I am having an affair

I am having an affair.

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RELAX!! This kind of "affair" is not the one you thinking OK?

It's about my facial.

You see, ever since I moved to this piece of land, I joined this facial center, let's called it Facial A.

Whenever I go to have facial at Facial A, I always ended up spending PREPAID money for some packages even before I finished one package (like, 5000 yuan for 20 sessions; 3500 yuan for a summer whitening 5 sessions; 6800 yuan for some face-lifting 10 sessions (they insisted I need a face lift, but now I think back, I am so stupid I actually go for one. I am still young what!)). And, they always poked my face until red red, and I have more pimples after the facial session, until one day bui bui asked me, "why do you still go to that center? obviously your face is worse than last time u know..".

So, I curi-curi tried on another facial center - called it Facial B.

Facial B is just downstairs of my office. So, when my boss and my big boss are not in, and if I am free that afternoon, I disappeared for 2 hours go do facial. (I only did it once lah ok... am not that irresponsible one). And, Facial B does not poke my face until red red, and, location is good (same building of my office, what can I ask more?), ambiance is fabulous too (Facial A also not bad actually) and most importantly they don't sweet talk me buy this package or that package (maybe I am still new). So, I also joined the member of Facial B, and been there 2 times.

Yesterday, I went to Facial A (you think i want meh? I still have 20 sessions left unused, I gotta finished them). The lady asked me, "you so long time never come, where did you go? We miss you so much!". I answered, "I am so busy lately! Always on business trip. I miss you too~" (I lied).

Then she saw my eye-brow not messy, and my face quite clean, she suspected, she asked me, "so, all these while, did you go to other center to have facial?" I lied again, I said, "I do mask twice a week loh, what to do, busy mah."

At that point, I felt like I was having an affair, and trying so hard to cover with my lies. Hehehehe... that feeling, is so chi-gek.

So, from now on, I have to have some affair with Facial B, while trying to keep myself looking loyal to Facial A, except I ain't not spending more money to buy more packages from Facial A.

Facial A, I am going to divorce you after I finished all my left over sessions with you. You heard me?!

A cosmopolitan story

You know, when we go overseas, we always like to tumpang friend's house, coz, accomodation cost in hotel (at least, our star level one), in every part in the world, is a cost we don't like to incure unnecessarily.

Below is a story, in a cosmopolitan city, say, like Shanghai, where a 4 star hotel easily costs 700 yuan and above. Peak season like Golden Weeks (May, Oct, CNY) is about 1K or more, 4 star hotel in a city ok?

Elizebeth and John, come to Shanghai to work, rented a 2 bedroom apartment in the city 2 years ago. Though the apartment is not theirs, but since going to work here for 3-4 years, might as well treat it as a home.

One fine day, John's cousin sent John and email, "I have business trip next week. After that, plan to extend few days, can stay at your place ah?". John is a good hubby, before asnwering that, he asked his wife Elizebeth, "babe, is it alright with you?". Elizabeth is very friendly person, you don't see her always have vulgar language in her blog or email, she is a damn sweet girls in real life, and also very bloody friendly. She replied, "of course babe, don't worry, I like receiving guests, especially is your relative."

So, John & Elizabeth asked the cousin -- Tim for dinner the Friday night, after that, Tim can go home with them with his luggage after checked out from hotel, since his business trip has alreayad ended.

Tim called John again on Thursday around 4pm, said he would like to come "look-see-look-see" their apartment before moving the next day. He will be at their place at 9pm. John and Elizebeth both feeling very puzzled, "what's the need for look-see-look-see neh? just come next day with the luggage lah, aiyoh-eh". But nevertheless, they said OK.

At 8.00pm on Thursday, Elizebeth still cooking. Phone rang. John picked up. Apparently, Tim is already somewhere near, will be at their palce in half an hour time. So, Elizebeth quickly cook, and they had dinner fast fast. Almost chocked.

"Ding-Dong". John opened the door. John And Elizebeth tried very hard to keep their jaw from dropping. Tim is not alone. THere is another girl. Big size. So it made her look like his big sister. But, Tim introduced her as his gf.

John and Elizebeth very surprised. Coz Tim never mentioned he is coming with his gf to stay with them!! Elizebeth, especially, feeling that Tim does not respect her as the master of the house -- 1) look see look see the house 1 day prior of moving in -- you think you really renting the place is it?? 2) bringing another guest to surprise her. She was not prepared to share the bathroom with 2 strangers.

So questions to my readers:
1) when you going to stay with your frens, if you plan to bring another guest, would you tell you friend first before hand so your friend is prepared? Or you think it is alright, no need to tell, just jom?
2) when you going to stay with your frens, do you go to their house to "look-see-look-see", with eyes glancing up and down of the house ceiling and floor, one day before you move in? Is it necessary?

