You've Got a Friend

Nothing brings out the beauty of true fiendships like a special occasion. This special occasion was a wedding celebration which brought together friends from near and far to begin festivities as early as 7.30 am. On a very early Sunday morning, the girls chee muis had gathered early to strategise on the games and tasks to be with the boys heng tais!

Ally holds a tray of 5 glasses of a concoction consisting of tabasco sauce, bittergourd juice, honey and lemon. The tasks is for 5 of the groom's men to drink this potion which symbolises the many taste and flavours in a marriage. We were later told by the boys that it was really yummy!!

Sharon holds the boys' reward for their hard work ... BEER!

The groom arrives, a little late, but in style!

For a best friend, this heng tai walks a mile in stockings and stilettos for the groom to pick up his bride. This is how it feels like to be a girl!

The boys eagerly await their next challenge while enjoying their reward

The groom takes on his challenge : to list down 5 bad habits and wow to change them.

The groom passes the test with flying colours and the chee muis gladly permitted him to pick up his bride.

The girls after a Klang bak kut teh brunch

At the dinner reception

Friends at work - the girls man the reception and the guys shoutout the time!

Surprise! a rendition to great friends

The best man and maid of honour

the mcs

Everything

Song-of-the-moment (listening to repeatedly) : Lifehouse's Everything, a song found on the Smallville soundtrack. It's just beautiful and the lyrics captivates me. Hanging By a Moment and You & Me are other excellent tracks by them.

find me here / and speak to me / I want to feel you / I need to hear you

you are the light / that's leading me / to the place / where I find peace again

you are the strength / that keeps me walking

you are the hope / that keeps me trusting

you are the life / to my soul / you are my purpose / you're everything

and how can I / stand here with you / and not be moved by you

would you tell me how could it be / any better than this

you calm the storms / and you give me rest

you hold me in your hands /you won't let me fall

you still my heart / you take my breath away

would you take me in / take me deeper now

cause you're all I want / you're all I need / you're everything everything

you're all I want / you're all I need / you're everything everything

would you tell me / how could it be / any better than this

and how can I / stand here with you

and not be moved by you / would you tell me

and how could it be / any better than this

would you tell me / how could it be / any better than this

Karen & Kent

Karen recently celebrated her marriage to Kent, her longtime sweetheart with a reception at Renaissance Hotel. Longtime - as in, they've been going out since i first knew her, which was (i think) during my fourth year in Monash *many years ago*. Although we knew of each other before then, we never actually got to know each other until we took a class together. Since then, we hung out loads together during uni days with our other friends *shopping/eating/partying/movies/holidays*. Karen, thanks for being a great friend. Congratulations gal!

PS : I loved the personalised heart pillows and the choc strawberries in the suite!

Simple Ways to Get Smarter

I recently read that mental exercises can boost brain power by 40% in a week. Some of these (which looks pretty easy and doable) are :

• controlling the computer mouse with the wrong hand
• walking around at home blindfolded
• doing puzzles, memorizing lists
• brushing your teeth with the wrong hand
• playing games such as Scrabble & charades

I'm already used to controlling the computer mouse with the 'wrong' hand. For the past few days i've been trying to brush my teeth with the 'wrong' hand. That hasn't been easy and my teeth don't feel very clean!! I've needed to complete the brushing with the 'right' hand.

Let me know if you think i'm getting smarter!

Girlie Weekend

Enjoyed a most amazing weekend with the girls in celebration for a very special girlfriend and her very special occasion.

An early start with a leisurely breakfast @ LaBodega at an early 10am *ok… so we were a little late…*

At noon, we rocked up to Cyberview Lodge Resort & Spa. After checking in and our initial hiccup with the rooms allocated by the hotel (we were given rooms where the terrace faced the back of a restaurant where we could appreciate the buzz of the aircond vent / extractor fan), we enjoyed a couple of hours by the pool chilling and soaking up the glorious sunshine, drinking ice-cold beer and hanging out whilst waiting for our individual spa session appointments.

Spa @ Sembunyi – After a relaxing dip in the Jacuzzi bath I went for a ‘Rub-A-Dub-Dub’ body scrub. It started with a quick massage followed by a traditional lulur rub (lulur is a blend of rice powder, round tumeric, tamarind & jasmine) and another massage and finally a cold yoghurt rub. After the session, I felt relaxed and rejuvenated and my skin felt totally refreshed. Just heavenly!!

Dinner @ Bistro Cascata – At sunset, the girls glammed up for dinner at the hotel italian fusion restaurant and dessert at the poolside. As for the rest of the night, it was spent with sharing girly talks and enjoying our own company.

We met up at breakfast the next morning and after that it was another beautiful day at the pool before checking out and kissing goodbyes. A most perfect weekend. When can we do it again, girls??

KL Bar Treasure Hunt

Participated in a treasure hunt organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar. It's a motoring hunt from KL to Malacca with a time given of 8 hours. The objective of the hunt is to search for answers to questions, which are found along the way (on signboards, roadsigns, graffiti etc) and to collect treasures which must be first deciphered from the cryptic clues given. A 5 question bonus consisting of legal related question were also given. Each car should consist of a driver and navigator and 2 passengers.

We prepared ourselves well for the hunt - printout of information on the KLBar, dictionaries of sorts, laptops, we looked at possible treasures, attempted a mini dry run and collated information that may help along the way.

The hunt was flagged off from the Swedish Marque in Sungei Besi and cars were handed with the questions and tulips, which are simple directions which would lead us from one place to the next - Sungei Besi - Cheras - Kajang - Serembam - Malacca.

The hunt was an adrenaline rush the whole way!! Taking things at a leisurely pace at the initial legs of the Hunt, we later raced against time from one leg to the other, rushing for time (late arrivals are penalised) and brainstorming throwing out suggestions and questions and possible answers to our teammates and calling out with joy when an answers were found. At some points we found ourselves walking up and down busy roads under the scorching sun trying to find answers, which we later realised were either right in front of us or nowhere within where we were looking.

There were also tense and nailbiting moments in the car - when we made some mistakes and had gotten lost on a driving misadventure in Seremban with it's lunch hour traffic! And blazing down the highway at over limit speed and barely making it to the Ayer Keroh rest stop in time! And the rush run into a shop to purhase a treasure (which turned out incorrect anyway - *keep the change!*) and the chock-a-block traffic on Jongker St.

In the end, we completed the hunt and reached the pit stop Riviera Bay Resort albeit slightly delayed and with a deduction of a couple of marks.

The next day was a treasure hunt of a different kind - one that satisfies the tummy and the soul! Chicken rice balls and cendol - true Malacca specialities, although we were disappointed with the cendol. A leisure walk down Jongker Walk looking at tourists treasures. A treasure we couldn't find was Satay Celup - apparently the shop only opens at night. At our destination (home! KL!) we chowed down our favourite lat tong (spicy soup with porky stuff inside). Yummy!

I hope to participate in another treasure hunt (*soon*). The weekend sure made me wanna join the Amazing Race.

@ flagoff : team 15 & team 16

randomly snapping possible clues to answers.

Nope, it wasn't the right answer!