2010 isn't off to a very good start. I seem to be receiving more bad news than I have good news. Being half Chinese, I've got one more new year to celebrate in less than a week. I'm being optimistic and hoping that maybe the year of the Tiger will bring better luck. And just around the corner, 3 new babies will be making their grand appearance into the world. Let's hope that the year will make a turn for the better.

Anusha's Baby Shower

Puva was convinced that his baby was going to come out early, so we decided to surprise Anu with a baby shower at their house instead of going out. The girs met at the carpark armed with food, balloons, cookies, cupcakes, drinks, games, and presents. And then ambushed her!

Anu is due any time now... But we received some bad news today. Puva's mother passed away suddenly. It is so sad that Aunty won't be able to meet her grandson.... May her soul rest in peace.

Ming was back in KL for a couple of weeks. For her birthday, we went to Leonardo's for dinner and drinks. Leonardo's is located on Jalan Bangkung in Bangsar. If you've been to The Attic before, Leonardo's is what has taken over. In fact, they've taken over two floors. The upper being the bar/lounge area, and the lower is the main dining.

The menu is non-halal and quite unique, adding things like Chilli Padi in their pasta dishes.

The Breakfast Club

Bad and I were invited to attend The Breakfast Club organised by Heineken. It was held at Public in TTDI Plaza. I absolutely have to say - fantastic event. So simple, yet so good.

Imagine this... lazy Sunday morning (organisers were realistic. Event only started at 10.30am), good weather, dressed down in your Sunday casuals, big sunnies to hide the dark eye circles from too much partying the night before, great food, refreshing smoothies made with Heineken, games (if you wish), live music.... what else could you ask for?

That day was "date-day" for BAD and I. After the Breakfast Club, we went shopping, shopping, shopping, eating, watching movie, etc... nothing out of the ordinary, but somehow, we both thought it was one of the best days we've spent with each other. It was lovely. I could do more of those days....

I've got hundreds of moles. Seriously, hundreds. If I got a dollar for every mole I have, I would be rich. One mole in particular is on the top of my right cheek. It was slightly protruding, light brownish shade. It didn't bother me since I've had it all my life (growing slightly bigger over the years). It only bugged photographers whenever I had a photoshoot... especially a close up shot like the one of my SK-II advertisement where they photoshopped my mole out of the picture.

Over the last month, this mole was growing at an alarming rate. It doubled in size in the span of one month. Even my closest friends or people who saw me everyday at work would say, "Err... have you always had that on your face?". To make it worse, it didn't grow smooth. It was rough and looked rather gross.

BAD followed me to see Dr Ruban Nathan in Damansara Heights. He took one look at it and told me it wasn't cancerous. Did I want to remove it? Yes? Shall we do it now? Eeeeeeek! Ok... *looking around like a scared mouse*

The injection to my face was flippin painful!!! How the hell do people do botox????

The laser part didn't hurt since my face was numb. But the burning smell from the laser was horrible and psychologically made me think it was painful.

The mole is gone now. But it has been replaced with a big red wound. The scab is starting to form then it will eventually fall off. Can't wait to see it when it heals. I hope there's no scar...



Early Valentines

Those two dishes plus a bottle of Rioja, came up to a whooping RM600+!!! Insane, yes. But delicious-melt-in-your-mouth-meat, also yes.

Anyway, we walked into the restaurant and was ushered to our table. Much to our surprise, Shaun and family were seated at the very next table from us celebrating his mom's birthday!

After we finished dinner, we met Shaun and Ric at Vintage Bank @ Hilton for some drinks. It was a Sunday night. Why my boyfriend thought it would be a good idea to order a bottle of Swing? I would never know... but let's just say the rest of the night was rather hazy for me... and the RM600 meal didn't stay in my stomach for too long.... Oppppssss.....

Oh, and huge points for BAD! He got me a custom made designer clutch! So there's only one in the world and it's mine! Yay!!

Smashed Windscreen

It was truly a terrible morning. First I woke up with a blinking cold sore on my lip, then received the bad news about Puva's mom, then discovered that my back windscreen was totally SHATTERED!

I was so pissed off! We've got a feeling it must have been the grass cutters cause they were there this morning. A stone must have flew and shattered the glass.

