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and Unagi Don night.

So, I’ve been coughing my lungs out. I can feel that I’m coming down with something. The cough is dry, and slight acidic. Erm, some sort of reflux, eh? Few doses of PPI are doing me good for now, but not my motivation.

A colleage from my workplace organised a fairwell dinner at one of restaurant close to one of my workplaces. I told her I wasn’t able to make it. The cough, cold, motivation blah blah blah. Meantime, Kian puts my name down to have fancy dinner at The Left Bank. I was first very excited. But I realised I don’t get excited enough to go. I rang him from work, while still coughing my lungs out… he was slightly disappointed but understood.

I came home. I was thinking of heating up my let over fried rice..probably boil some soup to go. And..and… and.. I had all things planned and organised. And all I wanted is a quite night. No mobile, no messages. No phone. No TV.

As soon as I walked into the house, the light was on. Erm.. what’s going on? I saw a pack of take-away on my desk.
I saw the Unagi Don. It was Kian who bought it from the local Japanese eating place. He drove all the way back for me, and before he went back up to Freo again.
I was washing my face with my tears. Oh! He is such a sweetheart!

I had one of those days — anti-socialism. All I wanted is no (extra) questions asked, no (extra) task *.* so I can have some room to cough my lungs out
Thank you very much.

yeah, I know.. one of those days.

I spotted this beautiful and perfect shape of rainbow on my way to work.
180 degree.
I asked Kian to drive as slowly as he could so I could capture everything with my camera. 

Clearly, it didn’t happen. The rainbow seems to be sooo close to us. I therefore had to take 2 photos to make a perfect shot.

Life at the moment is abit like that — falling into 2 pieces (or more?).
I’m trying and hoping to put everything into ONE big piece. A beautiful and perfect one, too.

p/s: the moment we drove pass Canning Bridge, the rainbow gone. — how quick is that?

Oh well, geek has to do what geek HAS to do, right?  

It is Diabetes Week this week. And at my workplace, we organised ‘Don’t Ignore Diabetes’ Campaign. This campaign was launched since July 2005.
I was quite excited with this activity at work. You know.. the whole display, a little bit of design, and most importantly — getting out from the dispensary and do something (more) exciting!

I was asked to design a poster 2 days before the campaign begun.. gosh! I wasn’t inspired at all. I can’t think artistically under pressure like this. So, I called Keegan to get one done. And guess what? Keegan did it in less than 10 minutes time. How awesome is ME? — One phone call, and all done. Of course, Keegan is more awesome in this case Many thanks, Keegan.

I was excited about the uniform sponsored by Diabetes WA and Abbott. It was awesomely blue! You know, for one week, 5 days, I don’t have to wear my granny-like uniform to work. G… my uniform is getting tighter and tighter. Not impressed at all.

Before the start of the campaign, I was told to read and understand my work well. You know.. like a nerd. I have to understand all the answers before I got the questions from the public. So yeah, pretty much everything. We were told how to read the nutrition label well. Example, you are recommended to have less than 10% of glucose (sugar) in each serve of meal. 10% can be few milligram.. or in some case, 6 bloody gram!
Once everyone was told how to read the nutrition labels.. ppl start getting very cautious. In my opinion, they are rather frightening. “uh! gosh! I’m not eating that!” “G! That’s alot of sugar” Erm, why they only got terrified by now?

Come on, people! Thay are food! They are high GI .. but they are food! They aint joker from The Dark Knight!! They aint your face without make-up! for pig’ sake.

Clearly, I’m not the best candidate for this sorta campaign.  

I personally think Diabetes is somewhat scary, if you don’t manage well. You know.. the eye problems, amputated leg. Eww 

But hey, moderation is the way to go. You have to enjoy your food! I must confess, I’m not that sort person would completely cut myself off from chocolate, Oreo, peanut butter etc etc…when I was told that eating peanut butter and chocolate are another form of catching cancer, oh dear, I just can’t help to help myself with 6 pieces of chocolate. Hey, Life is freaking short, mann!

and you know what? It is awesome!

p/s: Anyway, ignore my PMS-rant, please. We all should eat healthily and ‘Find 30′ everyday for a better life, right?

