The Incessant Ramblings of Ashlin

Dear blog,

2008-05-30T16:25:00.005+08:00

Oh how i have neglected you.....

OMG i can't believe i'm rambling on my blog again....it has been quite awhile...LOL

But oh well, today i did something "good" (ok that's an undividual opinion)

It may or pretty much may not change the world...but yeah....

I was told by the person it concerns that i did something good today...

I made her shyte....yup! You read right....i made her poop!

She was constipated...LOL

Crossing borders....

2008-01-05T15:43:00.000+08:00

[bôr'dər]

A part that forms the outer edge of something.
A decorative strip around the edge of something, such as fabric.
A strip of ground, as at the edge of a garden or walk, in which ornamental plants or shrubs are planted.
The line or frontier area separating political divisions or geographic regions; a boundary.

So many borders have been crossed in so many ways, by so many people....and many more to be crossed soon...

on marriage....Congrats to the just married or almost married couples....maybe i shud start charging as wedding helper...

on moving.... i will deeply miss you, for crossing borders and moving to the other end of the world... i wish you all the best...

on weight....for goodness sake!! you're NOT borderline fat or anything...maybe just *cough*psycho*cough*...but i'll pass it off as pre-wedding jitters...

come to think of it...ALL of us have just crossed one border....it's 2008!!!

Happy New Year guys! Have a great year ahead!

Outside lookin in...

2007-11-13T22:16:00.000+08:00

Her head hurts, she has been bothered all day...

Wonder why she even let things like this get to her...

Maybe cos ppl tend to forget that she's a girl...

Or maybe they jus forget she's even human...

Oh well, suck it in woman! ...like u always have...

Rainy days & pumpkin thoughts...

2007-11-10T12:54:00.000+08:00

I woke up today only to find out that my plan of stuffin myself silly with sashimi got cancelled due to some road block :(... oh well, there goes my subsequent plans of havin my tootsies gettin nibbled by lil fishies at the foot spa & gettin my hands on those J Co's too :(....plus it's raining....sigh...

In the midst of all the upcoming dinners, i'm stil at least 3 dresses short & dont' even get me started on finding those perfect stilettos!! & With the rain i'm too lazy to go out...thus givin me time to recuperate from my recent spree as well.

Oh well, maybe this rain isn't so bad after all... at least now i can go snuggle in bed indefinitely.... hmmmm...

Facebook....

2007-10-09T23:31:00.000+08:00

This is hillarious....and quite true...lol...

Vagary

2007-08-14T21:52:00.000+08:00

Exactly a year ago, i was enlisted into an enslavement program generally known as EMPLOYMENT....

Alot has happened within the year, new friends, new knowledge...

...but most prominently a new job...

I'm constantly on the move now & i have been forewarned that this new role may very well change me....

Have i really changed?

Spiderpig...Spiderpigggg...

2007-08-07T00:21:00.001+08:00

While everyone is hating monday....tis monday was super hyper for me....
It starts with mummy giving me choc cake for breakfast which gave me a sugar high....i was whistlin the Simpson's tune nearly the whole mornin, much to my disgruntled colleagues' dismay... & as if God heard me out... i got a call from Ellie tellin me we're watchin THE SIMPSON'S...tonite!!! YAY!!! & it gets better.... in 1U!!! OMFG!!! then i can have Carl's Jr!!! I was so deliriously happy and hyper....yes everyone around me thought i was psycho yet again...

Anyways, i didn't have time to snap a photo of the already infamous-everyone-has-a-photo-with-it-Simpsons couch before the movie.... & we ended up being 5 minutes too late for last orders at Carl's Jr :(

But heck...the movie was super entertaining & we ended up goin to SS2 Indomie for whatelse but Indomie!!! Yummmm....i'm not gonna post a photo of Indomie unless i want K Jin to never speak to me again...then again i dont' think he reads this....

And now i think i'm gonna sing Spiderpig for the whole week until it gets out of my head....LOL!!

Ahhhh...i haven't rambled like this in awhile...sleep time...

Many firsts...

2007-08-05T17:05:00.000+08:00

I tried Lui cha (a Hakka dish made of lots of greens with peanuts & mint tea mixed with rice) for the first time yesterday.... never thought something this healthy could taste SO SO good!!!

I also cooked by myself for the first time!! (without mummy's help!) *pats self on the back*

My contribution to cookout party 2#...

Cheese wanton...nobody died btw...

& i drove at night for the first time!!!...much to Ellen's fear for my life thinkin i got a tad suicidal...the first words she greeted me with were....

"ARE YOU CRAZY??? YOU CAN'T DRIVE!!!"

and so after our gastronomic dinner... we whales huddled together to watch Dead Silence (according to Ellen, it's a love story about dolls)... & yes i was the only one who screamed O_o i hate horror!

Oh....& i did my friday nite "Laundry" with some happyyyy people....

Tarzee @ Chia Ee was there too...
& i had to run & hide from these 2 uncles for obvious reason...

Uncle Ric & Uncle KK

ahhh...lots more but i'm too lazy to post....& since these nice people have done so... click on the links.... or add me on facebook! :)

Kuala Selangor seafood rocks!

Bed & Cynna @ Heritage Row

Weekend where Ellen made me sound oh so depressed

So now that i have posted & linked 3 weeks worth of updates....

Ashlin is back to making herself happy.

Hiatus...

2007-07-15T17:26:00.000+08:00

Ellie asked if i have given up on bloggin....

...I haven't given up...i'm just sittin in my boring corner.

Btw, ellie...i hate your magic 8 ball for being so right.

Temptin corner...

2007-05-29T13:21:00.000+08:00

"Boston"

In the light of the sun, is there anyone? Oh it has begun...

Oh dear you look so lost, eyes are red and tears are shed,

This world you must've crossed... you said...

You don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah,

She said

You don't know me, and you don't wear my chains... oh yeah,

Essential yet appealed, carry all your thoughts across

An open field,

When flowers gaze at you... they're not the only ones who cry

When they see you

You said...

You don't know me, you don't even care, oh yeah,

She said

You don't know me, and you don't wear my chains... oh yeah,

She said I think I'll go to Boston...

I think I'll start a new life,

I think I'll start it over, where no one knows my name,

I'll get out of California, I'm tired of the weather,

I think I'll get a lover and fly em out to Spain...

I think I'll go to Boston,

I think that I'm just tired

I think I need a new town, to leave this all behind...

I think I need a sunrise, I'm tired of the sunset,

I hear it's nice in the Summer, some snow would be nice... oh yeah,

Boston... where no one knows my name... yeah

Where no one knows my name...

Yeah Boston...

Where no one knows my name.

A baby, a visiting ol friend & a farewell...

2007-05-06T02:53:00.000+08:00

It's a baby boy!!...

obviously not mine....

we hovered over the peacefully sleeping baby...

isn't he beautiful?...

Jo cooed as she secretly plots to kidnap the baby and pass him off as her own

adorable lil Sim Wei Ting

Pretty mummy Claire & baby Wei Ting

Claire gave birth early last month...a lot of jaws dropped... mine including...i guess it just hit us that it's about time everybody started growing up! The whole everybody gettin married & havin babies is really scary...Yet another 2 friends are due with another 2 babies within the next 2 months... Gaaahhh. Just shoppin for a baby gift itself was enough to stress me out for the whole month...& it doesn't help that TCS was laughing at me stressin... hopping in & out of baby stores like mothercare!

Oh well, enough of baby talk...

Jeanette came down from Melb this week. I haven't seen her in yonks... & i still remember her buyin 8 pairs of shoes the last time she came back! A more subtle shopper this round (buying only 1 pair ), we met up for lunch & catch ups naturally. We didn't get that much time to gossip but it was great seeing you girl! *hugs* Maybe i'll hop to Melb next round!

Jeanz, me & Nish

Then "captain" K Jin FINALLY left for Jandakot for his pilot training!! Good luck man! The boys are eagerly waiting for their First class tickets.... & i'm sure they miss u like crazy already.

K Jin & I

The boys: Ka Vee, Yap, Jin, TCS & Brandy

Oh & i dont' know what's wif visiting Melbournians tis week....but here's one i didn't get to catch up with...

Solar-powered-Pooh bear-David!

Sorry Pooh bear! I know u miss me "snippin" you...hahahahahaha & for goodness sake...stop nickin supplies u don't need & eating after 6pm wont' kill you!

Stoners' Anon

2007-04-30T10:04:00.000+08:00

DVD nites at Poser "Mommy" Ellen's is always entertaining... & while we UN-altered frequency ppl were watching Little Miss Sunshine...

...the stoners' kept us entertained with amusing conversations.... talks bout mid life crisis...debating at what age would they consider one... Watching them play speed (that card game) at an altered frequency was pretty funny.

I doubt you'll see this....but ChinYew...I'm no celebrity blogger, Yo!

2007-04-09T22:57:00.000+08:00

*hugs*

Are you a Cynic?

2007-03-29T23:52:00.000+08:00

Po Ai recommended Cynic’s Sanctuary recently… & omfg…the cynic’s dictionary is quite amusing. Examples…

JOB
A state of employment everyone wants but few look forward to on a Monday morning.

SALARY
A market value assigned to professionals as a function of their scarcity, their usefulness to employers and their ability to feign enthusiasm for their work.

CUBICLE
A sensory deprivation chamber designed to boost productivity in the workplace, at least according to people who work in corner offices with large windows.

