Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Haven't been updating recently....thinkI have somehow lost the flame when it comes to blogging haha.....Need some spark again!! Been so busy lately.....working OT almost everyday till 9 or 10pm......tired.

Anyways, feeling excited bout travelling again!! Plan to apply for UK Working Holiday Visa next year!! Wee!!......Saving up now (tighten tummy) heh heh.....

Happy New Year!! New Year, New Beginning!! :p

Never Mess With Old Chinese Grannies!!

Haha.....I was at work and with some idle time at hand, i found this article and was laughing my ass off!! So i decided to share.......I find it funny......Um....Don't know bout you :p

Never Mess With Chinese Grannies!!

"About 18 years ago I was riding the 30 Stockton bus heading downtown, standing room only (as usual). I am tall, so I could see over the largely (probably 95%) asian population inside the bus, who all seemed to be hacking their lungs out without covering their mouths (nice).

So we stop at Sacramento Street (just before the tunnel), and a whole group of people want to push on to the bus. Everybody at the stop manages to squeeze in when there is a bit of a commotion at the front.

An old Chinese lady (I am assuming she was Chinese) was holding in her hand a live chicken. She was holding it by the feet and, as a chicken in such a situation would do, this particular chicken was squawking up a storm.

The bus driver (a large African-American gentleman; this was back before a majority of the drivers became asian) was standing up, pointing at the squawking chicken, telling the lady, "Hey! You can't come on the bus with a live chicken!"

Anyone who believes the Chinese people (or asian people) in San Francisco cannot understand english is completely naive. They understand. Oh yes they do.

This old lady locks her gaze squarely with the driver, and after seeming to study him for a moment, lifts the squawking chicken and suddenly swings it with all her might >SMACK!<>

Dead ... silence.

Not a single person spoke, or moved, or even breathed. We all heard it, and most of us saw it. I could see the blood dripping gently from the chicken's head.

And then, gathering up all of her pride, the old Chinese woman stepped on to the bus, directly under the gaping jaw of the bus driver, and took her place standing at the front of the bus next to the rest of the crowd (which although space-limited gave her a wide berth) WITH A DEAD, BLEEDING CHICKEN IN HER HAND.

The bus driver sat down and closed the door, and the entire bus-load of horrified people were soon on their way.

DO NOT MESS WITH OLD CHINESE GRANNIES! "

I Miss You......

Staring at our picture at work, tears welled up and emotionals overflow.

It's been two months without you. I miss you.........

Mistletoe Kiss!! Muacks!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!! It's time of the year!! Kissing under mistletoe woo!!

Mistletoe also known throughout history as the golden bough has several different legends associated with its beginning and its meaning.

Starting back as far as the Celtic Druids you can find more than one story concerning the mystical mistletoe. One such story is their belief that the plant held the soul of the host tree, which was the “holy oak”. During a ceremony, the Druid priests would harvest the mistletoe with a golden sickle to ensure the mistletoe never touched the ground, as it would lose its magical powers. The powers would quickly be absorbed back into the earth. Once the mistletoe was harvested, the priests would have the branches out to the people for them to use against all kinds of evils.

In England, mistletoe at one time was placed over the doorways for good luck. They believed that only happiness could pass underneath the mistletoe, therefore, enemies would hug and seal their peaceful intentions with a kiss of friendship.

The ancient Norse people have a wonderful legend centered on the mistletoe. In their legend, the god Odin and his wife Frigga had a son by the name of Balder. Frigga loved her son very dearly. She took steps to ensure that nothing would ever harm him by way of earth, fire, water, or air.

The mistletoe did not fit into any of these categories, so an evil spirit by the name of Loki created an arrow out of mistletoe and gave it to Balder’s brother, Holder. Holder was blind and Loki held onto his hand and shot Balder in the heart with the mistletoe arrow. Balder died.



From this moment on, the legend is told differently in various stories. One is that Balder is brought to life. In another one, he had a Viking’s funeral and was sent to the Otherworld on a burning ship. He was to remain there until it was time for him to come back to earth to start a new era.

