Cruel or Cool?

Today after work ~ on my way to SS2 ~ saw this toy being hung onto this Proton Wira...

Forgot what's the name of this toy...

It was my first time seeing somebody hanging a toy that way... letting it touching the ground...

Certainly it did attract attention but... what a "cruel" way...

Maybe we are girls... me and my colleague (who was inside my car at that time) weren't intrigued by the unique idea of how the car owner treated his "puppet" (my guess is that the owner most likely is a "he" and not "she") ~~

What do you think? "Cruel" or "Cool"??

My New ESPRIT Spectacle

自从进入新公司以后 ~ 觉得自己的脑袋总是装得满满的~~
变得很懵懂。。。很“大头虾”
时常忘记这忘记那。。也常常犯小错误。。(￣▽￣")

出差时竟第一次把眼镜遗漏在酒店内。。m(_ _)m
结果得配新的一幅。



(*^－^)ノ 这就是我新配的ESPRIT眼镜 ~~
花了我RM530哩!!! ～＞＿＜～
单单眼眶就RM250。
眼眶是蓝色的，我蛮喜欢。。。
而且ESPRIT的眼眶盒设计也很精致、漂亮~~
关口处是magnet的呢!

虽然不常戴眼镜，但这次可不能掉以轻心咯~~~
因为真的好贵。。。（＞﹏＜）

Showing Off My Adidas

Went to KLCC and bought myself a pair of Adidas... ヽ(^◇^*)/

Like it alot and it is meant for walking rather than a sport shoes...

So, next time I can just slip on it whenever I want to go for a long-hour walking or travelling overseas...

The price is RM279.90!!!

but I just paid RM79.90....??

Because I got a RM200 voucher from a lucky draw given out during my company's annual dinner !!!

Top View

Side View

It's leather and I was told it's a new arrival ♥♡

My 1st Annual Meeting in S'pore

Went to Singapore for a regional meeting yesterday and just got back today.
S'pore is my most visited country... definitely more than 10 times.
but still.... I will never say that I am very familiar with S'pore, given what an absent-minded kind of person I am. I never pay too much attention to the surroundings.... never...

I was very stressed before this meeting...
As most of them I'd never met before.
And I will be presenting, just after 2 months joining the company, my still "limited" knowledge of both the brand and the company in front of these people...
Yes, I was damn nervous!

Surprisingly it turned out to be a fruitful one.
I was complimented, even by my own boss.... although I sounded unsteady in the beginning.
I used to do a lot of trainings for my staff with my previous company and yet, when it came to presentation in front of a bunch of strangers... lack of confidence and 自我要求 are the major killers!!!

It is my 1st time I've this feeling that I'm working with a group of real marketers. One of them is a superb iron lady whose years of experience and expertise really make her stands out. She's one of those few I believe most ladies would look up to. As for me, I know I will never be like her and I do not wish to be like her although I respect her professionalism. As my colleague quoted, she is a very strategic person. (^-^)b


This is the room where I stayed ~ very new, neat, clean and comfortable~~
1st time I wasn't scarred sleeping alone in a hotel room o(^-^)o
In fact, I enjoyed spending time alone inside the room, surfing the net for free!


and I managed to do a last minute shopping & grabbed a pair of shoes~
from Charles & Keith (S'porean designers if I'm not wrong)
which costed me S$31.90 after 20% off.


side view ~ 4" heels ヾ(＠°▽°＠)ﾉ

你喜欢哪个歌手的声音？

向来我听歌除了旋律要好听以外，我非常注重歌手的唱腔和声线。
虽然我不怎么会唱歌。。。但听歌时会被我喜欢的声音而吸引~~
比深入人心的歌词更甚~

中文歌手说真的没多少个有惊人的嗓子。“偶像派”居多。
像蔡依林、杨丞琳都是很红但唱歌不怎么样的歌手。
个人认为比较有实力的声音有戴佩妮，苏慧伦，卫兰，温岚，蔡健雅，郑秀文，顺子等。
我最不欣赏的就是唱歌有气无力或娃娃音，如：金沙。
不过娇得来又很棒的声音有王苑芝和玄子。
我也不喜欢太过卖弄声音（一直狂飙高音），“喊歌”多过唱歌的张惠妹和Jacklyn Victor。
也不欣赏模仿派歌手如孙燕姿。

另外一位想特别介绍的歌手是唱腔很有特色，非常有实力的女歌手。
第一次听她唱“我们的爱”就被她的歌声深深吸引。
她有受过声乐训练。
她就是FIR的 ~ 阿飞。

她真的很用心去唱歌。
FIR的特色之一就是阿飞。
在FIR的新专辑里，她就尝试了很多不同的唱法，如下：

唱法1 ~ 九转十八弯《月牙湾》
阿飞舍弃了以往充满摇滚味道的唱法，改成吟唱的方式，更自创了“九转十八弯”式唱腔。她解释说，就是在流行唱法的基础上，融入了西部民族腔调的转音。