LUNCH
In the business world, a midday feast formerly enjoyed in the company of colleagues but now reduced to a few gulps in front of the computer when no one is looking.

MISSION STATEMENT
A corporate creed passed on to employees so they can remember why they’re skipping lunch.

PROFESSIONAL
1. In personal ads, the most desirable sort of potential mate.
2. In the streets, a prostitute.
3. In the business world, see definition #2.

TEAM PLAYER
The type of cooperative, self-effacing employee beloved by corporations that promote egotists to the top positions.

MANAGEMENT
A class of semi-skilled corporate hirelings whose rise within the organization correlates directly with the amount of work they delegate to their more talented underlings.

& yes, i picked definitions relating to W-O-R-K... on purpose.

Btw...meet Po Ai, my auditor...who might be reading this in between REcounting bricks which i have already counted! GO TO SLEEP WOMAN!

she caught me "sleeping" at work...

2007-03-08T23:45:00.000+08:00

a long tiring day...

a fun dinner...

i'm all good again...

If you're reading this...Thanks for dinner...eventhough i "conned" you into it :)

Chap Goh Meh...

2007-03-02T23:53:00.000+08:00

It’s the last day of Tong tong tong chang… & I didn’t even have the time to blog about it this year. Anyways, it was a blissful break with relatives & friends around to celebrate CNY tis year...i'm photobloggin tis post since i have a new camera to boot....tee hee..

I love lion dances...the whole noisy routine & awfully colourful lions prancing around... but this one has to be the cutest ever... this was a baby lion which came to my office...so cute....the boy was probably only 5 yrs old...

Then there was the reunion dinner.... i love this pic of grandma & me :)

Ian the giraffe decided he wants to be Wong Fei Hung...

The cousins during visiting sessions...

The cousins "lou sang"...

Angpows from the Red Box's "Choy San Yeh" (God of Prosperity)... & the Fong cousins really Fatt Choy-ed durin the gamblin session at K Jin's place later...:)

Gluttons @ Jogoya...

The boys (Ian, Shan & Justin) ate like crazy for the first half an hour & just died later... lol

Cousin's with grandma @ the Kung's...

Mel's CNY & housewarmin...

Li Po, Heng, Jess, Nish, Mel & Eun...

Customary "lou sang" @ Mel's...

Lion dance @ Bangsar Village II...

"working" @ Kitsch for 9 hours... & ellie paid me in balloons...

Jin's b'day party...he cut his tail after 6 yrs!!!

"tail-less" Jin & me...

Queen Geet & me...

Girlies...

Eun, Geet, me & Lily...

Wayne & me...

I stared at this bugger til he became embarassed cos i couldn't figure out why he looked so familiar...hahaha sorry Gin Keong...but at least we really do know each other from another circle of friends... such a small small world...

The boys...

Nev, Jin, Adly, Wayne & Puvy...guess who was sober (psst...the only one lookin at the camera...lol)

I didn't realise Kirei (Jin's beloved pet Boa Constrictor) was right next to me...

Ean, Kirei, me & Jin...

Puvy, me & Adly the "Hulk"...

Old & new friends...

Jin, Chiu, Gin Keong & me...

That's pretty much my 2 weeks worth of pics worth bloggin...lol. I have to sleep... so Happy Chinese Valentines' day to all!

2007-02-16T23:17:00.000+08:00

I reckon this world is really getting too small....& perhaps the whole 6 degrees of separation theory has reduced to maybe 3 degrees. A conversation over dinner left me amused at first & a lil disturbed after...

Anyways, i has been a rather unexpectedly eventful week... a pleasantly unexpected one :)

& before i forget...HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG BAD BITCHY BEN!!!

2007-02-14T01:20:00.000+08:00

"She has very high expectations for guys..."

I wonder whom was he referrin to...hmmm

Happy Valentine's Day! :)

Happy Feet

2007-01-29T20:35:00.000+08:00

I finally watched Happy Feet...I loved it!

& i bought yet another pair of shoes.

Yes... my feet are very happy too :)

& since the "tong tong tong chang" season is around the corner...

i'm eyeing a hot red pair.

Today I was whining to my colleague, Michelle ...

i haven't gone 3TC shopping

What is 3TC?

Tong Tong Tong Chang :)

O_o

In case u ppl haven't noticed, i love the tong tong tong chang season. This year the Singaporeans & Penangites will be coming to KL again... & Ian the giraffe will be in KL too :). Who wants to go 3TC shopping with me?

2007-01-01T13:45:00.000+08:00

While the whole world geared up to party their brains out on the last week of the year...i was down with a viral fever. #%$?!! I think the department of Karma up there needs a new calculator!!

Walking into the hospital with a fever of 104F... the Dr. immediately spew out the word...DENGUE! & after umpteenth blood tests and a few million Panadols later...they decided it was a viral fever and let me go with a few million more Panadols & an exorbitant bill. Thank God for company medical claims.

I was comtemplating all day if i should go with my initial plan of party hopping from Leon's "Ah Beng & GROs Karaoke themed party" to Wong's swanky bash in Suite 2103 in the Shangrila.

After much contemplation, the 9th millionth Panadol told me i probably would just die in the jam on the way into town...& the guys would just dump my body by the side of the road...where else if i died in Leon's house...the guys might stil have the decency to throw me back over my gate....afterall, it's just down the road. Leon's was a much quieter event compared to the past years but it was good fun... karaoke... kiddy fire crackers... home made flammings...

no...we didn't burn the house down... & i drank sprite :)

Happy New Year 2007 people!!

Holiday Hunt

2006-12-17T23:01:00.000+08:00

Just got back from a much needed weekend getaway from the hustle & bustle of the city. It seems so surreal that just this morning i was still enjoying the view & breeze by the beach @ Damai Laut Resort & Spa...

& in another 12 hours i will be back in reality... work

Had a mind boggling time with my gila colleagues, treasure hunting from Sunway til Damai Laut. & a certain Kiasu team provided us with much "entertainment" along the way*grins*

To my Hot Wheels team mates...Ruzian, Latha & Michelle... this trip couldn't be more fun without you gals! *hugs* & woo hoo...for 1st time hunters...we made it to the top 5 teams!! Booyah!!

Analytical Mind?

2006-12-12T22:02:00.000+08:00

A friend told me once that i'm like a dream catcher... cos i remember my dreams when i wake up & most of the time it will linger in my head the whole day! Then i will pick at it and analyse it...

I've never blogged about my dreams...mainly cos i let it bug me for a whole day then it suddenly auto deletes itself. So today i shall start...mainly cos i still remember it

Last night i dreamt about a friend's dead cat. Dino or Tiger...i can't remember which one i dreamt about...but it was both huge, belonged to the same person & the point is, either one i dreamt about...both are DEAD!

Now why would i be dreaming about a big fat cat? i'm not a cat person to begin with... i am not really putting on any substantial weight... i may be dead in more ways than one...but i dont' see the connection with a big fat dead cat! I dont' see a relevance to the owner as well.

I can't figure this one out... big cat, fat cat, dead cat, smelly cat...no relevance.

At least i have one more point to add to my resume...analytical thinking...just hope they dont' ask what i analyse *winks*

Oh..& i did also dream about a guy in a black striped long sleeved shirt flirtin...now i know where that one came from ..except, that's for another story another time.

Return of the mall rats...

2006-11-26T17:20:00.000+08:00

It's that time of the year when the lil rascals scour malls like their own personal playground...while WE, "grown ups" try to destress with retail therapy. The school holidays have started & i think the only good thing which comes out of it is the lack of traffic during those ungodly hours in the morning where we try to get to work on time.

Here are a few reasons why these lil rascals should be banned from shopping malls....or perhaps a mall for grown ups only should be built!...

i hate ruining my pedicure with some rascal rolling over my toes with those roller shoes thingies!...not to mention i would love to keep all my toes intact.
i feel like i've walked into a bumper car zone tryin to avoid having those lil ones rolling their trollies into you.
ooh...you'll be lucky if they don't bump you with trollies....but you'ld be damned to get slapped in the face with those flag like thingies from their kiddy trollies!
A kid might suddenly decide to abandon their parents & follow you home... o_O
the malls can save on their pipe in music cos these rascals have their own chart topping music...3. Mummy i want ice cream...2. Scream cos mummy won't buy me ice cream....1. Scream cos i can't find my mummy
you have to concentrate on where you step in case you "accidentally" kick or step on one of them small ones while you brisk shop!

The x'mas season is much help for the mall rats have more reason to scream...but a quote of another kind from a girlfriend left us in stitches during dinner...

"x'mas seems like the time of the year when mushy lovey dovey
couples come out to play"- ice queen

ps - i dont' hate children...they might just make a very tasty meal...muahahhahaha

Exercise tip #369

2006-11-02T23:59:00.000+08:00

If swimming was such a good form of exercise...

..how do you explain WHALES??

Tan Xin

2006-10-25T23:31:00.000+08:00

My hairstylist quit...James oh James...where have you gone? I'm sorry if my mop of hair made you runaway in fear :(

Today i saw a lizard doing push-ups!! I'm not kidding...if only i took a video of it...geez...even the lizard is telling me to exercise! :(

Pa, wo xi wang ni ping ping an an de hui lai.

Indulgence

2006-10-15T18:06:00.000+08:00

After...

...Tiramisu & Lemon Merengue @ Ms Read ...

