and my cheemuis. L-R: Carmen, Cindy, Wai Mon. I love you gals. May is missing in action (she's working in London). We've all been good friends since college days. Gee, it's more than 10 years now! It's definitely a reason to celebrate!


After 10 years, and we're still so close. How fantastic is that?


Friends cam-whoring together... L-R: Eugene, Bee Leng, Syed, Carmen, Cindy, Mon, me.

That night, we celebrated the fact that Oliver has turned 21. Happy belated bday Oliver Oh!

Michelle & Oliver. Both are avid cam whores! They are damn proud to admit sommore!

Celebration of LOVE

Carmen and her dad

Celebration of LIFE.

I learnt that it is the little things in life that matters - a friendly hug, a warm smile, an appreciative nod, etc. Learn to love yourself and enjoy life in every single way..you'll be much happier. Learn to let go of the past and look forward to tomorrow. chill

Catherine and Bunny groovin to "Celebration".


The gals doin their thing...



We celebrated the fact that we are 28 and FABULOUS!!!!!





Great food was another reason to celebrate! Just look at the assortment of food spread out for us. *drool drool*

Choc fondue anyone? Mmmm..


Mon & i couldnt resist but to curi curi makan..we were damn hungry wei.


Being creative with the choc fondue..

yaya, i know it looks pretty gross. I took sponge finger, strawberries, wafer and love letters to go with the choc (you probably can't figure out which is which..)


everyone loves sausages, and we sure had sausages aplenty that night!


Sushi..my favourite! Oishi desu ne! Moo ichido kudasai


We even had a tempura bar. :) i helped myself to many servings of the tempura prawn and pumpkin. Yummm..

i confess that i am a dessert junkie..i live for sweets!


local Msian delights: kerabu,rojak, pisang goreng, pulut durian, ais kacang. All so very irresistible!


A celebration to all things beautiful!

My dessert: they not only looked great, they tasted damn good.

these desserts are absolutely worth every single calorie that i had to work off at the gym. i am so not complaining. Clockwise l-r: greentea souffle, cappucino caramel shots, strawberry cheesecake, choc mousse, and a small piece of gooseberry ( i damn lurrve gooseberries!)


you would have figured by now that i love flowers of any kind. flowers are so pretty. so pls send me some on my birthday..or better, any day is a good day!

cheers to all things beautiful!