Snoopy

Lately, the "Initial D" (animation one, not the Jay Chow) series was over. Not me lah, my hubby was hooked on watching this everyday at night.

Do you know what replace it lately? (the series was over liao)

It is SNOOPY!!!!!!!!

I was so happy. Persons who know me when I was younger, know I am a Snoopy fans. Not the die hard one lah, just a normal fans. No no no.. I don't scream for him.. I just like to possess items that has Snoopy face. It is such a lovely Dog, don't you think so? So intelligent. He has not done any single stupid thing. And, he is so lucky, to have Woodstock as his best friend:)

So, now I am hooked. kekekeke... but I hate the voice-over they did. Toooo fake. I don't like. Some more very noisy. I prefer it be English. But u know lah... this land... (don't make me start..).

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after watching a few days, my urge of having a dog as pet re-appear again!! (i have this urge last year... then hubby made me promised I will bathe the dog and walk him to pooh pooh every night, i chicken out)

Should I have a dog?? I not prepared to bathe him everyday and walk him to pooh pooh every evening wor. HOW AH??!!! I just like to play with him....

: help~

:-)

Can you see my BIG SMILE?:-)
Wooooo........... so excited!!!!

Dilemma

"四月九日，美国政府向WTO提出两项针对中国的贸易诉讼，指责中国打击盗版不力和限制美国电影、音乐和图书产品进入本国市场。

二十四日，中国国务院副总理吴仪在此间二00七年中国保护知识产权高层论坛上谈及美国向WTO起诉中国知识产权问题和出版物市场准入问题时表示，“中国政府对此表示强烈不满，但是我们决定按照WTO相关规则积极应诉，我们将奉陪到底”。"

This is from an online news.

But, still so many pirated DVD on every corner of the streets one?

But, I don't mind buying cheap, good quality pirated DVD wor, looking at the sky-rocket movie tickets here at cinema. Normal cinema ticket is 120 yuan, if special seats, 240 yuan, all these prices are per person. Compare to cheap, good quality pirated DVD which is only 5 yuan, not surprised there is still so much Demand to encourage the big Supply right?

Having said that, last few days, read newspaper, one of the great movie director in China was complaining to the media, his pay from this industry, is worse than 3 star movie-star. So sad. He is considered 5 star director ok... I pity him also.

So, 5 yuan good quality pirated DVD, buy or not buy??

Patriotic weeeeeyyy

While many people around the world are feeling sad about the lost souls and trying to figure out why is this guy so pathetic, so depressed, and so angry about people around him, many chinese people on this land are feeling relief, "phew, luckily this is not done by chinese. If not, shame on our country."

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They are really patriotic. Don't they?

Weird Dream

I had a dream last night.

I was pregnant!!!

It was so funny. Er... I mean the whole "episode"...

First, both bui bui and I were very shocked. Coz, the 'timing' is a bit off... (if u know what I mean). Then, the shocking feeling turns to excitement. A piggie baby!!! Then, the feeling turned to worry, coz lately I ate a lot of medicines, I really mean a lot. Because of the persistent coughing, the coughing mixture I had tried 3 types, then panadol solubles, then 川贝粉, then flu-tea (yes, there is such tea), then the medicine we took pre-tibet trip, called 红景天, to build up our body to with-stand lack of oxygen over in tibet. Woo.... how can a baby stand so many medicines?

Before I can get really worried, I woke up. hehehhee...

Anyway, we are not rushing for a baby, at least not this year. Still want to enjoy some 2-persons valuable time together:)

My new love

Because of the Tibet trip, I noticed I have a new need -- a comfy sport shoes that I can wear and walk without any painful feeling on my feet for the whole trip.

Grab my girl friends to go with me last night, at first, girl friend recommended Sketches. Spent like 2o minutes over there, trying different ones, when I finally picked the one I like, the sales ladies told us there is no more the sizes that fit me.

So, wanted to look for Converse All Star, before reaching that outlet, saw Adidas.

I was a fans of Nike, if given choices, I will never pick Adidas. But that building, simi brand pun ada, but just don't have Nike. Never realized Nike and Adidas also like KFC and McD? Cannot co-exist within certain compound one meh?

