Samelan's around the corner...

AI YAI YAI...

SAMELAN IS COMING...

20th December 2009.....Bentong...

LESS THAN ONE MONTH LEFT....

So much more to do....

Next month begins another journey of me being vegetarian for 3 months....
Live healthy only for 3 months la..he he...

Trying to juggle between work, samelan, family and friends

Waheguru kirpa keri...

AI YAI YAI...

Rain Rain Go Away...

Everyday it's raining...(SNIFF SNIFF SNEEZE)
I just recovered from flu last week and yesterday started again. =(

Here are some data I found about our climate changes over the years. Also some predictions for the coming years.

There is also a rumor that there is going to be a winter storm this Friday in KL at 7pm....Whatever..I wanna go home early!!!

Donating Blood!!!

My office had a Blood donation campaign yesterday. When I heard about this campaign a week ago I had a flash back....~~~~~~.....Years ago..... when I went to donate blood the first time....I was terrified....!!! YIKES! I am so afraid of PAIN....well actually, I am STILL afraid of PAIN. So basically needles goes into that category....OUCH!!! The nurse sent me home before the 1/2 margin line of the packet...I was to afraid or can I say my blood was afraid to come out too....HE HE! Well that was years ago.....

Recently, I have been in and out of hospitals for blood checks since my hemoglobin count was low. I felt as I always but blood count shows a different story. Doctor says with low hemoglobin less oxygen gets carried in and that's why you're breathing heavily when you play sports. Basically heart pump faster...more blood to heart...more oxygen to body. Well it makes sense to me. Every time the stick that needle into my arm, I let out a SHRIEK!!

OK, back to YESTERDAY. It has been a while since a checked my hemoglobin level or took medication to increase it. So what the heck....I decided to go for the blood drive and check my blood...I was definitely sure I will be rejected it the first check before they draw my blood. As usual when they pricked my finger to check my blood, I let out a small SCREAM!!! =) But to my surprise they said my blood was fine.

Well was this a good news???, my blood back to normal, or is it a bad news???....OH SHIT...now they gonna poke a bigger needle into my arm to draw blood....AAARRRGGG....I was trembling and so scared...I tried to calm myself by praying and I guess it worked. Of course I still let out my usual shriek and then blood was simply flowing out of me...OK, that didn't sound right...=P

I was still tensed but at the same time fascinated!!!! In a few minutes, the bag was full...YAHOO..... then the needle came out...OUCH!!! Then the nurse asked me to press on my arm....THAT WAS PAINFUL!!! When she came back after a while she brought a handy-plus, she carried the cotton and SUDDENLY...OUCH...She pushed back the cotton back on with force...When she carried the cotton I could see some blood splashing out...she told me I wasn't pressing hard, ok press more and more and more. She came back, again the same thing...OUCH!!!!.....Than after a few more minutes of pressing patiently, no blood was shooting out, and there goes the handy-plus. YAY, trauma finally over. But I would'nt say I won't donate again.

One packet O+ blood served. =)


Then, when I went back to my place, I went on persuading others to go. Some already came prepared with their donation book. WAH WAH!!!. Then Shiva got the courage to go donate blood for the first time. He didn't even know what was his blood group. I managed to sneak back in take his picture.


This picture shows him all fine, he was thinking in his mind wow, he is actually donating his blood, and maybe this blood could safe someone's life. After I left, he went through a real trauma. I mean nothing like my PAIN trauma...

After putting on the handy-plus, as he was walking, blood started pouring out. He was stunned and all the nurses rushed to rescue him. OMG!!! Unluckily, he had blood stains on his SHIRT!!! One of his new favorite shirts which was WHITE. Pity him. After the blood finally stop, the first thing he did was wash the shirt.

I would suggest to everyone, DO DONATE BLOOD, don't be afraid, when a person like me can do it so can you. Even Shiva says he will donate again next. And guess what there are benefits too....

As it is written in the blood donation card, you will get free medical treatments for free for a certain number of times depends on how many times you have donated. I just did once and I get a free 4 month duration. If you donated 50 times, you can get any medical treatments for life, the first 10 years in 1st class the the rest in 2nd class. HOW COOL IS THAT????

Sensata Diwali Nite 2009

A Marvelous Night with Fantastic People...
Let the pictures speak for themselves...

Two years in a row at La COCINA...simply marvelous!

My co in game organization...

Smile everywhere...

