Ten day challenge: One Picture

Finally we're at the end of this 10 day challenge. Damn long lah. I learnt that I am not cut out for this. Haha but its good on days when I have nothing to talk about, that I still have this 10 day challenge to update!

So in the end, I have been updating my blog more often.



How can this be a challenge in itself? A photo of self. Meh! Opened my photo folder and selected one straight away..I have plenty of edited self shots such as these, especially after I got my phone. Plenty of photography apps for me to play with. ♥

K bye.

Two songs

Actually my preference in songs vary largely and are very much influenced by the people around me.

If you flip through my iPod, you would be surprised. I have old chinese songs such as Faye Wong and Jacky Cheung, and even Aaron Kwok, and I have old English songs such as Bee Gees, Eagles, and Lionel Ritchie, and I also have newer music like Britney, Justin Timberlake, Black Eyed Peas, LMFAO, Rihanna and so on and so forth.

Oh yea, I also have a few French Songs given to me by a friend, and a few Japanese songs also given by another friend, and some Spanish songs given by another friend.

That is basically how I accumulate music. Either some friends or Winnie gave them to me. :)

I can't be bothered to download or buy music myself. If no one gives me anything, I copy them from the computer network at work from the shared folder.

So yea.

I think songs can evoke really strong memories. Some songs will always remind me of some things.

For instance, earlier at work today, Fergie's song Glamorous came on. This song will always remind me of London Bridge. Why? During that walk/bus/tube from home to school, I always have to pass by London Bridge. That short walk from uni to the tube station, or uni to the bus stop, or uni to some kebab shop.

And I always have my earphones on. Somehow that song is the one that I think of. That relates. I think its because then, Fergie's big ass poster was posted on the billboard at London Bridge! :D

But I digressed.

That is why it is so hard to pick two songs! Hmm..let's see. Right now, in this instant, as I am typing this, I am all dressed up waiting for cs to get dressed so we can go out..

In my head, right now is Rihanna's Who's that chick, because I danced to this song myself. Earlier on. Alone. At home. For exercise. Ha. You don't do that?



And for the sake of some romance..



George Michael's Careless Whisper.

This was the song I said (years ago), that I would dance to at my wedding. On my wedding night, the MC, William Tong dedicated this song to me..

But I was wayy too shy to get up to dance then..

I suppose, in a way, this will always be my song. It has no special memories. Its just me.

Three Films

Three Films

Now this is difficult for me. I don't watch much movies, compared to the normal person. I'm comparing myself to Kevin and Winnie. They know so much more about movies than me.

So, I'm just going to do this based on how I like it.

1) Sex and the City. The series and both movies. Thanks to Nancy, I'm hooked on Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte and their love sex lives.



2) Grey's Anatomy. Why do not many people like to watch this?! Its nice! I realize I suck at describing things. Everything is "nice" and "interesting". Fail.



Grey's Anatomy revolves around the lives of a bunch of surgeons, particularly Meredity Grey (hence the name), and her friends' lives in the hospital. Every episode starts with a new case in the hospital, and it is interesting (see what I mean).

3) Parent Trap. The movie. Starring Lindsay Lohan. This is an old, old movie, made in 1998, and one of my favorites.



From Wikipedia: It stars Dennis Quaid and Natasha Richardson as a couple who divorce soon after marrying, and Lindsay Lohan in a dual role as their twin daughters, who are accidentally reunited after being separated at birth.

I don't know why its listed as one of my favorite movies of all times, but it just is. Along the same cheesy genres as Pretty Woman. Yeah, I watched that many times too.

4 books..

This 10 day challenge is more like 20 day challenge to me. Took me so long to get through this haih fail.

Anyhoo. Today is 4 books. Only four? How to squeeze in four?

JK Rowling's series has 7 books leh. So, I guess I'm done then.

1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2) Harry Potter and the Half blood prince

3) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire


Easiest challenge by far! Heh.