From that day, forward, Frigga stated the mistletoe would never harm anyone again and made it a symbol of love and made the promise to bestow a kiss upon everyone who passed beneath it.

Blame Your Fat On AD-36

I have seen a documentary on the AD-36 virus yonks ago!! But I find it very fascinating. If you have never heard of it, let me explain what AD-36 is......

Human adenovirus 36 (HAdV-36) or AD-36, which it is called is one of 51 types of adenoviruses known to date, to infect humans. It was first discovered with obesity in chickens by Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar.


New evidence reveals that the virus responsible for the common cold could also be responsible for obesity. Scientists claim to have proved that infection with human adenovirus-36 (Ad-36), already known to be responsible for breathing and eye infections, also changes adult stem cells from fat tissue into fat cells.

In a study, scientists used adult stem cells from fatty tissue obtained from a large number of patients having undergone liposuction. Fifty per cent of the stem cells were then exposed to the virus while the other 50% were not. About seven days into the growth in tissue culture most of the cells that had been infected with the virus had morphed into fat cells whereas the cells that had not been infected did not.

Besides this, the study also recognized the specific gene in the virus that appears to be involved in this obesity-promoting effect.

However, scientists are not exactly sure how this virus causes obesity and if it is possible that other human viruses may also be responsible for it. The scientists are also not aware of how long the virus stays in the body of obese people, or for how long the fat enhancing effects may last after the virus have left. According to a research done, it was found that animals remained overweight even six months after the infection had left them.

On the contrary, scientists are also now working at identifying factors that may influence certain people having the virus to develop obesity while it may not for others.

Jokes Me Find Farny!!

1. England has madcow,
Hong Kong has Macau,
Russia has Moscow,
S'pore has 2 famous cows-'Cow-peh and cow-bo'


2. When ur life is in darkness......
Pray 2 God and ask Him 2 free u from darkness.....
andIf u r still in darkness..
Pls pay ur TNB bill.


3. When a man opens the door of his car for his wife,
You can be sure of one thing;
Either the car is new or the wife.


4. An angry china man entered a shop and shouted :
Where's my free gift with this cooking oil?
Shopkeeper : What free gift??
China man : Oi, here got put "Cholesterol FREE!"


5. If u need ADVICE, SMS ME,
If u need DARLING, CALL ME,
If u need HELP, E-MAIL ME,
IF U NEED MONEY,
Nombor yang anda dail,
tiada dalam perkhidmatan kami, TerimaKasih.

8 Wonders of Malaysia!!

HAHAHA! Got this in my mailbox ....

Organisers recently announced the seven new wonder of the modern world. Here in MALAYSIA BOLEH -land we have our very own 7 wonders.

1. THE ZAKARIA 'PALACE'
The only building built with no approval and unpaid assessment fees that is not demolished and sealed. The owner is the first bankrupt to be able to own a palace.

2. THE 'BOCOR' PARLIAMENT
The unique feature is its ability to 'leak' away billions of taxpayers money while the guardians of the nation stood there all wet.

3. 'UNHAUNTED' KUCHING PRISON
The only $600M prison in this world that is free of haunted stories and encounters. Reasons - No execution was done here before. In fact no prisoners were held in here. There are also no concrete walls with barbed wires to contain souls - both dead and alive. Maybe it can qualify as the first imaginary prison built with real money.

4. PAYA INDAH 'WASTED' WETLANDS

The nation's premier eco-tourism park holds the record in the category of attracting more lawyers with litigation than tourists with binoculars

5. 'NOT SO' SMART TUNNEL
Uniquely designed to alleviate floods. When completed, it does everything except alleviate floods.

6. 'DISCONNECTED' CYBERJAYA

The one and only high tech city in the world that offers limited or no internet connection to its residents. ( Dubbed as the IT City of Malaysia, there are still residents around cyberjaya who has failed to get internet connection.)

7. CROOKED 'CROOKED' BRIDGE
The most crooked bridge in the world dreamt by a most crooked mind. Too bad it was abandoned; otherwise it would make it as one of the wonders. It will end up costing more NOT to build than it would have to actually build it.

