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Monday, November 09, 2009
What Would You Do To Warm Up The Car?
Ladiesss and gentlefishies...
Check THIS NEWS out.
Some chick tried to warm up her car..and did it literally. Like serious, she went and set fire to the under side of the car. Bwahhahahahahahahahahah *tergolek on floor laughing* ahahahhahahahahahahahahah.
Maaaaaan. And I thought our 'warm up car' incident was hilarious. Many, many moons ago, when the world was fine and dandy and we had a driver, let's call him G, we used to have this really old car that he'd drive to drop us off at school.
Now, the old car was like seriously ancient. So my old man told G that he has to warm up the car in the morning first before driving off, just to make sure the engine didn't mati half way.
I distinctly remember that morning like it was yesterday.
I got into the car. Sis got into the car. My maid got into the car. G got into the driver's seat and sat absolutely still.
I blinked. I thought perhaps he was er...uttering a word of prayer before he started driving? We waited. He still didn't move.
And then ever so carefully, my mom from the inside of the house asked "G, what are you doing?"
He turned to her innocently and remarked, "I'm warming up the car, ma'am." ... with his body heat, apparently. *bangs head on wall*
I can't remember if I laughed but I distinctly remember my maid bursting into laughter until she had tears streaming out of her eyes. It doesn't sound very funny now but if you had been there - the way he said it, with absolute conviction that there really wasn't anything wrong with what he was doing - that look was so classic, I tell you. He was a strange man...funny though, but strange.
I thought G was the all time record holder for his intepretation of warming up the car until I read that article.
Like wow...G has been dethroned!
posted by Agnes on 1:53 PM
Friday, November 06, 2009
It felt like Santa Claus decended on us during lunch time today.
I went for lunch with 3 other colleagues today and we had just finished eating when 3 people in red t-shirts approached us. The first thing I saw was the food. All 3 were carrying one plate of food each and the next thing I know, they placed the food on our table, spoke a few words and handed us a black and red card about the size of a call card.
The cards read "Get used to getting more" and it was actually a promotion campaign by CIMB. But wah....suddenly got 3 more plates of food! We were happy campers hehe.
I must say, it was an ingenius advertising step - first of all, who'd turn down free food? Second of all, they sure got our attention.
Friday's starting to look good after all :) And to think I was just complaining this morning that nobody gives me any pressies :)
posted by Agnes on 1:50 PM
All she said was "I have something to tell you guys..." and I was like all awake and dying of curiosity.
I swear ah, the phrase 'curiosity kills the cat' obviously have no effect on me since now I am sitting in the office, absolutely dying, DYING of curiosity to know the thing that I don't know.
I'm such a busybody, I tell you haha. But even if I found out, I am not saying anything here. See, if I'm going to die of curiosity, you are going to die with me! Hrmp :P
I love pressies. I absolutely love pressies but nobody every gives me pressies :P Until yesterday. Luc came back from Hong Kong and presented me with a beautiful Agnes B. pouch! *clasps hands in delight* I like I like I so very, very like! Apparently, Luc couldn't find an Agnes C one (follow my surname?) so the Agnes B one will have to do hahahahaha. Funny :)
posted by Agnes on 10:05 AM
Thursday, November 05, 2009
It's like a horror movie coming to life.
The news hit me like a splash of ice cold water on a warm, humid night.
Auditors *jeng jeng jeng*
They are coming.
To our direction.
And they will have 1001 questions. And among the few fellas thrown to fend for ourselves justify the infrastructure set-up is...me *gulp*
Ok to be honest, I've never dealt with auditors. I know there are some people who flee at the very mention of the name but I have a feeling I'm about to get intimately acquainted with the impulse to flee very soon when they swoop down on us.
I am looking at this big-ass document, full of queries. Why this. Why that. Tell us this. Tell us that.
I am slightly annoyed. I hate answering the whys and hows.
Ah well. Just buck up and answer as much as I can lah, kan?
I mean...what can go wrong?
*awkward silence with crickets chirping in the background*
*blinks*
I need a drink.
posted by Agnes on 9:41 AM
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
It was a blissful 4 days away from work *smiles stupidly*.
Unfortunately, as with all holidays, it went by too quickly.
What did I do on my day off? A lot of things! I did a lot of catch up on the stuff that I couldn't do before. I went to listen to music in No Black Tie which turned out to be a pretty interesting event. And I read my newly won copy of the book 'The Time Traveller's Wife' and lost myself in a beautiful story :)
I almost bought that book when I was loitering around the bookshop the other day, before I was informed that I had won a copy of it. I remembered we were about to go watch a movie, and since we were early, we hung around the book shop while waiting.