I'm not kidding. JK Rowling is a genius and if you haven't read her books yet, please do!

Aside from her, I also read almost all of Sidney Sheldon's collection. Particularly like Memories of midnight, the other side of midnight, master of the game, bloodline, if tomorrow comes, and I can't think of others now. These are off the top of my head.

I'm too lazy to give a commentary about each book, but if you want, Google it! Can easily find the free ebook even.

I know that for a period of time, everyone was raving about Dan Brown's da Vinci code. Wow-ee. Its nice. Interesting. Made me want to go to the Louvre again. No lah seriously his books are good too: Angels and Demons, Digital Fortress, Deception Point. That new book of his: The Lost Symbol - I went to read the ebook. Somehow it seems confusing and not that interesting. Not a page turner and I never finished it.

But I don't re-read his books the way I do with other authors. Such as, JK Rowling (of course), and Jodi Picoult.

I know Winnie would scoff because she thinks its dead depressing, but I think its interesting, the way it makes you think/wonder even after you finish the book a few days after reading it. Some of my favorites include: Picture Perfect, Nineteen minutes, and of course My Sister's Keeper.

My Sister's Keeper was the first book I bought. I remember that I was wandering around some market in Westminster or Covent Garden when I came across some stalls selling second hand books. I picked up this book and started reading the synopsis at the back. Read the first page and that's it. Bought it for 50p only. 50p = RM3.50 at then exchange rates. Score!



My version of the book was probably one of the first editions (tried to google it but can't find it) before it got so commercialized by the movie. Watched the movie btw - didn't really like it.

Recently, I'm reading John Grisham's books. Because I got a whole lot of them for very cheap at the recent book fair. His books are mostly about legal thrillers. Kah Ling, if you ever want to take up reading, you can try his books since you're a future lawyer. :)

I went to Wikipedia John Grisham. Apparently he went to law school and quit being a lawyer so he could continue writing. Oohh. I finished reading: the Firm, the Client, a Time to Kill, Skipping Christmas, and the Testament. Definitely page turners.

I'm such a geek. I like knowing I have a pile of books waiting for me to be read..:)

Unfortunately, my husband doesn't like it when I read. Apparently I get too preoccupied and ignore him. 0_o

Bye!

10 day challenge: 5 foods

1) Pizza. Especially stuffed crust but I eat just about any type of pizza and/or crust. If it wasn't so fattening, I would eat it more often. As it is, I had to stop eating pizza for a month before my big day. The day after, I dragged cs to have pizza with me! :)



2) Sushi, sashimi, Japanese food in general. I had a hard time deciding which should be number 1 on my list, but if I was honest with myself, pizza ranks ahead.

To tell the truth, for my birthday, my choice of food would normally be Japanese food or pizza or both. What what? Don't tell me you celebrate once only?

3) Taiwan street food. Maybe cos I'm missing Taiwan. Emo sial. Oyster mee sua, fried chicken, and actually I can't think of anything right now. Oh yea, that beef noodles on the sizzling hot plate, and the noodles are actually pasta. Beef on top of the noodles refers to steak, not chunks of meat like in beef noodles here in Kuching. I miss that.

Tried to Google it. This is what I'm talking about. Click to read!

4) Bread. Yea, I love the smell of freshly baked bread. I love bread, period. Why did Delizze shut down!

5) Fruits. I love the smell of fresh strawberries too. Actually I've run out of food that's why I said this. But really the smell of strawberries when you open the plastic bag. Nicee..

10 day challenge: 8 fears

1) Pain. Physically and emotionally. Aih pain covers almost everything. Pain from being hurt/injured. Pain of losing loved ones.

2) Watching loved ones being in pain. Also both physically and emotionally.

3) Rats and lizards. Highlight if you want to read it.

I hate even writing down the names of those two things I fear. Argh. When I encounter the first one in public, I almost always make a scene and embarrass myself (and cs, I think)..

