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I’ve been staying home for the weekend and not allowing myself to go anywhere. I’m going for a holiday this coming Friday so I just want to save as much as I can before I splurge next weekend. The only place I went was to the service centre to get my car serviced. Cost me a lot more money this time.

I’ll be going to Bangkok with my colleagues and this is my first overseas trip with my colleagues. Also, my first trip where we’re going on our own, without signing up for tour packages. I did something similar last year with my family trip but it was different because the places we went spoke languages that we speak here. I don’t speak Thai so I would have to learn a few of common words to ease my trip.

I’m going to draft an itinerary, to be submitted to my colleagues tomorrow for approval or further amendments. 😀 Sometimes, I like doing stuff like this. As I plan, I get to read a lot more of places that I’ll be going or discover places that I can go.

The last time I stepped foot on Bangkok was more than 10 years ago. I went with my family and basically I didn’t have to worry about anything but just enjoy. We went with a tour guide with a group of Malaysian. We had one of the best tour guides even though his looks could scare one away. His face was scarred by a bomb so you get to see scars of stitches which wasn’t properly done. Anyway, it took some time and adjustment to actually look into his face.

That aside, he was funny and told us lots of stories. I don’t really remember the names of the places I went. I only remembered drinking lots of coconut juice, tom yam soup for every meal, saw big boops during the transsexual cabaret show in Pattaya, saw pig racing, saw tiger feeding piglets and elephant show. We were also brought to shopping malls to buy WACOAL bras. I don’t understand what’s the hype of getting a Wacoal in Bangkok but that’s what we were told to do. My breasts wasn’t fully developed back then so it was a waste trying to get a Wacoal. 😛

Didn’t know Chatuchak Weekend Market exist and I’m going there this time. In fact, I would be very much contented if going to Chatuchak itself is enough to complete my Bangkok trip.

I hope this Air Asia Zero-Fare inspired trip will be an enjoyable one. I can’t wait!

I was absolutely happy and excited when I hear this song from Leo Ku’s new album. I loved his Cantonese version of ????. Now there’s ????2 which is in Mandarin. It’s very nice!

Leo Ku, I love you!

????2 – ???

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Charlene, do you still remember us singing this song during our karaoke session? It feels so good singing a 10-minute song, with the ??????????????????????????????????!!

I’ve never really been an ardent fan of politics but this election put my curiosity to a high end and I’ve been reading a lot for the past few days. I’ve seen the word DUN but I’ve never really bothered knowing what it stands for until just now when I was reading Utusan Melayu and came across that word again, which stands for Dewan Undangan Negeri. I’ve learnt quite a few words just by reading during this general elections. You see words like ruling coalition, sworn in and etc.

And if it was so hard to memorize which states have Menteri Besars and which don’t during my school days, I’m re-learning history again today where Menteri Besars are for states that have a monarch i.e Sultan. So, the other states without a Sultan, which is Sabah, Sarawak, Melaka and Penang, you have the Chief Minister (Ketua Menteri). And Menteri Besar has to be a Malay Muslim, unless otherwise agreed by the Sultan.

I was watching Shahrizat short speech when she arrived to congratulate Nurul Izzah on malaysiakini.tv and I must say it’s sad to see her go. It’s also sad to see Koh Tsu Koon go, for he’s a true gentleman. Unlike some who are still bitter over their loss and unable to accept the fact.

I don’t even know why I’m writing about politics now.

Anyway, the below excerpt taken from MalaysiaKini enlightened my day in the office. I’ve been enjoying reading Malaysiakini for the past few days and I won’t be able to read it anymore tomorrow onwards unless I’m subscribing to it.

Quote of the Day:

Can you comment on Zam (Zainuddin Maidin)?

He won or lost? Oh, he lost. Well, the way he was campaigning was really funny, telling people to look at his face and how it doesn’t change. But I think that a face that doesn’t change can be very boring. Sometimes you must laugh, sometimes you must cry.

He was telling everybody “Ini muka tak bertukar, tak bertukar”. Who is interested in his ‘wajah’? If he was Britney Spears, then….

– Tun Mahathir

This is very funny. 😀

And since, the share market plunged dramatically today, I think it should be a good day to buy shares tomorrow for myself.

It’s 12:19am and I’m still glued to the Internet and switching to the TV in between to catch the election results. I’m feeling really hungry now and the dishes are still left unwashed since dinner. It is very thrilling I would say, seeing Oppositions knocking down ministers and winning in places you don’t expect them to. I think it’s a good thing and acts as a message to the current government that some things are just not right and people are angry and discontented.

