[closed]Euj IV

[Sila]

btw nice pics of you & indra...

did you like my braided peasant loaf? :)

[euj]

hey! my dad has never had a mullet lah - his hair was longish but not mullet :)

he keeps it all short now though..
ah, i see...

[euj]

it's part of my usual routine.. but it still sucks. i am tired of flying. my suitcase is packed. i have to turn this machine off and pack it too in a few..4 AM is less than 5 hours away.. :(
well, you better go to sleep then. naughty sila! :D

[euj]

btw nice pics of you & indra...

did you like my braided peasant loaf? :)
aw, thanks! :)

loved it. looked very yummy...

[euj]

On ANZAC Day...
Ode of Remembrance

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,
England mourns for her dead across the sea.
Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,
Fallen in the cause of the free.

Solemn the drums thrill: Death august and royal,
Sings sorrow up into immortal spheres.
There is music in the midst of desolation,
And a glory that shines upon her tears.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.
Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;
They sit no more at familiar tables at home;
They have no lot in our labour of the daytime;
They sleep beyond England's foam.

But where our desires are and our hopes profound,
Felt as a well-spring that is hidden from sight,
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known,
As the stars are known to the night.

As the stars will be bright when we are dust,
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain;
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness,
To the end, to the end, they remain.


English poet Laurence Binyon, overwhelmed by the carnage and loss of life by British and Allied forces in World War 1, penned one of the most moving tributes the world has known to our war dead.


Titled; For the Fallen, the ode first appeared in The Times of London on September 21, 1914. It has now become known in Australia as the Ode of Remembrance, and the verse in bold above is read at dawn services and other ANZAC tributes.


At Returned Sevicemens Clubs throughout Australia, members observe one minute's silence each night at 6:PM. The verse in bold is recited in memory of those who died.
It is followed by the response, "Lest we forget".


Note: Every single man of the 331,781 who went overseas during World War 1, was a volunteer. From the landing on Gallipoli onwards, the Australian troops were used as the spearhead of every attack carried out by the various British armies in which they served. For this honour, they paid a terrible
price: 59,258 were killed, 166,815 suffered wounds; 4,084 became prisoners of war.
The Encyclopedia Britannica states that the total casualties suffered by troops of the British Empire during the First World War amounted to 35.8 per cent of the forces mobilised for war service. The total Australian casualties however, amounted to 68.5 per cent of their armed forces, one of the highest percentages of* any nation engaged in that war.

[LiLiaN]

hey euj, doesn't seem quite like mullet to me leh...
maybe i need to go and check the right definition...
somehow my idea of mullet means short in front and long-ish at the back...
by the way, nice pics of you and indra... ;)

[euj]

hey euj, doesn't seem quite like mullet to me leh...
maybe i need to go and check the right definition...
somehow my idea of mullet means short in front and long-ish at the back...
by the way, nice pics of you and indra... ;)
thanks lil!

yeah, the tradiional mullet is short in front and long behind, but nowadays i think it refers mostly to having long hair behind. of course, there's the reverse mullet which is long in front and short behind!

[LiLiaN]

i've seen the modern mullet...
front slanting from short to long...
seriously, ain't that pretty...

[euj]

what to do? i just leave things to my hairdresser lah...but i'm thinking of going botak. maybe in summer...

[LiLiaN]

wow, if you're really considering going botak, then do consider (i believe) h2o's idea...
of checking out some charity for some fundraising event...
and get people to sponsor your going botak... same time do some good deed right?

[Lava Gal]

of course i don't mind. lots of fun stuff to read when i wake up!
tanx euj...hope u enjoyed reading our chit-chats here at ur place..and yea...sila's bread muz had made ur stomach grumble even more!

[euj]

yeah, was fun reading what you guys posted...

[euj]

wow, if you're really considering going botak, then do consider (i believe) h2o's idea...
of checking out some charity for some fundraising event...
and get people to sponsor your going botak... same time do some good deed right?
yeah, good excuse to go botak...

[Lava Gal]

ROTL...LOL...sorry euj..juz tried to imagine u being botak :p
well..if u ever do that...do post pix here ya

[euj]

ROTL...LOL...sorry euj..juz tried to imagine u being botak :p
well..if u ever do that...do post pix here ya
will do. did you see the pics of my recent hair cut?

