Updates 20130331 & The Movie: The Croods

Today is the last school day break for Cheeky & Manja.  And frankly, I have again not make much of time for them.  Manja spends most of his time with the bbsitter & all other children under her care while Cheeky was between tuition and swimming lessons.  Yet, I am grateful for there are people around me who have been helping in the caring department, ensuring there isn't less love to spread in this family.   

As the new year 2013 turns out, I am ever more busier with my day job and personal commitments.  I took up some projects be it for my office or myself.  If you are asking whether all these are worth it, I would say YES.  How is this worth it?  For the family, I am a provider, ensuring a roof above our heads.  Sometime ago, I read a post on a family's financial hardship, that nothing was right for them, that their family was without choice and were left to defend for survival.  I empathize for them.  The comments that came along with the post were suggestive solutions, yet because of rage, nothing was pick up from the comments.  The rage also causes others not to comment further.  I was a side spectator, though empathize, but if suggestions are just by-passing, well, I'll just remain as a side spectator.  Y being caught in cyber bullying?  Not worth it.  I'll just keep enjoying my latte instead. 

Back to my worthy topic, reason no. 2, 'coz I am on a learning curve to handle adversity.  They say if you stay stationary, you learn nothing, you do not progress.  And soon you'll be by-pass by others who are willing to accept challenges and are willing to build a very very strong vault that no situation is able to shake their superiority.  You become wiser with the experience gained.  You practice wisdom of the wise.   

I am lucky for I have great mentors guiding me.  This personal development is slowly bearing fruit.  What I have visioned my future no longer is a pipe dream, but getting closer and closer to the light.  Which brings me to this movie:

 

I watched this movie last night with my kids (So I wasn't totally not spending time with them, eh??).  The storyline was simple and easy to understand.  It has somehow touch the simple meaning of if we remain in our comfort zone i.e. staying stationary, we'll become extinct soon. 

The truth is situation and environment is always evolving, we can't ignore it.  Ignorance is why your comfort zone is getting smaller and tighter.  Ignorance of change equals limiting yourself.  So why set the boundary?  Why live in a cave? 

I am glad I watched this movie.  Its rated PG13 in Malaysia.  You can refer to other sites for movie review.  As for me, I'm going to purchase and keep it in my movie library once release and available in DVD.  There are alot of great movies out there.  But those with positive message and values are what I appreciate most.  'Coz these values are the very essence of what humans are supposed to be. 

No cyber bullying.  No road bullies.  No bearing grudges for people moving ahead of you.  Selfish people thought time will stop for them and every other people will have to wait for them to move before they do. Y should progress be deter? 

If everyone is willing to put effort in making life better, don't you think heaven is on earth? 

♥ ♥ ♥

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2012 Year End Trip to Genting Highlands

Hola,

I am back from my holidays. Took me a week post-trip to update here.  Was at Genting Highlands & Kuala Lumpur for 2 nights each.   

From my tiny room @ First World Hotel, Resorts World, Genting Highlands

1st stop Genting Highlands :

The trip involved besides the vkitty family, I brought along dear dad and dear mom.  The whole trip was decided late which costs me a BOMB!!  Yup, yours truly sponsored the return airtickets and accommodations throughout this trip.  Hence, the surge use of my cc which was shown in my last update :P.

Nevertheless, the consolation must be the tiny room I stayed at Genting which was free from the points exchanged from my parent's Genting cards :PP.  LOL, they have been accumulating points from the several sessions with their "friends", the ka-ching ka-ching machines.  The Genting casino was their main agenda when passing time, while I brought my loves around the indoor park with all the amusements and rides.  The outdoor park was closed 'coz of the weather.  Throughout our 2 nights stay, it was cold and windy.  My Gosh!, the place was covered by THICK FOG!  Brrrr!....... well, at least it feels kinda christmas-y, I guess??

I didn't managed to snap alot of pics for this trip.  No one was interested in taking pics T___T. Everyone were there for the fun element.

 The fun-s!

Indoor theme park at RM102 for 2 adults and 2 children : Neh, been there before, rode many-many times, the same rides since my previous trip before this. Genting, y u no new rides? Oh BTW, everyone were hogging the indoor rides since the outdoor ones were closed.  Yes, the queues were very, very, very, veeeeeerry LONG!

eZICash for arcade games : I think there's either RM4 or 8 left in the card T_____T 

So you r the tallest, eh?

Ripley's Believe It or Not Exhibition : Paid RM80 for 2 adults and 2 kids.  I'm swaying towards worthwhile to spend this amount as there are some really weird stuff on display there.  So weird that Manja was begging to leave and wouldn't wanna finish the entire exhibition.  In the end before Manja goes hysterical, I had to hastily leave and return to the entrance with him while Beary & Cheeky were finishing the exhibition and exiting from the Exit way.  The result was me given an ear full from Beary for Manja's manja-ness.  Soooo worth it, right???  T______T.  (Pun intended.  But really, its a good exhibition).

