oo aa oo aa..monkey translation-blog?? :)

    Yesterday while i was waiting for my fren, Marina to finish doing her research for her assignment in sunway+monash library, i was ‘entertained’ with one particular book

marina: omg why did u read this book among so many other books? no interesting storybook meh??

amy: it’s only an hour or so i have why bother to start on a storybook which i’ll be only able to read a few pages?might as well read sumthing out of the ordinary

true enough that book was sumthing out of the ordinary because when i checked the list of borrowers at the front page there wasnt any..i guess whoever that read that book wudnt want anybody to now also lar..anyway here’s sumthing from the book that i was laughing my head out..sorry if i distracted u yst monks!

Wedding Speeches for Women:The Girls Own Guide to Giving a Speech They’ll Remember by Suzan St. Maur

This is one of the examples of jokes that was suggested to be included in a toastmaster’s speech on the wedding day.

Ben(not real name) is going to be engaged with Mary(not a real name either) in a weeks time. Both Ben and Mary have a personal problem to overcome before their big day. So, not wanting to confide in each other, they both turn to their parents for advice.

Ben went to his father. While he and his dad were setting up the bbq pit one evening, Ben knew that it was his chance. Ben explained to his dad that he has stinky feet and is embarrass if his fiancee finds out when they sleep together. So his dad advised him to wear socks every nite before going to bed.

Mary too went to her mother. During breakfast one morning, she confronted her mom. She told her mom that her breath in the morning is horrible! She’s worried too that she’ll embarrasse herself if her fiance finds out her problem and will not want to marry her after all. So her mom advised her not to speak to anybody at all in the morning before brushing her teeth, not even wishing Ben good morning.

Both Ben and Mary took their parent’s advices. Everything went smoothly for six months staying together. One fine sunday morning before dawn, Ben woke up to find that one of his socks came off. He sat up abruptly and frantically searched for it. Mary woke up and asked her fionce wat the fuss was all about.

Mary : Sweetheart, what are u looking for? For heavens sake it’s only five in the morning.

Ben : (stunned) OMG, you ate my SOCKS!

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Here’s another joke that i find interesting but i only remember a few:

If Yoko Bono is married to Uri Ono then she will be Yoko Bono Ono.

If Christina Dolly is married to Matt Dally then she will be Christina Dolly Dally.

If Lisa Loche is married to Thomas Ness but divorce him to marry Nicholas Munster then she will end up with Lisa Loche Ness Munster.

       Reading that book made my day! I highly recommend that book for brides and grooms to be, bridesmaid and bestman or any other ordinary person like me

ohh and thank you marina for ur great hospitality over the weekend!

- "the best and most beautiful things in the world can’t be seen or touched, it has to be felt with the heart" -

      happy chinese new year everybody! this week was definitely well spent..fast forward–had a huge ulcer on da palate to begin with n went to c a doctor, last minute cleaning altho suffering unbearable pain, porridge on da first day of cny (tragic), relatives from far which i only see once a year, RICE on da 2nd day with pig intestine soup ,more yummy food after that, house hopping for 2days, won rm19 from gambling AND most of all recommendations and ‘words of support’ from my beloved cousins on my young adult life, how i shud watch my diet, my dressing and everything dat dey can think lar..their sarcasm was very ‘kau’ but dey tertembak aso in d end

       house hopping was fun until my suara serak by d end of day one wat more with fion n amylai plus liying n neh dis year..wheew..not forgetting seelan was my entertainer da whole day with his kancil stunts(stress moments) n his lawak..not forgetting da fooooooooood dat was prepared by jo’s mom, esther’s mom n MY mom! hoho..ohh get well soon esther!

       went to seoul garden for lunch..as usual calculation time was a mess! pls carry a mini calculator next time folks not da hp kind ones!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALLY!!

p/s: let’s get things straight here! chan mok meng is an imaginary figure dat doesnt exist ok justin..i duno watlar marina crap to u but it’s not happening!(breathe in n out)

p/s: hey crys,sal,satya,ray,rashad and razin! there isn’t any gbs,acs,mhs,chs,sfi or even st.david THING going on..y u trust marina over me??aiyooooooooo..