It's weird how things work... This is my first car that I've bought so I'm obviously not too well knowledged about the details such as insurance. A few weeks before going to pay for my car insurance (around November last year), my friends were having a conversation about car windshields. I had no idea that insurance does not cover windshields and if you want it to, you have to pay more. So when I went to renew my insurance, I paid extra to get my windshield insured as well. Thank goodness.

BAD had to take the day off work to help me sort out the car. I felt really bad that he had to miss work but his girlfriend is really a damsel when it comes to these things.

I know that it must have been an accident. Cause nothing was stolen from my car. I had money, sunglasses, presents, clothes, Touch & Go, Garmin (GPS), and a bunch of other things. Nothing was touched.

I'm pissed off... but I guess there's nothing much I can do about it and should just be thankful that nothing was stolen and nobody was hurt.

This quote is a reminder for a certain friend... you know who you are. Look for the open door. It might be a window... but it's open.

The event that robbed days and weeks of sleep away from me. The event that stripped me of any social life what so ever. The biggest event I have organised for Talent Hub. Months of planning. Over in a matter of hours. Was it all worth it? I hope so.

Two months overdue, but the photos are finally uploaded onto the blog. We had hundreds. We chose just a few to give you a preview of what happened that day.

As you know, my internet connection at home is so painfully slow that I rather watch paint dry. So I won't be double uploading the photos onto two blogs.

Do click on Talent Hub's photo blog to view the photos.

Enjoy!

Pssstttt..... if you missed this year's party... SHAME ON YOU!

What a waste of a pig head. Honestly, the people who did this should have just chopped off their own head and attached the pig head to their neck instead. Because CLEARLY, a pig's brain is much better than their own moronic one at this point.

What's next? A human body? When will this stop?

It is an outrage. Malaysians are furious. Some by how stupid these people are, some with the government, and others turning racially against each other.

The conspiracy theorist are out everywhere.

Is this being orchestrated? Has someone been hired to carry out these acts? By whom? By UMNO? By an opposition political party? Why? To put the government at the edge of their seats (literally) and show the public how they will react under these circumstances?

Is this a game of tit for tat? You bomb my church, I throw a pig at you?

Or is this being carried out by the same people? The racial card of the church bombings was a bit obvious. Not pointing fingers at anyone, but hey, it doesn't take a genius to figure it out.

But now severed pig heads were found in mosques. It's open game. Who could it be? The Catholics in retaliation? The Hindus? The Buddhists who have been safely kept out of this fiasco? OR... is it the same people who threw those bombs? The same people so that attention would be differed from the initial crime. To throw the authorities off track.

Let's play Devil's Advocate here for a minute....

If a non-Muslim were to throw a pig head into the compound of a mosque in retaliation to the church bombings, wouldn't they just grab the pig by the ear and throw the whole pig head in so that the blood of the pig would splatter the holy grounds of the mosque? So that the flesh and blood of the 'dirty' animal would be smeared all over?

But then why was the pig head wrapped up in a plastic bag? Defeats the purpose, no? I'm no Sherlock Holmes, but this seems a little suspicious to me....

Whatever the theory, this whole situation is getting ridiculously out of hand.

This country proudly proclaims to be tolerant of race and religion. Multi cultural. Multi this. Multi that. Please... we're just a big joke to the entire world right now. We're like clowns at a circus.

It is ALL politics. It is an attempt to destabilize the country and shift the votes.

Is it working?

I have never liked politics. I have always remained politically neutral - a stand which many of my more politically involved friends did not understand. More so, in this past elections. It was the topic on everyone's lips. Who were you voting for? If BN, then why? If another party, then somehow... people didn't seem to ask why. It was as if it was 'cool' to vote against BN. Like being a rebel against the system.

I stayed out of it. I remained politically neutral. Because it didn't affect me. Yet. The government had not done anything to make me go against it. Yet. So why question the government? Why put our country in the hands of people who have never run it before? Will this country crumble in the hands of a new party? It has survived this long with the current party. Why change that?

For the first time in my life, I'm finally questioning myself. For the first time in my life, I have seen how this country might not be as peaceful as I thought it was. For the first time in my life, I have seen how the system is being manipulated for political gain.

And I'm not sure I want to remain politically neutral anymore.