...snapping fuzzy pics after some alcho @ Sky Bar...

...hopping to Velvet for more alco & dancing...

...a nasi lemak & indo mee goreng in Bestari @ 4am...

...2 waffles with ice cream in A&W drive tru @ 5am...

...& passing out for 9 hours...

...i awake to rumbling thunder & heavy rain...

i think it's a sign from God...

It's time to DETOX!!

My Cubicle

2006-10-06T23:21:00.000+08:00

Brandon reckons i'll be singing to this song by the end of the year.

I dedicate this to all the "enslavement program participants".

ps- i don't hate my job.

Week long birthday feast :)

2006-09-30T22:33:00.000+08:00

I think the title describes it all....

It started with dinner at Naili's with the VI gang....Agi, Big-bad-bitchy-Ben, Jayan & Kalai...
No pics of food...& it was a lil dark but here's a pic i like...

...cos i look so skinny next to 3B-Ben! Haha

My mummy's signature Cheesecake...Yummmm...

Lunch with colleagues... Michelle, Soo, Ann, Wye Yee, Carol, Serena, Chia & Kerby.

Dinner @ Bakerzin with Nish....yummy baked avocado & crabmeat salad...& gorgeous cake^

Dinner @ Little Vietnam & Chilli's with the Hartamas gang...Nish, Geet, Eun, Mei Yin, Wong-ping-pong, Adly-badly, GM, Amin, Nev & Puvy.

Yummy seafood dinner with parents :)

Thanx for all the lunch, dinners, presents, calls, mails, mms & sms. I love you guys *hugs*

My Earthquake b'day last year :) *click*

Still alive...

2006-09-15T23:10:00.000+08:00

Today marks my 1st month into my employed status….or in Ellie’s words…the “enslavement programme”.

Work’s not too bad so far…& my colleagues are quite insane…so I fit in just nice. The GM called a few of us into his office for a CHOCOLATE break today…& yes, like kindergarten children, we happily gobbled chocolates in his office during working hours :)

Anyways....a quick birthday shoutout to fellow September babies..

4th - Shanti is a Blue Hyppo...keep on bouncing!

5th - Leng lui Shiau Yun... when am i gonna see u???

7th - Nish the fish....hope you're enjoyin your holiday in the states.

10th - Patrick...i'm waiting for your wedding invitation!!

13th - Adly badly....don't turn hulk green ok.

16th - Willy pooh....what happened to our char kuey teow?

28th - Li Kin...when are u comin down to KL?

29th - Dickson...a L6BM reunion soon?

Do you have socso?

2006-08-30T22:34:00.000+08:00

I was horrified to see a guy cleaning the outer windows of the 20th floor penthouse today. He was standing on a ladder on what i view as a very small balcony.

"What if he slips???!!! This is the 20th floor!!!"

"That's what you call SOCSO", Doss cooly chirped.

O_o

For socso's actual definiton....click here --> SOCSO

Mass massacre

2006-08-21T22:18:00.000+08:00

All casualties…
no survivors
I’m exhausted…
physically,
& mentally…
Good night world….

Coffee?

2006-08-16T21:20:00.000+08:00

The Senior GM shouted across the floor to call me to his office today. The thought of gettin fired on my 3rd day at work crossed my mind while i was walkin to his office. & when i entered...he told me to close the door & sit down.

Do you know why i called you here?

I gave him an honest NO paired with a puzzled look. He then told me with a very stern face...

I called you in to relax & have a cup of coffee!!

By then he broke into a wide grin & talked about my first 3 days at work so far. *phew*

Ps- Nish...the video's for you too! Don't give up your dream :)

Chauffeured-driven Princess no more

2006-08-12T01:52:00.000+08:00

In the past 2 weeks, I got a job with a large conglomerate & I got a car.

Yes, that’s the end of my very short lived unemployment status ( i start this coming Monday)….& yes, you read correctly…I got a car…it has 4 wheels and it moves…& I must add it’s a stick shift!

M-A-N-U-A-L!

Today I drove…it rained…God must have been so touched “She” cried. As I drove around my area at 40km/h ( I was adhering to the speedlimit…& give me a break…the last time I drove was during my driving test, nearly 7 years ago!)…my mum exclaimed…

That poor cat hesitated to cross the road when it saw u comin…

O_o

My Dad called to ask if I needed anything from the hardware store yesterday. I happily chirped…

Buy a steering lock for my car.

He came home with a first aid kit…

For your car…he said

O_o

My parents truly love me :)

Birthday shout outs...

11th Aug - Paris-Ee!!! Tarzeee...when are we goin shopping again?

13th Aug - Ewok! Don't go prancing around the Penang beaches in your birthday suit!!!

Are you craving for a C-Cup?

2006-08-08T13:41:00.000+08:00

I never found the perfect cupcake since my last craving for one....& now Mel has got me goin gila again with those EVIL looking yummy cupcakes on her blog!!! Now i feel like goin back to Kiasuland just to order some.

Or perhaps some of you darling angels would like to bring some back for me :) Btw, here's the link for C-Cup.

Oh, & if anyone knows of any good shops which sells cupcakes, let me know ya....or you could bake me some too...I'ld like them with lots of colourful icing on top. Thanx. :)

Urgh...

2006-08-03T23:46:00.000+08:00

This horoscope really defined my mood today.

It might be too early to know whether or not you want your current endeavor to succeed -- there is an even amount of pros and cons, so any confusion you feel is understandable. Through time, you will be able to determine for sure how you want things to evolve. Only then will you be completely at ease with the path you're on. So, today, seek comfort in company of the friends who make you laugh most. Save the decision-making for some other day.

Fortunately or UNfortunately i made my decision today...only time will tell i guess.

Hard Gay

2006-08-02T01:50:00.000+08:00

Friends tend to send you weird links and tell you to watch weirder clips on You Tube when it’s past midnight. Weisheng shocked me tonite…

hey...go search hard gay on you tube and watch the clip

hard gay??? Eeyeeeeerrrrrrr…

Yeah….it’s damn funny.

HARD GAY??? O_o

Nothing obscene

Don’t want

Damn funny

Don’t want

Nothing obscene
Nothing obscene
Nothing obscene

DON’T WANT !!!

He sent me the link in the end…

ok Weisheng...you win...it was funny.

ps- i know you *points finger at Weisheng* are reading this...so no excuse not to leave a comment now.

Willy pooh told me to search Executive Spa on You tube also....sounds real dodge...but he couldn't find the file either...LOL

A grand hotel & a very big bird...

2006-07-31T00:25:00.000+08:00

I just got the few obligatory tourist pics taken in S'pore...

Kiasu land's ..."my durian is bigger than yours...don't play-play"...( i call it kiasuism)

L-R: Mummy, me, Jin, Rebecca, Aunt Wai Leng & Uncle Peng Syn

The classy Fullerton Hotel where we had a scrumptious seafood dinner

Walking along Boat Quay with Jen

Had to take a pic with that one weird ass lookin bird

Paris-ee...Good luck on your first day! :) Don't forget to belanja!

La dee dum...

2006-07-30T04:28:00.000+08:00

With too much caffeine in my system...i'm messin around and testing out stuff at nearly 5 am....

here's a song for Superman lovers ..

Waiting...waiting...waiting...

2006-07-28T00:12:00.000+08:00

I used to think i had hell alot of patience when it comes to waiting....but i think i have grown rather impatient....since all i do now is wait...

waiting for calls

waiting for application replies

waiting for results

waiting for my phone......where's my new phoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! :(

So....i guess i should go "loosen up my buttons" & continue waiting....

ps- Anyone interested in this year's Starlight cinema? Go try your luck & win tix here.

Lost in translation

2006-07-23T21:43:00.000+08:00

I have a bad habit of reading subtitles due to growin up watchin Chinese serials durin dinner with my hopeless understanding of Cantonese or Mandarin. My grasp on the said language has improved slightly over the years but the habit remained. At least i get the jokes now instead of gettin really lost readin subtitles alone.

Some time back, Big-bad-bitchy Ben wanted to watch a Chinese movie. For those who don't know 3B-Ben, he's a Chinese dude who knows more Hindi than any Chinese dialect....so i was fairly surprised when he wanted to watch a Chinese movie. We chose some comedy, naturally he didn't get half the jokes as the subtitles really didn't quite make sense....even worse...the subtitles just disappeared durin the last half of the movie. Poor fella was really quite lost.

Anyways, here are a few examples of silly translations....

Friend watchin a war movie said

duck....came out as "itik" (quack quack duck)

& dum dum bomb... came out as "Bom bodoh-bodoh" (stupid-stupid bomb)

Mention pole dancing & any guy will pay attention....but when it comes out as "menari sambil pegang tiang besi" (dancing while holding a metal post)...that is just SO WRONG!!

Nowdays when i see crappy subtitles on a dvd...i blame Brandon. LOL cos he once did translations for dvds. He's too busy to read my blog these days...so i can tell the world he's gay here & he wouldn't know...right Brandy?

WOOHOO!!!!

2006-07-20T15:03:00.000+08:00

Out of the usual daily bunch of e-mails....2 screamed at me today & made me bounce all around the house happy hapPY HAPPY!!

one said...

Dear Student

I am pleased to inform you that you have passed your Research and Analysis Project, and the Oxford Brookes University Examination Board held on 14 July 2006 has awarded you a B.Sc. (Honours) in Applied Accounting.