唱法2 ~ 梵音堆栈式《月牙湾》
阿飞还自己设计了一种叫“梵音堆栈式”的合音，她说，就是用很多种不同的方式和声调去演唱副歌部分，最后把这些声音合并起来，就营造出一种令人遐想的和声效果。

唱法3 ~ 重金属《第十行星》
建宁说，在这首歌里，阿飞展现了令人想象不到的重金属唱法，很有爆裂的感觉。

唱法4 ~ 爵士《BlueDoorsAhead》
阿飞说，这是她第一次尝试爵士风格的作品，演唱起来特别深情，与以往她给大家的感觉完全不一样。

唱法5 ~ 海豚音《爱过》
这是F.I.R有史以来最难的一首歌曲，24度音域，阿飞运用头、鼻、胸腔同时集中共鸣，唱出超越正常人声频率的“海豚音”。阿飞说，录完这首歌后她差点晕过去。

唱法6 ~ 古典歌剧《荼靡时代》
这是F.I.R与香港词人林夕、陈晖扬的首度合作，建宁说，这缘起于陈晖扬“十二金钗”的想法，阿飞就是唯一被邀请的台湾歌手。

mihimaru GT ~ I Should Be So Lucky

mihimaru GT最新单曲~改编自Kylie Minogue的同名曲~I Should Be So Lucky

我觉得这首歌很棒!!!
原曲本来就很好听。这首改编得也很棒哦!!!

mihimaru GT是我最喜欢的日本组合之一。

Company Trip to Club Med @ Cherating

My first time to Club Med @ Cherating...

A self-paid company trip since I'm not a confirmed staff as yet...

In fact, I was the only unconfirmed staff who joined the trip. Some new staff didn't bother to fork out about RM1K when they were offered the chance to join the rest of us in this annual trip. Am I the foolish one?! Anyway, my main purpose is to grab this golden opportunity to get to know my colleagues especially those who work closely with me. Anyway, I didn't regret a bit joining this trip, as the experience was amazing, thanks to Club Med. Our only regret was the stay was too short.... only 2 days 2 nights...

It's really a good retreat for stressful working adults looking for relaxation and worry-free holidays. There are many activities offered within Club Med itself. There are archery, yoga lessons, fitness centre, sailing, kayaking, wall climbing, roller blading, golf, swimming pool, circus and many others. The drinks are free-flow. At night, they even have shows, life band, dancing and some games. It was too bad that I didn't get myself engaged in all the activities which I wish to try. I only get to try kayaking, swimming, pin pong, and some games.

I wanted to try archery but when I was preparing to shoot my very first arrow, rain started pouring all of a sudden and I was ordered to stop... (>人<)
Anway, the activities are according to schedule and therefore I would advise to plan ahead so that you wouldn't waste unnecessary time.

The GOs (gracious organizers) there are mostly friendly. The rooms are clean and comfortable. Even the shower gel smells good and moisturizing, as compared to what offered by hotels.

I hope I could stay longer... Anyway, I did enjoy my stay there and I hope I could have the chance to visit Club Med once again with my loved ones (but of course not the one in Cherating)... o(^-^)o


The room ~ small but neat and clean ~


The TV cabinet


The bathroom


Well-decorated with ceramics


This is where we stayed


View from my room


Photo taken upon arrival ~ a tiring look

红毛楼

今天真倒霉~!!!
最后一个离开公司~
第一次自己一个人锁门...
虽然也不敢一个人留得太迟...

当关了所有的灯以后，
一转身便往前走...
结果~
只听到“砰”的一声响...
... 我竟然一头撞向前面的玻璃门!!! （＞﹏＜）
额头立刻肿了一块好大块的淤血呢!!
幸好牙齿没有给撞崩掉

有没有看到好大一块淤血呢？

后来还偷笑~暗骂自己笨!!!

幸好没有人看到哩。。。

因为真的撞到好大声哦!!! (〃＾▽＾〃)　　

自懂事以来，这是第二次撞到额头长“红毛楼”

第一次是在小学的时候呢!!

真“paiseh”。。。〒▽〒　　　

Skills for Survivor

I realised ~ in order to survive in this "game" (not to mention winning the game),
the skills I need to acquire are:

--> Stay EXTREMELY positive

--> 要懂得苦中作乐 o(〒﹏〒)o　　

~ so that you don't get "killed" and k.o.

New Work Life

Ever since I joined this new company, "stress" and "tension" are the best descriptions of my new work life. Given a totally new and different industry compared to the previous pharma line which I was in, I feel like I'm a freshman. Yes, I've left my "comfort zone" to join a new and challenging lifestyle, but it did not come without any sacrifices...