p/s: u r so dead monks! :O

     cny is in 36hours time! since a month before (to be exact according to my grandma on da 27th day of da 13th lunar month which means on january 15th) we, me and my mom, started baking! we bake bake bake n bake till da last tray of cookies which were HUGE cornflake biscuits (more like rock buns) cos it was da first time we tried dat recipe..that was on february 14th! in between was da normal cny chores like sweeping, dusting, vacuuming, putting up da curtains etc..(notice i wrote cny chores instead of jst chores?cos i only do dat OCCASIONALLY) haha…ohh i manage to put up da red cloth all by myself dis year! *bangga*

      kkk i need to go paste and hang PIGS around my hse den i’m done! happy new year in advance people! may da year of the PIG be a prosperous, joyful, bountiful, fruitful, health-ful and wonderful year!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

     thirteen days into da new year and nothing much has changed..still too soon to c whether my new year resolutions are working..ohh but i DID maximise my time doing sumthing at least let’s see..umm new year’s eve was my cousin’s wedding so there was a dinner then after dat roamed malacca town particularly because it was too jam to stop anywhere..da nx day had migraine and rashes!i think it was from da wine da nite before but it wasnt itchy jst dat it lasted for 3whole days!

      met up with winnie and selina and we had steamboat for lunch in johnny’s..ohh dat was da 1st time i had da plain soup instead of da normal tomyum(otherwise i usually haf normal AND tomyum) for steamboat!winnie dont do spicy food anymore cos she has da angmoh thing in her now(haha i had to explain,win) and sel jst dun understand y ppl like tomyum! haha it was a lovely lunch btw..dat nite itself went to watch ‘night in da museum’ with venessa n da singtel family:)

    da nx monday went back to school to do sum stuff, met up with liying n huiwen to do sum ’sightseeing’ in dataran n mp it was funny as every corner there’s bound to b sumone from sch n da 1st question was "why not working ah?so free eh"..i guess i mst officially announce now dat YES,i am NOT working at dis moment!..after dat went to give neh a surprise visit as she was sick and i got to drink vitagen but liying stole my original flavour so had to take orange nx day, went mamaking at sum life band cafe in bkt beruang itself (i din noe bkt beruang HAS sumthing like dat) n da drink was FULL of sugar man!ohh had difficulty sleeping dat nite cos i was too hyper i think..

      next marina,daphne n me went to da zooooooooo…da tragic thing was none of us brought a camera cos all marina was thinking was her umbrella! we even squat down for wat seemed like half an hour to witness a wilderbeest was tranquilized and treated by perhilitan ppl n da vet was a young chinese LADY!!power eh:) mati-mati aso marina dowan cancel her plans to c me in dress so esther drove us all to dp!it was worth it, even daph bought 2blouses..esther baked a superb pie and we had wat esther call a movie marathon..it was only one movie lar but extended version of lotr i guess it’s long enuf until esther gulp-ed down 2 LITRES of water throughout da movie:) ohh nx not forgetting went for jj for an interview n missed lunch with neh!!sorrrrry neh i’ll patch up another day ok I PROMISE!

    dat’s how i spent my first few days of da new year..cheerios~

      year 2006; a year filled with joy and laughter, pain and sorrow, new beginning and deaths..many would wana cherish the remaining days of the year but there are also people who are eager to bid farewell and welcome in da new year..however i am on both sides of the story..

     me and a few frens ushered in 2006 on a hill sambil bermandi peluh, navigating and coordinating everyone to bring our cute lil’ kancil down da hill that was an experiance to remember..then school started and it struck me hey i was in senior year now..cny came and this year i think i went visiting da most compared to previous years cos i think i got bulat-er..hoho..then there was the monthly tests, weekly tests n not forgetting those nerve-wrecking Q&A sessions with my p.am teacher..ohh despite all that my classmates n i baked a cake for her on her b’day and the time we spent planning,getting da ingredients,tapau-ing lunch,baking and waiting for it to cook was fun all the way…imagine da noise we made in da shopping complex !!:)  anyway i survived 2months with my bro overseas (cos i needed him to drive me everywhere u c) and semester holidays was filled with frens from ns..after da holidays everything was all work n no play but it didnt affect da arts4 spirit man..tho seventeen of us only we had memorable moments..then it was my surprise b’day party..dun worry monks it was a SURPRISE!!thank u ppl for all da planning despite trials was a few days after especially da form 6-ers..a few frens played a prank on me in school n hey huiwen has qualities of an actress! ooo after dat there was da real exams..a few hours after our last paper we had a bbq and we did it with da effort of ALL my classmates even rahman..my brother is getting registered tmr and i have an added family member now..jst came back from pangkor and now i’m freeeeeeeeeee…..

       this year has its downside too..my results were bad in the beginning compared to last year but fortunately it gradually got better i think..i lost a friend and also an uncle dis year..witnessed break-ups and conflicts..my grandma was very sick at one time and my mom went for a surgery but again,fortunately we had a maid..i guess watever mishaps that happen there’s always an alternative to back-up upon..i haf a fren who struggled thru dis year and i just wanna let her noe that take things easy now and things will work out just fine as it is with my life..