Woohoo! I had my 15th blood donation this morning. And I’m feeling awesome!

My missed my appointment on Monday at Red Cross Carousel ’cause I had to pick Kian up from work. Tsk tsk tsk.
Red Cross rang me yesterday, and kindly to fit me in today at City Red Cross. How cool is that? 

As usual, I’m a good ‘bleeder’ — eh, that’s the term used among the nurses who work at Red Cross.
This time, I managed to bleed 470mL just under 7minutes. I could have done better than this if I drink alot more water. Oh well, it’s Winter.. honestly, who will drink plenty of chilly water in a chilly Winter morning?

I met a new nurse who just started working at Blood Bank fornot long ago. I just knew something was going wrong - she didn’t poke the needle deep enough into my vein. So yeah, the needle was probably sitting very close to the nerve ending, and it was killing me!! At that time, SEVEN minutes seem like a freaking ages!
Anyway, I smiled at her, telling her for all the good work. But, she could ‘poke’ the needle abit deeper.
I tried to stay calm and put up a ‘pain-less’ facial expression. I figure it out, we all were new/young once. We have to start somewhere. I was given plenty of oppurtunities in my life, and I shall do the same for the others as well. Right?

On my way to my car, I decided to do a Karen Cheng. Eeeep.

Apparently, Red Cross is running some campaign for the local AFL teams — either you pick the Dockers (purple) or the Eagles (yellow).

My option is pretty obvious if you manage to spot the colour compression bandage on my right arm.

Cool eh?

Eh, not really.

I’m just feeling a little bit too stressed at the mo. With all the portfolio fink, exam in 4 weeks time. *holy cow!* — I haven’t even done much about it.

Seriously, what I’ve been doing all these times? sigh

I’m trying to catch up as much as I can. Gosh, you know, even to get the motivation ups is just sooo difficult.

So, procrastination leads me (and tummy) to Kraft Crunchy Peanut Butter — The ultimate comfort food.

I have peanut butter on toast, biskies and celery. I try to convice myself celery is part of the healty food. So yeah, with the awesomeness from both hell and heaven, I won’t feel that bad to certain extend, right?

OK. I lie. I don’t dip celery in peanut butter.
I “dip” a metal spoon and scoop up the peanut butter… one spoonful, another spponful..and another one.

So insane, so wrong, yet so awesome!!!

p/s: what’s your favourite comfort food? Come on, tell me! I’m sure you got one too!

You know what? I was saying about those speeding tickets in my last post. sigh.

NOOOOOOO!!!! It is not me larrrrr!

Kian’s car was hit by another car last week. A car ran into him from a junction. Clearly, the other driver didn’t see the STOP sign.
Kian is always being very careful on the road. Gah! Sometimes, you just can’t help when other driver being silly on the road. SIGH. what can I say?

So NOT impressed.

Kian is OK. He doesn’t suffer from any injury. I tried to get him to see a doctor for a physical check-up, in case there is post-accident syndrome. He refused to go because he bloody reckon he is OK. Oh boy boy boy!

We are down to one car at the mo. Kian has to send me to work earlier. If it happens we both start at 9am, then one of us have to rock up work way way earlier so that we are not running late. As a consequence, we had to get up way way ealier as well. You know, this kind of rush in the morning is absolutely not my thing. I like to get things started nice and steady. And at the moment, I am exhausted.

I never looked forward for the wekeend as for me, everyday is Monday. I still have to work through the weekend. But for once, please babe, bring the weekend! I really need it.

and some misc WTF(s)”

Yep, now it makes the complete title (and perfect sense) of the day.

Strange things happen thesedays.