& another read...

Dear Ashlin Fong,
Congratulations, you are one of the selected 5 winners of the Nokia Get More, Do More quiz. Your correct and insightful answers to the quiz have won you a Nokia 6111! Your prize is now on its way to your preferred mailing address...
Excuse me while i go jump around somemore :) :) :) *woot*woot*

Back in BOLEH-land

2006-07-18T15:54:00.000+08:00

Kiasu-land was fun...but it was a lot of walkin...& i'm not exactly the most fit person. Shopping was quite dissapointing...didn't buy much...but i had fun anyways.

I think i have developed a phobia with the mrt escalators... if i trip....it'll be a human domino!! unless i'm sandwiched between 2 hunks! LOL & i think Singaporeans must be meerkats in their past lives...their underground tunnels are very confusing....i had the sense of direction of a poodle when i was underground!

Anyways, i'm hungry...oh & anybody wants to give me a foot massage? :)

May - Thanx for taking me around *hugs*

Ewok - i couldn't find your pagoda tee...LOL

Across the border

2006-07-15T22:58:00.000+08:00

It's been a tirin day here in the land of "kiasu-ness". First day of visitin the relatives, walkin around like the "jakun"tourist...taking pics . Shopped a lil...Had a fantastic seafood dinner at the Fullerton Hotel...roamed around the Boat Quay area..and now i'm bloggin from the hotel lobby. LOL!

Tomorrow i plan to meet up with May...then head down town to shop...shop...SHOP!!!

Got loads of ground to cover....and i had better find something of my liking!!! i didn't come to s'pore for nothin.LOL!

Have to snooze now...

Cartwheelin...

2006-07-14T03:46:00.000+08:00

All my bags are packed

I'm ready to go

I'm standin here outside MY door...

...I'm leavin, on a double decker coach...LOL

Yes, i am lame... but at least i'm happy! :) Will be away to S'pore for the weekend! Whoopee!!

I was "semangat-ly" modifyin/makin earrings all afternoon & now my right hand hurts like crap :( ...but at least i have "new" earrings :)

Did 3 other pairs...but i like this green one the most :)

Alrites...i need to sleep...

U-turn

2006-07-10T16:47:00.000+08:00

Nice start to the week....my depression from last weekend was cured by...

...all the way from the U-S- of A!! Jonny is FABULOUS!!! *hugs* Thanx Jonny!! :)

The World Cup is finally over! Forza Azzuri!! i didn't jinx the team this time :p & the whole bunch of us (All guys including the anti Italy fellas) were even happier that the French-supporting-chair-jumping-butt-shakin-shakira-wannabe-BIMBO sittin in front of us didn't get to do her dance when Italy won! lol & Adly will definitely be glad that i won't be around to do anymore player-celebrity comparisons... but since it's MY blog a last 2 wouldn't hurt...

head-buttin Zidane....

reminds me of Patrick Steward as Prof X...

& Franck Ribery....

reminds me of Tom Green...

lol! til the next World Cup...out!

Dilemma...

2006-07-09T00:32:00.000+08:00

On gettin a job

I'm not gonna get one... heck, they probably won't even call me for an interview :( career fairs are depressin :( :( :(

On the World Cup Finals

Italy or France?...ok i'm choosin Italy...but what the heck colours are which teams wearing tomoro? isit blue-white or white-blue? sigh...

On DVDs to watch

First, my blur dad brought home Lost....damn happy...then i realised it was Season 2!! & i didn't exactly finish season 1.... when i finally got season 1 from Adly-Badly, i realised my so called complete season 2....is NOT complete!!! Now i have to search for the 2nd half :( anyone has the 2nd season? my usual DVD shop only sells the complete season :(

Sentimental Post

2006-07-05T01:12:00.000+08:00

I walked into one of the many colourful shops in town, looking and poking at the range of fake LVs, Pradas & Guccis the shop carried. There was something different about this shop, I told myself…but it wasn’t what they were selling…heck almost everyshop was almost identical…or at least to me it was.

Then I realised my ears were pretty happy with the music playin…

Back in the days when we first met

those time we had I'm never gonna forget

long summer nights and lazy days

we knew our love was not a passing phase

suntan lotion that familiar smell

I made you a necklace from a chain of shells

the sand on my feet and the warm sea breeze

a kind of romance that's hard to believe

Our bodies together beneath the palm

We had our first kiss I melted in your arms

Chorus: I'll give you my love an eternal love

from me to you if you return

A token of love an eternal love

from you to me i'll give my love

OMG!!! It’s PJ & Duncan’s Eternal Love!!! The shop wasn’t playin some Ah-Beng “feng tow” music!! It was playin old school ballads. That one song got me so sentimental….i went searchin for my old tapes when I got home…Debbie Gibson, NKOTB, Roxette, Wilson Philips, Belinda Carlisle… but none of the cassette players in the house works anymore…. :( at least I found something that works….the NKOTB’s No.1’s CD I bought last year!! & the rest I happily downloaded.

Haha you can call me sentimental but at least I’m not a guy who gets sentimental when he hears Backstreet Boys’ All I Have To Give! :p

Tonite's game...Italy or Germany..i say Germany :p

Ashlin talkin footie?

2006-07-01T11:50:00.000+08:00

Yes, u read correctly....i said footie...NOT footsie!

I was pretty enthusiastic about last night's Germany-Argentina match & i almost didn't get to watch it! Being a football idiot, that was the first match i actually truly enjoyed....except the fact that i have forgotten what the offside rule is (hehehe Adly will have to RE-explain it tru icq AGAIN! :P)

Anyways...before the match, i told Willy-pooh and a few other football mad ppl this...

"i think Germany will win...but i hope Argentina will kick ass!"

Not a bad comment huh? I was told it actually makes sense! especially when it's comin from me! I was actually quite dissapointed that Germany won in the end....i think winning through penalty shootouts are sheer luck...but what would "i" know right?

Throughout the match i noticed all the small things like the orange ppl (the crowd control) ... i think they must really hate football....how else can u stand having the world cup goin on right behind you and stare at the crowd??? ok there are screens, but wouldn't that be a distraction to the job? Oh and the mascot looks really spas prancing around...oh oh and one more thing....

Don't u agree that this fella....
looks like....

LOL! My predictions for tonite...

England-Portugal....
England's been playin pretty lousy, or at least that was what i was told....but i say England will probably get lucky and get tru again.

Brazil-France...
Brazil la!

WC idiot

2006-06-26T01:54:00.000+08:00

Just before I left the house to watch the England-Ecuador match at Safiz with the guys, I sent a last msn msg to Adly-Badly…

“ENG-GER-LAND!!!”

I arrived there in a bright yellow tee….Ecuador colour! How smart am I?

My nose was doing its usual “marathon”, and somewhere in between half time, I nudged Wayne-payne…

“hey, my cold is gone!”

“yeah, football cures all!”

O_o

Bite Me.

2006-06-24T01:58:00.000+08:00

This song is so emo...i love it

I'm allergic to idiots.

2006-06-20T18:25:00.000+08:00

I've not been doin much lately, just catchin up on movies, friends & my reading....ahhhh the bummin life! I never thought i would say this but ...i think bummin may already be takin it's toll on me....despite only been bummin for the past 5 days! yes yes, i know you workin ones wanna claw my eyes out for sayin it. I think i should go for a holiday, but i'm too lazy to even get my ass to Singapore, no matter how appealing the Singapore sale is.

Anyways, the 3 good movies i watched:

The Da Vinci Code (i know alot of you don't like it, but despite havin read the book, i still loved it)
X Men 3 (ooh, if u haven't watched it...there's a short clip of the the very long credits....hahaha i sense a sequel no matter how much the directors says this x men is the last!!!)
The Omen (many of you know i'm not a big fan of horror movies & have witnessed me scream & slide down my chair hiding...but this kind of horror is good)

i dont' think there are any movies worth watchin in the cinema at this moment til the next few releases...so i guess i'll be visitin my usual dvd store soon...

I'm thinkin of goin for the Hilton's choc buffet this fri nite...anyone up for it? give me a call...& perhaps adjourn to the Black Party after.

...hmmm i wonder if chocs & stout goes well :)

"Stoning" partner needed...

2006-06-14T20:49:00.000+08:00

If you have nothing to do, but have got mad bouncy ideas in your head....YOU ARE IT!!

LOL! My exams are finally over & my stoning days are about to begin. To tell you the truth i have nothing much to rant about now...but in time, my lameness will surface :p

I'm still craving cupcakes and stil have this crazy idea of baking them....so anybody got an oven & willing to risk havin me burn down the kitchen? well...you know where to call.

Oh & today also marks my 1 year on blogspot :)

HAPPY BLOGGY-VERSARY!! ...erm ok that sounded really weird...but oh well

So Wrong…

2006-05-20T20:13:00.000+08:00

Today, Gila Winnie was telling me how “ah-pek”-George claimed to be quite skilled with pick-up lines. Curious me listened on to see how skilled is the “ah-pek”.

Pick-up line 1:

“Are your parents terrorists?…. They must be cause you’re a BOMB!”

O_o

Pick-up line 2:

“Your parents must be bakers…. Cause you’ve got nice BUNs!”

O_o

Quarter Life Crisis

2006-05-13T21:43:00.000+08:00

Last night I attended yet another wedding dinner. It was a gathering of old neighbours catching up on neighbourly gossips…Who lives in whose old house now? , Who newly renovated their house? Who’s got more grandchildren?