Then, the first pair I tried in Adidas, I fell in love!! Firstly is the color - Orange!! hahaha.. my favorite. Then, is the design, I like the feeling of round round one. Lastly, so comfy!!! wooo... So, I bought it -- the first pair of branded sport shoes I have owned in my life. (I never like sport shoes before, so, I only buy cheap cheap or no brand one earlier. Can't believe I actually did this last night)

So, who said branded shoes is only good at appearance? They are comfy too!!!:)

Banking = Nightmare

And we all thought Maybank is the worst... didn't we? Well, wait til you come here, you will understand what is the new meaning of "waiting to be served in bank". LoNG Q!!!! Sitting bench is seldom unoccupied because always got people waiting. ATM Machine line also very long, because some of the rich-bitch loves to carry WHOLE few STACKS of MONEY to use the ATM to deposit.

Just now, because big boss all not around, I went to do some banking. And I thought, avoiding evening time (after working hour), and avoiding lunch hour, I should be able to save some time. But hell I was really stupid to think like that.

I lined up at ATM because want to pay my credit card bill. There is only 2 ATM working for deposit money. Only two!! Considering the HUGE Population in Shanghai, only 2 ATM in any bank (most banks) that is working for depositing money. And we always complaint about Maybank, 2 machine, but most of the time, only 1 is working. The ratio, if you do some simple math, is still heathier compared to Shanghai, if you take into consideration of the whole population of klang valley vs shanghai... Sigh.

OK OK, where was I... 2 ATM, side by side. But because they made it into a L shape lining line, some idiot, really don't know the meaning of lining up, when the inside ATM (1 is inside of L shape, the other is facing the entrance door) has empty slot, and if they next person lining is not fast, he will gam gam sei squeeze in the line and stand there nicely. No one says a word, not anyone was having an angry face on their face. Boy... they really do not know the meaning of lining up.

Anyway, there is this ah-pek. I think his eye-sight must be bad. His head almost bang the screen when he was keying in his password. He deposited 10K, and when the machine stop accepting his money, he screamed, "SECURITY, PLEASE COME HERE" (in mandarin of course). The security came, told him each transaction maximum is 10K. Then, this ah pek, went to another ATM machine to withdraw more money, anotehr 10K! He come back, expecting he can come back anytime of the place he last left, did not have any single sense of wanting to line-up again. And, his second 10K takes forever to be deposited into that machine because apparently few notes were not accepted by the machine, but he kept trying for more than 5 times!!!! until, one guy, speaks loudly in shanghainese to him, tell him "if cannot, try switching the notes. no point to keep trying!". That ah pek... I swear, at that moment, I feel like slapping him.

Banking in China, some thing that needs severe improvement. I wish, by opening the entrance to foreign banks, they will feel the heats of competition and have better service. For heaven sakes, please install more cash-depositing ATM machine!

My transaction, only need to take 3 minutes. But, I lined up for 40 minutes. Can someone just hug me and tell me it is OK to waste 37 minutes of my life witnessing some ah-pek banging his head onto the ATM screen while keying his password.

a boh-song story

Recently, one of my girl friend felt really boh-song about her relatives taking advantage on them, come to Shanghai play play, go here go there, but never offer to pay back a single sent to my fren's hubby (all trips were booked & paid by her hubby). So thick face.

Then it triggers one of my "dead-memory-cell" -- Bui Bui also got taken advantage by his rich relative!

That relative, stay in a BIG bangalo in T*opi****. We had been to his bangalo before earlier this year. Inside the bangalo, everything is designed and ordered from outside of Malaysia. And, everything is perfectly matched, colors, materials, even the flowers in the living room, is bought from overseas.

This relative, believe it or not, stay in such a rich house, come borrow bui's money. The amount, to poor people is a lot. But to rich people, perhaps is just a few days lobster meal in 5 star hotel.

It has been 5 months liao. He did not even call & offer to pay back the money. Ghost image pun tak ada. And before, he still sometimes call bui bui out for makan (he in SH too occasionally). Most of the time, bui bui pay for the meal coz he thinks he is a zhang-bei, and it is fine to treat him well.

Now I think think, I quite angry... I mean, if he stays in just 20 square meter wooden house, I won't even want bui bui to go ask him to pay us back the money. But, he lives in a MANSION!!! All the furniture were all above don't know how many thousands dollars, and why would he want to owe us the money?

The more I think, the more I think he will not pay us back. @#$%!

His wife actually don't know he borrowed money from us. So, when I saw her face that time, the sombong face (those nose facing the ceiling one leh..), I felt I wanted to tell her the truth. Sigh.. why got this kind of person one..

So, as cantonese said, the money is colder than cold water now. Not returning liao :

To all the rich people out there: some small money you think you borrowed is very small amount, but to average people like me, that money, can buy many many branded cosmetics, and I can eat many lobsters meals in the 5-star hotel ok~~~~~ Shame on you!