[Lava Gal]

yea saw ur photo :) & read d discussions on ur mullet too!

[Sila]

yeah, good excuse to go botak...
didn't you do that the first year you were in singapore? i seem to remember making fun of your botak head back then :)

[Sila]

well, you better go to sleep then. naughty sila! :D
i need a nap.. :(

but still working so can't nap yet..

[janicejoy]

Sorry all - out of topic sikit. Just wanting to say that I won't be able to check in during office hours. Am moving on to another job and I highly doubt I'm able to sneak into the forum whilst at work.

I'll probably go missing from Friday (29th April) onwards as Thursday will be my last day at my current job.

Hope to see all of you on the forum soonish!

[Sila]

bye janice!! we'll miss you during office hours.. :) but all in all you should give your new job your full attention! good luck and congratulations!! :D

[euj]

didn't you do that the first year you were in singapore? i seem to remember making fun of your botak head back then :)
yup, sure did, and it was wonderful! :)

[euj]

Sorry all - out of topic sikit. Just wanting to say that I won't be able to check in during office hours. Am moving on to another job and I highly doubt I'm able to sneak into the forum whilst at work.

I'll probably go missing from Friday (29th April) onwards as Thursday will be my last day at my current job.

Hope to see all of you on the forum soonish!
all the best with your new job janice. see you soon!

[Sila]

yup, sure did, and it was wonderful! :)
hah! i thought i remembered it!!! if i remember correctly pebs and i laughed at you quite a bit!! :) although i think we would probably laugh even more at the mullet.. :p

[euj]

hah! i thought i remembered it!!! if i remember correctly pebs and i laughed at you quite a bit!! :) although i think we would probably laugh even more at the mullet.. :p
what?!?! you like botak more than the mullet? :eek:

[Sila]

what?!?! you like botak more than the mullet? :eek:
i think so, euj.. :) mullets these days in the US you only see on the hicks from the boonies lah... never made it out of the 80s.. never bathe regularly either :D

[euj]

i think so, euj.. :) mullets these days in the US you only see on the hicks from the boonies lah... never made it out of the 80s.. never bathe regularly either :D
so you don't like my existing hairstyle?

[LiLiaN]

Sorry all - out of topic sikit. Just wanting to say that I won't be able to check in during office hours. Am moving on to another job and I highly doubt I'm able to sneak into the forum whilst at work.

I'll probably go missing from Friday (29th April) onwards as Thursday will be my last day at my current job.

Hope to see all of you on the forum soonish!oh no... going to miss you around here... do drop by when you can, right..? :)

[LiLiaN]

i think so, euj.. :) mullets these days in the US you only see on the hicks from the boonies lah... never made it out of the 80s.. never bathe regularly either :Dsila, surprisingly in italy, it's hot! even girls are getting mullet (which I can't understand why....) :huh:

[euj]

sila, surprisingly in italy, it's hot! even girls are getting mullet (which I can't understand why....) :huh:
yup, that's what my hairdresser says - the stylish mullet is in.

when i was in melbourne last year and i went out to bars and clubs, i had a number of girls coming up to me and touching my mullet and commenting that they liked it. :)

[LiLiaN]

neh, mullet doesn't do a thing to me... :p

[euj]

neh, mullet doesn't do a thing to me... :p
i won't take that personally, ok? :D

[Sila]

i won't take that personally, ok? :D
that's good - i'm not a mullet girl either :)

botak is preferable!! :D

[janicejoy]

Hi Sila - looks like it's just you and I here!

[janicejoy]

all the best with your new job janice. see you soon!

Thanks Euj. I'm excited yet nervous. What's wrong with me?!!!!!

[janicejoy]

oh no... going to miss you around here... do drop by when you can, right..? :)

Hi Lil - I'll definitely drop in whenever I can. Who knows, sneaking around and browsing when I'm not supposed to might spur me to post more on this forum - cause then I would need to type type type without thinking and quickly log off! Or maybe - because I only have 1 hr of lunch each day to have my 2 cents worth here, I would have to test my ICQ typing skills and type away before the hour is up!!!!.... :confused:

[janicejoy]

bye janice!! we'll miss you during office hours.. :) but all in all you should give your new job your full attention! good luck and congratulations!! :D

Thanks Sila - but it's not bye bye for now. You can't get rid of me that easily!!! I shall give my new job my full attention - nevertheless I will still make time for this forum.