Allow me to explain. I have an example. Once upon a time, cs and I went to Happy Garden/Valley (I think that is the name) for dinner. Its the one opposite Crown Towers. That restaurant in a house.

So we were both enjoying our dinner. I was chatting happily oblivious, when cs suddenly said: Amy, I'm going to tell you something. He was very serious, and of course I immediately tensed. What what?

He said: there is a rat over there. I followed his eyes and what I saw was this huge fat rat running to our table from the drain!

I didn't think about it! I must have let out a scream and pushed the chair out and ran out from the restaurant. Leaving cs alone at the table.

I waited by the car for him to come out. Poor cs. According to him later, people were all watching him, he heard some people speculating, whether we were quarreling or what, and was I crying when I left. =.= kepo.

So cs paid the bill and came out to look for me. The taukenio/lady boss apparently noticed the rat because she apologized to cs for it. T___T

That was the last time I went to Happy Valley/Garden. (Forgot the name).

4) Falling sick and throwing up. I kinda dread being pregnant because I might throw up every morning for at least three months. T____T

My friend who is currently about 5 months pregnant tells me that she still throws up very often these days. And it gets very bad.. Scaring me to bits.

And I know not everyone throws up. I have another friend (Hi Nana) who didn't throw up even once throughout her pregnancy. So nice. Wish I'm like her in the future. :)

5) Heights. OK, actually not so much but I'm out of things to say. I don't really have an issue with this when I was younger (damn that makes me sound old), but nowadays I find I get a bit weak in the knees when I try to imagine myself bungee jumping. :)

6) So many things to fear ah? Voldermort come back to live!! Hahaha wtf!

7) Dementors because everyone says so. wtf again.

8) Above all, losing loved ones. Repeating this because this is the biggest fear.

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Don't know if I can finish the 10 day challenge or not because the questions seem a bit boring and repetitive.

Bye

10 day challenge: 9 loves

To continue off with the 10 day challenge.

9 loves:

1) My family, my loved ones, cs.

2) Cherrie. Little fatty/cutie deserves a special spot even though she's such a bitch. Ha!

3) My life, I feel very blessed.

4) Food: sushi, pizza, salads, and shamefully maggi mee/mee goreng! Fail. =.=

5) Black eye shadow make up, black gel eyeliner, that still somehow looks neat. Can't think of anything to write. This is off the top of my head.

6) Public holidays. Like tomorrow! :)

7) I can only think of materialistic things now: money (without which, there would be no beautiful things), travel and holidays, and so on and so forth.

8) Lying on my bed all wrapped up: snug and comfortable. Especially when its raining heavily.

9) Books. Never ending supply of books for me to read.

Actually this is a very general list isn't it? I suppose most people's list would be more or less the same. :)

10 day challenge

I came across this on the web and decided to this 10 day challenge. I saw something similar to this in Kimberly's blog, but this looks easier to answer. Since I'm bored now, here we go:



Today, here are 10 secrets from me:

1) I suspect I might be in Slytherin house, if I'm placed under the sorting hat. But I would choose to go to Gryffindor in the end, like Harry. Do the right thing!

2) I'm very self conscious and not at all confident in public.

3) I really like to cook/bake but haven't had the chance to at home. Now I do! :)

4) Given a chance, most of the time, I would rather read than watch a movie. Novels. I don't really like comics.

5) I wasn't a good student at all and I didn't get good grades throughout high school. The only motivation to get me studying in college and uni was the high resit fee to pay when you fail. Yikes!

6) I like to dress up, put on make up, curl my hair and look pretty, like any other girl. Only, I do it at night. I don't know why. I seem to come alive at night. In the day time, I drift around looking like a ghost. Not good.

7) I like swimming, sunsets, the beach, and the sound of the waves.

8) I have a soft spot for cute, short, and very furry little dogs.

9) I have been told that I am very different before and after alcohol. I think its a bad thing.

10) I am a very quiet person in real life, and I suspect only cs really knows the real me.