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There comes a time..

ethelwenn — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:49:59 +0000

Today will be my last day at work.. and to say that I don’t feel a thing about it, it would be a lie. There is this mixed feelings I have. Happy that I could finally gain some life, but totally sad at the thought that I am leaving behind my colleagues who eventually end up being my real friends. Yes, friends. It is hard to get your colleagues to be your real friends, good friends. They were always there when I needed someone to talk to, they were also there when I needed a hand. Heck, they were willing to spend their weekends going to the movies with me even tho the movie I chose was not their cup of tea!

But I guess everything must come to an end. I guess my working life would end today. I guess I’ll be back doing work from home once again. Or maybe not. Ever since I got this job, I have been gone from my other social life. I hardly spoke to my parents on the phone, I don’t get to see my brother quite often.. and I hardly ever spoke to God… So I guess now would be the best time to reflect on myself, taking all the time to meditate, Yoga and of course, pray. Since we’re moving to another state in about a couple of months, I probably will only be hunting for a job by next year. *fingers cross* In the meantime, if you’d like to send a gift of sympathy to me (LOL), by all means, please do! Ha ha ha!

Ring a ling.. do you hear them ring?

ethelwenn — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 06:04:55 +0000

2 months away from Christmas and I have not purchased my ticket back home. Eww! I should do that soonish or I would have to pay for a much more expensive ticket soon. My Christmas shopping list is 50% done.. but that’s just the list, I haven’t started buying anything yet. Maybe I should do it by next week. Or month end. And now that we have a new addition in the family (a new nephew from my cousin), I would have to add a new list into.. the list! Thank god he’s a baby still, so easy to get a gift for a baby, else he might ask me for a jeux xbox! Mati akak.. lol.

So now back to my online game first before I work on the Christmas list again. :-P

Oh, Radley!

ethelwenn — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 19:32:47 +0000

I got my first Radley bag experience a week ago, when Bunny and I went shopping for last minute stuffs to bring back for our Gawai holidays. We walked passed the little Radley section at Parkson and instantly fell in love with their collection. While I was having hard time choosing between their cute wallet/purse collection, Bunny found the bag of his dream (ha ha), the Radley Rolling Rocks.

The bag was selling at RM1,010 but since it was on sale, we got it at only RM606! Yes, I said we got it because we DID end up buying the suitcase!

The bag’s so cute! The inside of the bag is peach in color. It comes with 3 little peach-colored bag as well: 2 little bags for shoes/slippers and a bigger-sized bag to store wet clothes. SUPER-CUTE!

Of course, the craziness did not end just there. Yours truly, me, end up buying myself a Radley wallet as well. Well… my old Carlo Rino wallet is getting really old (got it when I got my first gaji from my first real job in Sabah many years ago) so it’s only right to get a brand-new one ma, kan? kan? :-P

I got the Radley Plain Sailing wallet! ^_______^

For this wallet, it wasn’t on sale so.. I had to pay RM330 for it. :’/

So there you go, spent about RM1k plus in a single store in a day. But at least now I have 2 Radley bags!! (and I plan to have more when $$$ permits. hehehe) I think I’m sooo going obsessed with Radley now, I’m gonna make a Smilebox scrapbook layouts for them! You gotta love the terrier on Radley, he’s so cute!!!

Oh by the way, Radley paper bags are super cute!!!! ^______^

I gotta make more $$ now… :’(

Mummy Day

ethelwenn — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 20:27:03 +0000

Just got a new cellphone for my mom yesterday, because her old ones are starting to die on her. :-P She complained how some letters and numbers are working no more – AND the camera is giving out really annoying lines on the pictures. Ha ha! So yeah.. I got her a brand new cellphone. Perhaps it could also serve as an early Mother’s Day gift for her, since Mother’s Day is just around the corner, ja? In fact, I was thinking of sending her some mothers day baskets, but since her cellphone broke down, it’s best to just send her the early gift now.

What about you, what are you getting/doing for your mom this Mother’s Day?

Family Matters

ethelwenn — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 03:31:52 +0000

After reading a friend’s blog entry, I cried before going to bed last night. He was talking about his plan on starting a new life in Sabah, of wanting to have a family and children. I cried because I wanted to start my own family too. (Note: wanted) I wanted to have kids of my own. I wanted my parents to have grandchildren whom they could take to the malls like the old couple I saw at Pyramid yesterday.

I wanted a family.

Bunny talked me to sleep about how I’m just being emotional. That I’m probably tired and sick of the life in the big city. He also mentioned that if I continued to ikut perasaan, sooner or later, I would worry myself thin like I’ve been taking those strongest diet pills konon. Of course, what he said was true.

And this morning, I woke up at 10AM. Did my laundry (handwash), kemas-kemas bilik, jemur kain.. and felt tired. Imagine having 5 kids: 5 extra clothes, 5 extra rooms, 5 mouths to feed!

Maybe I am not ready to start a family…

2nd Day of New Year

ethelwenn — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:09:13 +0000

It’s 2011′s 2nd day today. I plan to have a diary this year, but I have yet to get one. Maybe tomorrow or the day after, I’ll get to MPH and buy a diary. I feel like writing once again. When I arrived here at my parents’ home 2 weeks ago, I found old diaries of mine – diaries that I wrote in as a teenager. It was quite fun going down memory lane..and I thought it would be great to do it once again.

