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Be A Pensonic Friend

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DSC02792.jpg Swiped from autodetailer . For the two days that I had my lunch at Pavilion , I had bumped into Alan Yun twice! The "boy-next-door" of Malaysian male models. The first time I nearly walked into him at Food Republic and I was quite surprised at how tall he was. I think he's a good 1.5 heads taller than me. The second time, he was at the toilet and he had just finished at the urinal. Bad timing. :P. KH wasn't too enthusiastic listening to my encounters with him. Baby, it's not like he winked at me. :P

DIE MOZZIE DIE

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DIE DIE DIE Swiped from termie . The ceiling fan in my room is shot. Speed 2 and Speed 5 is now the same. It just lumbers along. Like those fans you see in black and white in the 20s. Coupled with the fact that my room traps heat during the afternoon, it's quite a sauna at night. I have endured it for some time now and it makes for interesting situations ( like being able to sleep naked with KH ), but I have kinda reached the end of my rope. Last night, I stripped to my birthday suit and tried to sleep. Unfortunately, the still air made the mosquitos extra bold. I couldn't close the window for fear of suffocation so I took a chance. Bloody hell, I was harassed by those bloodsuckers! A buffet on my naked flesh! Who knows where they feasted on! I awoke with a jolt at 2:00am to retreat to my brother's room. Time to call in the professionals....

1 Corinthians 13

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Love Is Swiped from rowandahl . Nothing calms me more than clinging to KH's arm. I would rest my cheek on his shoulder. One hand would grasp his bicep ( made firm from the months at the gym ), and the other would be interlaced with his fingers. I could fall asleep like that. I could stay like that forever.... P.S.: KH just arrived safely in Singapore. Thank Air Asia. I miss him already. :(.

There's No Turning Back

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Seafood Fix Swiped from williamnyk . After having Zipangu , I don't think that I can go back to other lower end Japanese buffets. Even Gen at Legend Hotel has lost its appeal. Don't get me wrong, the food is still good, but something is just "lacking" during my recent visit there with SK, my Mei , Kynz and Rich. Although they broke up, Kynz asked me to invite Rich along. It wasn't awkward or anything, but I know that Rich still couldn't completely let go. On a more food-related note, it was the fasting month, so it was my first time seeing food being cleared off the plates and not being replenished quickly enough! By all means, if you wanna go eat buffet, delay it till after Raya . P.S.: Another Japanese buffet review to come! I'm going on overdrive this month!

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

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I ♥ cute guys :p Swiped from Apoochi ♥ . Hi guys and gals. I'm a bit tied up these days with KH in town and all. Trying to make the best of the time I have with him. With mum out of town, we have the house to ourselves and and I have him to myself. Should I be planning stuff for the bathroom, living room sofa.... etc? During a skanky chat with another visiting friend... "Do it in front of a mirror... You'll not regret it!" Something interesting to consider..... :P

Kitchen Pet Peeves

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Boiling water Swiped from ambienteye . "I'm filling the water jug, please see whether it's full already." "The kettle's on the stove. See whether the water's boiled." "Go stir the porridge." I hate to be the one being left with those jobs. Although it my actually seem like just going in and taking it look, it actually means that the job was started by someone else, but you have to follow through till the end. Ugh. Essentially, it means that you better just stare at the thing until it gets done rather than walking in and out. :(.

Hit The Books

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8.365 Hitting the books Swiped from trikeratops . KH has been very busy lately with work and studies. He's supposed to take his exam at the end of October and it is an important paper for him. He comes home late from work and he still has the energy to pick up his books. Sometimes he's so busy that he forgets to SMS me and he sounds listless on the phone. I do know that he's busy and stressed, but I still feel a bit neglected. Well, the mang zang-o-meter is always running. Hehe. But I also pandai-pandai la... Anyway, hopefully I can help him de-stress a bit during the coming weekend that he is here in KL. It's the least that I can do. :D

Milk It!