[janicejoy]

Euj - I won't say anything about your mullet till I see you in person and let you know what I think righto? Can't see much from the photo to say anything. :D Great picture of you and Indra - love it.

[Sila]

Thanks Sila - but it's not bye bye for now. You can't get rid of me that easily!!! I shall give my new job my full attention - nevertheless I will still make time for this forum.
oooh i didn't mean forever!! :D i meant like until the weekend or something :)

i haven't been able to curi-curi into the forum during work hours at all!! been too darned busy. but i come in at night while i'm working some more :D

[Sila]

Thanks Euj. I'm excited yet nervous. What's wrong with me?!!!!!
nothing wrong with you lah, jan! it's only natural - new job, new challenges, both exciting and nerve wracking!! :D

[Sila]

Hi Sila - looks like it's just you and I here!
hi janice!! almost your last day at your current work, yeah?? :D

[janicejoy]

hi janice!! almost your last day at your current work, yeah?? :D

Tomorrow's my last day. After that I get a week off to settle some stuff then start a fresh as my new work place. Woo hoo!!!!

How are you Sila?! Went to Awie's thread - salivating when I read about the huge kenduri!!! I'm so sad to be missing yours Sila - would be really cool to be there personally to congratulate you and meet the others. :crying:

[Sila]

Tomorrow's my last day. After that I get a week off to settle some stuff then start a fresh as my new work place. Woo hoo!!!!

How are you Sila?! Went to Awie's thread - salivating when I read about the huge kenduri!!! I'm so sad to be missing yours Sila - would be really cool to be there personally to congratulate you and meet the others. :crying:
oooh i have to look in awie's thread. my dad emailed me a couple of pictures this morning :)

don't cry janice, i know your thoughts will be with us! we can hang out another time, k? :D

[Sila]

Tomorrow's my last day. After that I get a week off to settle some stuff then start a fresh as my new work place. Woo hoo!!!!

i'm so ready to take time off now.. :D it's good you are taking a bit of time off. going from 1 place to another, you can get mentally prepared and enjoy a bit of free time..

[janicejoy]

Yeah best thing is I will be hanging out with my childhood friend (we've been buddies for almost 13 years) AND I might be able to meet up with someone from this forum....i have to keep this rahsia till I actually meet up with her and can determine that she's the person I think she is. :sus:

[janicejoy]

i'm so ready to take time off now.. :D it's good you are taking a bit of time off. going from 1 place to another, you can get mentally prepared and enjoy a bit of free time..

I bet you are excited to go off and get married....also to take time off... You've been working so hard - you poor girl, you deserve your holidays...

[Sila]

I bet you are excited to go off and get married....also to take time off... You've been working so hard - you poor girl, you deserve your holidays...
i'm so exhausted - i almost wish i could take a week off before going home lah. it's going to be pretty exhausting, the loooooooooooooong ass plane ride, then all the final prep for the big day (i'm not complaining - i really am excited about it - it's just i've put in a 10 hour workday and still got work to do before i can sleep tonight..) but at least i won't be working beyond next week! woohooooo!!

[Sila]

Yeah best thing is I will be hanging out with my childhood friend (we've been buddies for almost 13 years) AND I might be able to meet up with someone from this forum....i have to keep this rahsia till I actually meet up with her and can determine that she's the person I think she is. :sus:
oooooh!! penuh misteri! will you tell us if you were right/wrong later?? ;)

[janicejoy]

i'm so exhausted - i almost wish i could take a week off before going home lah. it's going to be pretty exhausting, the loooooooooooooong ass plane ride, then all the final prep for the big day (i'm not complaining - i really am excited about it - it's just i've put in a 10 hour workday and still got work to do before i can sleep tonight..) but at least i won't be working beyond next week! woohooooo!!

Sila - you're one hardworking person - and you still don't complain. Shows how dedicated and passsionate you are about your job. That's it lah - I must take you as my mentor. (thumbs up?)

[janicejoy]

Yeah - I'll definitely tell you who this orang penuh misteri is. Should be exciting - that is if she comes lah.