Digiphoto : Pics taken by others to claim at their pic booths.  I think this needs to be paid.  Dun know the price. See, got pics taken oso didn't wanna grab them. 

The trip has been a delightful experience for everyone.  A tiring one, nevertheless, packed with lots of fun.  And my fun started even before I reach KL.

Shopping!!

TANGS LOVES ME!!  The TANGS Sale was at Genting!!   

Thank god I bought something there as I didn't make it to Pavilion nor create my inaugural journey on the bridge linking KLCC. Thank you TANGS for bringing your sale to me ^_^.  Really needed to get new shoes as my loafers was killing me by biting my heels.... Both!!  I ended wearing my sandals the whole time.  

Before I reach Genting, my dear sis was whatsapp-ing me: 

Me         : Oh yes! Arriving KL 15 mins earlier.
Dear Sis : Bah sdah sampai big city jgn macam Sam pa lau k! 

Well, sorry to disappoint you Sis, but my instinct was to be comfortable and not to allow further damage to my feet.  So here's a pic of me in my sandals, my Sam pa lau style ;D :

Freakin' cold with love......... from Genting Highlands

Ending this post by wishing everyone and counting down to : HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!!

♥ ♥ ♥

** RM46,711.87. ~ Did I give you a shock?  That's a major difference from the last update.  Feels great to end my 2012 with the cc reduction. YES!  More MM posts soon ;).

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Updates 20120818 + of Meows & Purrs

Meow!

(Hello!)

Meow me m me, Meo m m meow.  Meow meo, meo, MEOW!!  Fsk!!  Fsk!!  Meeooowww, m me m m meeow. M m m m me meo m meow, Meo meowing me me meo meo m meeowing m me meeoooww. M meeoow m me me meo me meows m purrs :P  Okay, m m me me meo, meow, me meow meow meeoooww meow m mmeeeeooowwed m meo me meo-ed me meo meow meow meeeeoooww. :PPP

(What can I say, I'm on a hiatus.  That's bad, bad, BAD!  Grr!  Nevertheless, I try to be creative.  Be it on a dry spell of ideas, I'm putting on this silly post by inventing a new language.  I present to you my kitty cat meows and purrs :P  Okay, so I did not invent, rather, the feisty feline mammal sort of influenced and make me made up this kitty cat language. :PPP)  

M MEOW!!, m m meo, M m meow leh? Purr, purr.

(U SEE!!, be it silly, I am creative leh?) 

I'm cute!  I'm bored!  I'm self obsessed!

Meo mmeeoow, mmeeeoowing m meo meow, meo meo meeoow M me me m m m meow meo.  Meow m meoow Malaysia, meo m meeoowing m meowing m Syawal, meow m meo meo meeoowed meow Aidilfitiri meeeoowww, m m me m meeoowing meeow meow me me meo m m m-moew.  Whoppeeeee!! Purr, purr.

(But seriously, cutting the crap short, some fond formalities I still need to put in record here.  Since my country Malaysia, will be celebrating the coming of Syawal, besides the very much anticipated muslim's Aidilfitri celebration, it is also a welcoming holiday break for the rest of us non-muslim.  Whoppeeee!!!)

M m meow meow:

(To my muslim readers:)

Maaf Zahir dan Batin

M m meow, me meowing meo meo me m meow meowing m meowing, Me meowing m meo m meo m m me me m meow mmeeeooww meo. Ha ha, meow meow meow meeeoowwing meo meow me m meeeooowed meow me Fsk! meow?

(As for myself, I'm taking this time off to besides eating & resting, I'm going to grill my brain and get done with my money management post.  Ha ha, have you been guessing what name did I labelled for my 3rd bucket?)

♥♥♥

** This post is not to be taken as offensive towards humans nor animals or any other form for that matters.  Life is not meant to practice hatred, sometimes, the moderation and light-hearted ways are better.

Updates 20120712 + Me!

Hello!!!  Have you been missing me?  ^_^   

What can I say?  I am a bad blogger.  Have not update this blog because of my ultra maximized laziness.  There!!  I confessed!! You can unfollow me now.  *Waaaaaahh!! #cryingkitty.  Please don't....... #innocentkittylook

Lately, my daytime office job has been taking up alot of my attention.  With all the stress and pressure building up, I wasn't in my best of mood to blog.  I tried to compose a few times, but all I saw were depressing, frustrating and negatively expressed posts.  I couldn't bear to fill my blog with bad auras and affect my happy readers.  Who would want to keep reading blogs that cast black clouds, dark shadows and thunderous cracks all the time, right?