Compared to previous company, my new company is relatively smaller. In my department, only 2 staff take care of the brand. I just realised the difference -- in this new company, I finally grasp the meaning of "one-leg-kick".

The good things are: able to learn new things, able to gain new skills, able to improve self values, get to know new friends/colleagues, able to experience new work cultures...

The downsides are: no time for Japanese class, no time for Gym, work til late everyday and even have to bring work to home and work during weekends/public holidays, less outing, less blogging and internet surfing, tensed all-day, dark circles getting darker, mood is adversely affected (you get mood swings and sometimes will cry when really upset/down), even health is negatively affected...

I do not know whether it's worth it...

At the end of the day, I feel so exhausted and... can only utter one word, "taklaratla"!!!

大塚愛《クムリウタ》

她就是我之前介绍过的，在日本很红的 ~ 大塚愛

她在唱这首歌曲时~
唱前面的部分声音很可爱
但~
当转到副歌时却变得"亢奋"。。
所以就说她的声音伸缩性强

值得一提的是~
她一手包办词曲哦!!!

一块儿欣赏吧!!

永遠の詩☆彡Life

~来欣赏中島美嘉的魅力~~
Music Station ~ 现场演唱最新单曲 ~ 《永遠の詩》

My 1st Karaoke with Japanese

On the 8th of Oct, my new Japanese company organized a welcome cum farewell dinner for me and my 3 other colleagues. There were 3 tables altogether, and as one of the newcomers, I had to sit in the same table with my president and sn. exec director.

Well, it was considered a warm welcome for me. As it was the first time a company had ever organised a welcome party for their staff. It was a sit-down dinner ~ we were served Chinese dishes (in case you are thinking Japanese food).

Later that night, after we finished our dinner at around 9.30pm, I was one of the staff invited for a drink+karaoke session with the senior management staff at Plaza Mont. Kiara. It was a karaoke lounge meant for Japanese.

Inside the karaoke room, we were not short of full selection of Japanese songs, of course. I was so excited to see even the latest Japanese songs were in the list! Haha! What a waste that I haven't practised to sing any of these newest songs lately. Or to be more precise, most of the Japanese songs are difficult for me to sing ~~ too high-pitched for my voice.

It was real fun when it came to the singing part. Heheh... it was also my first time singing K with my managers, directors and president. Each of us have to sing a song and we used "jankenpon" (猜拳 or mora in Japanese) to determine who sings first. Haha! This was fun too!
（＾－＾）ｖ

Surprisingly, most of them can sing very well, especially my Japanese president. Another Japanese manager in his 40s caught me by surprise when he chose to sing Ketsumeishi
(ケツメイシ)'s song, which is a mixture of rap and singing.

I'd to sing two songs. The first round I sang a Mandarin song as I hadn't managed to search from a thick list the Japanese song I wanted within a time constraint. The 2nd turn, I managed to find the song ~ Yuki no Hana (雪の華) by Nakashima Mika (中島美嘉). Then I showed off a bit by being the only non-Japanese in the group to sing Japanese song. Although I did sing quite badly (especially at the high-pitch note), I was complimented, out of their politeness. （＾－＾）

We had fun until 12.10am. By the time I reached home, it was already 12.35am and imagine I still had to get up at 6am to commute to work... (>_<。)

Anyway, it was a fun experience to share.... as I've always liked to sing karaoke. And it may be the strong reason to keep me in this company, despite the troughs I am going through in the office day in day out.... ｍ（＿　＿）ｍ　　　

大塚愛のLOVE PiECE

从我的日本妈妈 ~ Okasan (host mother)那儿得知
最近 ~ 我的日本妹妹迷上了大塚愛(Otsuka Ai)的歌曲

之前也有下载过Otsuka Ai的歌来听
因为她在日本算是蛮红的说 (≧▽≦)

只是她的声音有点属于“可爱”型
我不太会欣赏。。。

不过~她能这么红不是没有理由
她的声音可索性强
唱比较抒情的歌曲和跟唱可爱型歌曲时的感觉很不同
她甚至为《NANA》唱过比较摇滚式的曲风 ~ Cherish
也很棒的说!!! (^-^)b

既然我那13岁的日本妹妹这么喜欢
就想说看看她的品味如何
便兴致地下载了Otsuka Ai在9月26发售的最新专辑 ~ LOVE PiECE
结果~~
很意外地~
很棒!!!

