At Last!

at last i can log into blogspot! dunno wat's wrong wif my account. at first there are so many things i wanna share here but since i 'suddenly' logged into here, i have no idea what to write...

ok...let's talk about wat i did today. i saw 2012. it's a good movie. it has fantastic graphic, visuals and storyline. it has great marketing about the movie before it's released. everything's great and marvellous. unfortunately, it is not 'touching' enough. it can't go to Armageddon or The Last Samurai's stage where people left with watery eyes (in my case, i cried like hell).

hmm...to me, it's yet another disaster movie. even 'Tsunami at Hauendae' left me thinking and feeling sad about it after the movie end. on the other hand, 2012 made me feel it's a sort of wasted movie. it's supposed to be a 'human' movie. i do not know how to explain it but it should be more touching. it's good that 2012 revolves around all groups of people from family to politicians and believers but, it's not central enough. if it only focuses on a more human touch, it would be fantastic. too bad ler...it can't top my favourite movie, Armgageddon. nevertheless, 2012 has every details it needed to be a great disaster movie. it just lacks the 'touching' element.

for many others, it is just another movie. but, if you look closer, it did indicate the end of the world. there are many predictions over the years dated long ago. the Bible says so too. it's damn scary that it's so accurate. this movie remind us of what we, as human need to do. maybe we should start building an ark/ship and charge per person for 1 billion pound like what they did in the movie. or, should we repent for our sins and start finding our salvation? everything has to end. everybody has to die. it's just where we will go after death. so, have you made ur decision yet?

*Gasp*! it's Andrew!

Yesterday was a good day. Had breakfast wif my dear who then fetched me to low yat to sing k wif wen xin. Got to sing all the songs I wanna sing (dosen't matter whether pleasant to the ears or not because it’s up to us how we wanna do it in the room :) ) plus, the food is not bad.

As we were shopping around in sg wang, we saw many ppl gathered around the concourse area. As curiosity crept over me, I took a look down to see who is coming and it is Andrew Chen Shi Ann! he was here to promote his mini album, Stardom. His song, ‘Tian Hou’ had poisoned me ever since i heard it over the radio as he sang that song beautifully. He’s so good that it made me think he is a Taiwanese. But, I was shocked to know he is a MALAYSIAN. Plus, a handsome and talented Malaysian. *double shock*. it's extremely rare to see Malaysian singer who is hansome, talented and posses a special voice like his.

Red, I suka!!! (taken from The Star)

Although the turn-out of crowd is not so fantastic since he is still new to the music scene and little promo is done bout his album promo, but, he performed at full strength and he’s good in ‘communicating’ wif his fans. At least he waved around, said hello and looked up at his fans at higher levels. This included me. He LOOKED at me and SMILED. I was instantly melted on my own feet. I drooled the whole way through his promo. He looked up not only once, but at least THRICE. He looked at me THRICE. *fainted*

His album, Stardom

It was a marvelous day for me. Although i was tired walking non-stop for more than 6 hours, still, I’m satisfied. At least there’s something that I enjoyed doing (even though just stood there n drolled over celebrity). :)

Then, earlier, I did something that I din do in my entire life before. I became a fan of his in Facebook. Add him at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrew-Tan-/22552855101?v=wall. I dun add celebrities in Facebook or whatsoever. He’s the first! This means that I really like him a lot!

Andrew performing during T-Music Festival (taken from his FB)

Last month, i went to T-Music Festival (thanks to Wai Wai for the tix!), he was the first to perform. when i heard his name, we weren't in the stadium yet. i ran all the way to our seats just to see him! i purposely went there to see him, Sam Lee and Justin. sadly, the organisers do not do so well in the singer's line up. how could they put Andrew as the first perfomer and Kay Guo in the middle?!? nevertheless, i enjoyed his performance throughout!

For more pictures on yesterday's promo, visit http://soohkinlens.blogspot.com/search?q=andrew+tan

Or, u could read more bout him from The Star at:

http://star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2009/9/18/music/4721778&sec=music

A Reminder from Above

Still remember in my previous post where I said God works miraculously? He sure is! I wrote that post on Saturday. Then, on Sunday during sermon, Pastor Yap reminded us to have faith in God for He works in His time. after listening to it, I saw hope. a surge of energy rose in me. It sort of renewed my faith in Him where I shall wait patiently for Him.

He never forsake us. He never will as we are his sheep. a Shepard will never lose His sheep, not even one. yes, we may feel very disappointed in life at any point and may even question Why Bad Things Happen to Good People? sometimes, we may not find the answer but with patience, we will find them.