AND A BONUS SURPRISE ....PRESENTING THE LATEST 8TH WONDER :
THE 1ST MALAYSIAN ASTRO MAN BLASTED OFF TO NOWHERE WITH MILLIONS OF RAKYAT MONEY BURNT IN 10 DAYS FOR THE MOST EXPENSIVE SPACE EXPEDITION HAS ENTERED INTO THE MALAYSIAN GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS AT 10 PM ON 0CT 10, 2007. BRAVO!

p.s. NO WONDER - PRICES today has increased "NAIK , NAIK, NAIK" in 2007....look and see....for sure........tahun depan minyak mestiiiiiiii naik punya....this year cannot naik....sebab sudah promise-mah. ..!!!! tahun depan sure naik like soyuz pecut...dasyhat looo.... )

Aren't we happy to be Malaysians?

SOO.......stooo....pid....!!

Sigh...sigh.....been working over-time lately......If you don't know what over-time means, it means working over your time limit.....Yes, my time limit is 2pm, after lunch muhuhu....when it feels just right to go to bed after filling up your stomach!!



But NOOooooo.........i have been working till 8 or 8:30pm lately. If not, the earliest 7:30!! So I have been lazy to blog these few days haha....But today i feel particularly inspired. Why?? Thanks to some very....very the interesting Genting customers!! And their never ending flow of enquiries......some understandable and some soooo very.....stoooopid!! (stupid)



Can you imagine how frustrating it can be attending calls, checking transaction details, writing reports, staring at the screen for the next 8 or 9 hours, updating room quotas etc?? and etc?? of course u can't!! Haha.....unless if you're me of course!! I love attending to emails coz i like writing emails............But just not when customers wont stop pestering you with the same "old grandma story" over and over again.........I do discover though, Genting's customers, mostly, have this habit of "huh?? yeah meh? got ar?" attitude.......playing dumb sometimes.....Not all!! some of them.......



Below are some of the weird questions they like to ask:



1) "I book my room at First World Hotel on the 9/12/2007, I am going to drive up there, I was wondering if there are landslides or not??"



- Think think!! what kinda question is that?? If am God, i sure can answer that!! I mean, please lah, common sense!! I don't know!!



2) " I want to cancel my room at Awana Kijal, I know your terms and conditions say no refund but when i book, I didn't know it is already monsoon season, am afraid of tsunami!!"



- What the...........no comment *sweat*



3) "I want full refund!! I don't care if you say no refund as per your terms and conditions apply!! Coz i didn't read your terms and conditions anyway!!



- I can also say I don't want to reply your email coz am blind!!



4) "I told you!! I want inter-connecting room!! Am going with my family!!"



-Oi!! you got family, other people don't have lah?! no inter-connecting rooms how to give? Unless if you build an extra room next to the existing room you're staying at right now. Genting will be glad.



5) "You sent me birthday voucher for free rooms!! now you tell me no rooms!! so how??!! it's my birthday!!"



-Yeah, yeah, your birthday doesnt mean you get what you want, I didnt get what i want on my birthday as well. Oh wait!! I didn't want anything for my birthday muhuhuhu......Your birthday doesnt mean not other peep's (people's) birthday ok??!!



6) "I sent you an email and till now no reply!!Slow service!!"



-Eh uncle, you sent like 5 minutes ago ok??!! If you want express service, go to DHL!! Even DHL need at least a day to deliver to you ok? So stop complaining and stop bombarding my inbox with hate mails!!





Grrrrrr........annoys me sometimes. But I guess thats once in a lifetime experience, expose to all kinds of ranging from sweet, kind and understanding to cranky, fussy and agressive characteristics. I love my job!! Wooo!!

Male or Female?? Which do you prefer??

Guys and girls, ever thought of this question before?? I was sitting at my desk wayyyy over working hour....and suddenly this question popped up in my head as my eyes wandered towards my female boss who was sitting comfortably in her throne, naggin at my colleagues....*grit teeth*.......