     i’m sorry if i’ve offended anyone throughout dis 365days..i cant guarantee that i’ll stay da same person again tmr but until dis day i hope dat i’ve done da right things at da right time..i pray that everybody be in a good shape always and best wishes to u all..let’s usher in year 2007 with peace, love and joy….

     ever wonder what if cactus doesn’t have thorns or what happens to helicopters without propellers?..yes they are indeed disfunctional..and so is human beings without feelings..they feel so empty inside that they feel nobody bothers about them anymore and they choose to just end their miseries with a slit or trying to outdo the law of physics by letting graviti play its part..all these comes when a person feels imperfect..often that person just sits and wonder why the world is going against them and feel not secure with the people around them..they are not satisfied with their own doings even they have given their best shot and force themselves to achieve higher when things have alredy reach its limits..

     it’s called the perfection trap..i read an article the other day and it goes "…our obsession with perfection comes at a price. we are plagued by control and control limits our spontaneity. this in turn kills part of our creativity and gives life to mundaneness…" .as for me, to want to BE perfect is everybody’s dreams but first to SEE perfection in ourselves is sooo much harder..striving too hard for perfection only gets us discontented and makes us forget bout the whole picture..so why not cherish our imperfection instead?..

      so the next time any imperfection comes along the way think first before judging anything by the outlook of it..trying to accept our imperfections is difficult but if we can see sumthing imperfect as a blessing than it can be very fulfilling..to the people out there that feels life isn’t worth living anymore, think again! there are so many things bout urself that u are yet to discover..lastly, learn to see an imperfect person perfectly cos all of us have flaws that we hide in our shadows..god bless..

cheerios~~

         eee my sem break is almost over now (whimp)..and i did practically nothing much except jalan-jalan and munching da whole way!:)went up to kl for the weekends with jo and sal then met marina up there..fuhhh with these people around sure eat like mad wan i enjoyed steamboat more than the rest!! haha..da rest of it i’ll leave it to marina to re-capture da whole journey..thanks monks i lurve wat u wrote in ur blog..so moving on, my ns frens came down for a small gathering here in malacca..we only cud gather 11 of us(meiling, ailing, meiqi, winnie, shirming, ah soon, ah song, ah xiong, wee ser,vincent and me) but anyway we manage to catch up alot and enjoyed ourselves..at least i noe i did it all started with da arrival of meiqi and a fren of hers..went to meet them in malacca sentral and then came ailing,meiling and weiwei..vincent arrived next followed by winnie from kl..AND THEN came these macho malacca ppl whom at first glance we cudnt really recognised them..haha most of the guys changed mebe cos they have hair now compared to during our ns stint they had to shaved it of..we made a quite a fuss in sentral when everybody arrived and had to decide where to go and the accomodation and stuff especially since we had only one car to move around..in the end we decided to throw all the luggage into the car and take a bus to stadhuys where we walked down to eat chicken rice ball!..after that we took another bus to the apartment where they were putting up for the nite..garden city apartment to be exact..thanks to ah song’s dad we got it for a very reasonable price!anyway there were two cars d by this time so ah xiong went to pick wee ser up from sentral and head straight to mahkota parade while ah song’s went straight to mp..imagine 12 of us had to fit in 2cars.. a myvi and a wira!pheww..met up with shirming in mp..

         after mp we went ongkimwee’s satay celup for dinner..called over andrew too (an alpharian and also weeser’s far cousin)..i think da satay celup owner profit more from our drinks than from da food haha..oooo head back to the apartment after that..i went home early but the next morning i got news that they only slept for 2hours after partying the whole nite thru and did sum weird stuff i din get to c winnie off the next morning as she had to catch the 8.45 kkkl bus..the next day they had wantanmee for breakfast and then hang around till noon..checkout and head to sentral to send vincent and weeser home..according to these johorians, malacca bus service abit slack and they were half drowsy when they got to sentral..haha..next we had nothing in mind so we went to mp AGAIN in a proton wira with 7of us in it!super duper cramp!we manage to reach melaka raya then we saw a police car so ailing and ah soon went down and hiked to mp dey went to catch the omen but i had to leave them around 5 after that according to ah soon they went for sushi and their bus which scheduled at 8pm left without meiling,ailing and weiwei on it!! so ah xiong drove them up to tangkak and from there ailings dad came to pick them up..

           a great get together it was and i hope everybody enjoyed malacca..it’s a small state i noe but the fact dat its a once in a year thing we savour every moment we spent together! take care people!!keep in touch!!

cheerios~~

      People walk in and out of our lives. Most of them leave prints in our minds and hearts. You never would know if you are to be the chosen one to be sent back; nobody knows. Life has its ups and downs. Losing someone is a great hurdle to overcome. There isn’t going to a replacement whatsoever but life has to go on. So let us all help one another to face it and ease our sorrows although there’s always the bitter sweet memories lie deep within our hearts. From now on, get to know one another better be it a family member, a friend or even your neighbour so u’ll never regret at the end of the day. Cherish each and every moments we have..