I had seen the book on the 'Recommended Reads' shelf. The picture drew me in. It showed the feet of a little girl standing and right next to her on the floor, neatly folder clothes and a thermos flask. I tilted my head curiously and picked it up to read the back.
I almost bought the book but after reading the synopsis, I asked myself exactly what sort of novel could you write about a dude winking in and out of time zones? With a reluctant sigh, I put the book back on to the shelf and walked off. I didn't want to blow RM35 on a book that may turn out to be just an okay read. Lesson learnt from Nicholas Spark's 'The Lucky One' which I'm still struggling to finish :(
So you can imagine my delight when I found out that I won the book. Well hey there! I started the book and really couldn't put it down after that.
The Time Traveller's Wife, although its very foundation sounds very much like a simple story line, is a book the dwells deep into the human emotions and relationship. You will laugh. You will cry. You will feel your hear soar with joy as you follow the journey of Clare and Henry throughout the pages of the book. And this is possibly the first book in a long time that made me cry my eyeballs out towards the end.
I question whether I want to go watch the movie now. I know there will be some parts of the book that won't be captured in the movie, given the limitations of length of time they had. The whole story is so magically beautiful that I am reluctant to mar the scenes that have formed in my head, with ones that will come in from the movie.
Ah but in the end, I would still watch it. Curiousity will still get the better of me, and I'd want to be able to see the story on the big screen although I'd probably run the risk of crying my eyeballs out at the end of the movie like I did in the book. Damn, I'm turning into such a human watering pot these days.
I had lunch with an old friend yesterday. He was in the neighbourhood and I was not really terribly busy. He and I go way back many years - I knew him when I was studying law and it is amazing how over the years, he's been a rather constant figure in my life. Friends come and go. Some become mere acquaintances. Some, you lose touch with. Some, you don't bother to keep in touch with coz they never bothered to keep in touch with you. But he remained the one person who always made the effort to maintain contact. Through all the HappyNew Years, Happy CNY, Merry Christmases etc. It is easy to forget and take for granted these constant figures in your life because they've always been there so you don't miss them. But y'know, you shouldn't. Miscellaneous pebbles rolling along the beach of life are plenty. But steady rocks that don't wash away with the waves - you don't get that very often.
As we laughed over lunch on the details of the week's events, I remembered uttering a silent thank you in my heart for that one constant person in my life. Steady rocks. We all need one :)
posted by Agnes on 7:07 AM
Saturday, October 31, 2009
posted by Agnes on 5:36 PM
Friday, October 30, 2009
A Little Bite Of ... Heaven?
"We're going to Shah Alam for lunch," Thomas declared two afternoons ago.
I blinked back at him and waited for that moment when he'll throw his head back, burst out laughing and dismiss the statement with a wave of his hand and say that he was just joking.
No laugh came. He was not kidding.
And so to Glenmarie we went! I thought that it was kinda far but migawd, Thomas drives fast enough to make up for any loss of time.
Who would've known that in Glenmarie, there would be this small little shop that sold possibly the best char siew this half baked potato has ever eaten in her entire life. And I'm considerably old ok, so that's gotta mean something :P
"Meng Kee Char Siew", the sign reads. I stared at the shop in disbelief. There were people standing all over the place waiting for an available table. There were tables everywhere and all were full.
I walked in and almost went flying - the floor was so oily, you'd think you could do a skating dance from one end to the other. I was not impressed with what I saw.
But when we finally sat down and I bit into the first piece of char siew...oily floor be damned! I was in heaven! Omg omg omg omg omg. This is food for the Gods! *swoons* Ok, maybe not but it was good. So damn good, I made sure I memorized how to get there again (so I can bring the rest of the Brady bunch there).
I totally forgot about the crowd. The oily floor. The people hovering around looking at us eating sarcastically, as if to hurry us up so they can have our table. My whole being was centered on that one piece of char siew I was chewing on. I don't even know how to describe it. The outer crust was lightly crisp from the roasting, with a sweet (but not overly much) caramalized taste and the inside of the char siew had a delightful combination of fat and lean meat. I know I know doctor said I need to lose weight and eating more fat isn't helping but at that point, when you bite into the most utterly astounding piece of food you've ever tasted in a while, you probably won't even remember your own surname, let alone what the good ol' doc advised.
I wonder if they're open tomorrow *sighs wistfully*. Diet??? What diet? *waves hand dismissively*....
posted by Agnes on 6:40 PM
Thursday, October 29, 2009
And the annual dinner theme for this year is....Halloween.
I shall go as a pumpkin! :D
posted by Agnes on 2:25 PM
Yesterday was one of those days when everything pissed me off.