1. I pissed off a customer about 6 months ago. She worth ~10k to the business, I think.  Obviously, it wasn’t impressive at all, especially for an intern like me who just started my placementship. I couldn’t care much (obviously) because she was such a high demanding beeyoch. Honestly. I think I can do better than that to gain more happy customers for the business. Throughout all these times, I still see her around, riding in her electronic scooter. But, she never came into our place. Not until 2 days ago, she came in in her scooter. WTF? This is crazy or what? And bloody hell, she even dared to ask for 20% discount. She acts exactly like her dog in her scooter.

2. Another WTF fink — I kena flashed big time 2 weeks ago at Ranford Rd, on my way home from work. I believe I will be receiving the fine soon because I say the big F word. Bad sign.
Kian wasn’t impressed at all. Trust me, I won’t get him to pay for my fines. I’m just annoyed at myself –WHY? Why on earth I put my foot down so hard at the first place? Right!! sigh. tah mah deh!

3. Lucky! — I was attending my tut at the Council. Toward the end session, my tutor told us she has a book to give away. I couldn’t care much because I know there is no way I would win anything. Never in my entire life, I Cynthia Foo win a fxxking thing. Never in my life, I Cynthia Foo buy a Lotto ticket. Because, I know these things just don’t happen to me. I hardly put my name in into any lucky draws even it was a free entry. Sad huh? I just don’t believe in gambling, and naturally, I don’t give a pig’s bum in any activities which involve luck.

My tutor wanted us to guess a number — from 1 to 100. She would give it to the intern who gives the best answer. My lucky numbers were 68. Deep down, I love 44. My initial answer would be 69, but I’m afraid some other interns get offended lar! Just few moment she announced the lucky one, I told the girl standing next to me: serisouly, I never win anything in my life, so I don’t expect this from her (the tutor). Turn out, my tutor pointed at me, the ‘winner’ is me.

WTF? Me? Holy cow! I just won an AUSDI?? WOW! serisouly, this is really w-t-f man! slap me! tell me, it is real!

Anyway, as you can see, I got my camera back!!!!! Yay! So happy!

Kian took some photo of me. Heehee, I’m abit camera-shy after all — haven’t been taking photos for awhile. Awhile..as in 1-2 weeks?

I couldn’t help but take plenty of photos!
Me and Kian went to City of Perth last Friday. The last time we went to City was about 5-6 months ago! We walked around the City. It was another typically chilly night in the West Coast. I love it when I was holding Kian’s hand all the time. I can never get enough cuddles from Kian. I hold his hand all the time, even when I go to bed.

I did a bit of research for dinner. My gf at work told me, there is this Korean Restaurant at Pier St does very good food. So, we decided to check it out.
The Korean waitress served us some little Korean cuisine. Holy Moly! They are so preeeeetttty!!!

And they are so cute!!!

I look at the dishes — oh my Buddha! I was totally amazed by those colours!

I didn’t wanna upload the macro-shot of the photos, but hey! I haven’t taking photos for awhile, allow me to shiok sama sendiri, can?

While we were enjoying the little Korean dishes..and over the spicy Kimchee, I overheard *ahem* some conversation from other table.

a bimbo said to an ang moh :”Malaysian girls are prettier…” I insisted she is refering to herself. 
“Girls from XX country are not so pretty” Again, I insisted she refering someone else.
“Oh! u reckon?” the ang moh asked.

I nearly wanted to stand up and said to the bimbo who made such a senseless statement: are you mentally retard or what? there is no such thing like girls from here or there are prettier.

That brainless bimbotic opinion! Seriously embarassing the entire female population mannn!

Anyway, I get over it very quickly. Come on! Came and think of it, there are plenty of bimbos out there. Sometimes at the end of the day,  I need those ppl to keep us entertained, right?

let’s move on to Korean pancake. It was bloody awesome!! It tasted fantastic with an awesome load of seafood and vege in it! It is a must-try dish at that restaurant!