I have my fair share of both female and male bosses and i notice the difference between the two. Am not trying to be sexist over here!! So don't shoot me!! am female phoo......*puppy dog eyes*

In my experience.....

Male Bosses

1) Talk to give information or report.

2) Tend to focus on reason and logic.

3) Tend not to be bias

4) Thrive to compete and achieve

5) Tend to be not to be influenced by emotions

6) Tend to be more understanding and forgiving

Female Bosses

1) Talk to collect information and gain rapport.

2) Tend to focus on emotions and reasons of course...but reasons are usually overshadowed by emotions.

3) Tend to have "apple of the eye" or preferences

4) Focus on senses, feeling and meaning

5) Tend to develop psychosomatic symptoms to a greater extent

6) Tend to enjoy nagging and if she doesnt like you, you're bloody dead!!

No matter where or how you take the debate to, the main point is that there is not much use comparing a female boss or a male boss solely on gender. Though i noticed some insignificant differences between the two......

Based on a survey done by "Happy Worker Website" :

Male vs. Female Bosses

He-Managers are favoured over She-Bosses:

- 37% prefer having a male boss

- 19% prefer having a female boss

- 43% say it wouldn't make a difference

Either way, there's also signs that the glass ceiling continues to crack... younger workers are almost evenly divided; for workers aged 18 and 34, 31% say they prefer a male boss, and 29% say they prefer a female boss.

So what do you think?? Which do you prefer??

Officially Skint!!

I am officially skint!! Not only are my pockets dry, free of moisture and nourishment but even mentally and physically!!

Geez.......salary - broadband - phone bills - expenses - food = O savings :s...........*cry*

I am so gonna work tons of OT(over-time) from now on......

Steady Rebecca.......this is the first month, it's usually like that......Staring at my account balance today after work, i wanted to cry.....I paid my rent today and it costs me so much, and hell no am not gonna ask help from my parents!! They have done enough.......

Looks like I have to chew on grass for the next few weeks.....which i am starting to think I am indeed developing this bad habit now.......Yikes!! Am officially shrinking from a size 10 to a size 8!! And "healthy" gym habits make it worse!!

"Rebecca!! you are already fit !! U don't need gym!!" is the official HME (hurts my ears) phrase now...... Looks like i just have to hold my stomach, grit my teeth,pray and hope I am able to go through these few agonizing week.......

Sigh.........wonder when I am gonna collect enough money to visit Europe........*cry* Why is Europe so bloody expensive??!! Grrrr!!

Home.........

This is my favourite song at the moment. "Home" by Westlife.......:p. I am not a big fan of boy bands or whatever.

But I find this song very meaningful and very touching. Woo!! So romantic!!........makes me cry everytime i hear it. Emotions over flow...........Don't you feel that way when you are in love??Or when you feel homesick??hehe...

"Home"

Another summer day,

Has come and gone away,

In Paris and Rome,

but I wanna go home,

Mmmmmm Maybe surrounded by,

A million people I, Still feel all alone,

I just wanna go home,

Oh I miss you, You know,

And I've been keeping all the letters,

That I wrote to you,

Each one a line or two,

I'm fine baby how are you,

Well I would send them but,

I know it's that it's just not enough,

The words were cold and flat,

And you deserve more, Than that,

Another aeroplane,

Another sunny place,

I'm lucky, I know,

But I wanna go home,

I've got to go home,

Let me go home I'm just to far,

From where you are,

I've got to come home,

Let me come home,

I've had my run, Baby I'm done,

I want to come home,

And I feel just like,

I'm living, Someone elses life,

It's like I just stepped outside,

When everything was going right,

And I know just why you could not come along with me,

'this was not your dream,

But you always believed in me,

another winter day,

Has come and gone away,

In either Paris and Rome,

And I Wanna Go Home,

I miss you, You know,

Let me go home, I've had my run,

Baby I'm done,

I wanna go home,

Let me go home, I

t'll all be alright,

I'll be home tonight,

I'm coming back home.