[Sila]

Sila - you're one hardworking person - and you still don't complain. Shows how dedicated and passsionate you are about your job. That's it lah - I must take you as my mentor. (thumbs up?)
hey, mentor?? no need lah.. you can find better mentors. i just hate disappointing the clients lah.. :) i can definitely get excited about work - but maybe not after a 10 hour work day!! :p

[janicejoy]

hey, mentor?? no need lah.. you can find better mentors. i just hate disappointing the clients lah.. :) i can definitely get excited about work - but maybe not after a 10 hour work day!! :p

Eh don't be modest lah - work must be awesome for you, heh. It's hard to find a job you really really like. To most people, a job is just, well..a job.

[Sila]

i dunno if this is something i will do for the long term, but i have certainly learned a lot and enjoyed doing it! :)

hey, a new episode of Gilmore Girls comes on in 10 minutes! yayyyyyy!!

[janicejoy]

i dunno if this is something i will do for the long term, but i have certainly learned a lot and enjoyed doing it! :)

hey, a new episode of Gilmore Girls comes on in 10 minutes! yayyyyyy!!

Aiyoh - Sila don't do this to meeeeee.....Aus still hasn't come around to putting GG on the tubes!

Am so sad.....Has it (GG) been good?

[Sila]

GG has been AWESOME!!! tonight it's all new. it's all good!!! :D

when will oz get the new season of GG? :( that's the nice thing about living in the states - you get the shows on time and not have to wait. i thought oz was usually not far behind when it comes to showing these tv programs?

[janicejoy]

Kedekutlah the tv stations here - putting all the lousy shows on saturdays and sundays. What to do? Maybe I might go to the extend of purchasing DVDs from amazon! Klah you better go - show's about to start right??

I've still got tons to do before I close shop tomorrow.

Have a good one watching GG!....

[Sila]

have a good rest of the day, preparing to close shop, jan!! :D

yep just started - now 1st commercial break - after the opening credits (where you lead i will follow any anywhere that you tell me to..) :D

better go now - getting all distracted from the show!

[janicejoy]

have a good rest of the day, preparing to close shop, jan!! :D

yep just started - now 1st commercial break - after the opening credits (where you lead i will follow any anywhere that you tell me to..) :D

better go now - getting all distracted from the show!

Thanks Sila. I will have a good day - and u have a good day tomorrow (for you). Nighty night to you!

[euj]

Thanks Euj. I'm excited yet nervous. What's wrong with me?!!!!!
i'm sure you'll be fine...

[euj]

Euj - I won't say anything about your mullet till I see you in person and let you know what I think righto? Can't see much from the photo to say anything. :D Great picture of you and Indra - love it.
thanks janice... :) i think you get a pretty good picture of my mullet in one of the pics though...

[euj]

Aiyoh - Sila don't do this to meeeeee.....Aus still hasn't come around to putting GG on the tubes!

Am so sad.....Has it (GG) been good?
GG used to be on TV in Aust, but now I think it's only on cable. Wasn't it on the weekends on free-to-air a few months ago?

[Sila]

GG used to be on TV in Aust, but now I think it's only on cable. Wasn't it on the weekends on free-to-air a few months ago?
dunno but it was a great episode tonight!! mum's the word though! can't be a spoiler for janice.. :D

[euj]

i'm not really much into watching tv anymore. no show really captures my imagination anymore... :(

[euj]

sila, we need to plan properly for after your wedding. i'm worried that if we don't, then there might not be any quality time at all... what do you think?

[Sila]

what are the dates you will be in m'sia, euj?

[euj]

what are the dates you will be in m'sia, euj?
i'm flying into singapore on friday 13/5 for a friend's wedding and then indra will fly into KLIA thursday 19/5. we plan to be in swan from friday 20/5 till monday 23/5 or tuesday 24/5. it's flexible. depends on your plans...

[Sila]

well sunday the 22nd we should be able to squeeze in some time, and maybe monday the 23rd as well. i want to take vin to tioman and am thinking 2-3 nights from tue-friday or something like that would be nice too. other than that i got no real plans yet...

[Sila]

i will be there from may 9 - but before the wedding we have to make sure we do all the final preps - so i can't really make real plans for before. where's your friend's wedding? KL? if you are going to be in KL we will be in KL intermittently so we can try and meet up some time as well..