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Do Not Steal The Milk Swiped from williamnyk . All sorts of devices have been invented to deter thieves at retail outlets. During the early days, retailers chained handbags to their display counters. But now magnetic strips are commonly used. Whereas for clothes, we see the ink canister thing that directly pierces the material ( Metrojaya uses it on underwear and I really won't buy from them because of that! ). All these measures are normally seen in the department store, but recently I saw that it has been adopted at the groceries section as well! Don't be alarmed, they're not tagging fresh produce, but it's packets of milk powder ! At the corner of each packet, they affix an anti-theft black clip on it. I wasn't aware that milk powder is high on the list of shoplifters. And so, off I went with the packet of milk powder, swinging it along by its clip. You know what? Before I reached the cashier, the anti-theft clip fell off. Well, so much for security. :P.

September Babies!

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The money shot Swiped from Bashed . For some reason, there's lots and lots and lots of September babies around!!! Just last Thursday, I had a combined celebration for 4 colleagues. They had pooled their resources and made a party of 12 at Neway, Puchong Jaya. Free buffet dinner ( beats RedBox anyday with its presentation, variety and taste! ) and KTV ( the interface sucks in comparison to RedBox though )-- who's to complain except that we had to buy presents for them in return!!! :P. Well, the whole lot of us bought a laptop bag, a bottle of Davidoff Silvershadow, a silver fish bracelet from Perlini's and a Gap shirt. Hampir pokai . Sang our heart out that night with high-difficulty songs like Kelly Clarkson's "Walk Away", Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" and Alicia Keys' "Noone". My colleagues continued with Linkin Park! We were trying to bring the house down. Nearly lost my voice. Quite a number of the

Bad Bad Bad Hair Day

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Bad Bad Bad Hair Day Swiped from downing.amanda . My mum is going on a holiday in China sometime mid-September. And seeing that her hair was long and limp, she decided to go perm it again. This may seem like a simple matter, but to my mum, it's like a nuclear experiment. She's never happy with the outcome. She's never happy with the stylist. And she goes ballistic. >_<". Her hair is ..... troublesome. Contemporary curling methods are too "natural" and expensive for me her liking. It doesn't hold well with her soft hair. And so, the only thing left is the traditional "aunty" perm. It is the extreme of the natural wave. Hence, the initial result is always like Pua Chu Kang! It always needs time to "loosen" and become more "natural". But my mum being my mum, will get all mang zang and take it out on me!!! It's not like her first time doing her hair, and yet her expectations are always not corrected. Ugh. Sigh

Pre-POS-terous Theft

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mail me Swiped from kelvolution . In my never-ending pursuit of enlarging my underwear empire ( currently invading its 3rd drawer! ), I now mostly source my "troops" from eBay . The sellers from HK usually provide branded stuff for a fraction of the price and delivery time is usually not more than a fortnight. Payment is a breeze with PayPal and so far I've not been ripped off by the seller. However, I cannot say the same about the postal service. Pos Malaysia really sucks. When the package arrived at my house, it was just an empty envelope. They stole my Gigo underwear!!! May the thief wearing it get jock itch!!! Luckily for me, the seller is sending me a replacement out of goodwill. :D.

Smell Like A Croc

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Lacoste Swiped from williamnyk . Some time back, my Calvin Klein Eternity Summer EDT ran out, so I was kinda shopping around for another day fragrance. In the interim period, I was using Bvalgari Aqva which I normally use on weekends. SK was kind enough to give me her hard-earned HSBC credit card points ( Citibank does not have any fragrance in its catalog, :( ) again, so we just looked at whatever was available in the rewards catalog. Before deciding on which to exchange, we did some surveying at the fragrance counters first. Ralph Lauren Romance Silver - NO NO NO Davidoff Cool Water Deep - Used to have the original Cool Water, so gave it a skip Calvin Klein Euphoria - NO NO NO Issey Miyake Le Eau D'Issey - SK likes it a lot, but dunno why it doesn't quite appeal to me Lacoste Pour Homme - ??? The wildcard was Lacoste. Unknown to both of us, so we made an excursion to Robinsons to give it a whiff. Turns out that they were having a sale!!! And Lacoste Pour Homme was

