Thursday, July 30, 2009

A talent gone...

Aku baru perasan Yasmin Ahmad meninggal

I actually met her when i was in Bali. Both me and Nurul were waiting for our luggage at the airport when we spotted her. She is the same as what you see in the TV - simple.
We were thrilled that she actually chatted with us...told us it was not her first trip and this trip is to look for 'ilham'...hehehehe....
She speaks good Cantonese too, husband Chinese maa!

But i always wonder whether she was a he. I know it is not nice of me to say that but i can't help but wonder...sorry Yasmin (God rest her soul!). I do love some of her movies - fusion of traditional and modern world, a blend of the old and young...

Her supporters continue to grieve....

Another talent gone...

Friday, July 10, 2009

Vietnam Office Dinner

*chào mừng ! chào mừng ! chào mừng !

Finally managed to get a group photo of the people that i have come to know for the past 5 months or so - our work client, BaoViet Life(BVL) Insurance. This was taken last week Friday at a Vietnamese dinner in Bat Ninh, an hour's drive from Hanoi city.

The deputy CEO of BVL chartered a mini bus and took the 23 of us there. Food was so so but it was the first time i had beer with ice. Not too bad considering the hot and humid weather...at least you won't get drunk that easily! We were treated to Vietnamese singing and dance, very 'local'..and the funny thing was the restaurant had some extra 'Western' dishes served to the 3 of us 'foreigner'....hilarious!!!!

We cheered beer many times that night that i thought i would piss my pants whenever i downed a glass, but i was glad i went along... to get out of the city with a group of people. I thought that night improved our work relationship. Well....may be not that close as they still think us as charging them too expensive to use our software :-)

Anyway......
Here we go! See if you can spot the 3 'foreigners'...hahahahaha...i bet if you don't know me you might think i am one of the locals.... The lady (Laetitia) is the principal consultant for this project (which is my mentor since i joined this company, nice lady) and the guy (Gerry) is my colleague looking after the IT side(soft-spoken, nice guy too). Both of them from Ozzy - Sunshine Coast(Brisbane) and Melbourne repectively. Laetitia's originally from South Africa; Gerry's wifey is Vietnamese and he can speak Vietnamese. (duh..!!!). The deputy CEO (Dr. Quong, PhD Dr..) is standing third from the left. Me?! Me?! How about me?! If you can't tell which one i am then i guess you are either blinded by my smile (ceh wah..) or i am becoming more and more like a Vietnamese *phụ nữ !

Well my friends, as usual...have a nice Friday night and weekend!

'til then....

*tạm biệt!



*chào mừng - Welcome
*phụ nữ - lady
*tạm biệt - Goodbye

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

STUPID-DUPID

The most 'stupidest' thing happened to me yesterday...sigh..sakit hati sungguh bila nak cerita ni.

As usual at my apartment, at around 7.30pm a lady would ring at my door to collect rubbish. Everyday without fail (or maybe a few days she missed, aiyaa give or take la noh!). Anyway, last night, when i went to the door (normally i will just stand near my door and hand over the rubbish) tonight i had to 'venture' a little bit further just because that lady was 'extra fast' today, so i had to strained my neck a bit to see where she was. Then suddently the unexpected happened.... i was locked out of my own apartment. f*@k! s&*t! *tut*! #$%^&*&^%$% ! Luckily i was fully clothed as opposed to my normal skimpy pj (muahahahaha), and had my slippers on, i went down to the reception to get an extra key. When i told them about it, one of the receiption (she) laughed at me and said she has the key BUT.... i have to f*cking pay 300,000 VND, which is around RM 75. I was really pissed off for asking me to pay when it is MY OWN FU*CKING DOOR!!!!!! Finally i asked her to call my landlord, whom i cannot get hold of of all the days. I was cursing and whining away and suddently noticed that there was this handsome guy (Asian), sitting at the lobby (later found out that he was waiting for this gorgeous girl, Asian as well...sigh).. anyway, he too was laughing after hearing my epic tale of wanting to climb through my neighbours balcony to my own balcony. Seriously i wanted to but i was in my skirt (the flowy type one), and it was raining kucing dan anjing, so i thought i didn't want to slip and die on a rainy day....

Alas, i had to resort to paying a stupidly gianormous amount of money just to open my own stupid door, and i blame the wind!!!!! or should i blame the rubbish lady...hmmmm....