As most of them have married off their umpteenth child and have enough grandchildren to make up football teams for the World Cup…they turn to query my mum on my “status”. And since my mum has perfected her “I don’t know…ask her yourself” shrug…the questions were diverted to me instead.

“So where are you working now?”

“erm..i’m not working yet.”

“So when is your turn? When are you getting married?”

“Heh, when you have 5 grandchildren.”

“So means soon la! I already have 3 cucu (grandchildren) and 2 of my menantu (daughter in law) are pregnant again.”

O_o

“Got boyfriend or not?”

“Aiya nobody wants me!”

*thunderous laughter and shrieks from a whole table load of aunties*

“You are such a joker!”

The other day Big bad bitchy Ben was talking bout how his parents have transferred the “get married soon” talk to his 2nd brother, and while his eldest brother thought he has surpassed the marriage talk, he now gets the “we want grandchildren” talk.

Adults are so hard to please….oh wait….i AM an adult!

I don’t’ wanna grow up! *sulks*

Can you smeeeeeeeeelllllllllll....

2006-05-07T00:54:00.000+08:00

"Paris" ee was making a fuss bout forgettin her daily spritz of perfume when "gangster" Elaine came up with a brilliant suggestion for the "drama queen"...

"Go stand in front of the *pst*pst* air freshener spray in the toilet...free perfume mah"

O_o

I have ~~sarcastic~~ BRILLIANT friends.

Cha-bo

2006-05-03T01:59:00.000+08:00

In the midst of exchanging whines, sighs and rants over the phone with "Paris"-ee, she suddenly blurted...

"hey, let's like switch uterus'!"

O_o

the poor girl was having cramps....she sounded almost delusional.

Growing up

2006-04-26T21:34:00.000+08:00

I survived the weekend wedding in Seremban. It was fun ( although not as fun as we youngins wanted it to be). Just wanna Congratulate & wish the happy couple a happy life and may Jen & Andrew grow in love.

The past week has been an eye opener for me as i saw my cousin U Jen married, my eccentric cousin Ben gettin all fussy and dote on his baby girl.

It felt like it was just yesterday we were all still running around chasing each other & now suddenly everyone's changed & all grown up. What happens if i refuse to grow up? How much have i changed? How much have i grown? bbbaaaaaahhhhhh....

Anyways, i've had a very stressful few weeks & a few more stressful weeks to endure...but it's the lil things that friends do or say to crack you up...

"my gawd, her makeup's so thick, her bf probably has to PLOUGH through her face to kiss her!" - Monkey face Ivan commenting on a girl's makeup

"don't play up there....play down there better..." - Darren the Pumbaa on telling me how to play bejeweled

...

2006-04-18T12:27:00.000+08:00

BUSY

STRESSED

CRANKY

(not necessarily in that order)

Excuse me while i go bang my head on the wall.

I have never…

2006-04-07T22:59:00.000+08:00

kicked a dog

kissed a girl

gone skinny dipping

gone for a Brazilian wax

had a vasectomy

wanked more than twice in a day

Only those who were there last night knows who drank to what *winks*
& Wong, stay off the "pills" dude! :p

Anyways, this is pretty old, but you've got to love it.

Rock Star: Supernova

2006-04-05T16:17:00.000+08:00

& So monkey-face Ivan has made it as one of the only 3 call- backs for the Rock Star: Supernova Malaysian auditions. Congrats dude! Hope you make it to LA :)

For more on Rock Star: Supernova…

The Making of a Malaysian Rock Star...Maybe

Monkey Ivan's interview is on pg 25 of today's Malay Mail :p

Halfway around the world in....X days

2006-04-04T13:10:00.000+08:00

Some of you may have heard about my stresses regarding my thesis for the past few months. It's done, bound and i couriered it off yesterday(more like dadddy dearest couriered it). & so this morning i decided to check where it is on the Oh-my-gawd-so-hi-tech site....and i got this..

April 03, 2006 (15:50)
Penang - Malaysia
Shipment picked up

April 03, 2006 (19:17)
Penang - Malaysia
Arrived at DHL facility in Penang - Malaysia

April 03, 2006 (19:55)
Penang - Malaysia
Departed from DHL facility in Penang - Malaysia

April 04, 2006 (01:59)
Hong Kong - Hub - Hong Kong
Arrived at DHL facility in Hong Kong - Hub - Hong Kong

April 04, 2006 (04:10)
Hong Kong - Hub - Hong Kong
Departed from DHL facility in Hong Kong - Hub - Hong Kong

Hmmm....KL-Penang...ok
Penang-Hong Kong

O_o

HONG KONG??!!Why the fuck does it need to go to HONG KONG??? HEllo??!! even i haven't been to HK? why HK???

My thesis needs to reach OXFORD by friday!!! What was it doing in Hong-their-ass-Kong???
I thought they bark efficiency!! Are there no direct routes to UK?? Does it not increase their cost to transfer it from one place to another like that?? Maybe they just added an extra destination or two to make the statement look more drama....Damnit i don't need no drama looking statement....i need it to get to bloody U-to-the-K by FRIDAY!!!!

*stress*stress*stress*

Theme song of the week

2006-03-31T17:24:00.000+08:00

if only it all ends with me snaggin a cute guy at the end i wouldn't mind :(

Happy Fatty

2006-03-25T22:08:00.000+08:00

Today i...

went to Klang with my gila sunway friends to celebrate Wee Wee's birthday. & i got to eat crabs which i have been craving for since Martin's crabby gay pic :p Anyways,Today's line of the day has to be this.... "i need a man in my life to peel crabs for me" ....(no, that didn't come from me :P) Happy belated Birthday Wee Wee!! & geogie muzzle puff pudding pie...salted crabs??? hehehehehehe...sorry ppl...insider joke. u have to be there to get it

got a dress, shoes & tops....wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....i'm so satisfied....for now at least :)

& i had NO classes today!!!! *ashlin cartwheeling around with joy*

Anyways, Happy birthday to the march babies...

11th- working man KJ

19th- pervy Puvy :p

22nd- Wee Wee

23rd- happening Johnson Teoh

29th- i'm allergic to chocs Eunice

ooh & i can't wait for Da Vinci Code to come out!!! i hope it doesn't dissapoint like memoirs of a geisha. Adly-badly & gang, u guys better include me in for this!!!!!

6 weddings & 1 big fatty's "funeral"

2006-03-19T23:27:00.000+08:00

I want to go shopping.... i don't have the time...
I need to go shopping...my cousin is getting married
& apparently so is half the world!!!

My poor mummy was panicking yesterday...as she was frantically dialing on the phone

"wassup? who u tryin to call?"

"the tailor. there's no answer!!!"

"oh maybe she went on a holiday...u know, after all her CNY biz"

i could see that expression on my mum's face where she's probably silently prayin to every single God possible that what i said wasn't true.

"why do u need to see her so soon...i thought u just kow-tim all your dresses ?"

"Aunty so & so just called, her daughther is gettin married next month...that's the 4th wedding invitation "

just then my daddy walks in & added to my mum's misery...

"oh u can add another 2 more weddings to that list...uncle so & so & another uncle so & so's children are also gettin married"

and just as he was walking away...he had to put me in a miserable state too...

"btw, i'm not free for the other 2 weddings...so Ashlin can go in my place"

O_o

Kill me la

Dear horny Ellie...

2006-03-16T22:00:00.000+08:00

hahahahahaha...

Happy Birthday Ellie!!!

Don't go running around in your birthday suit...we all know you are capable of doing so...hehehe

& since i haven't been able to meet you for char kuey teow lunches....

here's a plate from me with love *muaks*...MUAHAHAHAAHA...

It's safe when it's not ticking.

2006-03-12T17:55:00.000+08:00

I went downstairs and found this on the table this morning...

"what is it?" i asked my mum

"open it up & find out la"

& so i did after some poking , sniffing and shaking...

OoooOOoooOoo...come on everybody....let's say it together now...

PATCHIiiiiiiiiii

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh

Don't hate :p

................

2006-03-09T22:45:00.000+08:00

I need to...

finish my damn thesis...i hate powerpoint!!!!!
study for the damn test next week *sobs*
stop thinking of ways to avoid the said test...stoopid college make rules with so many loopholes
stop thinking bout shopping til i can find the time to shop...but wait the wedding is in April...ok...i'm entitled to make list of what to get... dress, heels, bags, boobs.........
stop arguing with myself in my head...reminds self to SWAT angel Ashlin & devil Ashlin....wait i think it's only devil Ashlin vs devil Ashlin
use the damn stairs instead of the lift *looks at jiggly fats* :(
stop eating... *pokes jiggly fats*
shut down this blog?
throw away my modem

O_o

Clickety-click...

2006-03-01T18:09:00.000+08:00

Ian finally sent the photos of his KL trip!!!

& since I'm taking a lil "break" (excuse for procrastination)...I edited a few pics...

When Ian saw this...

He asked what happened to this...

^dude, that was 8 months ago...I WISH the supply was never-ending too :(

Messing around in the Shell HQ boardroom...

& In spite of the petrol increase...

One nite, Ian saw everyone making way for this guy walking into Marriot...

"hmmm...must be a VIP"

*click*

he then asked the doorman who the dude was.

Later, he happily showed me the pic...