Hence, I'm glad that my sunny mood is re-emerging again as the pressure is gradually release away.  There are still some sizable pressure in me, but seeing most items in the checklist are ticked away, so is the burden being set free.  LOL, so glad that the event will be this coming Saturday, a gala dinner it shall be..... and its time to FLASH MY......... (tsk, tsk, no naughty business here ;-)).......... AWESOME FABULOUS ME!!!  Okay, its still a working day for me, attending guests, attending guests and attending guests.  But hey, I dress for the occasion, right?  

Here are some of my props which hopefully will not disappoint anyone, especially myself:

My fav double eyelid tape & new falsies <3

MAC my day ;-)

Sensationally high :-O

HA HA HA...... Laugh die me on the amount of RM I'm willing to spend for just "ONE WORKING NIGHT"!!  Boss, if you see this, I put my heart and soul in building an image for the office (& of course for myself too).  Maybe you should consider giving early bonus this year? *wink!!

.......... Psst, & a pay raise too.

As for the dress, well, let's just say............. & keep it a mystery *wink, wink!!

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Updates 20120511

So many things and events were reveling around me, where should I begin?   

I am no superwoman hence, finally, I broke down.  Went to see the doctor last Tuesday, she literally said my health was in a state of "koyak".  I was having fever which I did not know of, and that my hormones were playing up on me.  Besides the frequent eczema breakouts, I was at that time threatened with chicken pox.  Okayla, chicken pox is now of common sickness, but in the olden days, it used to be fatal.  The doc did not seemed to take it lightly on this and hence, I was given an earful for not taking my health seriously. :(

Often living in a fast pace life, I took my health for granted and was brutally abusing myself.  Day and night, it seems my responsibilities was endless.  Having a full time job, being a mom, being a daughter, being a wife...... being a kuli lah I have been.  Geez, no wonder the koyak word came about.  

This health alert made me stop my step and the compulsory rest was warranted.  I took this opportunity to reflect on what I've done and whether all these were worthwhile.  In fact, before this meltdown, I have been ticking my thoughts,....... was trying to find a way out.  I knew my lifestyle was pacing mad, with mostly serious matters to look into 24hrs a day everyday.  So many seriousness, how can I continue and carry a smile on this face of mine?  After 10 days being at home, constantly having my hand mirror with me inspecting the gruelsome chick pox,  taking medication discipline-ly at 4 hr intervals, letting time just pass by and do whatever that I like....... life was like heaven.  I rekindled on the tiny stuff that I enjoyed doing ♥.  Suddenly, my life was so much more fabulous ♥.  

I remembered during my 20s' when I was hit with Hep A, a compulsory 1 week rest confined at home.  At that time, time seemed wasted, and i could not wait to get out there and brave myself to experience the outside "fun".  My 20s' was spent having nothing but to enjoy.  That was my 20s' story.  Now in my 30s', I could not get enough of "me" time.  Everyday being outside and not being with myself was not enjoyful.  The traditional maternal instinct to provide for the family is closely intact.  Though situation changes, the values of a perfect family life has not fade.  What my parents did, what my grandparents did and the fact of what my ancestors did, and now I am trying to do, is to create security for the wellbeing of my loved ones.  As long as there is love and kindness in this world, this value will continue on generations beyond my own.  It is only when they appreciate your effort with their love express upon you, a satisfaction is met.  Everything was worthwhile.

I am glad that I am providing to others, yet I ask myself have I been neglecting myself?  YES, I have not love myself like before, nevertheless I've formed a deep respect for own-self.  So, with this half-time break, I reflected what I really wanted and shall once again, chase after my once forgotten dream life of mine.

Come next week when its the going back to the battle zone, this kitty shall not meow, but ROAR!!

If you have hope in the future, you will have power in the present ~  Chris Voss

Boy!!, that was heavy.  Food for thoughts. *Ting-ting!!*  On a lighter note, What did I do in this 10 days break?  Besides the eat, sleep and shit, two other things I did were: 

* watched my fav HK TVB dramas (something I did not do for a long long time) ; and
* played games...... more specifically, Cityville on facebook.  I'm a junkie :P (will stop and block when I resume my daytime job). 

Oh, and 1 other thing, sharpening my make-up skill.

My eyes nice ma?  Trying out double eye lid makeup.

This was yesterday.  Did the eyes only, on my bare face, no foundation, but with medicated ointment for the chick pox :P  Doc said no nothing except for ointment O_O.  Showing my right side.  Left is horror-ful :O

Recovering from chick pox soon.  Yeah, I can haz my health back!!   

