ART Expo

had the opportunity to attend the Malaysian International Art Expo last nite... very interesting... art galleries from the region and some from Europe had their works displayed... one Malaysian artist who works with glass made this amazing HUGE piece out of glass.... was of a colourful fish pond.. was on sale for RM85K! lots of other really cool art pieces... some very innovative... one chinese guy used paper from recycled books to create portaits.. very cool! oh i could go on n on...
after seeing all that i feel like painting again! :)

bumped into my former student/collegue (Snow) who is now managing an art gallery and also bumped into a college mate (Justin) who still paints n plays music! also got to speak to a couple of interesting people...

the crown prince n princess came to officiate the Expo.... and they had this awesome HUGE Maserati car!! its beautiful.... but the cost of that one car could prob be enough to pay for the education of 50 kids or more in Africa!! it's a really nice car... and yes he is a prince... but it is the countrymen's tax money!! it's not fair. and then there is the new palace that is being built which costs 800million!!! for what??! whats wrong with the old one? whats goin to happen to it then?
sigh.... these things frustrate me!!

Spoken language styles

i have noticed that Malaysians love to repeat their words... it's as if they need to emphasize everything... sometimes twice, sometimes 3..

come, come
faster, faster
there, there
taxi, taxi
yes, yes
no, no
right, right
oh the list goes on.... pretty much everything is and can be repeated.

the other thing is how people like to start their sentences... my brother i've noticed, tends to start his sentences with "so"... so weird! and he claims that alot of malaysians start with "no", which he said is so negative, thats why he decided with so! another fren, starts with anyway...

rather interesting to observe....

Womba!

Womba isnt usually the one that starts our chats.... but today when i got in to work, she suddenly popped out and just simple expressed her love!! :) sucha small simple gesture but Totally made my day!

My sweetest, special girl!!

I LOVE WOMBA!! :)

1st wedding in Oct....

Priya’s wedding was nice…. a lot of Indian/hindu culture infused into the ceremony as well... mostly done in tamil, but guess its prob cause majority were tamil speaking...

I think Priya is one of the quiet Indian girls who may seem a bit conventional but she is amazing young lady with a very strong will and a clear head.. I think she will be able to handle challenges that come along her way. Mathan also seems pretty tough n stubborn but he might soften up to her…

 

I think I was the only one in a dress!! And a short one at that! This has never happened before. Most young girls were in Punjabi suits… ah well who cares! Priya was her sweet self… she did something really funny though… while she was seated on the pelamin, she kept putting her feet in the air and making small circles, was so cute n hilarious, yet somewhat discreet…. 

I think I shall borrow a Punjabi suit or sari or something more Indian to the next Indian wedding…

Friday's lunch....

The highlight of my 3^rd week at work was the last day- Friday, when one guy who works as a field biologist with the Tiger project (1 floor below me) came to my place, sometime after I had gone out to have my lunch, ALONE! Anyway he introduced himself as Mark and I introduced myself. After a couple of intro questions (which I don’t really remember) he asked me if I’ve had lunch… I said I had but could accompany him if he wanted… then he looked at my laptop which I had been focused on and said only if I didn’t have any work to do… and so off we went! It was quite a shock that I so easily said yes to him and I found myself feeling excited and quite at ease surprisingly… we went to a nearby café… he didn’t eat. But we had drinks. Talked about a variety of things… what we do, used to do, talked bout the Faith a bit, he gave me a bit of advise for work... it was altogether pretty nice... i hope there will be more!

*PANIC*

"PANIC" seems to look right in all caps...

today i seem to be having one of those... all i've been thinking bout is that i need a new job... but where? when? will the pay be better? what if in the future i wanna go back to work with WWF? maybe my short stint wont look too good! but what is more important really? dont we need to be happy with what we are doing? shouldnt one feel that his/her work is fulfilling?

maybe its just the on-coming bout of flu.... :(

In our darkest hour 

and my deepest despair

would you still care?

would you be there?

in my trials and my tribulations

through our doubts and frustrations

in my violence and my turbulence

through my fear and my confessions

in my anguish and my pain

through my joy and my sorrow

in the promise of another tomorrow

i'll never let you part

for you're always in my heart.

good looking...??

sitting in the bus heading back home after work, a thought crossed my mind as i looked around at the people on the bus... there wasn't a single good looking person on the bus!! seriously! ok this is according to my standards. maybe my standards are too high then!! but this judgement is based on the first outer look. but then again doesnt it say, dont judge a book by its cover! maybe if i got to know some of them their characteristics may make them look beautiful? maybe even Fabulous!! :)

i shall try not to think like this again.... but i think its goin to be hard! Malaysia hardly has good looking people! almost everyone needs a make-over! LOL! i wish my office had one or two, it would be an added motivation!!

is it the eye or the look?

i cant forget the way the eyes looked at me while we were conversing. it is hard to describe. it's the kind that u cant seem to let go off yet at the same time too powerful to hold. and now its stuck in my memory drive. and i just cant help to wonder if its just me or is the same with everyone who looks into it.

the Start of randomness

so this is like almost 3 weeks late according to my personal target.... but well such is life!

I have decided to start this blog (it may seem a bit late) but there are just so many thoughts in my head all the time n they just need to be uploaded. And since i have just entered a new phase in my career life (with WWF) i figured this is a good time.

i am an observer. i am always looking and analyzing, making mental notes, critisizing, praising, uuhhhh-ing and ahhhh-ing, "what!!-ing", etc... and so i will try to share some of these and more here..


everybody seems to remind me of somebody.... usually its something bout their characteristics. so weird. after i connect the people i can never forget it. and if i dont i keep wondering everytime i see them.

i think i've watched too much CSI... cause i think it has made me see things in a more broader perspective, to see things differently and i find i am more analytical! i also tend to wonder what people are thinking....
wonder what people are thinking as they pass my table and see me writing this! HA!