Whatever bad things that happened to us is a test of faith. anything bad that falls onto us had been given permission from God. watever Satan wants to do to us is by God's own will and permission. He will never give us something that we couldn't take or accept. take Job for an example. he has everything from children to money and status. but with one word from God, he loses everything. despite that, he never despise God for He is the one who provides him with everything (we can find many more encouraging stories from the Bible).

So, whatever that happened to me has a reason and a cause. God wants me to learn something to make myself a better person that's why He gave me obstacles along the way. maybe He wants me to learn how to be patient as i dun have that in myself. He won't give me what i asked right now but it doesn't mean He won't in the future. He will only give it to me when i am ready to accept it.

after encountering problems, i may break down and cry and ask God WHY, WHY, WHY but, it's better for me to rely on Him to guide me to succeed instead of giving up hope and do nothing about it.

so, fear not as God has prepared a path for us that will lead us to Him. it may take a while, a few years or so but, with patience and faith in Him, we shall see the Light. :)

Why?

There are times when we tend to ask ourselves quite a lot of questions. We tend to ask all sorts of 'unanswerable' questions coz, if it answerable by ourselves, we wouldn't be asking right?

the one thing i always ask myself is 'What Are We Working For?'. actually it's quite simple to answer la..everyone knows it's for MONEY. if you're lucky, u have more than enough to pay all your necessities and have few more hundreds to spend on other luxuries such as holiday trips, clothes, designer handbags, make-ups and any other girls-must-haves.

unfortunately, the perfect scenario doesn't apply to me. sadly to say, i have too much burdens on my shoulder. well, to say it's a burden is a bit harsh...so i would say it's a commitment. i need to spend more than half of what i earned monthly to fulfill all these commitments and ended up broke on the first week of the month.

seriously, i feel so demotivated every month as i have little left to even go for movies or have a day out with my friends just to hang out and have a decent dinner. besides, there are so many temptations which i dun even dare to think about. don't say bout hanging out with friends, i can't even pay my study loan for 3 months straight now. i dun dare to even go for a holiday as i have no budget for it at all even though i crave for one for a very long time.

i think i am no better than maids earning a living with several hundreds of ringgit monthly. they too need to send money back to their country and family and left with nothing at the end. my scenario is terribly similar to them.

constant demotivation leads me to think that my life is meaningless. i work hard every day, sitting in the office until my back aches, looking at books until my eyes are blurred and keeping quiet until my mouth stinks is just to end up broke every month with no entertainment to colour my life.

yes, i am lucky to have a job in this economic situation and blessed with a roof above my head and ample food to keep me full. but, despite all these, i dun feel content. i still feel i'm a working robot to pay all my bills and ended up with nothing.

i know God works miraculously in His time. i'm waiting for the time for Him to bring me out of this misery. despite all the mess i'm in, i really hope that i could still happy and contented with what i have, with God's will and grace.

Worst Review

The past 2 weeks are quite hectic for me. Have been to 3 food reviews in different hotels. n it's all Ramadhan buffet. So you know wat type of food I chewed down for the past 2 weeks. i have another one coming up next week and i'm thinking how am i going to eat more spicy food.

u may think that i sure ate a lot in buffet (with my glutton face and mountain-piled food) but, u're wrong. for the first time, i felt that i ate less. *gasp! what? esther ate less? is she on diet?!?* No...i'm not on diet. I dun think i will ever go on diet because i love food too much. according to my friends, i really ate less than before. hmm.....i dunno wats wrong but i wish this continues on. :)

Enough said, i wanna share with you the WORST REVIEW I'VE BEEN TO. the hotel is just next to the biggest shopping complex in PJ. i never come to this hotel before so i dunno wat to expect. i was late because of the traffic. so wen i arrived, i asked the Asst PR Manager what is their specialties there so i can feature it in my article. she practically said "You take those malay-looking dishes la."

DUH! of coz la i will take the malay-looking dishes. i asked 'WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALTIES HERE?' and what she gave is that sentence. wah...very clever of her to interpret my question. it's a Asst Manager k. ASST MANAGER wor...OK....fine...from that sentence i already knew she is there for the sake of being there. she is not there to promote her hotel's buffet or restaurant. Bravo for a PR person like that. oh, i think her main objective there is to serve the male guests. why i say that? Mun Yee and I noticed that she only speaks to the males and not females. her main attention is always at the cute and handsome-looking guys instead of the girls. hmm...professional huh...

instead of her bringing me around the restaurant, Mun Yee did. she also explains to me which is the so-called specialties. during Ramadhan, the MUST-HAVE in hotel buffet is the roated lamb. so there i was, looking at the Pathetic, Mutilated and Tiny little lamb. oops, i mean, i'm looking at a 30cmx30cm piece of meatless block covered by huge pile of briyani rice, vege and potatoes. i was SPEECHLESS. according to the Asst Manager, they will serve ONE WHOLE LAMB during Ramadhan, but not now. I thought they were supposed to make the whole food review for Medias like the real Ramadhan buffet so we can write about it.

Wen Xin said they are too understanding. they served the best part of the meat which are all stuck to the bone and they are afraid Malaysians will get obese so they only give out small pieces of meat.

I was disappointed at this big hotel's service. one, i think they are mocking the Medias and insulting us for setting up this kind of review. they are so stingy to produce a whole lamb. the previous 2 reviews i went to have whole lamb with people attending to it! not only that, their presentation for 'Malay-looking dishes' is unsightful. I seriously don't know how to take pictures of them. their malay dishes are too plain to be featured and they wanna do a ramadhan buffet. *sweat*

this restaurant is only good for their western food. the pasta, mushroom soup and desserts are wonderful! the rest, is not so fascinating.

i have a terrible time writing the review because i dun know how to review it!

What a Day!

I SWEAR I won't forget this day! Jon and I planned this outing 2 months ago. This is our yearly National Service Gathering. We only get to meet once a year so I really looked forward to this day. So, I decided to go to Mid Valley early to loiter around MPH before meeting up. So I happily went out of my house and when I came to KL-Seremban Highway, there's this HUGE JAM!

Then I remembered this Anti-ISA and Pro-ISA protest. I was like SHIT...of ALL days it must be TODAY? Major roads to KL are closed and I was stuck in the jam for more than an hour. During that course, I can still SMS Victor and both of us are cursing the jam. Surprisingly, MV's parking lot is ALL GREEEN!!!! First time wei...normally it's full like dunno what k.

So the three of us--Maxine, Victor and I makan and jalan jalan first since Jon and the rest are nowhere to be seen. Jon, Ka-May and Yoke Kuan nearly FFK us because of the stupid jam. But, they finally braced all odds to be with us at 5pm! This is the first time 6 of us had gathered together in 5 years. I still remember 6 of us always loiter here and there in NS Camps, crashing in one tiny room (girls only) and chat till there's no tomorrow. I still remember the times when we together with the rest sing praises to God during Sunday Mass and the wonderful hospitality those Brothers and Sisters showed us. It was a very valuable experience for me and I am grateful that we still remained such good buddies over the years. Aww...those times are bliss. 3 months of free food and no worries...

Ok. Back to Saturday, since Ka-May is so angry at the jam, we decided to accompany her to Sing Karaoke at The Gardens. Damn expensive but, worth it la.. can sing, play and laugh...and not forgetting the food! :) But, all happy times need to come to an end and ended up lost on the way to Ka-May's house! This is really a 'cha-dou' situation. We got lost from Ampang to KLCC. But, rupanya Ka-May knows the way home! Nevertheless, we succeeded to reach her house at the end so it all that matters. It's just funny la... :p

Although we had little time together this gathering, I will cherish the moments we had, especially the laughter. So, thanks to Victor who always 'fight' with me. We are really the clowns ler. But I think we just Syok Sendiri. LOL! At least it's fun lo. I want another outing of this kind! It has been a while since all of us laughed till we drop!

THANK YOU GUYS for making this day a memorable one for me. I'll keep them safe and sound in my Memories. Cheers!

2 Cute Guys in a Day?

i had an ingestion problem last week. i have a weird tummy ler...always get the same problem wan. so i went to the panel clinic at round 11.45am. the nurse told me the doctor just went out for breakfast. i was like WTF?!? breakfast at 11.45am!!!?!!!??? more like lunch rite? what kind of stupid clinic that dosent have a doctor? what if the patient is dying and need medical attention right away? the nurse politely apologised to me so i dun wanna say much la... then i said to myself: the doctor sure old dy wan..cannot tahan hunger, that's why have lunch so early or those lazy wan...take a coffee break whenever he likes. cis! i'm not going to this clinic next time! i just came here coz it's paid by the company k. hmph!

then i came bek at 1pm. i tell u hor...the doctor damn LENG CHAI lo! this is the youngest and most yeng doctor i met. plus, he is soooo attentive until he asked did i take any medicine during that day or not, got any allergic to medicine or not.....(first time kena asked like dat). then, after examining me, he asked me to make that ORS drink and drink it slowly. i was like melting in my seat. i cant get my eyes off him lo! :) all my disatisfaction bout the clinic and the doctor disappear straight away. so realistic hor.

to top it up, there's this little boy who came with his dad to the clinic. he is soooooooo adoroble! he called me 'che che' and sort of play with me la. he's terribly CUTE!!!! almost felt like kidnapping him away. kesian him, he cried like nobody's business wen he went in to see the doctor. but, after he came out, he's his usual self, smiling and playing again. cute kan? hahahaha.

1 leng chai doctor and 1 cute boy to brighten up my sick day. not bad ler. :)