Trip to Labuan

Chocolates!!

In front of Beta Apartments

I went for a 3 day trip to Labuan, Sabah, last weekend. It was my first time going to this federal territory.

My mum was there for business, me for pleasure ;) Well, I needed a break after working in her shop almost the entire holiday :p

We stayed in a huge suite, in Beta Apartments, at Financial Park. I went shopping at a nearby shopping complex, watched some movies and ate a lot. There goes my diet plan. Sigh.

I didn't really go out much, because my mum had to entertain some customers. So I spent most of the time keeping myself occupied....by popping in disk after disk into my laptop's DVD player..... taking advantage of the Wifi service at the lobby and just relaxing.

The funny thing is....within the 3 days that I was there......there had been at least 3 blackouts! The entire hotel and adjacent shopping complex was totally in the dark each time. I don't know whether it is because the city had problems with its electrical supply, or is it because of something else....

Anyways, the trademark of Labuan is duty-free shops.....which sell plenty of chocolates and other imported goods for a relatively low price compared to other parts of the country.

Movies I've watched recently...

Random musings....

Someday my prince will come (by: Ashley Tisdale)

Someday I will find my prince
He may be far away
But I know he will come
Someday

Prince of my dreams
Far away
To call my own
Someday
Prince of my dreams
Far away
To call my own
Someday

Someday my prince will come
Someday I'll find a love
And how thrilling that moment will be
When the prince of my dreams comes to me

He'll whisper I love you (I love you)
And steal a kiss or two (Just one kiss)
Though he may be far away
I will find my love someday

Someday we'll say and do
The things we've been longing to
And I'll know him the moment we meet
For my heart will start skipping a beat
Someday when my dreams come true

Somewhere waiting for me
There's someone I'm longing to see
Someone I can't help but adore
Who will thrill me for ever more?

Someday we'll say and do
[Someday My Prince Will Come lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

The things we've been longing to
And I'll know him the moment we meet
For my heart will start skipping a beat
Someday when my dreams come true

Someday my prince will come (Someday my princess will come)
And I will find my love (And I will find my love)
And I'll know it the moment we meet (The moment we meet)

Prince of my dreams
Far away
To call my own
Someday
Prince of my dreams
Far away
To call my own
Someday

Prince of my dreams
Far away
To call my own
Someday
Prince of my dreams (Prince of your dreams)
Far away (Far away)
To call my own (To call your own)
Someday (Someday)


Suddenly, the lyrics of this song take on a brand new meaning for me. I'm growing older... ;)

Patience

Patience!!

Patience, they say, is a virtue. Many of us....me included, need some lessons on patience.

You see, lately I've been getting more and more impatient about certain things.
A normal conversation with my mum nowadays would go like this....

Me: Mum, I want to (insert any request here)
Mum: Wait until you've completed your studies.

Ugh....I still have 3 and a half more years to go before I graduate from medical school! That's still a long way to go. Why do I have to wait for so long just to do certain things which I've always wanted to do? Does life only begin upon graduation?

God is testing me...teaching me to be patient. I have to learn to be patient.
One day.....in the future.....I'll graduate.

Only then will I be able to travel to the US, be able to get breast implants, get myself a boyfriend (and eventually husband), grow up and face the real world.

I'm already 24, and yet I still feel like a child :(

Plastic surgery

Liposuction. Nose and chin implants. Breast implants. All sound familiar?

Yes, I've witnessed all these procedures in real life. All within this holiday. How I got to witness them, I wouldn't go into detail, but I had the priviledge to witness all these first hand. (I have some connections- through my mum- with a qualified plastic surgeon, that's all I can say).

I kept very secretive about this until now. You see, I was there just to observe, to hold the patients' hands, to translate for the patients from Mandarin to English, and to just offer general support. It was a good practice for building rapport with my future patients as well.

Initially, the sight of blood was enough to turn me off. But I told myself that I had to become accustomed to seeing blood, I would be seeing plenty of blood in the future.

It does involve some pain.....particularly when the doctor is injecting anesthetic....but after the effects of the anesthetic kicks in, and the numbness takes over......the patient wouldn't feel the pain anymore.

And the thing is.....plastic surgery is a contagious addiction! After seeing the patients undergo surgery and feel satisfied with the results.....I find myself thinking ' I want to do that too! I need a nose job, a boob job (yes, seriously) and liposuction on my tummy and thighs badly. I need a whole body makeover.

Is it wrong for me to feel dissatisfied with my body? Should I be happy with what God has given me?