I have come to accept that I become a raging lunatic when I'm in PMS mode :P
Whilst reversing my car out of the parking, a lady saw my car reversing but still persisted to not give way and honked at me. Like hello, my car was already half way OUT of the bloody car parking spot, could you just freaking wait like a nano second, its not like your damn bladder will burst if you spared me the time to just finish reversing, kan? *rolls eyes*
We all have those days. Days when our nerves are just bordering at the critical level one step below 'meletup-ing'.
Today is my last working day for the week. In an effort to try and regain some semblance of tranquility in me, I've decided to take tomorrow and Monday off to go...find myself again.
Perhaps I'll go watch a WHOLE STRING of movies tomorrow! *clasps hands in delight* Y'know, I've found the joy of watching movies in the cinema on week days. No crowds! No queues! And if you watch it in Tropicana City Mall, no parking problem either.
But before that happens...I just gotta get past today. One more day.... 8 hours....
Odd how when you crave the end of the day to arrive faster, it always passes by at the slowest of paces.
*sigh* :)
posted by Agnes on 7:57 AM
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
The good thing about doing eyebrow embroidery is that you won't have to bother with attempting to draw your eyebrows every morning before you go to work.
The not so good thing is that usually, the first week after you'd done the treatment, you wait with baited breath for the outer crust to fall off and while that's happening, you tend to look...strange.
Right now, half of it is starting to come off, the other half is still there. Which means I look practically diseased :P One part dark brown, the other part a more natural brown. Heck, right now I could play a character out of a horror movie effortlessly!
Oh speaking about mooooovie. *clasps hands in delight* I just got an email notification from GSC that I've won a pair of free tickets to go watch The Time Traveller's Wife and also a copy of the novel. Wheeeee! I'm a happy camper :) I've been joining and joining and joining contests like a rabid monkey and I've finally won something after so long.
Seeeeeeee, my name's there in the contest results page! Ok, I'm a happy camper now :)
One more day to go and then I'm off for Friday :) *sigh* I can't wait.
posted by Agnes on 10:28 PM
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Service Tax On Credit Cards?!
I pouted in frustration when I read about the government wanting to impose RM50 tax on primary credit/charge cards (and RM25 for supplementary ones). I can understand the rationale behind it but still, it means I'm going to have to really re-think about whether I really wanna keep that many credit cards with me.
I have up to 4 credit cards with 1 supplementary tagged to one of my main cards. Why so many? Kiasu! Ahahah. Actually no, I was preparing it just incase I need the funds last minute and didn't have cash on hand - like for e.g., if someone in the family ends up in the hospital and they want a 10k deposit or some crap like that - where the heck am I going to find a bank open in the evening to take out 10k wei?!
I don't owe the bank, I make it a point to zerorize them at the end of the month and only 1 card is active whilst the rest remain as 'dormant' cards until the need arises to use them. If ever.
With the new ruling coming into force next year Jan 2010, I'm looking at paying out RM225 just for credit card tax alone :S. Which is probably a lot less compared to some others who have more cards than me. But still, RM225 is a lot of money and I'm starting to think that perhaps it is time to cancel off some cards that I don't really use.
posted by Agnes on 12:02 PM
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Eyebrows, Anyone?
I went and got my eyebrows done today. The last time I had them touched up was in August 2008 and that was yonks ago. They've faded to a rather pathetic reddish hue so it is touch-up time.
Bluunis has a promotion at the moment, 2 touch ups for RM208. So I sat there, and let some woman have a go at my eyebrows with a blade. You know, for someone who's not been able to cough up the courage to even get her ears pierced, I sometimes wonder how to heck did I manage to get myself to sit through 45 minutes of a blade piercing the skin of my eyebrows.
Eyebrow embroidery is one of the few things I'd go through hell and back for, simply because I have very, very little hair for eyebrows (read that as almost none?). And being able to have proper eyebrows on my forehead, and not having to draw them myself every morning - maaaaan, you have no idea what a relief it was when I found out such a thing was possible without the ugly aftermath of tattoo effects.
The process itself is really something I'd rather not watch :P A sanitary blade is coated with colour and that colour is then literally scrapped into the upper level of skin of your eyebrows. Ouch? Yes ouch. But surprisingly, not as big an ouch as I thought it would be. The things women do!*rolls eyes*
However, I just realised one thing today, what no other person who had tended to my eyebrows before had bothered to tell me - there IS something you can put on the eyebrow for the pain. *narrows eyes*. Well great, if only someone had told me that years ago, I wouldn't have to grit my teeth over all that slight discomfort :P
The bad thing is, you gotta sit there for a full 20 minutes for the numbing to take effect. I didn't have time for that today but my next touch up, I'm gonna tell them to numb the living daylights out of my eyebrows! :P
The lady who did my eyebrows today was really a much nicer person than the last few. At least this one did not persistently try to make me enrol for a facial package. :)
posted by Agnes on 8:45 PM
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