"look!!my best friend!!"

"really? What's his name, Ian??"

"erm...Deputy PM?"

"..........."

Poker Nite

Woooo Hoooooo...

Korean BBQ

Starlight Cinema

Poppy

erm...

Well...there are a whole lot more of touris-y pics...KLCC, a whole mambo jumbo of Batu Caves, Petaling street, Putrajaya, Malaysian food...Malaysian sky, giant moth?, caterpillar??...baahh...too lazy to edit & post :p

Anyways, I just found out that I've got an additional 36 hours of lectures added to my already psycho 6 day week timetable!!! 36 freaking hours!!! *faints*

6 day week to bloody 7 day week!!! DIE!!!

Whoever said Uni life was bliss should go FUCK yourself !!

*emo* :(

The Matrix themed party & the fake leather skirt

2006-02-25T02:45:00.000+08:00

& so I went for Eu Jin & Rachel’s Matrix themed birthday party. I also decided to follow the theme of the night and humour myself by wearing a fake leather skirt….

& I was reminded why I never wore the fake leather skirt out…

Top 3 reasons why Ashlin never wore the fake leather skirt out…

#3

Like it or not…fake leather or not…it is damn fuckin HOT..*mental pic of Ross with leather pants in FRIENDS*

#2

People will stroke the “leather skirt” as if they have never seen or felt leather before

& the #1 reason why Ashlin never wore the fake leather skirt out is…

*drum rolls*

When you’re the only person in the closest thing to leather with a room filled with people on altered frequency…they will claim to love the feel of spanking the “leather skirt”

Ah well, it was a good night with lots of laughs, good company and funny drinking games. I foresee that it will be sometime before I get to go out to party again :(

SO heres wishing Eu Jin a Happy Belated Birthday!

& a Happy Birthday in advance to Rachel!

& thanx GM for the ride back...good luck for your interview tomorrow!

altered frequency....

2006-02-21T01:02:00.000+08:00

Damn i'm high....with a system filled with smirnoff and lime.....
happy happy happy....lalalalalllalala
Congrats to all who are done with ACCA! hopefully that will be me in 6 months time.....
Happy to see ya all....
i need alot of water & lots of sleep now....
Goodnite world ....goodnite.............lalalalalallalalalaa

Tic toc tic toc tic toc....

2006-02-20T12:26:00.000+08:00

i hate waiting for all things uncertain. i get fuckin restless & fidgety....................................i get hyper, i get irritated and sometimes i irritate the fuck out of people..............................................wish me luck people....oh wait i'll be needing a miracle more than luck in this case..........oh fuck it! i'm going out.

edit: the waiting is over!!! & i'm happy :) happy happy happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....

Big Bad Bitchy Ben

2006-02-16T17:04:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday big guy!! :)

Tagged

2006-02-14T23:48:00.000+08:00

I’ve been tagged by Jason the pooson. So here are my 5 peculiar habits.

I tend to save the best bits of my food for last; I pick out all the prawns in my char kuey teow & place them at the side. My dad will sometimes steal one of my prawns just to poke fun at me.

Knowing the ending of a movie doesn’t kill it for me… in fact when people threaten to tell me the ending of a movie, I really wanna know. I remember Guang Ming trying to kill Sixth Sense for me by telling me the ending…

“The guy is actually dead”

I was so blur, the more I watched the movie later, the more confused I got…. I had thought the lil kid was the dead one.

I always pay with the older or dirtier notes from my wallet. Sort of “dispose” of the dirtier ones so my wallet will be left with the cleaner notes. One of the mini reasons why I love festive seasons like CNY or Hari Raya is cos most of the time shops will gimme change back in new notes during those seasons…. not to mention the new notes inside the angpows too.

When I read the horoscopes in the papers or magazines, I tend to read all the other signs as well & think whom it applies to. Today's horoscope for aquarius reads...

"It's Valentine's Day & the only romance for you comes from a Mills & Boon novel"
*imagines Ben reading Mills & Boon*....OMG that is so SO wrong!!!

Somehow i tend to sneeze really loud especially when i'm at home. Sometimes i sneeze so hard, it makes me jump...don't ask me how

Now I tag...

Melissa

Brandon (it’s about time you updated your blog)

Johnson

U-Jin

Martin

& they call it puppy love...

2006-02-13T16:10:00.000+08:00

This is Girly.

She's 4 months old.

Her daddy's a Labrador.

& her mummy's a Pug

O_o

Happy Valentine's Day!

Tong Tong Tong Chang (last one for the year)

2006-02-12T00:26:00.000+08:00

The 15th day marks the end of the Chinese New Year. For the Hokkiens, the 15th night is also known as Chap Goh Meh. In Penang, the Hokkien community commemorates this day with the Chingay - a parade where stilt walkers, lion and dragon dancers, and acrobats move slowly along the busy streets of Georgetown, to the beat of gongs, drums and cymbals.

During the golden era of the Babas and Nyonyas, Chap Goh Meh in Penang is often celebrated as a sort of Chinese Valentine's Day. It is said that in those days, maidens would ride along the coastal roads to throw mandarin oranges into the sea while expressing the wish to meet a good husband. This is following the hokkien saying of "thim kam, chua ho ang" which literally means "throw mandarin orange & get a good husband". It was held that wishes made on this night were more willingly granted by the heavenly powers.

*More Chap Goh Meh stories*

My soon to be married cousin was telling my cousins & me to go throw oranges & i told her that there were no suitable rivers or lakes to throw mandarin oranges in KL, she told us to look for a swimming pool instead *LOL*

Happy Chap Goh Meh everyone!

ps- Leon, can we borrow your pool? :p

edit: congrats to the "blooming" couple!! *winks*

Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 5)

2006-02-10T17:36:00.000+08:00

This morning my mother told me…

“I saw a lizard run into your room just now”

“WHAT??!! Why didn’t you chase it away?”

“You were still sleeping. If you were awake you could have chased it out yourself!”

O_o

“I think the lizard chose your room because it’s the messiest part of the house. If you tidied it up it might not have gone in.”

“But it’s CNY! & I thought people don’t clean houses during CNY!!” … feeling all smug that I have CNY as an excuse.

“That only applies to the first few days of CNY… & BESIDES… Chap Goh Meh (last day of CNY) is this Sunday! I guess mr. lizard can be your roommate till Sunday then.”

>_<

Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 4)

2006-02-07T16:02:00.000+08:00

If someone visited you during CNY bearing such gifts...

Would you feel insulted?

Of course NOT!!

I love TOBLERONEs...

...& giant sized ones are even better :p

*Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 1)

*Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 2)

*Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 3)

Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 3)

2006-02-02T23:02:00.000+08:00

You know you are getting older when your angpow money is slowly decreasing.

You know your angpow money is decreasing when relatives are reluctant to give you angpows.

You know your relatives are reluctant to give you angpows when they ask you for the millionth time...

"Are you sure you don't have a boyfriend??"

O_o

Chinese New Year is one of those times in the year when pesky & non-pesky relatives gather & be merry. It is also that time of the year when they torture the children with...

"wahhhhh...so big already, got boyfriend/girlfriend or not? Can get married already!!"

Usually, they would target my older cousins but since some of them are cleverly out of the country, married or soon to be married, I was *gulp* their target this year.

I kinda expected this to happen considering at the last wedding, the bride, groom & a few cousins were busy "introducing" ME to people!!

So I contemplated a few replies to the got boyfriend or not question....

"oh, my boyfriend is an ang moh, we met through the internet"

(they definitely won't let me get away with that )

"oh, didn't mummy tell you, I'm a lesbian!!"

(that will probably give my grandmother a heart attack & my relatives will either disown me or send me to the bomoh to set my sexual orientation straight!!)

So in the end I just replied with a...

"No boyfriend la. Nobody wants me"...which sadly is true :(

So they ended up bugging my mum instead telling her about countless aunty so & so's daughter's cousin's uncle's son, who is supposedly clever, well-mannered...bla bla bla whom they could introduce me to

O_o

I wanted to get this t-shirt which read : TWO boyfriends are better than one

BUT, my mum told me not to get the both of us into trouble...heh

*Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 1)

*Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 2)

Looky looky what i got....

2006-02-01T13:13:00.000+08:00

*bounces around in excitement*

mine....ALL mine.....

thanx JC, you da man!!! :)

So when are we all gonna have dinner & charge the bill to Martin? :p

Dear Ian the "giraffe"

2006-01-31T20:27:00.000+08:00

When you visited KL some 20 years ago, you bullied me... & i bit you...you know you probably deserved it right? heh :p

~the bully & the biter~

20 years later, i took you around KL & you taught me how to play poker...i guess now we're almost even...except you're still so tall & i'm stil like a "hobbit" next to you.

~the giraffe & the hobbit~

Happy Birthday Ian!!!

Make more money & ~~take me for a holiday~~ come back to KL soon :p

Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 2)

2006-01-28T01:00:00.000+08:00

Just wanna wish everyone

GONG XI FA CHAI!!

May this year of the doggy bring everyone good health, wealth & prosperity. & may the unmarried ones get loads of angpows & get married soon so you can give me angpows :)

Happy Chinese New Year ya all & enjoy the holidays...i know i will :)

*Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 1)

Victoria Victoria

2006-01-27T12:20:00.000+08:00

Early this morning my phone beeped

*beep*beep*

"Victoria Choo Wei Qi is born to Marcia and
Ben on 27 January 2006, weighing 3.05kg."

