Have I Change?

Have I change? Look at my quiz results. Blue aura, blue flower, blue blog?

Your Aura is Blue

Spiritual and calm, you tend to live a quiet but enriching life. You are very giving of yourself. And it's hard for you to let go of relationships. The purpose of your life: showing love to other people Famous blues include: Angelina Jolie, the Dali Lama, Oprah Careers for you to try: Psychic, Peace Corps Volunteer, Counselor

What Color Is Your Aura?

You Are a Blue Flower

A blue flower tends to represent peace, openness, and balance. At times, you are very delicate like a cornflower. And at other times, you are wise like an iris. And more than you wish, you're a little cold, like a blue hydrangea.

What Color Flower Are You?

Your Blog Should Be Blue

Your blog is a peaceful, calming force in the blogosphere. You tend to avoid conflict - you're more likely to share than rant. From your social causes to cute pet photos, your life is a (mostly) open book.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

Below are some of previous quizzes I did.
1. Yellow is Me
2. Sunflower Spirit
3. Yellow Rose

The results below make me feel like a part of me is still there though. Red-orange power color and a lightning :) Sounds so dangerous isn't it hehehe...

Your Power Color Is Red-Orange

At Your Highest: You are warm, sensitive, and focused on your personal growth. At Your Lowest: You become defensive and critical if you feel attacked. In Love: You are loyal - but you demand the respect you deserve. How You're Attractive: You are very affectionate and inspire trust. Your Eternal Question: "Am I Respected?"

What's Your Power Color?

You Are Lightning

Beautiful yet dangerous People will stop and watch you when you appear Even though you're capable of random violence You are best known for: your power Your dominant state: performing

What Type of Weather Are You?

The Call of the Mountain

This is probably where I have been hiding for the past few days :) I wish. I hope to get a sunset pics at a paddy field but since I was alone and I remember not seeing any street light on my journey, I better not wait for the sunset as it will be very dark then and I might not find my way back. I have taken enough 'detour' for the past few days. I also wish I can take a photo of misty morning on a paddy field but again, time and location did not permit.


Ever since I reached Sg. Petani, Mount Jerai has been beaconing at me. Unfortunately, the sky has been quite hazy I couldn't see the mountain clearly. This is the view of the mountain from Pantai Merdeka.


I finally reach the base of the mountain at 8 a.m. this morning. I couldn't find any signboard from Gurun town and almost missed it. On the way to the top, I saw few groups of elderlies descending from the mountain and there I was climbing in my car. They couldn't possibly be walking from the top of the mountain could they? The climb up was a real challenge where there are several sharp bends, very steep route and really narrow road.

All the way up, I kept thinking about Puteri Gunung Ledang (Tiara Jacquelina) on the mountain, watching the sun rise. There is a feeling of mystic aura while ascending to the mountain top. After about 20 minutes climbing abount 12km uphill, I finally reach the Jerai Resort. I saw a signboard showing 1200m above the sea level. Wow! I'm this high and there is no one around. I heard people's voices inside the Resort but there's nobody walking around the area. My car is the only car parked at the designated area.


I'm quite disappointed I am not at the highest peak because behind me I can see taller trees on a higher part of the mountain. But when I walk forward, I can pretend I'm on top of the world. Far below, I can see paddy field as far as my eyes can see and the beach. Unfortunately, the day is very cloudy and hazy. The few pictures here are the best I can get under the circumstances. And it is also very windy. I took short video clips of the area so I can listen to the sound of the wind again. There's no other soul in sight. Only the wind... and I.


I might visit this place again and if I do, I hope I can get clear blue skies and view as far as my eyes can see.

Related Info:
1. Travel Times
2. Journey Malaysia
3. Malaysiasite
4. Tourism Malaysia
5. Cuti Malaysia

She Called Me Auntie!!!!

Kurang asam punya salesgirl. She called me auntie!!! My friend's children called me 'auntie' but they're pre-school and younger. When did I join the Makcik Blogger's rank? Sigh! Probably that's why I suddenly loose my appetite to finish my dinner of curry laksa. What a waste of RM10.68.

I'm wearing a green blouse with yellow, olive and brown floral prints. I paired the blouse with dark brown pants, plain green tudung, a green handbag with brown straps that matched the color of my flat sandals that has plaited details. My specs are quite stylish with brown tint. I even have a green beads bracelet on my left wrist. And for all my matching effort, that kurang asam salesgirl called me auntie. Double sigh!

Luckily, all the other salesgirl called me 'kak' :) But still, the sound of the voice that called me 'auntie' remains in memory.

Poor Baby Elephant

My heart goes out to the poor baby elephant nicknamed Mat Chepor, taking after the name of the village he was found, who died today. The Perhilitan rangers found him after villagers complaint of destroyed crops. That was on Wednesday. The baby jumbo was chained while waiting for Kuala Gandah elephant translocation unit in Pahang to come and take him away.

It is believed he is looking for his mother who died of gunshot about a month ago. The rangers took charge feeding him, braving the rain and ravine. But that is not enough.