Today, let me ask you readers.......are you for or against plastic surgery? Does plastic surgery do you more harm or more good? Is it beneficial? Or should people, women especially, learn to accept their appearance as it is?


Michael Jackson has done plastic surgery several times

My Constant

Hello readers!

Today....let me tell you a story.

It goes like this....



One fine day, in the Christmas Eve of 2004,an Oceanic 815 flight Survivor, Desmond David Hume encountered a storm as he was flying in a helicopter to a rescue ship.
After the storm, he started behaving rather bizarrely, proclaiming that he didn't know the people who were with him. The next minute, he found himself in an army camp....awoken by a screaming commander.



It took him a while to realize that he had just travelled back in time to when he was in the army in the year 1996.

He began travelling back and forth in time and became confused.
He knew that something has to stop this!



He made contact with someone named Daniel Faraday.....who told him to remember the number 2.342 and 11. And to take the next train to Oxford University whenever he travelled back in time again.

In 1996, at Oxford University, Desmond met up with Daniel....who was a university professor at that time.

When Desmond said that he had travelled back through time......the professor said ' You need a constant, Desmond'. 'Someone or something you love, which had been with you all this time. You need to make contact with this constant of yours. Only then will your problem be solved.

Indeed, Desmond had a constant. His ex-girlfriend Penelope (Penny) Widmore.
But the problem was, the 2004 Desmond didn't know her phone number!
When he travelled back in time again....the 1996 Desmond got Penny's address and visited her. They just broke up not long ago then, and she wasn't happy to see him. He pleaded with her to just give him her phone no. and to not change her phone no. for 8 years. She thought he was crazy and chased him out of her house....but not before giving him her number.


Meanwhile, back in 2004 in a ship, Desmond called the number Penny mentioned. He dialed the number.....his heart racing. The voice which answered at the other end of the phone was so familiar. It had been several years, but he still missed her so much. She hasn't change her phone number for 8 years! And she actually missed him too!



Soon after that call, everything was alright again, and there was no more time-travel for Desmond.
Penny was Desmond's constant.

The End

Now, my question for you readers is ..... 'If one day, everything else goes wrong, and you find yourself travelling back and forth in time.....who or what would be your constant?'

For me, I initially thought of my constant as being my mum. She is in my past, present and future, and has been and will always be there for me.

But then I thought it over again. There is no guarantee that she will be there for me in the future.....as much as it pains me to say it...
And then....it finally dawned upon me....there is only one person who be there for me always....whether in the past, the present or the future. God. Who is everlasting.

God would be my constant.

Today let me ask you.....who would be your constant should anything go wrong one day?

The General Elections

The ruling government, BN (Barisan Nasional) went in with confidence, thinking that they can retain the majority easily. But they didn't count on the strong resistance from the opposition and the people this time round. Several states- Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor fell to the opposition. I myself was surprised by this result. I thought that BN would march into easy victory again!

Support for BN is still strong in the eastern states of Sabah and Sarawak though. (They should thank the people in these 2 states!) *Hint...maybe more development in Sarawak? *cough

Maybe this is the wake-up call the Malaysian government needed....to be more sensitive to the people's needs.

Busy....

I've been helping out in my mum's shop a lot lately. Helping her to do stuff in her beauty centre.....it is keeping me occupied!
Finally I feel useful :)

And I've been visiting the gym everyday, but have only managed to lose 1.5 kg so far. Sigh.

The Ending

The first video I posted several days ago is the beginning of the latest 'Lost' episode. The one that I'm posting now is the ending.

Warning: If you actually watch the show and do not want to be spoiled, then don't click ;)

You'll understand what I meant when I said heartbreaking....

And you'll also understand what I mean when I say that Yunjin Kim is an amazing actress.

Brooke White

Please pardon this sudden influx of videos in my blog....but this girl just totally blew me away last night with this performance of hers.

Brooke White is now my favourite ever American Idol contestant. She's got the talent, she's got the looks, she has such as sweet personality. What is there not to like about Brooke? She gave such a heartfelt performance! And she is one of the most genuine contestants the show has ever seen.


Last night's performance of 'Let It Be'


2 weeks ago- a great rendition of 'You're So Vain'

Go Brooke!!

Oh....this is so heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time. This might not be the most interesting scene that you'll ever see, but something about this scene is just eerie...as if setting the couple up for something that is going to happen....

Just watch the actor and actress strut their stuff! This looks like any ordinary Korean drama- except that it's not even a Korean drama.... Do you know what show this is?
Hint 1 : One of my favourite TV shows
Hint 2 : It's great watching Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim show their acting skills...

Latest updates.....