Lo & behold, a new addition to the family!!

Heartiest congratulations to the new parents on the birth of their lil princess!!

Just a few weeks ago, the cousins, Pei Ling, Pei Chern & me went baby stuff shopping with Ben.It was an amusing scene to watch this father-to-be shop.

"Can i help you sir?" a salesgirl chimed as we walked into Hallmark

"yeah, i'm looking for a smellie pillow" replied Ben

".................erm, a smellie pillow?.........erm we have a few pillows?"

*LOL* The cousins couldn't help but laugh at Ben cos it was just so him to do something like that.

"erm....Ben, babies USUALLY choose their own smellie pillows?" i said

"hmmm, oh well...i think i'll buy these 3 then & let her choose!"

*LOL*

& while he continued shopping for more last minute baby stuff....

the cousins "tested" the "durability" of the baby goods & toys....

^Pei Ling & I creating havoc in a toy shop window^

(note:Ben in the background shopping)

^Pei Chern & I Enacting our own "Star Wars" battle"^

Tong Tong Tong Chang (part 1)

2006-01-25T16:16:00.000+08:00

Pre-*tong tong tong chang* inventory:

Spring cleaning- check

CNY deco- check

^ fyi, i made that red ball thing :) ^

Mandarin Oranges- check

CNY biscuits and goodies- check
Liquids- *hic* :p

CNY clothes- check

I don't wanna grow up... or sideways for that matter

2006-01-22T11:05:00.000+08:00

Like any lil kid, i love festive seasons...except...i'm far from being anywhere near lil :(

I was having dinner with Nish in BSC during X'mas season one night & in the middle of her telling me something, i suddenly heard bells ringing....

*ring ring ring*

My eyes & ears immediately scanned the premises & found him within seconds...

Nish noticing that i was not paying her any attention screamed at me...

"ASH!! stop staring!!"

"but it's Santa...& he has 2 santarinas..."

"All the kids around us aren't even looking up...even the two 5 year olds at the next table are more engrossed in their dinner like how a 23 year old should be!!"

".....awww they're no fun" *sulks* & proceed to stick out my tongue at the 5 year olds who were at that moment eyeing my curiously.

When "santa" reached our table, one of the santarinas asked us...

"would you like some sweets?"

i put on my, urgh i'm-NOT-3-years-old-&-not-interested face, but Nish burst my bubble & told her while pointing at me...

"you better give her or she'll cry"

after they left our table, i asked Nish...

"i got a barbie sweet & mini mentos...what did u get?"

"...........*my best friend is embarrassing*..........."

Now that CNY is just around the corner, the festivities are up in full force :)

Last night while shopping with mummy in 1U... i heard...

*tong tong tong chang*

i saw a herd of parents carrying their children, pushing prams, rushing towards a certain direction...excited & as if in a trance, i followed while bopping my head to the *tong tong tong chang*

The 2 lions were an ugly dirty orange colour...quite dissapointed that they were only walking around & not doing some funky lion dance moves....oh well, there'll be more to come.

*tong tong tong chang* :)

When Deepavali comes around, i always imagine what it would be like to jump into one of those kolam (coloured riced decorations) especially those in shopping malls which boast to be the biggest in the world, south east Asia, Malaysia or wherever; lie down & make a snow angel smack right in the middle...*lol* i think i'll be barred by all shopping malls *gulp*

Lizard Tales

2006-01-18T15:57:00.000+08:00

I hate lizards, my mum hates lizards & my Dad's the only one in the house whom the lizards cleverly hide from to avoid being whacked. Last week while i was watching tv, i felt something bump the side of my foot... to my horror, a stupid lizard was running around the floor & bumped against my foot!!! eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww.....

Lizards are a really nasty buggers too. Just yesterday the papers reported that a monitor lizard caused a fatal accident. Apparently the monitor lizard jumped from a tree and landed on a motorcyclist's back & startled him. He rammed into a pedestrian while tryin to shake the lizard off his back.

Here are more lizard tales...

"Did you know that Aunty so & so is so brave that she can catch a lizard & breaks the fella into 2 with her hands?", Mummy

"My friend was watching football one night when he felt something swimming in his mouthful of coke...he spat it out & saw a baby lizard running away. He must have left his coke can on the floor & the lizard crawled in", Grambo

"When i was in Kuantan, i used to chop lizards' tails off with those music tape covers", Wee

"My cousin used to pour spirit on lizards and light them up" , Chia Ee

"When i was 12, i woke up & found a lizard in my pajama pants" Ee-yer-laine

My mum & i now have new strategy to combat lizards...*drum roll* RAT GLUE!!! We successfully caught 7 buggers already in a span of 3 weeks :)

Friday the 13th

2006-01-13T00:23:00.000+08:00

Exactly a year ago, KL blacked out for a couple of hours , our classes got cancelled & a whole bunch of us went for happy hour to celebrate Brandon's 21st . *pics here*

22 years ago, a certain someone was born to ~~wreck havoc in lecture halls~~...erm liven up boring lectures with interesting gossips.

meet Brandon...

oops, sorry that's Angel

this is Brandon...

^don't ask me what he was up to^

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDY BOY!!!

(i know you're reading this on your spanking new 3G phone...show off!!! )

Have a good one :p

Pee-Nang

2006-01-07T02:52:00.000+08:00

I spent my last week of 2005 in the land where i'll never die of hunger....Penang...the island of glorious food.

It was bright & sunny when we reached Penang bridge (i'm sorry it doesn't look so with my lousy camera phone pic)

this is my Grandma's front door :)

When some people heard i was goin to Penang...this was what they told me...

Wilson said, "Spare no char kuey teow stalls!!!"

My cousin Pei Ling who was in Penang the week before told me, " tapau back some char kuey teow with BIG BIG prawns for me!!!"

FYI, Penang is not all about char kuey teow alone!!! but for the sake of you char kuey teow freaks...

Here's a plate of Lorong Selamat's Char Kuey Teow with BIG BIG prawns

Swattow Lane's Ice Kacang can cool me down anyday :) they are pretty generous with the atapche

u haven't eaten popiah until u have tried Padang's famous crab meat popiah...i went 4 times in one week!!!

I gobbled the rest of the food faster than i could take a pic...but here's a list of recommended Penang food...(i ate them all by the way *burp*)

Padang's Lok Lok
Anson Road's Duck Meat Kuey teow
Kampung Malabar's lobak
New Lane's Oh Jien (fried oyster)
Ayer Itam's Mee Rebus
Fettes Park's Sirloin Steak
Burmah Road's Sar Hor Fun
Pulau Tikus' Nyonya style Nasi Lemak

& while my Dad was away at his meeting, my Grandmother insisted that she drove me & my mum around...

at 80, my Grandmother drives faster than most people i know!!! My Grandma is one mean driver!! How fast does your Grandma drive??

beautiful view from my aunt's apartment...those are sampans afloat (not rubbish like how my phone depicts them)

Visited relatives. this is Kwai Po...she's really good at cooking.

this antique spiral staircase i saw in a temple along Anson Road is really pretty. it's 2 storeys high & there was an identical one at the other end of the hall.

if sightseeing & food isn't your thing, how bout cheap ( i think cheap maybe an understatement!) dvds? they range from Breakfast in Tiffany's to Saturday Night Fever to King Kong.

I spent my new years with family. A quiet one after so many years, it was nice. We all went out for dinner, drove around, watched the fireworks & managed to avoid the mad traffic jams thankfully.

It was a blissfully relaxing week in Penang among family & good food. What more could i have asked for? :)

(Claire, me, Andrea & Shiau Yun)

this pic was taken when i met up with my Tar college friends on x'mas eve before i left for Penang. So good to catch up with u girls...we'll meet up again ya!

+1, -1

2006-01-05T01:47:00.000+08:00

630am...
woke up to annoyin alarm ringin & it was rainin.
"grrreeeaaattt.....just nice to continue sleepin but i have to bloody get up for my 8am class" :(

725am...
was secretly hoping that i missed the bus so i can go home to sleep

740am...
"mummy, if the bus isn't here in 5 minutes i'm not goin for class. i probably missed the bus today"

741am...
Fark O_o the bus is here
bus driver: "sorry ar....traffic jam jus now"
*sulks*

830am...
walk into class half an hour late .... Menon (my lecturer) stares at me, while i give her the "ampun"(sorry) with hand clasped sign

1130am...
phone beeps...Pat says, he has fixed my comp but it needs a new network card.
Tempted to do multiple cartwheels around college with that news.... but can't do cartwheels for nuts ...i'll probably jus fall flat on my ass.

6pm...
i start sneezin like a mad jumpy person O_o fark

1030pm...
Pat brought my "baby" back,
*sniffs*
"wahlau...you just woke up or have u been crying for the past 3 hours?"
O_o tempted to whack him but he was carryin my computer & he has been such a dear to fix it for me.

My comp is good for now, BUT my nose is not...

i haven't read up for tomorrow's class, my comp clock reads 10pm...BUT all other clocks read 230am...fark

i feel damn stoned now, but at least i'm comfy in my new sweater :) (ellen, i found flaws in the buttons...maybe we shud have just picked on the other sweater for another hour :p)

i should go to sleep... i'll blog when i'm not so stoned.

btw, PATRICK IS DA BOMB!!!! & he's no softy*

*softy : a computer person who's good with software & not hardware

2006

2006-01-02T16:39:00.000+08:00

Happy New Year people!!!

i'm back in kl with my comp down, 5 bloody hours class to "look forward" to tomorrow, an extremely messy room....what a start for 2006.

will blog bout penang later.

so how was everyone's new years?