Speaking of awesomeness, hey! You know what? You gotta watch Kung Fu Panda! It was so cute!!! and they heavily use the word ‘awesome’ in the movie! It was so awesome!!

The waitress continuously brought out the dishes. Again, I was very excited over the awesomeness. I started taking photos again. This time, she was kind enough to arrange those dishes nicely on the table.

Look at that! What a total awesomeness!

Kian ordered a BBQ squid dish. I swear I can eat 3 bowls of white rice alone with this dish itself. The squid is cooked in full Korean BBQ flavour in plenty of vegetable such as carrot, white raddish, onion, spring onion. And guess what? It is awesome!

I ordered a hot and spicy seafood dish. I thought I need something really hot and spicy to clear my staffy nose.
Speaking of seafood, most of the restaurants out there replace their seafood ingredients with fake crap sticks, fish balls and all the non-sense fake meat.

But this one, I swear to Buddha, I didn’t have any fake shheeat in it! They are all real seafood!
Look at this! Half of the crab! some prawns, mussels, and fish pieces!

It was so so so awesome!!

I can’t believe is July now. WOW! Seriously, time does fly so quickly, eh?

June was a hectic month for me. There were so many trainings and meetings. I even did my Senior First Aid course last week. It was hillarious! At the end of the course, the instructor said I failed the course. I was totally stunned! Me? Failed? I knew I did some mistakes.. but no way I was making more than 10! Of course, I was totally fooled! I passed — 39/40.
What a geek I am.

I hope July will be a better month. I have less training nights. I’m stopping salsa at the mo. I’m trying to focus more on my studies. I need to complete another half of my portfolio by the end of this month. Eeeeep! I’m not hoping to loose weight during Winter. But oh please! Please don’t put on weight! I’ve been eating like a pig, for heaven’ sake!

One more resolution for July: I will definitely drive abit slower.

xoxo

Hello! It has been awhile. My apology.

1. There was some problem with my IXUS (a birthday gift from Kian). It is now sitting in some repair center. Argh! Believe it or not? Kian had to send the camera back TWICE! bloody hell, damn you Canon.

2. Life is awesomely fantastic — as usual. There are bits and pieces to do everyday.

3. Work is great too, oh well. sometimes. I’m swapping role with my partner-in-crime (at work) I’m currently doing very ‘technical’ fink. Loads to do, loads to learn. Nothing is more exciting than chasing outstanding deb(s) since 12 months ago! I feel like a deb-collector aka ‘tai ye long’ (cantonese) Ha!

3. I watched Sex and The City (movie) the other night with my girlfriends. I personally rekcon it was a great movie. I don’t fancy the part where Bradshow hits Big with her wedding flower in the middle of New York. That’s awkful! But I’m delighted by their friendship in the movie — the laughters, tears, eeeeek! All the happiness

4. We re-visited Karaoke singing session on Friday night. t was our second time at Utopia (Myree). I was totally shocked during my first visit. There were so many Asians and so many many Asian food (mostly cakes, dessert type). Holy macro! I kept telling my friend: I am sooo shocked! Culturally shocked by my own culture Yeah, I thought only Northbridge Utopia has loads of Asian young punks. It turns out Myree is another small Northbridge too! How cool is that?

5. Confession: I haven’t done much cooking thesedays due to my busy schedule.
Kian cooks alot nowadays. And he does most of the dishes too. For pig sake, the water is so cold! My excuse for doing less dishes is my fingers gone numb after washing and I can’t write, I can’t flip the book blah blah blah. Fulla crap I am

6. I am still doing swimming at least twice a week. It is fantastically therapeutic!

7. I’m currently watching Hell’s Kitchen Season 4. I hope Petrozza wins, but he is so messy! If I were Ramsay, I would kick him out long time ago. I reckon Corey has better chance due to her bitchyness.