Supportive group to attend even though hand is bandaged...

Food as usual... delicious...

First to attack, as you can see...

Our respected MC of the day...

We had our sensata current employees, ex-employees, and spouses spicing up the day...

GAME ON!!!

Great sportsmanship...

Yes, that is a Sari....

Awaken the inner child...

The conquerors in the charades game...

The beautiful maidens in Sari...

This was a tough one - Da Vinci Code...

The ROCK!!!

The best charades goes to HANDCOCK!!!

Was it that difficult to do Shall We Dance and Romeo & Juliet???

Is that the middle finger?

ROCKKKKK......

I'm not sure if this was part of BALLS OF FURY...

And after all that excitement, we carried on the the karaoke floor, where music was awaiting us....

Diwali 2009

This year Diwali we did not make any cookies and neither did we have an open house to call over all family and friends. This year is more like a family relaxing outing with relatives. But for me it wasn't relaxing at all....I did enjoy it very very much, loved it all and would love to have this kind of outing again. It's more like a FUN FILLED NON STOP HAVOC VACATION!!!! FUYOOOOO.....

It all started on the BIG DAY itself - DIWALI DAY. Just after midnight, it was so noisy, fireworks everywhere. I did my last minute packing till about 2AM and slept of. Dad came back from work about 3AM. I woke up about 6AM and we all left KL at 7AM. Dad had to sleep as he just came back from work and sister will just make the journey longer by driving slowly. So, I decided I will go ahead all the way, that is if I can. I was too excited and the music keep me going, not to forget the motivation from my sister to DRIVE FASTER.... HA HA HA!!!

We landed in Sonia's house in Bukit Mertajam at 11AM. Not bad aa even though we made a pit stop on the way. And it's not my car I am driving, it's my dad's Nissan Sunny. I had a good hand massage every time when I went fast as the steering starts to vibrate. =)

From Sonia's place, 4 cars left heading to the Island Penang...towards Batu Ferringi. At the chalets, another 3 cars joined us. there were about 40 of us all together. Hey this is only a tiny small portion of my gigantic family tree. We carried all the stuff to out rooms. We were all starving!!!! It was potluck time.

Everyone brought something unique....there was fish, chicken rendang, udang sambal, vegetarian chicken....just thinking about this is making me hungry again. FOOD WAS EXTREMELY DELICIOUS!!! We ate by the tiny pool which was behind the chalet. Time was flying as it was nearly 3PM. I grabbed Sonia and headed back into the chalet to prepare for the games.

At 3:30PM, Sonia and me went down to the beach with all the things we need. We found a nice spot to make our penalty box, buried the treasure and prepared the treasure map. We finished just in time before the whole group came down at 4PM.

Once we got everyone gathered, we split them into 5 groups, mixing all ages and gender. They had no idea what was ahead. We gave the instructions. When we blew the starting wistle, off everyone went running.

The first clue was on the penalty box. One person had to sit in the penalty box holding the bottle provided and the rest have the fill the bottle with water from the see. The trick is they only can carry the water using their bare hands. There were a few groups that tried cheating by using their t-shirts and even mouth..EWWWW
In just a few minutes we could see everyone was tired!!!

CLUE 2... There are 5 things hidden in the penalty box...find them...It was nice to see everyone in the box digging here and there. What was hidden they didn't know??? Well there was a pencil, eraser, pebble, spoon and some paperclips hanging on the border. This was not that difficult but there was one group that were exhausted and gave up!!!

CLUE 3... Bury a person from neck to toe....this was another simple task. Everyone enjoyed it except the person who got buried.

CLUE 4... Make a bikini for a male member of your group. HA HA HA! YES this was hilarious!!! They were given news paper and a stapler. Unique designs I would say!

Finally they got all the pieces of the map to join and find the treasure. They all started digging and digging and digging....gosh they took so long and yet they could not find the treasure...Finally they made me and Sonia to DIG!!!

ALAMAK!!!! The TREASURE is missing!!! The gold box filled with gold is missing... When Sonia and I was burying the treasure there was a guy watching us....I guess he stole the treasure. HAIYO... As revenge, they threw Sonia and me into the sea.

Well we needed that dipping! So nice...but so tiring!!! Then we continued with a few more games while some swam in the sea and others flew their kites. We had the 3-legged race and the water balloon passing. After a while, one by one started going back to the chalet. Well of course they was the BBQ to be prepared!