HO HO HO !!!

2005-12-22T01:29:00.000+08:00

Just wanna wish everyone Merry Christmas!

It's that time of the year where everyone gets sentimental about the year that is almost over. & like everybody else, I too looked back... i started blabbing on a blog, i met my cousin Ian after 20 years, the year i thought i will grad, etc etc... it hasn't been that bad a year i say...but it hasn't been all that kind to me either. Whatever it was...i'm looking forward to 2006. I'm not a new year's resolution person but for the fun of it...

Ashlin's new year's resolutions:

don't procrastinate
improve handwriting (Brandon, stop laughing!)
don't buy stuf i don't need
loose weight (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH...tough luck)
^stop listing things to do that will not happen!!!!!^

I'll be in Penang next week...& I've made a new list...

Things I wanna eat in Penang :)

Kah Mei, if ur reading this...Happy Birthday in advance!! *hugs*

Konkin' Kong

2005-12-17T13:15:00.000+08:00

Yes, i watched King Kong. The ads and trailers were freakin 35 minutes long (dont' say i didn't warn u)...which actually worked out to our advantage cos we were late for our 1115pm movie anyway. The movie itself was 3 hours long of RAAAARRRRRrrrrwwwwwWWWin Kong. By half time, the guys were already startin to "konk"....yawnin and all....way pass their bedtime i guess :p

Overall, it was an entertaining watch (the part where Kong tarik harga & merajuks at Ann & turned his back at her looked like he was positioning himself to fart in her face), touching at times (but not enough to cry...considering u already know what's gonna happen)... but not something i wanna watch in the cinema a second time.

Movies I wanna watch:

Chronicles of Narnia
Perhaps Love
Memoirs of a Geisha

note: this short list excludes the bulk of mushy movies i wanna watch which the guys will never watch in a million years :(

Guys, let's watch a chinese movie next time :)

Puvy, Have fun trainin in Malacca. Will see u when u get back.

Hehe... i'm gonna watch fireworks tonite & listen to some opera... & get paid for it :) YAY!

Old Bones

2005-12-15T01:11:00.000+08:00

While most of my fellow ACCA crew are at the moment getting their frequency altered, I sit at home shifting my gaze from one idiot box (TV) to another (my cranky comp).

7 hours ago, hundreds of “sheep” heard these same 2 words…

“Times up!”

As I looked around the hall a few minutes later, these same few hundred sheep were a mangle of mixed emotions. Some sighed, some laughed, some screamed, some even cried. As most people would probably mambo the night away celebrating the last day of exams, I chose to stay at home this time around. Doesn’t sound much like me, huh?

Instead I found it rather therapeutic clearing the mass of books and notes littering my room. & felt half relieved putting them away. Yes, I meant only half. Because in ACCA, it’s not over till it’s OVER. I may just have to dig out those rascals 2 months down the road AGAIN!

In the midst of clearing, I found a very familiar piece of paper tucked in between one of my text books…something which dear Brandon told me will motivate me to study…

THINGS TO DO AFTER EXAMS….after scrutinizing the list, I realized that nearly half the list has been done. Being the procrastinating queen (or unfortunately more appropriately described by Ellen as the studying Procrastinator), I somehow managed to read 2 novels and remember them more precisely than say the context of 5 pages of financial management O_o ….watched a quarter of my dvd list…the list goes on….evil evil Brandon :p

As for the 2 miserable weeks of holidays, I think I will let my mind vegetate. & if you are kind enough, please make sure that I get a bit of sunlight or moonlight.

Happy Holidays ya all! :)

ARrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

2005-10-28T13:40:00.000+08:00

Aunty Killers

2005-10-22T18:08:00.000+08:00

I recently accompanied my mum to a wedding reception where you are bound to get your cheeks pinched by at least 5 old ladies accompanied by the standard line

"wahhh, you are so big already..the last time I saw you, you were so small.."

& As usual, when the card states 730pm, you'll only get a sniff of the food at 9pm. So while waiting for the VIPs (very INCONSIDERATELY-late people) to arrive, my mother was gossiping animatedly with her friends (one aunty brought her 70 year old mother), while a couple of the uncles went out for a smoke.

The 70 year old lady was rather quiet until she suddenly sprang to life when the aunties started talking bout Korean TV serials.

"my mother loves watching Korean serials"...one aunty explained.

"the Koreans are getting quite good at making tv serials"...added another aunty

Having watched my fair share of Korean serials on tv, I found their conversation a lil more interesting...so I listened on..

"the Korean girls are so sweet & pretty"...said another aunty

"the Korean guys are not too bad as well"...added another aunty

*middled aged aunties giggling together*

"my mother actually likes one of them...mum, why don't you show us your boyfriend's picture?"

With this, the 70 year old lady took out a passport sized magazine cut out of RAIN!! Then said...

"Rain is so handsome. The other day I saw him on tv, he danced so well...can beat Micheal Jackson"

O_o

There has been quite alot of hype bout Korean dramas & it's actors being "aunty killers"...but i wonder what these actors have to say bout 70 year old fans adoring them like schoolgirls do...

le brassire

2005-10-17T13:18:00.000+08:00

I couldn't help but to take a pic...

I think the Cobra Club is gettin in touch with it's feminine side :p

Vege-ism

2005-10-15T13:28:00.000+08:00

While having lunch with a friend one day, I wondered aloud…

“Why do Indians always over cook their vege?”

My lunchmate decided to humour me with his 2 cents theory & replied…

“You know how most Indians are vegetarians?”

“yeah…” *curiously raising an eyebrow*

“Well, it shows that they are humanitarians & since vegetables are living things too, they wanna make sure that the vege are fully dead before consumption, so the vege doesn’t suffer”

“……………so u mean to say that Chinese stir fried vege are half dead?!”

“aiya, we Chinese eat anything & everything like that dish where the fish is served on the plate still alive or monkey’s brains…etc”

“But then Malays like eating kerabu…that’s raw vege!!!”

“It’s a massacre I’m telling you!! The same goes for salads”

O_o

Ashlin did not touch her vege that day.

Home sweet home

2005-10-14T02:20:00.000+08:00

oh man! i suck so bad at geography but this Google Earth is really fun

wheeeee...i can see my house :)

hehehehe let's see how good my sense of direction can get...i shall go look for more people's houses...hahahahahaha

My mother tells me the strangest things…

2005-10-10T09:49:00.000+08:00

…at the strangest times.

I was having early dinner yesterday when my mother suddenly told me…

“Did you know that Aunty so & so is so brave that she can catch a lizard & breaks the fella into 2 with her hands?”

O_o
“…erm mummy I’m having dinner”

“Oh but she uses a tissue”, she adds with a very as a matter of fact tone.

I then told the lizard on the wall…
“You’re one lucky bugger to not live in Aunty so & so’s house”

The lizard made that *tic tic tic* sound…I think it was agreeing with me.

Then one night before my parents went out for supper & left me home alone…

“Do you remember Uncle so & so’s apartment which we stayed in when we went up to Genting last year?”, mummy dearest asked.

“Yeah…Why?”

“Aunty so & so had an encounter with an evil presence there, it locked her in the room”

O_o …lalalalalalalalala think happy thoughts ashlin think happy happy thoughts…wheeee

Sensing my sudden silence…

“But she said she heard God’s voice guiding her”

“How is she so sure that it was God’s voice?”

“I don’t know, oh well it might have been another spirit but she claimed it was God.”

O_o *gulp*

“Oh don’t worry, things like that only happen in weird places…btw, don’t wait up…we’ll probably be back late”

O_o *GULP*

…yes Ashlin did not get much sleep that night…

p/s- my mother also said "Do not go clubbing...you'll get bombed"

>_<

Phatty Talk

2005-10-08T11:57:00.000+08:00

Some friends have been commenting that i've been posting pictures of food ranging from Dunkin Donuts to Ramli Burgers...so SUE me! i'm a Malaysian & i live to eat!!

while i get comments like...

"How the heck am i supppose to diet when i see all those food pics?"

I tell her...

"WILL POWER! WILL POWER! WILL POWER!...er or just plain indulge...like me"

WHAT?! if u can't beat them, join them :p... where do u think Ashlin gets all her fats!!

Anyways, if you're planing to stick to your diet or not to batal puasa... then don't click on this link---> Mel's food pics are more sinful than mine.

Happy Dieting & Selamat Berpuasa!.... u don't know what you're missinggggggg..... *smug evil grin*

I have yet to visit the buka puasa stalls...anyone wanna join me? ayam percik..ooh yum yum...

Sigh...

2005-10-05T14:21:00.000+08:00

I'm wasting time online again. I should go study...but i'm so lazy... i ought to be shot...it's 61 days to bloody exams...i repeat..61 FrUCKIN days to exams!!! This countdown is suppose to scare me into studying but now it just a number to me...sigh. i need something to scare me silly.

May was telling me how her degree qualified colleagues didn't believe her when she told them she has more time & life now working than when she was an ACCA student. I'm telling you...BELIEVE IT!! & stop telling me to enjoy my student life damnit!!!

sigh...i better go study...life's a bitch...