Little Cozy Corner

I sit beside a young, cute Greek guy at work. He is such a sweetie and no, I’m not hitting on him. He already has both his hands full trying to decide which girl he wants to date. [This I know from our brother-sister conversation that we have off and on, between sifting through the cases that we are working on.] And he always seems to have something happening over the weekend. It was like I was re-living my life through his words.

He’s always telling me about his Saturday clubbing and how he and his mates are most of the time down at the beach, trying to buff up for the summer and at the same time, trying to get a nice even suntan. It’s just so  fun listening to him tell me tales of his life - so youthful. I feel ancient listening to him talk about this coz I never go clubbing here. Well, never been to a club since I’ve been here but been to many pubs though. It’s like when he tells me all this fun, I feel like my life is passing me by way too fast!

I feel like it was just yesterday that I was coming home from SS everyday week at 3am with smoke-stinky hair and aching legs due to the non-stop dancing from 11pm to 3am. *sigh* I miss those weekends. I don’t know when I’ll ever be able to have the same fun here coz I don’t have the right friends to go with. Like I said, my friends here are mostly Ted’s and my work colleagues…well, we meet at work and that’s about it. We live too far apart to meet up just to go clubbing and travelling by taxi passed midnight is just not my thing. I rather drive home half drunk than take a taxi in a foreign land. I’m not saying that it’s not safe to ride in taxis. It is I guess but there is a possibility that it’s NOT. And I’m not taking such chances at all. Even back home, I hardly take the taxi unless I have no choice. No offence to the cabbies, I bet many cabbies out there are honest to goodness dudes but there are also a handful of ol’ grubby fingers too, if you know what I mean.

Plus, you need to have the same kepala kind of friends if you want to go clubbing and have fun. It’s not fun if you have friends who just sit down and stare at the floor while you’re out there having the time of your life. It is good that you have a jaga to jaga your handbags and stuff but its the company that matters the most - at least to me. I hate to go clubbing with people who just stand there with a drink in their hand and trying to look cool. That’s SO not blending in at all!! I know that some people are shy about dancing but in a club, there is no room to be shy. Just let loose! I’ve seen some people who can’t dance for nuts and totally disoriented but they don’t care. It’s fun time and fun is what they get.

With that said, as much as I miss hanging out like I used to, I don’t feel like I need to be doing the same now. It’s like I’ve outgrown it or something. I don’t feel that I’ve neglected that part of my life and I guess due to the amount of clubbing I’ve done, it’s like I’ve fulfilled my quota and don’t feel like I’ve deprived myself of that excitement and fun. It’s all good but it does boil down to one thing.

I’m getting old.

And thinking back, I still remember telling my ex-boyfriend that I’ll never stop clubbing even after marriage but I guess I have, to a certain extend. Now, I just go pubbing.
 

A woman was walking down the street when she was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked her for a couple of dollars for dinner. The woman took out her bill fold, extracted ten dollars and asked, “If I give you this money, will you buy some wine with it instead of dinner?” “No, I had to stop drinking years ago”, the homeless woman  replied.

“Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?” the woman asked “No, I don’t waste time shopping”, the homeless woman said. “I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.”

“Will you spend this at a beauty salon instead of food?” the woman asked. “Are you NUTS?” replied the homeless woman. “I haven’t had my hair done in 20 years!”

“Well,” said the woman, “I’m not going to give you the money. Instead, I’m going to take you out for dinner with my hubby and myself tonight. The homeless woman was astounded.

“Won’t your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I’m dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.” The woman replied, “That’s okay. It’s important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments and wine.”

–The best advice I can give is to ignore advice. Life is too short to be distracted by the opinions of others. –Russel Edson–

Thanks Cherri!!

I’ve come to realise that I hardly have time to post up my weekly FF anymore. I’m in the midst of considering Sunday Shutters (SS) instead. It does after all stand for Sweetest Sin AND my favourite club, Slippery Senoritas. This is a test post to see the response but frankly, I think whether it’s FF or SS, as long as pictures are involved, no one really cares, right? :hehe: In any case, hope your weekend’s been a good one.

Here are some shots I took when Ted & I went for a picnic in Parramatta Park last week. We were suppose to hop down to Bondi today but the weather is a bit chilly so we’ve stayed in instead. Dont know if I’ll have pix for next SS though! :tongue:

Parramatta River - trying to get a scenic view. Nature with civilisation in the background.