1. My cough is getting better, my running/blocked nose is still bothering me

2. Still going to the gym daily, but only managed to lose 1 kg so far...

ust completed my electives in Dr. Bibi's clinic. Now am working and learning stuff in my mum's beauty centre

4. I have a new maid. Seems much better tempered than the previous one...

5. Am shocked over BN's defeat in Penang.

sick....

I now have a bad cough, sore throat and running nose.
No thanks to the children visiting the clinic where I'm doing my electives.

Hmm.....I wonder how am I ever going to become a doctor like this.....I would get sick every day!

Wow, I feel terrible.

Please remind me to keep my mouth shut and never to blurt out unnecessary things. Even though my statement was meant as a compliment, but you just have to treat it as an insult.

And please don't blame me for being so quiet, I'm just afraid that I'll hurt the feelings of others, that's why I'm an introvert and usually keep my feelings to myself.

And I thought you know me well enough to know that the last thing I would do my entire life is to hurt the feelings of others or look down upon others. I'll rather kill myself than do that, thank you.

Sometimes, I just wanna give up on being nice to others. Things like this just make me think that it's not worth it.

To readers: sorry, just had to vent out on something.

Growing up....

I am not going to reveal my age here, but those who know me know that I look much younger than my age. Well, you might say ' It's that great? I want to be like that too. You'll look 30 when you're 50!'

I've to admit that I actually have a problem with this fact. Everytime someone whom I meet for the first time asks me how old am I, I tend to hesistate to answer the question. Sometimes I beat around the bushes, at other times, I answer 16, which I'm obviously not, if I'm a university student.

Well at times, this does have it's own advantage- e.g. when I can get coach and train tickets for half price whenever I go travelling.But for the most part, I don't think looking so young for my age has it's advantages.

Well, we've to learn to accept the things that we can't change, have the courage to change the things we can, and have the wisdom to discern between the two, right?

Let's move on to the things that I can change then. My personality? The fact that I'm still so dependent on my mum and Uncle David? They keep on saying that I'll grow more independent when I go out to work next time. Yeah, it's true in some ways. I'll be more financially independent then. But...arrghh....I don't know. I just feel that I've been too spoilt all this while.

Maybe it's my fault....that I never proved to my mother than I can really take care of myself. Or maybe it's her fault, she is reluctant to let go of me, and never thought me any life skills when I was young? OR maybe it's both of our faults. Or maybe....it's due to my Turner's Syndrome?

Will I grow up one day? Maybe I'll grow up to be a strong, independent woman when I enter the working world and see the real world? Maybe I'll finally detach myself from my parents when I get myself a boyfriend in the future? I don't know. Life is full of uncertainties, we just have to face each day and each phase of our lives as it comes.

Heroes season 2

Monica Dawson
Elle


So I've just watched the "Heroes' season 2 DVDs which I bought from Bali.

Initially, I just thought of watching for fun...to pass the time. But then, it got me hooked!!

Personally, I think that the second season was even better than the first.

As I've mentioned in an earlier entry, I liked the fact that this new season brought us to at least 4 countries....Feudal Japan, Mexico, Ireland and USA. And I liked the fact that we got to hear Spanish, Japanese and English all in one episode.

But what I liked even more was the fact that they introduced some significant female characters into the show this season . This is what 'Lost' lacked....with the exception of Juliet.

I'm starting to really like the character Monica, who lost her mum in Hurricane Katrina.
She was just an ordinary teenage girl working in a fastfood outlet and had her hopes of going to college ruined as a result of the tragedy. Then after Micah Sanders came to stay with her....she develop a cool new ability....the ability to copy the actions of others on TV.

Elle, Bob's daughter, is also another character to watch for....what with her power of producing electricity from her fingertips.

Maya....and her brother Alejandro, who crossed the border to the US to seek help to control her power of producing poison gas which kills people. It's a pity though that she fell for the wrong guy.....
Oh, I kindof like Caitlin, Peter's new girl too.

And oh yes....how can I forget about Claire's new boyfriend, West- who has the ability to fly and take Claire on dates high up on the sky!

I've to admit that I didn't really dig Hiro's story of being stuck in Feudal Japan and helping Takezo Kenzei to fend off the enemies. It's just like watching an ancient Chinese movie, which I can watch anytime, here in Malaysia.

But I like the main plot of the deadly virus scare. The mystery of how the people in the company which created the virus were murdered one by one, and then discovering who was the culprit behind all that.

And there were several deaths, both real and decoy this season. I shouldn't say too much in case I spoil the story for some of you ;)