Hair.I.Am

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Will.I.Am. Swiped from devillanueva . With a blog name like will.i.am , it's not surprising that my blog is constantly turns up in the search results of the OTHER will.i.am ( che-wah! ) from the Black Eyed Peas . It's fine if people wanna search about him on the internet, but the key word that constantly turns up is baffling: haircut will.i.am What's so great about his haircut?!!?!? And he's in a hat most of the time!! Ohhhh... talking about BEP, Marina Mahathir wrote a very interesting article in The Star today about the banning of Muslims from concerts that are sponsored by liquor companies. She compared the situation to vegetarians who constantly have beef burgers and other meaty food rubbed into their faces by the media and yet they prevail in their belief and practises. And here we have our Government, pissing their pants fearing that concert sponsorship by a liquor company ( even with the guidelines in place ) will immediately turn the youth into drunkar

Zipangu Hits Zee Spot

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Trio Swiped from williamnyk . I had my monthly quota of free food last month from SK's aunt who was in town the other day. She flew in from Australia and had a hankering for Zipangu , Shangri-la's Japanase restaurant, so she "dragged" us along for company. Not like I needed a push to go. :P. My first time there and for the price of MYR96++, you get what you're paying for. At the sashimi counter, one can get melt-in-your-mouth salmon, tuna, chewy yellowtail, octopus, super-sweet hen clam and butterfish. The oysters are also very fresh. Yummy. Interestingly, they serve a variety of soups-- kimchi, miso, radish, clam. Something not usually seen in other buffet lines. The tempura is also good and one does not have to jostle for it. Unfortunately, their unagi and chawanmushi is only average. The dessert counter is another jackpot. Moist chocolate cakes, custards with blackcurrant, raspberries and mango puree, jumbo-sized strawberries with cream... All in a

Musca Mortality

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Dropping like flies... Swiped from solcito_cr . People are dropping like flies in my company. The number of colleagues diagnosed with life-threatening diseases seems to be on the rise. To date: A male senior manager underwent a double coronary bypass A male in-house consultant was diagnosed with irregular heartbeat after feeling unwell during a meeting A female HR director also underwent a coronary bypass A senior QA officer recently died after a two-year battle with lung cancer A female project manager just told me that she's scheduled for an angioplasty Wondering whether all this is work-related. Lack of exercise. Stress. Long hours. So scary. So young. Time to take more precautions and value life!

Banned!

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Bookmark for your banned books Swiped from mj*laflaca . “If left unchecked, the publications can corrupt the morals of society,” said ministry principal assistant secretary (Publication Control Division and Al-Quran Text) Abdul Aziz Abdul Latif. Definitely bestsellers if given a chance: Masalah Seksual Yang Anda Malu Tanya Rintihan Jiwa Seorang Lesbian Serakah Anak-anak Zombie Khazanah Mutiara Hikmah Suami Isteri dan Bakal Pengantin But now.... they have no chance to shine. :P. Anyone know where I can order online? :P.

Zack X Cloud

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Zack X Cloud Swiped from crossbonesandstars . Recently, I finished playing Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core on the PSP. Quite a fun game of slash - slash - slash - upgrade - slash - slash - upgrade - slash - slash - slash. You get the picture. Typical FF style, but just that the battle style is not turn-based. The hero is Zack Fair , a member of SOLDIER who loves to do.... squats. Yes, squats . The storyline is the usual blend of Japanese weirdness and CGI eyecandy. And there's the usual romance subplot. Zack loves Aerith ( the typical female protagonist ), but through the progress of the game, we get to see something funny going on between him and Cloud Strife , a SOLDIER lackey. Zack Fair: [hears his voice] Embrace your dreams. [brief pause] Zack Fair: If you want to be a hero, you need to have dreams. Cloud Strife: Thank you... I won't forget. [stands up; bows his head in sadness; once he recovers] Cloud Strife: Good night [turns to leave, stops; almost whispered] Cl

Jalur Gemilang

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malaysia flag Swiped from khae_276 . Is it just me, or does it seem like that the number of Hungry Ghost Festival flags that are flying are comparable to the flags for National Day ? So much for the 52nd year of independence. Long weekend. Long weekend. Long weekend. And remember, avoid Bt. Jalil at all cost on Monday morning y'all!