[euj]

well sunday the 22nd we should be able to squeeze in some time, and maybe monday the 23rd as well. i want to take vin to tioman and am thinking 2-3 nights from tue-friday or something like that would be nice too. other than that i got no real plans yet...
YAY! so looking forward to it...

[Sila]

yayyy!! ok lah euj i have to run now, i have a headache the size of milwaukee.. :(

better get more sleep tonight than i did last night. g'night!

[euj]

good night sila. have a wonderful sleep!

[euj]

this is a wonderful read from the NY Times on my favourite tv family...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Bart-beats-blues/2005/04/27/1114462046658.html

[euj]

here's another great read from the Australian on war. very balanced i reckon...
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15104422%5E25377,00.html

[Sila]

this is a wonderful read from the NY Times on my favourite tv family...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Bart-beats-blues/2005/04/27/1114462046658.html
that's great! i have to get back into watching the simpsons.. :D

[euj]

i am so pissed at the f[edit] malaysian f[edit] government!!! :mad: F[edit]!!!!@#^#@$

went to try to renew my passport and they said i can't. have to get new one. 2 options:
1) do it here - 6 months wait
2) go to malaysia

the viable option for me is to extend my stay in malaysia. so, now i use up all my leave and waste my 2 flights to malaysia and singapore!!!

F[edit]SSSS!!!!!

i'm definitely going to change citizenship at the end of the year. am sick of the malaysian government. they have done f[edit] all for me except cause me grieve.........

[Sila]

urk... that sucks.. sorry euj. i'm cool until 2007 with the passport. :(

wait so does that mean you will be in malaysia for a while?

[euj]

i'll be there for 3 f[edit] weeks from the 6th of may. it's wiped out all my annual leave...

[Dino]

My aunt in Canada had the same thing happen to her. She got fed up and change citizenship.

[euj]

i am so pissed off right now. can't even think straight right now...

[Dino]

i am so pissed off right now. can't even think straight right now...

You know what's funny, i renewed mine last year and they gave me 5 years with no problems. I begining to suspect that if you have PR, they will try to piss you off.

[Sila]

sucky!! :mad: damn bureaucratic nonsense.. hopefully then we can get together more - i'll be there from may 9 for 4 weeks..

[Sila]

You know what's funny, i renewed mine last year and they gave me 5 years with no problems. I begining to suspect that if you have PR, they will try to piss you off.
is that it?? huh... i better ride out mine until 2007...and get started early with the renewal.

[euj]

sounds like a great idea sila. the silver lining to my shit. i'm assuming you'll be mainly in sitiawan?
now i only have 1 day of annual leave left. :(
definitely going to become an aussie end of the year...

[Dino]

sucky!! :mad: damn bureaucratic nonsense.. hopefully then we can get together more - i'll be there from may 9 for 4 weeks..

I dunno, it sad that Malaysians get treated this way by their own country. And they want overseas Malaysians to return home and contribute to the country. Such stupid mentality i tell you....

[euj]

they said you can only renew once. so i thought, ' why the f**k have 2 spots for renewal then!'

[Dino]

is that it?? huh... i better ride out mine until 2007...and get started early with the renewal.

Dunno....because one of my friends in UK also got renewed 5 years and he don't have a PR....hmm.......

[euj]

it's very hard for me to say good things about malaysian life actually. i had a great time in sitiawan, but that was more because of the friends i made. the actualy lifestyle is shit...

[Dino]

it's very hard for me to say good things about malaysian life actually. i had a great time in sitiawan, but that was more because of the friends i made. the actualy lifestyle is shit...

Ditto....same here. In terms of life....only food and friends are the best part....the rest....i dread to even think of it!!!!

[Sila]

sounds like a great idea sila. the silver lining to my shit. i'm assuming you'll be mainly in sitiawan?
now i only have 1 day of annual leave left. :(
definitely going to become an aussie end of the year...
i dunno - we have to do some stuff in KL too - plus my bro and sis-in-law can't just take a month off work. so i want to hang out with them too - and my nephew. you'll love irfan! he's turning out to be such a hoot! i can't wait to see him in person...

[Sila]

Ditto....same here. In terms of life....only food and friends are the best part....the rest....i dread to even think of it!!!!
seems like sitiawan life was so very idyllic. the way of life, the way we lived it, our friends...