HEALTH is WEALTH.  That is so very true. 

So, I'm ending here wishing everyone of great health and happiness ♥.

Update 20120402 + Sneak-peek on MM

Finally I have a hint of breather after 2 months long of events handling.  Have you been missing me? *grinning

I would love to start telling you the stories of what I did since my last post, but heck, the experiences were not always sweet. And without much of pics, I guess I may bore you to death. Choi, choi, choi!! *touchwood

There's just not much of awesomeness in the past months.  Just work, work, work and meetings, meetings, meetings ensuring things would turn out right, which they did.  Of course the events went great!!  I'll try and describe more about the events next time, if I feel like it....... :P  And so the reward after crunching all my youthfulness in my job..... is a month end pay.  Sounds pathetic? Yes? No? 

Anyway, whether its pathetic as it may or may not sound like, I still need to look forward and forge ahead with my life goals.  Yes, I have goals, how about you?  I have often thought how my life would be if the critical events of my life are differently handled.  Of course, the grass is always greener at the other side of the fence, there's no use crying over spilt milk.....(I've no milk to drink yet by far, thank you!!).   Yet, hope is not always in despair, 'coz as long as you and I focus on the long term goals, the short to medium ones are only minor events to "entertain" our lives.

Hence, I'm going to write another post on money management.  I do not know about you, but my goal has to be attain with some loads.  And when I say loads, please do not imagine infinite number of lorries of hard cold cash.  You don't really need millions to live a happy and carefree (debt free) life.  Some people are just as happy with what little cash they have yet are able to sustain a family life with their plot of farm, or maybe adding a head or two herds. (Farmville??  Joking!!) & etc. etc. etc.  The reason I'm continuing with this topic is because of the positive feedback I got from my last post. Thank you all who commented.  You are my motivators.

"The responsible lending guidelines, among the pre-emptive measures by Bank Negara to contain surging household debt, have made a strong impact on most people. Will the guidelines be effective to control the alarming levels of household debt and put the brakes on loan growth?"  ~ The Star Online, March 24, 2012

FYI, Bank Negara is our Central Bank, and the lending guidelines is for our banking institutions. So what do all these mean?

That's my sneak-peek.  Will tell you more next time.

As for myself, I need a re-colouring of my hair badly.  So so so damn neglected my desire on maintaining my FABULOUS-NESS.  And this time, I'm going for probably......... auburn?

Ugly kitty is so out of touch with Fabulous :(

**  RM52,630.01.

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**  The disturbing news :  Banks to raise credit card balance rates ~ The Star Online, February 15, 2012. 

**  Update : instead of just 3 banking institutions, as of today, most if not all,  Malaysian banks are having the new balance interest rates.

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Update 20120226

WOOT!!  Where did I go?  On top of my crunching day time job I can't really say I got myself involve in else..... or maybe on top of the job is my health.  I was aching all the way with mouth ulcer pain-ess.  So painful were they as its not only 1 but 2 bloody horrendous ulcers.  Rubbing with salt aggravated them further till this agony was made a history, for the 1st time in my life, in near to 2 weeks, to finally getting the horrible pain out of my system.  I'm still spotting the leftover mark on the inner part of my lower lip.  Can't wait to bid goodbye to them forever. Shoo! Shoo!

Because of this, I've been taking lots of  drinking water and be in bed early.  Not forgetting the cafe below my office which had been supplying and made herbal tea drinks available for this weather now turning hot and humid under the scorching sun.  Let me see, I think I took 10 glasses at RM1.50 per unit........ THAT'S RM15 IN TOTAL!!!  %^&$#@!  Ulcer, Y U no gentle to my pocket???

Anyway, I wanted to start off my 1st post on money management, but b'coz of the above mentioned situation, this was put on hold.  The post is sorta only 1/4 done.  Sigh!!  Really need to find time to complete it.  But be warned, once its finished, it may be a long ass and confusing post.  Where to find time???  I'm currently rushing with many office events to handle..... which comes with the non stop meetings.  Meetings after meetings and after more meetings makes vkitty's daily life a hectic one...... of eternal service to other people. WTF! FML!!  Gotta turn this around!!

Hence, TING! TING! (question marks blinking above my head) the million dollar question of the day is:

HOW TO HAVE ALL THE TIME TO MYSELF WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT SHORTAGE OF $$$?

Hee-hee, you need to wait for my next post.  I'll reveal to you.  I'm ending here with a pic which will also be in that particular post:

Nighty-night and sweet dreams.  For those who are at the other side of the globe, I bid you a very good morning ;-)

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** Yes, this post was prepared last night hence the nighty night greeting above.  But it's now publish at AGAIN, at...... 9am.  *slapping my forehead* *I'm hopeless with schedules*