Today, Mat Chepor refused to budge when the Kuala Gandah Elephant Translocation Unit tried to bring him into the trailer that will transport him into a new home. The calf did not move even after two doses of drug and collapse two hours later. Mat Chepor died today and the veterinarian treating him speculated the baby jumbo was suffering from dehydration and exhaustion.

My BIG question, did the translocation effort followed the correct procedure? The baby must have still been grieving because it could not find its mother. Hence, the refusal to budge into the pick-up trailer that will take it away from the last place it saw its mother. Were the rangers given some guideline on feeding the baby elephant? Or else, it won't suffer from dehydration.

I'm sure everyone involved tried their very best to help Mat Chepor but their very best is not enough. There are probably some missing must-do procedures they should follow or more patience to coax the baby elephant into the pick-up trailer. Mat Chepor died a worthless death probably due to incompetencies. The poor, poor baby.

The Lament of a Bored Soul on a Gloomy Cloudy Morning

:) The title of my entry today sounds like one of a current book title you can see on book stores recently. Is it a trend to give long book title nowadays?

I'm not as gloomy as the title sounds actually. I'm fine. The piriton did its work. I'll be going out but has been procrastinating coz it still look like very early in the morning. The sun is not shining, the sky is white with some gray layerings in the horizon, it's cool inside and I felt so lazy to get my butt off the sofa. I've been blog and web surfing whole morning and here's the result.

I found this website where you can upload your photos and it will scan your face and match it with some celebrities in their database. Mine turned out to be Zhang ZiYi 68%, Madonna 61%, Denise Richard 63% and I-don't-know-who-but-they-probably-got-their-database-mixed-up-coz-they-have-same-name 64% and 56%.



My friends will be laughing and rolling on the floor when they see the result. Madonna? Hahahahaha.... Zhang ZiYi? Hahahahaha.... You'll probably notice they don't have Malaysian and Bollywood celebrities in their database. It would be more interesting if they have ;)

Here's how some of my friends see me :D The latest is this one ROTFLMAO. I don't even know who she is until I Google it. WARNING: Click the link at your own risk. Put your drinks away. Some might puke or splash water on your PC or laptop. Sememeh kibot & monitor nanti hehehehe...

Irritation of the Highest Degree

This is soooo irritating. I came back, cook some fried beehoon and feeling proud of myself, eat a small plate and my inner ear started to itch like crazy, eyes starting to water and sneezing non-stop about half an hour later. The culprit... must be the dried prawn in the beehoon. Why, why why??? My allergy seems to be getting worse.

Aerius, Actifed, Sudafed, Piriton, Claritin, Zyrtec, you name it. God knows what else has gotten into my system. Early this morning I sneezed while cleaning up my desk. Yesterday I was sneezing the whole morning. I have not eaten anything but instant noodle with egg the night before so that’s the only culprit I can think of. Is it possible to have allergies from instant noodles and egg?

The most important question, can anyone be totally free from allergies? Sudafed makes my body weak and joints feel like Jell-O. I hope the Piriton I just took will give me relief this whole weekend. Sometimes when I complaint, my mom would say I’m still lucky cause I don’t get rashes or skin inflammation when having an allergy attack. I can see her point and I am thankful. But still...

Also refer: Anti-histamine,

Disconnected

I'm feeling disconnected today. Email from my TM Net and Streamyx account is not coming in and I can't sign in to Yahoo Messenger. Arrgghhh!!!!! *pull hair*

Even if there's only spam email, even if there's no email, I MUST know for sure. What if there is an important email??? What happened TM Net? What happened Streamyx? I thought it was only me until I read this.

What happened Yahoo??? I suddenly realize how addicted I am to ymsgr recently. Siapakah punya angkara itu? :p I want it to be ON irregardless of available buddy or no available buddy online.

Oppss... wait a minute.. wait a minute... I am finally connected to ymsgr hahahaha... Yaaaahooooo.... Yaaaahoooo... :p

I was just about to comment how problems like this is expected from TM Nut but not Yahoo. Finally, I don't have a reason to continue with the remarks. But it did cross my mind when I can't connect after numerous attempts earlier.

A, B, C, D.

What??!!! A 'D'? It can't possibly be a 'D'. Oh my God! It has always been 'B'. I wished for an 'A' but 'A' always eludes me so I learn to live with 'B'. I am never good in written exams. If there is an oral test, I think I would ace it.

After so long accepting 'B', I have to learn to accept 'C'. It is my fault for not putting in much effort to maintain a 'B' anyway. Sigh! Not long after coming to term with 'C', now I get the shock of my life. A 'D'! Never in my life have I imagine getting a 'D'. Double sigh!

A rash action is necessary here. Definitely necessary.

Why?

Why?