8. Oh! TOP GEAR!!! Series 11 ! I am so in loved! It started off with 5 super cars — Ashton Martin, Ferarri, Lambo, R5, Mclaren. And then the police cars challenge is hilarious! I thought James May was going to trim his hair for abit.. it is way too messy. (but i like… ) Hammond ate paper instead of cardboard this time. And Clarkson..oh, what can I say? I love that old man!!

9. So yeah. It is a brief update at the mo. I hope you all doing great! xoxo

WOW! I can’t believe it is JUNE already. Time goes really quickly, issit? 

Me and Kian went out for dinner the other night at Red Herring, Fremantle. I kept this plan from Kian because he had Viva Voce** last week. I thought, erm.. bugga it off. No matter he get thru or not, I somehow still want to do something special for him for all his hard work.

**Viva Voce is like a registration ‘thing’ for being a licensed pharmacist. If you want to put it in that way

Blah blah blah..
The food is pretty average. Kian ordered a platter of BBQ seafood. Turn out, the BBQ = DEEP FRIED. Oh! And it wasn’t even good at all. It was bland. The oil wasn’t hot enough. The coating is hard.

The steak. Nuff said. Very average.

Anyway, the food wasn’t the point. I wanted to make sure our night didn’t get ruined by all other reasons. So, I managed to make the entire evening abit more exciting!

Again, I’ve already organised this surprise 2 weeks ago. Kian thought I went out for some Congress business. *ngek*

Shuddup, you! It is not a ring lah. In case you are wondering. Im not desperate at all.

It is a stamp!!

It is a stamp for Kian. He passed his Viva Voce!

Yes, I went down to local Officeworks the other day to get him a stamp. Cheecky me. Oh well, I thought this is something very useful. Probably better than a ring?  He is going to use it most of the time at work now. WOW! How exciting?

MPS= Member of Pharmaceutical Society; CD = Comission of Declaration

Wondering when is moin turn? *deep breath*

My old friend Miza is back in Town last Friday due to work schedule. Hoooray!
I had a bad bad day at work on Friday and I am still trying to get over it. Anyhoo, nothing can stop me from seeing my friend, chilling out and relax. *yeah, always think at the brightside*

It was Friday night. The City obviously was packed with people. Plus, with my very limited driving skill and luck, I wasn’t very positive that I would be able to get a parking lot in the City. So, I took Miza to (A)Lure at Burswood. The restaurant is called (A)Lure, funky huh? How you bloody pronounce this (A)Lure thing? a?A? or.. ??

We took some photos over the dinner.
Miza was modelling for abit when she was in KL. Naturally, she is very good at this ‘posing’ fink.

Me, on the other hand, thou I like my cameras and photos.. I still fink that I am a geek that can only stand or sit still, and smile to the lense. Pretty much like a ‘tourist’ or prisoner minus the sunshine smile.

The most ‘creative’ thing I can think off to make my photo interesting is.. wearing my scarf. Boring(!!)

The dinner was fabulous. The catch-up was good, as usual.
We thought we might be heading down to some local pub or so to grab a drink, turn out, we both cant be bothered. Miza invited me to go back to her place, so we can have a longer chat. Hehe…we girls can really talk, huh?

So yeah, I was talking about this cosmetic and make-up thing. Like, how ppl manage to do this colour, that colour. I get abit annoyed the fact that there was one time, my boss suggested to me that he can get the cosmetic artist to ‘do’ my face once a week. I was practically WT*. I wear sun cream before I go to work, does it count?

Miza decided to show me some simple tricks. There she went… she took all the bits and pieces she got with her… I nearly got blown away. I was ‘WOW’ here and there all the time. There were just so many things! Too overwhelming

She painted my left eye, and I did my right eye. Foundation. Eye brows. Lips. Hair. etc. etc.

TA DAH!!!! Did I just freak you out?

p/s: I freak myself out thou. Just a bit. Freaking unbelieveable. =.=”’