Scrap It

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24-bottles of beer Swiped from The Portrait Gallery . If you're not going to enforce a law, please scrap it. The head of the government coming out to the press, hoping that she will "appeal", sounds fishy. Might as well just say it outright that the government needs a way to turun pentas . And it kinda implies the executive is meddling with the judiciary. If she wants to go through with it, lantaklah ...

Snooty

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Snooty Swiped from Travelin' Librarian . Jeff recently told me about a famous restaurant near my office, Shin Kee . I was told that the Hainanese Pork Chop is to die for! But that slipped my mind the day I went there with my colleagues, no thanks to the excellent service. Waiter: What you want to eat? Colleague: (wondering what to order as there was no menu) Do you have Singapore Bihun? Waiter: No bihun. Moi: Wat Tan Hor? Waiter: No cantonse style. Colleague: Beef Hor Fun? Waiter: No beef here. Colleague: Just Dry Hor Fun? Waiter: We don't serve hor fun. Only mee and bihun. Colleague: =_=" Zar dou! The food was OK, but kinda expensive wor.... my Hokkien Mee with sea coconut tong sui cost me MYR10.50.

Dark Chocolate

I just recently watched this short film by Yasmin Ahmad from the 15Malaysia project and I must say that there are many ways to interpret it. It's so brief and full of unspoken moments that one can draw many conclusions from it. In the comments section, people have spoken about inter-racial love, the plight of the non-bumiputera's, racial stereotypes and etc. Here's what I think: Hon Kah Hoe is twinky! Dahlah topless! Sekian...

Dust It

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Dust It Swiped from williamnyk . Sprinkle pepper over hot soup, fried noodles and meat marinades to get a zing when you put it in your mouth later. But who would have thought that sprinkling something into your hair would give it a zing too? Well, I'm not talking about pepper anymore, but Schwarzkopf's Osis+ Dust It . On the shaker, it's described as a mattifying powder. You still do your hair as usual with wax or mud, and tsuz it up with the powder later. Surprisingly, the white powder adds volume to your hair and gives your hair shafts a lift! Magical stuff! Will it work down south too? :P

Psycho Ah Long

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The Rebel Pirate Swiped from Osvaldo_Zoom . At my headquarters, there's this manager who's kinda like a loose cannon. Very capable. Very knowledgable. Can handle business and technical by himself. Clear of thought and strong of opinion. A devil on the treadmill. Unfortunately, he's eccentric and can be difficult to work with. His behaviour can be compared to a loanshark as the way he talks is crude and loud. Often uses weird nouns like niau kua ( bird melon?! ). I'll go so far as to say that he looks deranged and has a wild look in his eyes at times. Loves wuxia novels and frequently quotes them. I suspect he tried learning one of the legendary kung fu and got burnt out in the process ( chau foh yap moh ). The terrible thing is, he has taken a liking to me. For no reason, he would call my name, "William chai, William chai....." . Occasionally he would come ruffle my hair and remark about my round butt and expanding waistline. Once, he even hugged m

Bali V: You Can Bet Your Tutu!

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.Warung Ayam Betutu Gilimanuk. Swiped from seorangprempuan . On the last day of our trip, we got up early for a swim at the pool. Like in BKK, the pool water was salty. No cute boys joined us, just two ang moh women beached like whales at the deck chairs. Finishing up, we went for breakfast. Not much time was left, so we quickly did some last minute packing and KH even managed to squeeze in a quickie at bed's edge. :P. Pak Media was already downstairs waiting for us, so we quickly loaded everything into the APV and headed for lunch. He had recommended Ayam Betutu at a local shop-- Ayam Betutu Khas Gilimanuk , Tuban. Everyone was practically down to their last few thousand rupiah, so we blew it all on lunch. We ordered one Ayam Betutu , half a Bebek Betutu and some Satay Lilit . The poultry was quite nice, but super spicy!!! It went very well with white rice and balinese peanuts. By the end of lunch, my lips and tongue were numb. The skewers of meat were just average. Ki