前两天~
心情很不好 （┬＿┬）
听了大塚愛的新歌以后
尽然转好了点哟。。 ♪(*^ ・^)ノ⌒☆





收录歌曲：
1. 未来タクシー
2. ユメクイ 「東京フレンズThe Movie 」『东京朋友』主题歌)
3. Mackerel's canned food
4. PEACH 「花ざかりの君たちへ～イケメン♂パラダイス～」『花样少男少女』主題歌
5. クムリウタ
6. 星のタンゴ
7. 蚊取線香
8. フレンジャー
9. CHU-LIP 「きらきら研修医」主題歌
10. HEART
11. 恋愛写真 「ただ、君を愛してる」『只是爱你』主題歌

还有很多其他的都是广告歌或日本某些节目的theme songs
最值得一提的就是~~
以上所有的歌曲
都是Otsuka Ai一手包办词、曲和编曲
所以~
她绝对是有才华的歌手哦!!! ('-^*)/

永遠の詩

中島美嘉的最新single ~ 永遠の詩 ~ 10月3日发片

中島美嘉的最新造型 ~ 好像Cleopatra ~~ 冷艷!!

★Close up★

永远给人诡异、不敢接近的感觉

却很是迷人...
而且她是实力派歌手

尽管多么遥不可及却还是吸引了一大班的支持者哦!!!

有没有这种药？

有没有一种药 ~ 吃了可以让人忘记烦恼，
而只有快乐。。。

有没有一种药 ~ 吃了可以舒解压力，
甚至是不晓得什么是压力。。。

其实~
吃了可以让人high，可以短暂地忘记烦恼的药是有的。
也就是所谓的“摇头丸”。
可是会有不好的副作用。

所以~
我在找着零副作用，吃了可以没有压力的药。
要是有这种药，那该多好!
一定大卖钱!!!

夢が叶った ~ やった!!

「日本の会社に入ると言うことは無理だ」、あたしはずっとそう思ってた。
でも、今日はいい事が起きた。
とにかく、今日は一つの夢がやっと叶った。
今の気持ちは最高だ~~♥♡
~~やったあぁ~~!!!　ヽ(^◇^*)/

今天有好事发生~~
所以好高兴!!!
就写了一小篇日文献丑。
或许出错的地方很多也说不定。╮(￣▽￣")╭

不过~
今天想表达的是：
从来没想过会在日本公司上班~
也没想过会有机会做一些自己有兴趣的事。
我想~这是好的开始。
所以这一次我不会轻易放弃。
我是说真的!!!

本気だよ、あたしは~　o(^-^)o

Celebrating B'day @ Precious

Last Saturday ~ 25 Aug ~ we celebrated my ex-colleague's birthday @ Precious Old China restaurant & bar, which is located on the mezzanine floor of Central Market.

They serve nyonya cuisine.
And they have a branch in Petaling street.

The things/displays inside the restaurant are mostly vintage and artistic.
Not only do they serve good food but for those antiques lover,
I'm sure they will find this place magnificent!!! (*^▽^*)


This is a picture of the entrace taken from the restaurant's official website.


A photo shoot before the "not-so-formal" dinner... (ฺ◕ฺ‿◡✿ฺ)


The coconut rice... in blue... (☆o☆)
Tasted good!!! ｂ（￣▽￣）ｄ
おかわり!!!


These are the nyonya dishes we ordered...
Ichiban!!! (^-^)b


The b'day boy... ('-^*)/


~~~The 6 of us~~~


After the dinner, we went for a shooting spree...

The restaurant's attendant (maybe the owner) purposely opened this section for our shooting.


Later that night, we were treated by the b'day boy to Poppi Garden @ KL city centre.


Chilling out.... weren't we? ♥♡


Eng ~ my ex-manager joined us for the 2nd session...

I'm indeed very gladful that they still count me in for outings.
Although I've left the company.... for good (maybe)...

我家鱼儿失去平衡

我家鱼儿(cichlid)已奄奄一息了~~

上几个礼拜已发觉它不妥
它好像已失去了平衡
会倾向一边游

后来未免它给其他鱼儿欺负或给龟儿吃掉
便把它捞起来
放进一个盛容器里

结果它就这样躺着
已起不来了。。。
也浮不起来。。
可是还活着

我看~
结果还是会慢慢地饿死吧!
就连兽医也都救不了吧!!

善意的批评

不管是善是恶，
对于人家给你的批评，
你都会照单全收吗?
还是觉得是人身攻击而想要反抗?!

有些人很可能很潇洒，
对一些不必要的批评置之不理。
有些人可能会很认真的去思考
这所谓的“批评”而领悟一些道理出来，或者自我反省。

有时候可能会对一些不利于你的批评
而感到气愤，或者受到伤害。
可是当你静下来思考的时候，
可能就会释怀，
甚至领悟到一些对你有帮助的道理。
可是~
试问又有多少人会这样想或做呢?

人如果只活在自己认为是对的世界里，
往往就会被自以为是的框框所拖累。

“换一个角度看世界，
世界无限宽大。”

If we do not change our direction,
we are likely to end up where we are headed.