Balancing It

Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Life.. is like a candle in the wind

It was like every other day on 22nd May for me. It was the usual 7 am work till 3.30 pm.
While on my way back from office, there were tonnes of things that were playing in my head. The Wedding. The House.

Which design should I choose for my wedding card; How is the house renovation going to be like, How I am going to earn more bucks to support all of this expenses, Should I have a better decor for the wedding

and it just keeps flowing in like a broken pipe.

I mean, everyone would want a perfect start as a newly wed. Who wouldn't, right? Even I think it sounds a little too much, while typing all of these, but you know, we just imagine.. and these ideas grows, and eventually we get carried away.. yadayadayada.. I know.

When I got home, I lay on my bed, with my Ipad, and messed around to get my mind off all of these. I was tired of thinking.
I turned on my Facebook page, and got a shock of my life.

Someone posted that one of my friend had passed away.

I was lost for words. I just sat there, and wondered... "What was wrong? She's just 24! A brilliant kid, a true friend and was never in the bad books!"

I told Josh that I was to attend her funeral, at least, to pay my last respects to her before she leaves.
I took an emergency leave, and left for Ipoh.

I hitched a ride with a fellow friend at midnight to headed back, only to reach at 1am.
We rushed to her house, and then it hit me.

Did I know this girl? This girl resting in her coffin, looked totally different.
I just sat there, thinking... what life is all about?

She studied hard, had big dreams, wanted to help her family out financially... She was all that.

But fate has it, she had cancer.
Breast cancer, which had spread to the uterus.
She was in pain for over 2 years.

What is life?

Now, every time I start thinking for the wedding preparations, I am constantly reminded to leave it simple.

All you have to thank for is the guest attending, and your family.
While you are still breathing, be thankful that you are here, with all your loved ones.

Life doesn't have to be all fairy tales.

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Simple weekend

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Sunday, 20 May 2012

Finally...

.. I have the time to record what has been happening for a month.

I know, the line 'I've been so busy' is getting a little more common in here, and also boring! *but* i must say, this time this sentence was not abused.

I have to admit that I am so proud of myself to be juggling this much of stuffs!

April was no joke!
It was just work and work for me.
There had been a reshuffling of staffs in my department, and I got a more challenging role.

My colleague (who has been there fore 3 years) got promoted to be our team lead.
So, someone had to take over his accounts, and that someone ended up to be me.

I had top dollar accounts in my hands, and cannot afford to screw up!
Being only in the company for 7 months, I have to prove that this was manageable..

While I was taking over his account, well, someone has to take over mine, right?
So, there was this other colleague, who is relatively new in our department to take over mine..
Since she was new, she had to get new software and access to make her laptop functional for this job. And this took a dreading 3 weeks.
In the meantime, we had to train her to familiarize with the system and how it works..

Apart from this, I had to also make sure both accounts were closely monitored.
At one point, I was dragging myself out of bed fearing that I forgot to follow up on something, and someone would call up complaining.

It was a stressful month!

If I only had that job to do, I wouldn't mind at all... but I had other things going on too!

# Edit: I hit my target for both accounts baby!! woo hoo!!

The house.

There is an endless list of issue with The House.
We finally got the keys! *hooray*
But.
The house was not how we last saw it.

It was leaking, and it was in a horrible state.
This House needed a major renovation.. *sigh*
More spending.

So there I was looking for a decent contractor... who'd do the job for the least price.
Even when the sound of the pricing sounded cheaper that the rest, I still cannot afford it, and have to apply for a loan.

And this will take an excruciating 2 weeks for approval.

On top of that,
I have The Wedding.

This sale person who took over my file for the wedding venue kept calling me to come back to Ipoh, just to verify a few things, and hand over the agreement.
She also kept wanting to know all final decisions of how the layout was to be like, the decor, and what to expect during that day...

For something that was 6 months away, I thought it could wait, but she said it'll come before you even know it.
Didn't sound like I had the choice, so I had to sit and decide on what was it that I wanted during the wedding...

After a week of hard thinking during showers, I came up with the whole plan, and let her know.
I got back to Ipoh yesterday, got things in order, and back to KL today.

The Dress
Mom and I took sometime yesterday to head to the bridal studios... I have been seeing a lot of wedding gowns online, but never really tried it to see if it fit well for my size (meaning short and slightly chubby)So we thought maybe we could just hop into a studio, try a few outfit just to give that drive to go on a diet!
ahahaha!

We went to just TWO bridal houses, and i found the dress!! *details undisclosed*
All I can say, it was still new, with tags, never been tried on, and was just put out on display the day before.. *melts*

After speaking to the salegirl, I found myself handing my credit card over, and got a receipt after.
So that looks like a confirmation for something that is 6 months away...
I hope it really reaches before i even know it, so i wont regret this.. hahaha

But all in all, I'm really glad. Everything is almost 50% sorted.

The Job.
The House.
The Wedding
The Dress.

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Russell Peters In Malaysia 2012 Tickets - SOLD OUT

If you are a fan of Russell Peters, you'd know by now that their tickets went on sale this morning at 9 am.

I was one of the kiasu's who went after the tickets! it felt like there was a stretch of invisible wall around the damn site, cuz I COULDN'T GET IN!!!
'server busy' it says..phuh..
At one point I was so close to submitting my credit card details, and *poof* it went to 'server busy' mode.
my RM248 tickets just vanished.And when I tried again, no more tickets for that seating :(

I had to fork out extra, to get the RM 388 seats. sigh.
But oh well, its not always you get a chance to see the million dollar indian comedian!
It better be worth it.

In case you are wondering, tickets are all sold out - to what i think was, after 4 hours on sale.

This is a seating plan for your reference for the South gate:
(actually it is for my own reference la, coz I am sitting there)

If you really want to get these tickets, you could try getting second hand from
Mudah.my or Ebay or Facebook marketplace to try your luck...

Cheerios!

Monday, 9 April 2012

Awesome week - if only it could be like this EVERYWEEK!

Past week has been wonderful! I just thought of penning them down here, before work mood hits.
Probably it is partly due to the fact that I am on holidays from Friday till Today :)

Monday :
Dreadful day at work
I have been *promoted* to get more work than usual now. So there are some changes taking place on my daily routine, but, heck! its tough!!

Tuesday:
Random Gathering
My CLP (Cert. of Legal Practice) friends decided we should meet up after 6 months of everyone's disappearance. So I was the mastermind, and we met at Devi's Bangsar.
I last minute-ly bought a cake for my 2 buddies belated birthday after work.
And I was running late to buy them both a gift.

The only shop I pass to get home is a Grocery shop.
Me being a genius, I thought of something. A prank.

I got them each a Cucumber. :) something heavy, which they can't guess correctly - and at least something they could use to cook, or for a facial.
I got home, wrapped it with tissue, put them in a box, and sealed it with a birthday wrapper!

It was initially a girls night out; but since I was about to celebrate their birthday, I secretly invited the rest of the gang.
We had a good time chatting and eating, and it turned out even better when the girls opened their gift..