Brotherly Love

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Brotherly Love Swiped from Hammer51012 . Suddenly, my GTalk window pops up.... Pioneer Di: Koorrrrrrrrr.... 30 minutes later, an MSN chat window pops up... Prez Di: Koorrrrrrrrr.... Later in the night before I sleep... Kynz Di: Kor, not yet sleep ah? The occasional SMS. It's great being a kor . :P

Bali IV: It Stings!

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I HEART Bali Swiped from williamnyk . Sun, sea and surf was the theme for our fourth day in Bali. At around 9:00am, Pak Media whisked us off to Turtle Island for some watersports. Turns out the price of activities there was quite steep when we compared the price to the day trip provided by the hotel, but what to do. We ended up with the glass bottom boat ( basically nothing to see, it was just a mode of transport ) and the snorkelling at USD30 per person. We took our gear and headed out without much of a talk about safety precautions. Took the boatmen some time to find a good location for us. After putting on the life jacket, flippers and mask, we jumped into the choppy sea. It was such a shock for me to be in such disturbed waters and the water was damn salty. Felt like a salted fish in a jar. I couldn't the hang of breathing and I kinda struggled for some time before I could properly look at the colourful fishies at the bottom. Not that many fishes, but there were more

0HN0

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Protect me from the germs! Swiped from J.C. Schroder . I've been wanting to blog about this since my flight back from Singapore, but it slipped my mind. Coming in from Denpasar, it was brought to my attention again-- MOH's stupid health declaration form. The content is quite standard really, except for one checklist item-- Are you arriving from a country with H1N1 local transmission as defined in WHO's list? How the f*ck am I supposed to have that bit of information? Stupid. Keep healthy people!

Bali III: A Lot of Monkeys Acting Like Royalty

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Open With Caution Swiped from williamnyk . Early in the morning, we headed out to Pura Taman Ayun , Mengwi. According to our guide, it was originally a small family temple for the royal family there, but it was slowly expanded to attract more subjects to come as to consolidate their political power. A beautifully-manicured green field can be found at the entrance, together with a fountain and a dais where the king used to watch military parades go by. Moving in past the main gates was a drum tower that gives a fantastic view of the grounds. The inner temple was surrounded by a moat. Moving around it, one can see many thatched, pagoda-like shrines ( meru ) to the mountain peaks. All of them had odd-numbered roofs, except for one which is said to house a spirit of a very capable prime minister who was at odds with the king. Before we made it past the split gate, my batteries died. The same problem that I had in Melbourone-- my charger can't charge outside of Malaysia!!! *&^^%$

Tofu Succubus

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SK is a succubus. A tofu succubus. It happened ever since she was diagnosed with IBS. When we go out for dinner together, if there's a fried tofu dish ( local tofu ke, jap tofu ke, semua hentam )... she will quietly suck out the innards and leave me the fried shell. I only get the scraps... Will I become one too at this rate?! Save me! P.S.: She won't be back in KL till Monday, so the usually unpublishable can see the light of day!

Bali II: The Tao of Bali

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Barong & Monkey Swiped from williamnyk . Warning: Super long post ahead! On Wednesday morning, we got up early to sample the buffet breakfast at the hotel. The usual fare of sausages, eggs, toast, porridge, fried rice, fried noodles and etc. The coffee was bad. Pak Media was dressed to the nines that day as it was a religious festival ( a day of warding one's heart against evil intent ). He wore his songket and he had his headgear on with a frangipani tucked at the back. A few grains of rice were stuck on his forehead. The drive to Batubulan was quite pleasant as the roads were in quite good condition. Not ridden with potholes like in Malaysia. I noticed that our driver was overly fond of the horn. It sounded every five minutes for every little "disturbance" in his line of sight. KH and I just snuggled at the back seat the whole time. We had around 20 minutes before the Barong performace started, so Pak Media recommended that we head backstage to camwhore and loo

I.O.E.U.