[Dino]

Euj....if i recall correctly, if you renew in Ipoh, it will take about 1 week. If you renew in Manjung, 1 month.....thats what i did before i left to the States. That was a long time ago....maybe still the same but worth checking out.

[euj]

yeah, they sometimes treat us so bad. once, when i was at KLIA, the immigration guy kept on talking to me in malay very condescendingly. when i answered him in malay, he said he was glad i could still speak malay after all those years overseas and started bitching about malaysian overseas expatriates.

sorry sila, don't want to sound racist, but sometimes, make that almost always, i feel like a second class citizen in my own f**king country just cos i'm the wrong race and religion. my father served the country for 27 years and won a lot of medals from the agung and state kings and still i get treated like shit!

[euj]

i dunno - we have to do some stuff in KL too - plus my bro and sis-in-law can't just take a month off work. so i want to hang out with them too - and my nephew. you'll love irfan! he's turning out to be such a hoot! i can't wait to see him in person...
great. we'll catch up in kl then. now, i wonder where i can stay when i'm there... hmm...

[Sila]

i feel ashamed of how ppl behave to each other in our own country, euj.. :( seems like this is why i love this forum so much - it brings me back to being in school in sitiawan when none of this real world stuff touched us.

[Sila]

great. we'll catch up in kl then. now, i wonder where i can stay when i'm there... hmm...
i thought ray had offered his place to you?

hey i have to head to bed lah. 1 hour behind schedule oredi. talk to you later k? hang in there. stupid f**king bureaucratic nonsense lah they are putting you through. i hope at least, we get to hang out more...

[euj]

i feel ashamed of how ppl behave to each other in our own country, euj.. :( seems like this is why i love this forum so much - it brings me back to being in school in sitiawan when none of this real world stuff touched us.
it's so sad. the hurdles that our country faces seem too insurmountable. the New Economic Policy doesn't work. friends are pitted against each other just cos of what they're born into. it leaves me in despair...

[euj]

Euj....if i recall correctly, if you renew in Ipoh, it will take about 1 week. If you renew in Manjung, 1 month.....thats what i did before i left to the States. That was a long time ago....maybe still the same but worth checking out.
die lah. 1 week, 1 month - all too long!!!

[euj]

that's the thing i love about australia. if you want a chance, you've got it. doesn't matter where you came from. they call it the concept of a fair go. everyone here gets a fair go...

[LiLiaN]

euj, you actually don't need to change flights etc...!!!!!!!
passport nowadays is done in 2-3 days!!! yes, for international ones...
we go to the one in ipoh and usually 3 days later, collected already...

[LiLiaN]

is that it?? huh... i better ride out mine until 2007...and get started early with the renewal.they won't let you renew if you have more than 6 months on the passport... stupid, yes... can you do anything, no, not really....

[LiLiaN]

they said you can only renew once. so i thought, ' why the f**k have 2 spots for renewal then!'they're phasing out the old passport, and the new one has some sort of computer detectable strip in them...
that's probably why they won't let you renew using the old style passport....
then again, don't think you can renew the new style one either.. just have to change...

[euj]

sounding like a broken record now, but definitely changing citizenship by the end of the year...

[euj]

is the forum really quiet today cos it's labour day?

[Sila]

is the forum really quiet today cos it's labour day?
must be... i don't have monday off boooooo but it's bedtime. so goodnight! :)

[euj]

good night sila. sweet dreams...

[Sila]

hey, i didn't take a bunch of pictures of the process, but this was what i made recently: it's called Blue Ribbon French Bread

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/sjamalludin/IMG_0179a.jpg

[euj]

wow! looks amazing!

indra's sis give birth the night before last so we went to visit last night. baby's name is zara elenora.

after that we went for dinner at matilada bay restaurant - one of my favourite. it's right at the water, so you sit at ground level about 10 metres from the water. lovely...

we had freshly baked gourmet bread and then i had grilled sea bream on a bed of grilled sweet potatoes and indra and some sort of duck dish...

[euj]

sila! who is that as your avatar?

[Sila]

congrats to indra for her new niece!!

my avatar is a jedi named aayla secura i believe - from the new SW movie. you want to change your avatar to something SW for the month of may?