Wooing and Be Wooed

Him: Do you know at one time, I like you.
Me: What? When? I thought you liked Miss Vogue.
Him: Before her. I knew you before I knew her what... You and I are friends, we talked about so many things and I don’t want to spoil that. Then Miss Vogue started calling me and we get to know each other. (Miss Vogue is a mutual friend)
Me: So you forget about me THAT easily!
Him: Yeah! Well... I do not see any reactions from you. Then, I found out Miss Vogue is engaged.
Me: Serves you right. How can I give any reaction? It was just a normal friendly chat and you only called me a few times. I did not feel anything.
Him: Hahaha... that’s very direct.
Me: I believe we human formed relationships in two ways. One is mutual. Another is when one party showed an interest and the other party thought why don’t I give it a chance. Just like my one of my university friends. She has been secretly admiring him and for an unknown reason the secret got out. The guy actually came forward and initiates an action to get to know more of her. Now, they’re married :)
Him: OK... Now, my secret is out right?
Me: You’re telling me you still like me after Miss Vogue and Miss Mystery?
Him: Mumbles an intelligible answer.

This conversation only happens because I called him to confirm a mutual friend’s phone number. She’s pregnant and I have not called her for quite some time. She may have delivered or changed phone no.

What is it with this guy? Or should I say these guys? They make a lackluster effort to pursue a lady and then expected to be wooed by the lady in return? We only call each other once in a blue moon and he never said a word. Then he hit the 30s mark this year, girlfriendless and dropping BIG hints expecting someone will take the bait and save him the wooing effort. Sigh! I wish him luck.

I want to be wooed. Or maybe... wooing each other. And I want it to be because of me, not because I'm available or the only one left a la "Wanita Melayu Terakhir" :p Not an unreasonable request right?

My Favicon

Look at my URL address on your browser. You can see the tiny sunflower pics there :) That is called Favicon. I have no idea how easy it is to have your own favicon. First, you need an image file that you want to use as your favicon named as favicon.ico.

That is where the problem comes because you can't save an image file with *.ico extension. It will keep giving you favicon.ico.jpg or some other image extension. After doing some sleuthing, I discovered a Favicon Generator. Upload your image there and it will be converted to favicon.ico. You have to save it to your hard disk and then upload it to the root directory of your website.

Note: Will not work with Blogspot because you have no idea what the root directory is.

Post this code <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"> in between your template <HEAD> code and you're done :)

Wikipedia explains other method of putting in favicon but I have not tried them yet. This is good enough. I already have mine. If you want yours, happy trying :D

No! No! No!

Pek!


Shriekkkk.......


Jump up and down.


Shriekkkk.......


Jump up and down again.


Shriekkkk.......


Oh God! God! Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breath out. I must stop this.


Shriekkkk.......


Take off Garfield night gown and throw it down. I was in my underwear.


Shriekkkk.......


Oh God! God! Breathe in, breathe out. Breathe in, breath out.

Take a peek into the room. Walk to the room where I hang my clothes to dry and pick a baju kelawar. Turn it inside out, turn it back, check between the folds, look everywhere again and put it on.

The Garfield night gown is still on the floor in front of my bedroom door. I go to the sofa, check between the throw pillows to make sure nothing is hiding in between them, pick up my laptop and blog about it.

It was a cicak. Feels like shrieking again. Breathe in, breathe out.

I don't know where it came from but the moment I got out from the bathroom, I felt something on my back and then... pek! I saw a cicak jump and run into my bedroom. A cicak! On my back. Breathe in, breathe out. I'm not going into the room again tonight. No! No! No!

I'm going to check everything before I put it on. I did! I always do but maybe I still missed it. Maybe it fell on me. I don't know. It is not going to happen again. I repeat. It is not going to happen again.

* cicak - gecko - house lizard

Methods to get rid of it can be found here and here.

Today's Blubbering

Today, cotton candy is me. Pink cotton candy to be exact :p I wore a pink baju kurung with tiny pink and purple flowers and a pink tudung. I even have a matching shocking pink umbrella to match. Since it rains today, you can see something pink walking from my office building to my car hehehe...

Colleague: You look like a sweet, nice girl today in that baju.
Me: You mean I am not?
Colleague: No lah. I mean, nobody would have thought you are a 'rugged' girl. You look like so innocent and obedient to mommy kinda girl.

Me 'rugged'? Malaysian's 'rugged' has a slightly different meaning than the dictionary 'rugged' by the way. I'm too lazy to explain. Looks can be deceiving isn't it. I must have look prim and proper today. Furthermore, I rarely wear baju kurung to office. Too lazy to iron them but today I'm kinda bored with the selection from my normal office attire.

Maybe tomorrow I'll go back to my 'rugged' look. All black maybe :) Then my participants can see a different side of me, not that it matters at all.

On a different matter, I wonder why there's not much huha about 06:06:06 06-06-06 like 01:02:03 04-05-06. You won't get that till another century.

I Need Something Sweet Today

Here's an interesting quote from "Shall We Dance", said by Susan Sarandon's character. Haven't found my witness yet :)

We need a witness to our lives. There's a billion people on the planet... I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you're promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things... all of it, all of the time, every day. You're saying 'Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness'."

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue,
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow.
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?


This is one of the few rainbow photos I managed to capture. Hope there'll be better ones in future. I'm re-watching Wizard of Oz. More on it here and here. Why re-watching? Coz I've seen it before and I'm still watching it, part by part.

The lyrics aptly describe how I'm feeling right now. A little bit confuse, a little bit sad, a little bit lost and a little bit wishing I can fly over the rainbow.