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I.O.E.U. Swiped from williamnyk . Another gift from my dear SK. Jangan jeles ya! She surprised me with it when she picked me up from the airport from my Singapore Siesta . It's a silver necklace and pendant from Marc Jacobs . The pendant has a disc that spins, and when it does, the seemingly random characters on its surface combine to read I LOVE YOU . Hehe. So cute! Thanks again dear! Have a safe trip to Kuching.

Bali I: KULDPS

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View from 2212 Swiped from williamnyk . Hi guys and girls. It's story time again. This time about my trip to the beautiful island of Bali. Four of us ( Jack, SK, KH and I ) bought the tickets in 2008 and we only finalised the details about a fortnight before the trip. SK played a big part liasing with Jack in regards to the lodging and tour arrangements. Such a hassle. I hate handling these details. Hehe. Anyway, the trip was from a Tuesday to a Saturday and since I have so much leave to burn, I took the Monday off as well to spend time with KH. In the morning, I went to TM Point with my mum to disconnect our CDMA line and settle a few chores, while KH got his hair done at Centro ( the HSBC promotion thing ). I met KH at The Gardens at around lunch. The stylist gave him a good cut and colour. I definitely approve. Lunch was at Canton-i . A word of advice-- if you're hungry, don't order the stir-fried pork belly noodles, it's usually the last to arrive. Their fr

Datin WanAbe

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On Thursday nights at 10:00pm, there's this short Malay comedy on TV3 entitled Datin Wanabe that really caught my attention. It revolves around a Malay family that's trying VERY HARD to climb up the social ladder. But truth be told, it's just the wife, Kat who desperately wants to do so. She's the star. With her perfect hair, half-inch makeup and awning-like eyelashes, she strives to live the SUPER DATIN life. Her husband, Bakar loves her and pretty much lets her do what she wants although he's just a clerk in the civil service. While her children, Faiz and Fazi are often the victims of her machinations. Then there's the maid who doesn't look like the maid. Kat is forever showing off to the neighbours, making calls to her fellow Datins and just generally being annoying and deluded. Here are some of my favourite scenes: Kat: Saya mahu Faiz jadi HO-MO-SEK-SUAL. Fazi: HAR! ME-TRO-SEK-SUAL la Mak.... Kat: ME-TRO-SEK-SUAL? Ar u shu-re? *** Kat: Bila abang angkat

Bali Mali

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the island where i live Swiped from tropicaLiving . Hi guys and girls, FYI, I will be on holiday from Tuesday till Saturday with the boyfie, SK and Jack. We will be in Bali soaking up the sun, sights and culture. Pray that we manage to skirt the tenacious flu and terrorist shenanigans. If you're lucky, I may come back with loads of sun-drenched cuties in my spy cam. Hehe. The week didn't start as well as I expected with work troubles and all, so I think I will just shut that part of mind off and enjoy the time off!!! See you soon!

Ave Santa Anna II: Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill

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StAnne2009-1 Swiped from williamnyk . In the morning, SK told me that her sleep was interrupted, not by the hooligans from yesterday, but by my mum! My mum has a penchant for talking in her sleep and when she does, the voice is quite spooky and panicky. SK thought it was a ghost! We got dressed and by 07:15am, we were at the coffee house having breakfast. The nasi lemak was crap, but the porridge was better. And as SK was getting some toast, she found some little keong frolicking in the bread basket. :S. After having our fill, we boarded the bus and headed to Maxwell Hill . Due to our lateness, the 4WDs had already left. Since the road is very winding ( like a bobby pin with VERY sharp corners ), steep and is single lane, they have a time slot for vehicles going up and down. So our group broke up into several batches. I sat in a 4WD whereas SK and my mum got onto an open air truck not unlike those you see DBKL using. The drive up really got my adrenaline pumping. Not only did they