[euj]

no time lah. i'm rushing to finish up all sorts of work before i leave. maybe if i have some time tomorrow before i fly off...

if aayla is in the latest sw, that probably means she'll die, right?

[Sila]

i dunno....have been utterly disappointed by the new SW movies so no real emotional ties to it. i figure the lower my expectation, the better the experience will be :)

eh, i thought you said no time there's leia all dancing girl out and everything as your avatar! :smile-2:

[euj]

that was my contribution to the spirit of the originals. i was very disappointed too by the star wars 1. couldn't even sit through the whole thing, so even though i have the dvds for 1 & 2, i've never watched them in their entirety! :(

[Sila]

long live the original SW! i almost went with oola, the dancing girl from jabba's palace myself but this one was kind of cool with the lightsaber n all..

i've watched the new ones but not impressed. oh sure, the special effects was cool and all, but i swear the smallest skit in Sesame Street had more heart in the plot than the new SW movies :(

[euj]

yup, all the heart's gone out of it. sw was never about special effects. it was about the effect it had on your heart, sould and spirit...long live the rebellion!

[Sila]

aaayiiiyiiiiyiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiii!! :D (that's my war cry supporting the rebellion)

my application is still running. it's gone for 8 hours now. i'm afraid it will time out while i sleep tonight.. :(

[euj]

aaayiiiyiiiiyiiiiiyiiiiiiiiiii!! :D (that's my war cry supporting the rebellion)

my application is still running. it's gone for 8 hours now. i'm afraid it will time out while i sleep tonight.. :(
what application?

[Sila]

what application?
my process modeling software lah... publishing it to html output. waiting waiting dowan it to time out.. but i think it is bedtime for little silas... gnight euj. have a great day!

[euj]

good night sila. can't wait till your wedding turns up!

[Sila]

16 more days, according to the counter!! wow - getting close now! good night! :) see you soon, ej!

[LiLiaN]

hey euj, congrats to indra's sis... and the baby name is sooooooooo sweet...
very spanish sounding too... what d'ya think...? :)

[euj]

hey euj, congrats to indra's sis... and the baby name is sooooooooo sweet...
very spanish sounding too... what d'ya think...? :)
thanks.

yeah, that makes sense, although i thought it was more german, but don't really know lah...

zara looked so peacefull last night. and her fingers were so tiny but fully formed... :)

[LiLiaN]

hmm... doesn't seem very german sounding to me...
then again, come to think of it, most of german girls i know have soft sounding name...
sabrina, tanja, anneke, michaela... so maybe zara is german sounding enough..?

[euj]

hmm... doesn't seem very german sounding to me...
then again, come to think of it, most of german girls i know have soft sounding name...
sabrina, tanja, anneke, michaela... so maybe zara is german sounding enough..?
yeah, i think it's german, although i also know zimbabwean and south africans girls with that name...

flying off to kl tomorrow evening...

[Sila]

leaving for KL tomorrow!! wow you'll beat me home, euj :)

i know a malay girl named zara too, btw. it's a nice name.

[euj]

great. i'll call you over the weekend at your parents' place...

[Sila]

try next tuesday lah. leaving here saturday not arriving until monday late night so tuesday next will be ideal. i will even be in KL then :)

[LiLiaN]

nice, enjoy your hols euj!!!

[euj]

try next tuesday lah. leaving here saturday not arriving until monday late night so tuesday next will be ideal. i will even be in KL then :)
i'll be back in jb by then. will be in kl the week after though. have a safe trip sila!

[Sila]

ok doke. you leaving in a few hours?

[euj]

nice, enjoy your hols euj!!!
thanks lil. see you when i get back or if i manage to log in during the hols!

[euj]

at my parents' place in jb. so hot here. was also really hot in kl. the average temp is so high nowadays. dying here lah...

[LiLiaN]

hide in the air-con room...
do not leave until the sun is gone...
else make sure car has full blast air-con... :laugh:

[euj]

hide in the air-con room...
do not leave until the sun is gone...
else make sure car has full blast air-con... :laugh:
i refuse to stay in the air con bedroom. don't want to wimp out. :D
going to try to exercise a bit after dinner. hopefully i won't be too lethargic...

[LiLiaN]

really? i spent so much time in the aircon room the last time i was home...
ok, not quite that much, but most afternoons between 1pm-4pm, i'm there...!
unless got plans with friends etc, then out from the house in aircon car... ;)

[euj]

really? i spent so much time in the aircon room the last time i was home...
ok, not quite that much, but most afternoons between 1pm-4pm, i'm there...!
unless got plans with friends etc, then out from the house in aircon car... ;)
maybe i'm just a masochist...

curry chicken for dinner tonight. mmm...can't wait...

[LiLiaN]

please don't make me crave for local food more than i should right now...!!
still a good month to go before i get those local goodies...
but right now, gotta keep an eye on what i eat etc (part of marathon prep)...
during hols, not going to care and will chow down just about anything...
i'll worry about my trainer's reaction when i get back... :p

[euj]

better not waste all that hard training that you've done on your hols. when is your marathon?

[LiLiaN]

not until october... still have good time when i return from hols...
found a suggested schedule from the marathon website...
seemingly 100 days are sufficient to get things going...

since i've started last month to get myself in form (somewhat)...
hopefully a little bit of holiday indulgence won't be too bad... :p
will schedule some time during hols to go jogging as well...

[LiLiaN]

hey euj!! enjoying yours hols..?
there's a couple comp - submit your pic with indra!!
(it's underground by the way...) :)

[LiLiaN]

hi euj!! back in oz..?

[euj]

got back on thursday morning just in time to watch my beloved liverpool win the champions league! how have you been lil?

[LiLiaN]

lucky you, so got back to australia and miss the strip-run in acs... :laugh:
i've been quite well, was in paris for a couple of days, back to work...
in generally great mood since i'm going home next week... woohoo!!!

[euj]

what did you get up to in paris? did you go by yourself?

it's a shame you're going to be in s'wan after we were all there recently... :(

a lot of us will be back in september for pebbles' wedding...

[LiLiaN]

didn't get up to much in paris but if you want to read about it...
then here's the links : day 1 (http://www.ifantabulous.com/index.php?m=20050516), day 2 (http://www.ifantabulous.com/index.php?m=20050517), day 3 (http://www.ifantabulous.com/index.php?m=20050518)... too lazy to re-write... :p
i was there with my friend, and i did have fun...

[euj]

haha...thanks. i'll read through it when i get home.

[euj]

i'll post some pics from my malaysia and singapore trip soon...

[LiLiaN]

goodie... got pics to see.... did you take lots...?
shame to say my pics from paris just put up yesterday...
and even then, it's just a partial set, still got more...
haven't got round to sticking in the description either... :o

[euj]

don't have that many pics actually. only about 20 from the whole hol. at the weddings there were so many photographers, i couldn't be bothered. i'll try to put them up by the end of the week.

[Sila]

couldn't be bothered?? *sob* :crying: how often does one of your best friends get married??

anyway i will post the pics when i get back to my PC and have some time on my hands. last 36 hours left in malaysia... :crying:

[euj]

couldn't be bothered?? *sob* :crying: how often does one of your best friends get married??

anyway i will post the pics when i get back to my PC and have some time on my hands. last 36 hours left in malaysia... :crying:
aiyah, come on lah. i came all the way to sitiawan for your wedding you know. besides you and vin, pebs and i probably travelled the furthest. anyhow, i thought that it would be overkill if i took pictures and i wanted to savour the moment, rather than get caught up with taking picking and actually missing out on the experience. after all, insya allah, you'll only be married the once, so once in a lifetime experience! :)

[siewjang]

Hi yah, euj. Nice to meet you again at Sila's wedding. How could someone with your size talking about dieting? You must be crazy. And to be honest, I think you have not grown an inch taller from what i've seen you since form 3... IMHO... cheers :D

p/s: but you sure looks great

[euj]

Hi yah, euj. Nice to meet you again at Sila's wedding. How could someone with your size talking about dieting? You must be crazy. And to be honest, I think you have not grown an inch taller from what i've seen you since form 3... IMHO... cheers :D

p/s: but you sure looks great
hi ah jang. glad to see you back in the forum. thanks for the the compliment. :)

you're right, i don't think i've grown at all since standard 6! :D

you looked great too, considering you had only given birth recently. it's a shame you were leaving as i was arriving...

[KoChun]

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