(sometimes I wonder what did he do with the money he borrowed from bui in that big mansion... used as tissue??)

往死里咳！

最近的天气，忽冷忽热。我一年不生病的纪录，被迫打破。咳嗽——往死里咳的那种，你有试过吗？咳到心脏都要跳出来的那种，很令人讨厌的。

我在想，我现在还算年轻，咳成这样，还可以。等我60-70岁，也咳成这样，还不死？？很怕有这样的一天。什么死法比咳死还难受？

Bui Bui 看我咳得这样难受，他难过的眼神，令我更难过，也同时令我很欣慰，真挚的爱，真的很难得。昨天，他又在夜里离开温暖的被窝，到客厅为我倒了一杯温水，还帮我搽vicks, 不过搞笑的是，那一罐vicks,一定是他读书时带去美国，又从美国带回来马来西亚，再从马来西亚带来上海，已经过期10年了。expired in 1996 May，can you believe it?我咳得半死，没来得及嘲笑他，等我痊愈后，我会再把这件事拿出来说笑：）

同事介绍说川贝粉混在梨里面拿去炖，会好的。那个粉，苦得来没话好说。吃了，好像我对这粉又敏感，咳得更加厉害。bui bui 心疼得说，不准我再吃。

看来，这个咳嗽，like it or not, 需要一个过程来康复。希望在西藏之旅之前可以好，如果不是，得到医院吊水，I don't like...

Hannibal

Watched Hannibal Rising with hubby on Saturday night, the whole movie time I was coughing til my lung also want to come out, but still, I managed finished watching it in one piece.

It is a fantastics movie.

Although they never really show the scene they ate his sister, the bath-tub and the teddy bear and Misa's chubby face kept running in my mind after the show ended. It was the geli feeling that haunt me, the fact they ate the chubby kids... yucks...

When Habbibal killed the criminals one by one, I actually did not feel geli at all. Because, they all dai-sei. How can they eat the kids???

But one thing I cannot understand... I don't understand why they said Hannibal subconsciously ate his sister also. yucks..

The hardest thing to forget about this movie, is they grab the kid out of the house, and her bath-tub so they can cook her inside I supposed, stays vividly in my mind. I just feel Hannibal later turned to so cold-blood is understandable. If I witness people eat my sister, I will go insane too. YUCKS. So, I totally can accept the fact that Hannibal eat some of the criminal's parts as he killed them one by one cruely.

Gong Li acts in this movie is much much better than the 黄金甲, she is good.

And, while I was on MC last Friday thanks to the Nasty Cough that I infected from dunno which "tam" on the road, I managed to finished the "L word" too. I pitied les partners seem so unstable. They seemed to change partner much faster than straight people, I don't understand why. I have a best friend, he is not straight. His partners changed quite frequently, he also cannot give me an explanation why is it like that. He said, "you think I don't want a stable partner like you all do? I guess I just very unlucky, still can't find one yet." Sigh.. I do hope he can "settle down" soon, with 1 partner, forever.

abc

there are some people, based on some of their outlook behavior, you dislike them very much already even before you get to know them.

I hated Miss Zoo, if some of you remembered my entry earlier.

Lately I went out have lunch with her (togehter with other people lah, you think I les is it?). I actually find out that she is very interesting. And above all, she is smart (you know how I hate stupid person). The time we spent in Marketing Training session last month (we were in same group) let me get a chance to know that Bimbo can actually be Intelligent as well. But of course, her excel skill still far below mine. She does not know how to fix a cell other than typing in the "$" manually. Hahaha... I chose not to tell her. But, she does have good logic sense.

So, my strategy is working. Try to give the person I hate some benefit of doubts - eating lunch with them gives me chance to find out more about them.

Last time I hate Miss Zoo.

Now, I think I just slightly dislike her only. Good improvement eh?;)

6 weird things about myself?

I am being tagged by Angela to write about 6 weird things about myself.

I spent a day yesterday thinking if I have weird things or not (i always thought I am just a normal little girl, haha).. perhaps don't have 6 (6 is a lot neh), but I do have a few.