So this will be my new year’s resolution: to write a diary (and probably consider banking careers. Ha ha!)

Besok dah balik KL… Dengan perasaan yang amat sedih, aku akan meninggalkan lagi kampung halamanku. :-(

Plenty of Fish..

ethelwenn — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:43:44 +0000

So it should come as no surprise that I am on diet again. I’m not really sure how many times I’ve said this on my blog, but rest assured, this time is for REAL. I HAVE to lose some weight before Christmas, because I tell you: you don’t know how persistent my cousin J is. She’ll make me look fat, feel guilty like I have some breast milk problems and buy Herbalife from her! Haha!

And to make things worse, my cousin J (this is another cousin, not the Herbalife cousin) is getting married next month and I have this sexy black dress I’ve been wanting to wear since like forever! I bought it, of course, for less than RM500 and I’m dying to be in THAT dress for the dinner reception.

So tonight I’ll be having fish. Or prawn. Or calamari. Whichever Bunny ends up buying..

I Quit

ethelwenn — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:00:30 +0000

Since yesterday, I am officially jobless. As much as I love my job (uhm, my previous job), I just cannot take the environment in that office anymore. And before you call me a quitter, let me tell you this: we have a boss from hell. And I mean hell. And if you don’t believe how hellish it was: ALL the staff resigned yesterday. At the same time!

Anyway, I’m not gonna bitch-talk about my ex-boss. It would be so unprofessional of me to mengumpat about her over here. Cukuplah kami satu office dah umpat. lol

But anyway, I got 2 other job offers from two different companies already. Consider I am blessed lah ni, kan? But I am in dilemma! I don’t know which job offer to take..

Job No. 1
The job has something to do with designing children’s clothings. If I take this job offer, soon, you’ll be able to see my works in the malls. (as for my Sabahan friends, you’ll be able to see my designs at a store in Centre Point!) Glamour jugak kan?? Imagine going to the malls and seeing my designs on the shelf… *hee*

The only cons about this job is that: The pay isn’t up to what I was asking… In other words, kecil. :-(

Job No. 2
Whoa.. this one is quite interesting, because it has something to do with events and PR. If I take this job, I would have the opportunity to meet celebrities (both local and international) and probably outstation (overseas) trips as well! Also.. this job is paying me reaaaaaal good. *hee*

And the cons: Well.. I would have to sacrifice most of my nights, weekends and public holidays.. *sigh*

So up to this point, I am still undecided. Maybe I should try applying for other jobs. Jobs that involve binocular, bird watching, gardening and so on. Who knows what I’ll land on, kan?

Whatever it is, I have 2 weeks to decide..

In the meantime, I guess I’ll be working at my new, temporary office at home.

I’m already missing my old new computer and cubicle…

Bulletproof Points

ethelwenn — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:09:26 +0000

+ I won’t lie, it’s been a rough 2 weeks around the office. Last Wednesday, one of the worst day on record. (Not going to elaborate on this, but it was really bad that me and my colleague considered walking out)

+ So far, I’m hating the monsoon season. The clothes on the hanging line takes about 2 days to dry and the laundry bag would be piling by then. Getting a dryer is probably a good idea, but the last time I saw the barcode scanner scanned on one, it costs something that I couldn’t afford at the moment.

+ It’s almost Christmas and none of my name list has been ticked off. There will be gifts to buy, plane tickets for 2 to purchase and real soon, the car road tax & insurance. What an explosive budget. I might end up begging on the streets soon!

+ With all that’s happening in my life right now, the priest told us to have faith in Him. But I guess fate and faith comes together, no?

Coffee, Tea Or Barley?

ethelwenn — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:24:22 +0000

Bunny works pretty late today so we had a lot of time for breakfast. While he gets dress, I was in the bedroom checking emails.

“I’ll call Ken to set up a meeting with him afterwards,” he called from the bathroom.

“Call him?? But didn’t you already made an appointment to see him tomorrow??”

Bunny’s head popped out of the bathroom door with an annoyed look.

“Didn’t I just said that you’re coming along too??”

“What?? What are you talking about???”

“What are YOU talking about??!”

Needless to say, an argument ensued right after which left me sulking along the way to our regular breakfast restaurant. Since it was Saturday, the traffic was pretty congested. It was silent the entire way to breakfast. To make things worse, Bunny had to drive around just to find a parking spot – which was none. (Getting in line for a auto insurance quotes would be so much easier than finding a parking space) I was silently saying, “When you start your day with a fight, the rest of your day wouldn’t be pleasant,” in my head.

True to my words, there wasn’t any parking space.. until finally when I find it in my heart to forgive the stupid argument, there was a parking spot right ahead of us!

To make story short, we had breakfast but not really a pleasant one for me since the nasi ayam tasted really bland. (karma was biting at me back probably?? lol)

What I’m trying to say here is, every couples fight. As much as Bunny and I loves each other very much, we do have our ups and downs – but thank God we’ve never had a major fight. Sedangkan lidah lagi tergigit. The silly argument we had today was due to miscommunication. NEVER talk with a wall in between you, because the sound that emits from your mouth might sound different to the other person on the other side of the wall. lol

Needless to say, we kissed and makeup after breakfast. In fact, he just called me 2 minutes ago just to tell me that he loves me. So it’s all happy and fun! :-)