Judging by the way the media only portrays one-sided advertisements and write-ups is enough to piss people off. I’m one. It’s overdosed that I actually had to switch off the news which I religiously follow every night on the TV and I’ll be sitting in front of my PC, reading blogs and watching videos on ceramah. And I hated one advertisement particularly, the guys that says he feels safe walking on the streets, security is good…bla bla bla. For I certainly don’t feel so!

I’ve been calling Pappy every 10 minutes or so, just as the results are out one by one. I have to keep him updated. 🙂 And I’ve got a colleague who seemed to be more excited than I do, she keeps me updated while I kept my dad updated. My mum was more interested in watching the All-England Badminton Championship in Birmingham aired on TV2.

Even though I didn’t cast a vote this year (as my polling station is in Sandakan – Elopura), but it does not stop me from being excited about the whole election process.

I can only say, this is like magic!

I haven’t been writing as I was spending time with Mum and I was also spending time worrying about him.

He called me yesterday at 2am, to tell me his arm is dislocated and broken. And that he’s driving alone to the hospital. That was enough to put me into worry and much to my disbelief, he told me he’s in Melaka. He never told me he was working for a few days in Melaka so I was both angry, worried and everything la!

He kept telling me he was in pain. There was nothing that I could do except to be more worried. And the fact that I had to take in all this info in my sleepy and blurry state at 2 in the morning doesn’t help. I lied awake after that and shed some tears. You just don’t know what it is like imagining and wondering if he’s okay.

He never called back after that, even though I told him to tell me once he reaches the hospital safely.

He never answered my calls nor replied to my SMSes which I sent the next morning and for the whole day. I was totally going insane!!!

I broke the news to Mummy in the morning while I was having breakfast, who was then worried about me worrying about him. And on the day she flew back to Sandakan, my tears just couldn’t hold back anymore as I closed the door and walked down the stairs to get my car, to get off to work. I suddenly missed her so much and at the same time, still worried about the boyfriend who is nowhere to be heard.

He finally called in the afternoon the next day, telling me he has reached KL. Drove back on his own again. I don’t know why he always like to act macho. Driving with only just one hand. I scolded him after that even though he has a cracked elbow. I mean what’s the point of calling me at 2 in the morning, telling me that you broke your hand and then decided not to answer the phone at all the next day? And that the reason for him not answering is because he was in a bad mood?

Am I in such a fun mood to worry for him the whole day?

He’s really testing my patience and I’ve told him I don’t know what I’ll do the next time he does this to me again. And I just had to insert a hurtful remark that I’m not going to call him if ever I met with an accident or I need help if he doesn’t the answer the phone because it’s just going to be a sad case. Imagine calling for help to someone you love, yet it’s fallen on deaf ears.

Anyway, the night he broke his elbow was also his birthday. I managed to insert a “Happy Birthday” just before the 2am call ended. I just had a feeling that if I didn’t say it, I will not have a chance to say it. And it’s true, with the fact that him not answering my calls.

Now that he’s back, he even went to work again, making me even madder. He came to visit me after that ( I was supposed to visit him actually but because he’s not at home, I can’t) and I gave him his birthday present and we had dinner at home together. Sounds okay again but I’m just not too sure.

Today’s a very fun day. Had a 4-hour karaoke session with my colleagues, celebrating birthday for one of them. I just enjoyed today very much. It felt like I’ve not had fun like this for a long time.

Today’s also our first year anniversary. The boyfriend and I. We didn’t started off with an official date to remember to be exact…so it’s quite hard to pin-point which day we got together. So I’m setting it as 1st of March as it is one day after I met with a car accident last year that we met each other again. He helped me out with stuff after the accident, which was how things began to pick up from there, again.

I wasn’t expecting anything today because I know he doesn’t know or remember when we actually started so all I did today was to notify him through SMS that today we have been together for a year.

His birthday is a few days away so I got him something today. I crack my head a lot everytime I get a present for a guy because it’s just so hard to get something for a guy lah! And I always end up buying the same things. Apparel.

There’s something about this purple theme that I love but I can’t specifically pin-point it. So, I’m switching it back to this one until I’m ready to move on to the previous new theme or until I find another theme that is deemed suitable.

Violet is my innate colour. I don’t really understand the term innate colour but I guess it’s a colour which works well with me.

purplewabbit.com is now back to purple!

My neighbour is moving out tomorrow and I’m a little sad. I’ve got a very good neighbour who would keep an eye on my house when I’m away and sometimes keeping an eye on me! 🙂

There will be no more Raya goodies and the laughter of their grand daughter.

I hope I get another good neighbour.

On a side note, Gracie is going to look for a new job. Time for a change and to learn new things and to be exposed to new experiences. I feel so rotten now because I’ve not been learning anything new at work. It feels comfortable now with nothing much to worry but I feel that I need more challenges to train myself to be braver and more confident.