Let's start:
1) I like the feeling of 取之不尽, so, I hate items that will deplete over time, e.g. shampoo, body conditioner, and even to fruits and table-clothe. I wish they never depleted.

a) Shampoo, Bodywash, Body Conditioner, washing detergent, toilet paper etc - I always have at least an extra one in the cupboard of any of the items mentioned here. If I finished one and started to use the extra one, I have to go get it from Carrefour again the next day. My hubby said I siao siao one. Coz the new one can at least last me for another 6 weeks, why I so gun-cheong?

b) I have a basket at home, just to put my fruits. I like to see the basket has at least 3 apples. If it depleted below that level, I become very uneasy. Mind keep popping up going to Carrefour, or to the 水果佬 to get more fruits. As a result of this, I always buy more fruits than I can consume, and some of them got rotten even before I eat them. Which I hate the feeling very much too. I hate to throw away fruits.

c) I have at least 3 big packs of (each has 30 sticks) Nescafe 3-in-1, red color (normal) one as back up, all brought from Malaysia (yes, they also travelled by plane. haha). I have the fear of finishing them and don't have back up and I can't imagine what will happen that time. It will be horrible loh, coz I don't like other brand, and I can't find such thing in this piece of land here.

d) I have at least 12 pairs of contact lense (monthly disposable) in my house. Again, can't find this particular brand in this piece of land. I very worried that if I don't go back to KL within one year, I will never get the new supply, and by the time I finished that 12 pairs, I have to wear the ugly glasses. Yucks!

e) I have at least 10 new table clothe (those that you used to mop the dining table, or in the kitchen to mop away the water just to leave the area dry). I like the feeling I have many clean table clothe to replace the old one, even though I seldom replace the old one (coz it still very clean after I washed it neh).

f) I have 4 different pairs of toilet carpets (those you put in toilet to keep the footprint dry after you took shower, and also to keep you warm from stepping directly onto the icy ground in winter). I love to buy toilet carpets. It gaves me undescridable satisfaction. And I hate to see got hair falling onto the carpets. So, when I bangsai in the morning, I normally (nothing much else to do right?) will stare at the carpet, and observe where got hair, and after bangsai, I will pick it up and throw into the dustbin.

So tired just to write 6 subpoints of 1 big weird habit. muahahhaa.... Angela, does that count as 6 weird things?:p

Eh, I just want to tag 3 people (I have limited readers lah):
-purple mushroom
-eileen princess
-zewt

How loyal can a man be?

I have a friend. Dumped by his ex after his ex come to SH to work and then later married to a local here who is her GM. Anyway... cut the grandma story short, he was dumped, and was very sad and depressed for the past 3 years.

Lately, he also came to SH to work. Before he came to work permanently here, 3 of us (me, bui bui, and his another fren) once jokingly told him, "if you ever get a shanghainese gf over here, we will look down on you, and pui pui you!"

Last night, he sms-ed me. Asking me, "will you really look down on me if I fallen love with a local here??"

I was like :

tiu loh...

I calmed myself, restructure an OK sms to him, "fren, it's your future. Just make sure she does not spit, does not cut Q, and does bath daily. If not, i might accidentally slap her gou li gou li."

Anyway, my point of writing this is, it really makes me wonder, how loyal can a once loyal man be?

of course, 3 years is long enough for him to start to forget about his ex. But.. came here for 3 months, and already find himself fallen in love with a local here? Why some people can fall in love so easily in this land one? And last year Nov, he still can't forget about his ex. When we mentioned about her in Nov, he still emotional unstable that time.

So, how loyal can a man be? Sigh... guess not very loyal?

Sometimes I think, if I ever got any dong gua tou fu, and left bui bui alone in this earth, will he forget about me in 3 months, and fall in love with another woman? This thought is very depressing. I have to get an answer from him tonight. :

黄梨

这里的人，叫之为凤梨。

我家附近的水果佬，最近又出现了。问他到哪儿去了（大概6个星期没看到他了），他说他过年回了老家，待了蛮长时间，现在又回来了。

他最近老是卖凤梨。Oh,我发现到他卖给我的水果是比别人便宜的。有一次，他卖给我7块，卖给下一个女人，还要小的凤梨，他卖她9块，而且还一副“要买就买，不买就算”的样子。呵呵。Special Treatment的感觉，还是很不错的。；）

前几天，我其实饱得要死。但是经过他摊子的时候，已经10点了。看他正对着一个他已切好的凤梨在发愁，我就买下了（其实，我很不喜欢那一些已经切好的水果，总觉得脏脏的）。回家放进冰箱，第二天洗得半死才吃。

因为我最近老是问他，“为什么不卖苹果？我爱吃苹果。梨也可以的。”他那一天就对我说，“我下周会进一些苹果的”。呵呵。他记得我喜欢吃苹果哦。Another special treatment.

我也很喜欢他不贪心的好moral。有时候，比如他卖我6块，他看我东摸西摸在找一块（手里已拿着5块），他会跟我说，“没有一块就算了。”但是，我总觉得他们make a living实在不容易，所以我怎么样也会给足钱他的。

很高兴见到他。不知道为什么。看到他一幅开心的样子，自己也很开心。