           Merry Christmas to all!! yeah dis year xmas was one of a kind where i didnt even have the energy to celebrate it except going for midnight mass den mamaking after dat with my family and headed straight home to bed working in da kitchen for a week really drains out da enegy level tho..i was da kitchen committee (dengan bangganya) for the holiday workcamp and darn it was damn tiring..we had to help da aunties to prepare ingredients for the meals and there was like 5meals a day *pengsan*..boiling water was a must but it was for bout 120 people!!gosh so we boiled in big pots and we had to carry those giant containers!!imagine two GIRLS carrying tonnes of water everyday..pheww..n we had to clean chicken spareparts too..not one or two birds okay..it’s 24birds altogether!!yes its 24..i can say dat’s bad but not da worst part of all..da worst is i miss HOME..first time in my life ever in camp i miss my FAMILY..mebe its due to da workload but i did manage to sneak out for a few hours(3hours exactly) after the outing to go home n have dinner and shower..neway i did enjoy working in da kitchen tho with pelbagai ragam people around me cleaning up, preparing meals, boiling water was REALLY an experiance..think thats all for now..Merry Christmas again and may dis season of sharing brings happiness, peace and joy to everyone..cheerios~~

PS : Yvonne!!we’ve made it tru kitchen for da past week!!let’s cheer for ourselves dude..what a darn  great experiance huh..making each other happy after a day’s work jst so we dun get stressed up peace!

       At the beginning of the year, me and esther went looking for a job for experiance sake as we didnt have anything to do while waiting for our national service intake..we went hunting the whole malacca town and finally landed in a food outlet..working there was really an eye opener for me as dealing with the public is not an easy task..things can really turn ugly at one time but for most of the time i enjoy working there..i learn to be more tolerant with each other especially with my co-workers especially when things do get heated up at times..but these encounters didnt stop us from pursuing our job instead gave us the spirit to get going..i guess we jst manage to teamed up our spririts to move on ya esther with all the late nites especially if i’m doing the closing hours, it’s really really tired..thanks to my dad and my bro and sumtimes esther’s dad for willing to stay up late jst to fetch us home..ohh if u ppl out there who saw da nando’s mascot walking round ujong pasir’s pasar malam or in jusco itself in the month of jan o feb,that’s ME behind da furry black chicken!!!!and yesss i did survive it dat hot and humid mascot!!

      Anyway soon after we left after working for bout two months i was enrolled in the national service (the second batch for the second year)..life in ns was tremendous of cos with its ups and downs..but most important i met ppl from all walks of life whom were teens!! surely we shared wat was in our minds whenever we got the time to sit together and laugh our hearts out from the latest fashions,the newest album in da market  right down to what presents did we get for our bdays!!kinda cool huh..but April 19th really did prove dat friendships do play a part especially when we r far away from our family..i fell on my spine while completing the 12foot wall thingy..when i landed i felt as tho da whole world was spinning round me..i jst prayed dat its ntg serious and there was this fren of mine who came and held my hand tightly assuring me dat everything is gonna be OK..her convincing words were sumthing dat i hold on for the rest of dat unfortunate day..i was sent to the hospital for an x-ray and thank goodness no bones were broken just a swollen ligament and a slight bone alignment..i went back to camp and was so touched by so many ppl who actually do care bout me..my dorm mates helped me to clean up as the pain on my back hasnt subside yet and i had trouble moving around..my family back home werent informed of that incident until dat nite when i managed to get hold of a frens illegal hp and called home..i scare the hell out of my parents and they were planning to rush down to pick me up for a second observation..after convincing them dat i was fine, i stayed for the nite..i didnt mean to make my parents worried but i jst ms dem so much; jst wanted to hear their voices..to cut the story short i am very very very thankful for having such nice companions with me going thru da remaining days of ns with da injury which had prevented me from sum activities..but all in all i enjoyed my ns days as rain o shine we will always stick together!on the day we had to leave for home we shared tears of joy together countless of race or religion and dat was an amazing experiance..i said it before and will say it again~~Delta company rawks!! cheerios~~~