After a full fun time on the beach, we ended up in the little pool. After a few dips, we went to the play futsal all wet. Tired we jumped back into to pool. Lastly, all headed back to the chalets to shower.

BBQ was awesome...there was chicken, fish, sausages, pasta, vegetarian....drinks, music and fireworks. We all had a great time until we started the war between male and female in charades. Of course, JITEGE ONLY GIRLS!!! YES, GIRLS WON, YAHOO!!!
After charades, we had antakshri!!! After cleaning up, everyone was so tired we all knocked out!!! I slept at about 1AM. The plan next day is to play more futsal at 10AM.

I woke up at 8AM, pack my things, got ready, and went to check on the boys if they are awake. All were except one, he got some whacking for that!! Morning breakfast was a variety of diwali cookies and cakes with tea. Just by taking one of each kind, filled my tummy. My favorite was the brown cake from bidor and of course jam tarts.

At the futsal court, we did not start playing as the floor was wet and slippery. We just started target practicing by kicking the ball into the goal. Unfortunately, Raj Boy slipped and hit his head....he's a strong boy, he'll be OK! Then we adjourned to a smaller court beside it which was rough and not slippery, played a few games and headed back to the chalet. Check out time was 12PM.

Instead of heading back to KL, we all decided to stay another day in Penang. We all packed our things and went out for lunch. My family and I had chicken rice. I could not miss the opportunity to order KEKPO too. Then we went to the Youth Park...Gosh that park is awesome...It was my first time there, and I did a lot of exercise there. We even met Narinjeet and her brothers there, what a small world.

The final destination of the day was back to Sonia's house. We managed to play a game of entangled before the Taiping gang left. Once they left the house because quiet. Sonia, Trishayal and her mom all were not back yet.

Later at night we started our games session again. We played rangge/KOT, forfeit, charades and finally saidina. Forfeit was hilarious, as some had to do the pole dance, dance like MJ, make a plat, put ice cream all over your face, do the macarena, act like a baby, put on lipstick, put on nail polish, act like a monkey and the best was act as though you are in labor.

We finished Saidina at 5AM!!!! Luckily our beds were closeby as we dragged ourselves into them. In the morning after a Malaysian breakfast of roti canai, nasi lemak and wantan mee, we left Penang.

Our first pit stop was Taiping, where we had lunch, watched the beach video and had tea. Our second pit stop was Bidor, I had a nice time playing with the twins. And finally HOME SWEET HOME at about 11PM. ZZZzzzzz.zzz...zz...z.......

This I Believe...

This I Believe was a five-minute CBS Radio Network program hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955. A half-hour European version of This I Believe ran from 1956 to 1958 over Radio Luxembourg.

The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivation in life and then read them on the air. This I Believe became a cultural phenomenon that stressed individual belief rather than religious dogma. Its popularity both developed and waned within the era of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and the Cold War.

The show was revived by Dan Gediman and Jay Allison on NPR in 2005, and subsequently by Preston Manning on Canada's CBC Radio One in 2007. Essays that appear on the show are available free of charge at its website.

Recently, some of the original 1951 This I Believe programs have been rebroadcast on NPR's Bob Edwards Weekend.

I went through some stories...really great people and great thinking...
The best thing about these sites are that you can either read what they have written or even listen it being read, some by the individuals themselves and some by others.

I Am Still The Greatest by Muhammad Ali
http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=102649267&m=102805027

The Light of a Brighter Day by Helen Keller
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16702/

Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness by Andrew Sullivan
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/29/

Growth That Starts From Thinking by Eleanor Roosevelt
http://thisibelieve.org/essay/16936/

Blogging...

I miss blogging... I'm gonna try my best to make time and catch up with all that I have to write soon...It's really like a stress relief! I really works! It's also a medium to pour out the crap that's running through my brain and think some thoughts aloud. Think out of the box! Hmmmm....I was looking through some sites on benefit's of blogging and stubbled upon this one site - http://www.kaushik.net/avinash/2008/05/benefits-of-blogging-a-practitioners-perspective.html - interesting!

Happy Birthday Dearest

Happy Birthday My Dearest Sister!!!!
She was a gem, she is a gem and she'll always be my precious gem.

MISS, MISS, MISS

Oh how I miss blogging...but I just can't help it... There is just so much that I want to do...as what my status in facebook says "I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. - John Burroughs"......

It has been busy days....I just hope after this coming weekend...life changes and slows down for a while...