Nature at its best and another attempt at capturing a scenic view. Is it working??

This was me trying to re-capture a view I once took but obviously the technique didnt quite work. I wanted to capture the reflection of the trees in the river but tak jadik!

I think that after all those snapshots, I deserve to be in one as well. Cam-whore!! :hehe:

Special addition :

Beauty and the beast - Blue eyes baby India [Ted's friend's daughter] and her siblings [in the background] at our home. She is SUCH a bubbly baby. Always gurgling and coo-ing away. SO CUTE!! :love:

McD’s Quarter pounder small meal + retail therapy = Pure Bliss :smug:

My day started off fine yesterday. But it got real bad just before hitting home. In my current job, I need to make callbacks for various reasons. Among the many is to attend to enquiries and yesterday, I added another role to my already long list of responsibilities - the bearer of bad news.

As it is, we’re already getting an earful from the people we call. Some of them are happy that we’re looking into the matter for them and are trying to sort things out for them, but the others are just plain ol’ ungrateful toot-toots! Not only are they rude, they are sarcastic and even if it ain’t your fault, they make it sound like as if it was. What really pisses me off is the fact that they don’t realise that we are here to HELP them. Don’t they realise that shouting and screaming at us won’t make things better, in fact, what it does is that it puts us off from putting in that extra effort to help them. At least this is what I feel….then again, I do understand to a certain extend why these sickos feel that way - if put in their situation, I might be pissed off too but I’m civilised enough to not go screaming my head off. On the other hand, I may sound annoyed but that’s acceptable by my standards - based on the circumstances of course.

Anyway, I had the horrible task of calling up this customer to tell him some really bad news about an issue we were dealing with. I found it so hard to pick the phone up and dial his number. It was more difficult because he was one of the nice guys who didn’t really push it and it was easy to deal with. What with some personal issues he was having, it somehow affected the outcome of the problem we had and I had to tell him that there was nothing I could do to help him. :crying: It was so tough for me because I find it hard to say ‘No’ to people and worst still, tell them bad news. That’s why I find myself accommodating or worst still, take the beating for it, so to speak. *sigh*

Maybe I’m taking this way too seriously. It is after all part and parcel of my job but I still find it hard to swallow. *sigh sigh* As much as I’m enjoying my job now - sometimes, I find that I really am disturbed by it. The job’s a great one! I love it but there are certain parts of it I wished I didn’t have to do. *sigh again*

This would have been my theme song for this Christmas, sadly…..it isn’t so.

I had been looking forward to coming home [to Malaysia] for Christmas since the day I left because :

• I left behind a LOT of things ie. my knick-knacks, office clothes, boxes of tea leaves and even more bags of curry powder and the lot
• I was looking forward to seeing Mum, Sis and me pups. Also the family of course…[How could I ever forget them!]
• I was hoping to take mini trips to KL and Kluang to say ‘Hello, didn you miss me?? and ‘Bye-bye, dunno when I’ll see you again’ to blogger friends and the family down south.
• I was planning to go on a mini cruise with Ted on this  ship Mum keeps telling me about. It’s got like a tiny city on-board with eat-all-you-can buffets, the cabaret, casinos and even a clubs I think.

So, yes, it’s a pisser when I think about it but I guess it’s something that can’t be avoided. I have to set my priorities straight and at the moment, travelling is a big no-no for us. But we will be down in March instead [keeping our fingers crossed] for a 2 in 1 - me coming home AND celebrating my bestest friend’s wedding!!!! :party: :dancing: She’s FINALLY getting hitched!! :rolleyes: [Hehehe...I know you read this once in awhile Sha, but hey, if it ain't me poking ya - who else will?? :hehe:]

Nonetheless, I will still be celebrating Christmas with family - my new family and I’m certainly looking forward to experiencing Christmas angmoh style. I think my MIL is gonna be cooking up a storm from what Ted tells me. According to him, this special annual dinner normally has a WIDE spread of food and I can’t imagine how elaborate it’s going to get because as it is, our normal weekend lunch at Ma’s is ALREADY elaborate! Thinking about all the food is certainly making my mouth water…even now! Expect some MAJOR photo-taking sessions. I told Ted, I don’t care what he or his family thinks of me going bonkers snapping every other dish that’s on the table but I will be going thiak-thiank-thiak till my batteries run out!! :silly:

The only other bugger is that….it’s gonna be a SUMMER HOT Christmas!!! :crying: